Have you been enjoying the spring 2024 anime season? Have you been watching big shonen fare like Kaiju No. 8? Deeper cuts like Blue Archive? New seasons, like those for Black Butler and Sound! Euphonium? Our favorite openings for the year reflect that wide variety of series! Check out our selections for the top five… Read More Five Best Openings (OPs) of the Spring 2024 Anime Season
The life and times of Abigail and her step-family march on in the fourth volume of Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom! Read this volume for such shenanigans as the following: a scandalously masculine new outfit woven by Abigail, a panoply of adorable Abigail-Sabrian moments, and all the cute Blanche moments you could ever want! Sadly, though, it’s not… Read More Manhwa Review: My Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom, Volume 4 – Team Edition
What’s harder than finding a Father’s Day gift for dear old dad? Finding one when your dad is that rare breed of nerd—the anime fan (or otaku)! Should I get him one of those anime shirts I see everywhere? Where do I buy Japanese treats since he likes sweets? What kind of anime figure would… Read More Father’s Day Gifts for the Otaku Dad in Your Life
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of June 2nd! Check out the latest episode in our player below! Are you excited for more FNaF? Will you be attending the American Manga Awards? Thanks for listening, and please subscribe to us on… Read More Doki Doki News: New FNaF, Dan Da Dan to GKIDS, and the American Manga Awards
Ever wonder what it’s like on the back end for Beneath the Tangles, where staff chats and the sausage gets made? With our emphasis on faith, it must be all serious, filled with philosophical conversations and prayer requests, right? … Well, there is some of that, but mostly, it’s just a lot of fun. In… Read More Out of Context! Our Favorite Screencaps from Spring 2024 Anime
Izuku Midoriya is recovering from the last months, hanging his clothes to dry and reflecting as his country becomes a failed state. The comforting presence of his classmates balances the feeling of impending dread. He still wants to save his nemesis, Tomura Shigaraki, and the kid he sees suffering inside of him. Nevertheless, he remembers… Read More First Impression: My Hero Academia Season 7
“I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. We put all our trust in alchemy, but in the end…what is it?” In the episode “Rain of Sorrows” in FMA:B, Edward Elric shows himself to be a very different man than his FMA incarnation. Lost in regret rather than horrified denial, he confesses his doubts about alchemy, the Potteresque science/magic at… Read More A Tale of Two Alchemists, II: The Brotherhood of Everything
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