Round one of AniMarch Madness is in the books! Check out this lovely illustration of a basketball player where the jersey number of the greatest—MJ! And then scroll below for our updated bracket! ★ 【Tamias栗🐿️】 「 untitled 」 ☆ Here’s the updated bracket: Round two starts Monday! Remember that you can only vote in matches… Read More Fanart Friday: #23 for AniMarch Madness
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” From the very first moments of Naoko Yamada’s latest film, it is clear that Kimi no Iro/The Colors Within is something special—particularly for our community here at BtT. If The Heike Story was her exploration of Buddhism, The Colors Within is Yamada’s Christian… Read More Film Review: The Colors Within
If you’ve been keeping up with BtT lately, you’ll have noticed that we’re pretty big fans of Mappa’s original series, Zenshu, starring the animation director Hirose Natsuko as the self-sufficient loner genius who loses an encounter with an out-of-date clamshell bento and winds up incarnated in her favorite anime movie, the tragic A Tale of… Read More Zenshu Ep. 9: QJ’s Sacrifice and A Hero That Can’t Be Copied
In this week’s Reader’s Corner, we cover the simulpub premiere of Tower Dungeon, the final volume of God Bless the Mistaken, volume two of Pink & Habanero, and much, much more! A Condition Called Love (Vol. 11) • Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki (Vol. 2) • Gazing at the Star Next Door (Vol.… Read More Reader’s Corner: God Bless the Mistaken (Vol. 4), Tower Dungeon, and The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom (Vol. 1)
Let the madness begin! AniMarch Madness, in which we pit anime against anime—voted by you all—in a field of 64 until only one remains, starts today. Here’s the entire bracket: As we announced earlier, voting will only be done through Facebook and Discord this year. Watch as the matches drop at the beginning of the… Read More AniMarch Madness 2025: Round 1 Starts Now!
Howl’s Moving Castle was released in North American theaters 20 years ago this summer. Can you believe it’s been so long? The movie still holds up in virtually all ways, including its animation, writing, themes, and characterization. I especially continue to love Howl and his depth (and sometimes lack of it). Check out this wonderful… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: Hello, Howl!
Yesterday was Pokemon Day, with news dropping about the franchise, but more on point for us, that means wonderful artists posted fanart of Pokemon, like this awww-inspiring piece! Was there any news from the stream yesterday that caught your eye? ★ 【茉莉】 「 遠い日のレポート 」
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