The first Christmas after the Mizusawa Karuta Club has formed is a fun one for each of the five members, but it’s a little blue as well. It comes right on the heels of Chihaya losing during the eastern master qualifier. To make matter worse, the team members, who are now bonded tightly, don’t even… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 10: Jesus Was Born to Love Your Local Karuta Club
Happy Post-Thanksgiving Day, friends! It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time of the year again, when some of the best deals of the season are happening. It can be tempting to “celebrate” Black Friday for its financial benefits alone, but this year, we at BtT wanted to do something a little different. As… Read More Camping Out For Black Friday (Anime Style)
Round two of AniMarch Madness 2022 concludes with our final four matches! For those coming here for the first time, AniMarch Madness is our annual one-on-one anime tournament you vote to determine the outcomes of each match, round by round, until only the champion remains! Voting in the second round, featuring 32 anime, finishes up… Read More AniMarch Madness 2022: Round 2, Day 4
We’re now halfway through round one of AniMarch Madness! But not to fear: That still leaves 16 matches this week, including eight more today featuring 16 wonderful anime! Here are the third set of first round matches, two from each of our four regions: 2021 Anime, Critical Darlings, Popular / Action, and Romance / Comedy.… Read More AniMarch Madness 2022: Round 1, Day 3
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of February 21st through 27th! Check out latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Also check out our special breaking news episode… Read More Doki Doki News: Anime Awards, Demon Slayer, and Playstation State of Play
Professional otaku ProZD tweeted out his top 30 anime, anime movies, and manga this week, and I enjoyed his recommendations greatly—they cover series old and new, and lift up a number of those that I would say are underrated, forgotten, or just relatively unknown to the new generation of anime fans. The tweet also made… Read More Twwk’s Top 30 Anime Series
As we celebrate our tenth anniversary on Beneath the Tangles, we want to take some time each month to look into the past, not only to commemorate our ten years, but also to see where we were and how far we’ve come as a site and collectively as anime fans. For most months this year,… Read More 10 Year Retrospective, Month #2: Throwback to February 2011