If you’ve spent any time at all on our blog, you’ve probably come to realize that Oregairu, the romcom anime featuring the self-sacrificial (and self-destructive) loner Hachiman Hikigaya, is one of our favorite anime. There’s a pivotal moment in season two of the series, when the friendships between the three main characters are in danger… Read More Introducing BtT’s New Anime Interview Series: Something Genuine
In recent years, Anime Frontier has shot its way to being among the very best anime conventions in the state of Texas (and with 50,000 attendees expected, one of the largest). Awesome guests, excellent programming, and excellent management have turned this relatively new con into a highly anticipated one—this year is no different. I’m making… Read More Daily Dispatches from Anime Frontier 2025
Marin has returned. And that means more cosplay!! Have you been watching the second season of My Dress-up Darling? Has it been as gooey sweet as the last? ★ 【4B鉛筆】 「 海夢ちゃん // 雫たんコスver. // full 」
Con season is in full swing! On the back of our coverage of all the madness and fun at Anime Expo 2025, we’re on the road again—this time to Houston, Texas, and Anime Matsuri! It’s a convention we know well, having covered it time and time again, leading to some of our favorite articles, like… Read More Anime Matsuri 2025: Cosplay, Biblical Themes in Christianity + More!
The dynamic cosplay duo, Marin and Watana, are working on an outfit from the latest hot show, TsuCom, which features bunny girl heroines…because, according to the girl herself, EVERYONE loves bunny girls. At times, it seems like Bunny Girls are as prevalent in Japanese culture as Mardi Gras is in Louisiana culture. (Now that would… Read More First Impression: My Dress-Up Darling (Season 2)
The award-winning (congratulations!) Mike returns with the second episode of a special series on Job! But first, he tells you all about said award as well as about his very positive experience at Anime North this year. Then, Mike jumps in to why we might look for the bad in people, turning toward Sakuta in… Read More The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 24: Rascal Does Not Dream of Looking at the Evidence (Job Series, Part 2)
I…I just can’t. Hehe. Frieren as Megumin (yes!) and Himmel as Darkness (WHAT? Hehe) somehow feels precisely right! ★ 【SydusArts】 「 frieren x konosuba 」 ☆
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