The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner for the 2021 AniMarch Madness tournament! But before I announce it, let me just thank everyone who participated in the tourney. There were some worries this year that it may not get nearly as much play as in the past since Facebook—the… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Winner
One month, 48 matches, and nearly 15,000 votes later, we’re down to the final two. Advancing from their semifinal matches last week, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, in its return from a one-year hiatus, defeated Your Lie in April to match up against first-time finalist, Attack on Titan, riding high on the strength of the popular and… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Championship
And then…there were three. Attack on Titan in easily its best showing in the tournament is the first team into the championship round, winning fairly easily against last year’s runner-up, Demon Slayer. 258 (58%) – 187 (42%). Today, you get to vote on the other semifinal match to determine who faces Levi, Eren, Mikasa and… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Final Four (Match Two)
Forty-six matches later, we’re finally down to the final four! Welcome to week four of AniMarch Madness! The quarterfinals held few surprises, with all three number one seeds that made it in coming out as well. The closest match featured last year’s runner-up and seven-seeded Demon Slayer (seeded so low because of it’s difficulties in… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Final Four (Match One)
Welcome to week three of AniMarch Madness! Voting continued to be heavy in round two, and unlike the first round, it was full of surprises, none bigger than old man Naruto bringing down the 2020 winner of this tournament, My Hero Academia. Naruto Shippuden dominated the Instagram vote—a real surprise since it usually skews young—and… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Quarterfinals (Day 1)
Welcome to week two of AniMarch Madness! Week one was spectacular—we had more than 8,000 votes pour in for the 18 matches, the most we’ve ever had. While there were some surprises, upsets were really few and far between, and there was no shocking development. The biggest takeway is that many of these sixteen remaining… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Sweet Sixteen (Day One)
Round one continues with four match-ups today, one from each our “regions.” You can vote on the match-ups below, but we also encourage you to subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. The fun there is in participating in the communal aspect of the games, as our subscribers cheer for their favorites and express… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Round One (Day Three)
Sweet, pregnancy fanart? Very rare indeed. Enjoy this lovely illustration of Van Hohenheim and Trisha Elric—looking beautiful, I might add—expecting Edward (I assume)! ★ 【Kotikomori】 「 Parents 」 ☆
November 11th brings together two unlikely bedfellows—Veterans Days, likely to be ignored by younger audiences except those that get the day off from school, and Pocky Day, which older audiences may be at a loss to even comprehend. And yet, here we are, the earlier celebrated because November 11th, 1918 was the day that WWI… Read More Enjoy Veterans Day AND Pocky Day with this Royai Art
Well, what a time! I´m 27 this year, and as I start to resemble more a seinen protagonist that a shōnen one, I know I want to be both, and I have for a long time. Long before I first watched Erased four years ago, the hope that a balance of both adventure, wonder, innocence,… Read More The Shōnen Guide to the Eucharist