Rinko is a twenty-four-year-old otaku. Her apartment is her book-and-anime-focused sanctuary from the world. She makes it through the work day with hope of recharging off anime that evening. Unfortunately, her mysterious neighbor Usada pounds on the wall whenever she tries to watch most anime. Her other neighbor, Satsuki, is very kind and friendly. Somehow… Read More First Impression: Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home!
Futami is a 25-year-old mangaka who is published in a shoujo magazine, and kinda meets the stereotype—she’s stressed out, works late, has imposter syndrome, and is hopefully head over heels for her editor. Uh, wait, what was that? Yes, the overly anxious Futami can’t stop thinking about her quieter, more elegant manga editor, Sato, to… Read More First Impression: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
Satsuki starts high school and joins the photography club. She greatly admires her senpai, the club president, but after a fun year, senpai graduates, leaving Satsuki feeling rather deflated. Friend and fellow club member An browbeats Satsuki into pulling herself together. Satsuki buys a camera from a woman named Haruno who lives nearby. The girls… Read More First Impression: mono
Look Back reorients the coming-of-age anime in a subtle, yet profound way, redefining what it is that propels the human heart from childishness to maturity. While it hits all the usual notes of the genre, from forging life-changing friendships to discovering talent and passion and working hard to make dreams come true, Look Back does… Read More Film Review: Look Back
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! In honor of the day, we here at BtT are excited to celebrate some of our favorite women working in anime, manga, and light novels. We’re also joined by our friend Atelier Gokujou, who shares a few faves with us from the perspective of a professional anime artist. From the… Read More An Ode to the Women of Anime, Manga, & Light Novels
I’ve been having a good ‘ol time with Re:Creators. It’s an eclectic mix of action and comedy and otaku stuff. For those unfamiliar, the premise is that characters from Japanese media are finding themselves sucked into the real world where they are shocked to discover that they are fictional characters. One in particular seems to… Read More God as Mangaka (or the Re:Creator)
We’ve made it to the end of the aniblogger testimony project! This is the tenth and final in a series of Aniblogger Testimony posts, where select writers will discuss their personal faith. Today’s post is by Katie (Kokoro Hane) of Breaking Metal Windows and Kokoro no Uta. The previous posts in this series were written… Read More Aniblogger Testimony: Mangaka on a Mission
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