The sweet sixteen is set to kick off! Thank you to everyone who voted during our play-in matches and the first two rounds of AniMarch Madness. We’re now in the final two weeks of the tourney, with just 16 anime remaining! Will a former champion like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or Spy x Family win? Will… Read More AniMarch Madness 2024: Sweet Sixteen, Day 1
Round one is complete and we’re on to round two! Thank you to everyone who voted last week—more than 7,000 votes rolled in from here on the website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Discord, and Mastodon. The madness was so much fun! Here’s how the bracket looks: And now, round two begins! We’ve got four matches, one… Read More AniMarch Madness 2024: Round 2, Day 1
A warm welcome back, everyone! Here we are again, for the third year running, celebrating some of our favorite women creatives who work in anime, manga, and light novels. Now, anime is known for its cute girls and strong female protagonists, and some incredibly talented women seiyuu voice them. But on International Women’s Day, we… Read More IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries
Round one is on!! AniMarch Madness 2024 begins today with eight round one matches, two from each of our four regions: Emerging and Recent, Classics, Action/Sci-Fi/Horror, and Romance/Comedy/Sports. Just as with the entire tournament, you can vote here on the blog as well as on our other platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Discord, and Mastodon! Let… Read More AniMarch Madness 2024: Round 1, Day 1
The wait is over! On February 20th, volume five of Oshi no Ko—the first to feature material new to anime-only viewers—hits shelves. This new release moves the series into the “2.5D Stage Play” arc, which only began in the final few minutes of season one and at the end of volume four. And just like… Read More Manga Review: Oshi no Ko, Vol. 5
Every manga and light novel publishing house has its sweet spot, the areas in which they excel or that they have a heavier focus on than other companies. That’s part of what makes this such a golden age for readers of Japanese works: there’s such a variety of works to choose from! This week, we… Read More Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 1), Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Vol. 3), and Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 5)
We’re only two days away from the month of love, so let’s dig into those romantic releases, including series that are premiering or have new volumes coming out in February, like Bloody Sweet, See You in My 19th Life, and Gazing at the Star Next Door! Romance (or maybe a certain upcoming holiday) not your… Read More Reader’s Corner: See You in My 19th Life (Vol. 1), What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? (Vol. 3) and Gazing at the Star Next Door (Vol. 1)
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