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. This is our second year marking the holiday in this way. When I started this project last year, I was under the impression that these… Read More Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga & Light Novel Industries
It literally took a global pandemic to slow down the rapid growth of anime’s popularity. But the industry has surged back, and after a year during which studios were playing catch-up, 2022 felt like it was largely business as usual and maybe better than that, with dozens of new series released each season, new studios… Read More Best of 2022 Anime
As manga continues to become more and more accessible through legal means, English-reading audiences are being exposed to the wide variety of series (and one-shots) being created. While our top ten and honorable mentions this year feature traditional fare, they also include manga about grieving and no less than three series featuring a protagonist with… Read More Best of 2022 Manga
The story follows four different guys who seem way too cool, what with their aloofness and overall aura. However, what most people don’t know is that these four guys are extremely clumsy and keep doing the dorkiest of things! Each character has his own brand of clumsiness, and each episode focuses on one particular guy… Read More First Impression: Play It Cool, Guys
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of October 16th through 22nd! Check out the latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Will you be watching any of the… Read More Doki Doki News: Silent Hill Updates and Disney’s Anime Streams
The fall 2022 anime season is here! It begins in earnest this morning and really gets going this weekend, though a few new anime have already streamed, including the premiere of I’m the Villainess so I’m Taming the Final Boss, the prologue for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and ten full episodes of… Read More Video: 10 Fall 2022 Anime We’re Excited to Watch!
Almost as if to make up for a poorly received (though perhaps underrated) summer 2022 season, the anime premiering this fall are fierce and highly anticipated, and out in full force starting next weekend! They include adaptations of some of the most popular manga of recent years (Chainsaw Man and Blue Lock); sequels or second… Read More Fall 2022 Anime First Impressions