Welcome, March! And hello, AniMarch Madness! The craziness begins today with our six play-in matches (plus one exclusive to Patreon) to determine the final entrants into the field of 64. Please vote for one anime from each match below to move on to the tournament proper, which begins on Monday. As just as with the… Read More AniMarch Madness 2023: Play-in Matches
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of February 5th through February 11th! Check out the latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Are you excited to own figures… Read More Doki Doki News: Shikimori Ends, New Nendos, and More Demon Slayer!
Every year, liturgical Christian churches celebrate a season called “ordinary time.” It’s like the “slow arc” of the church calendar: no Easter or Christmas, no super special feasts—just quiet, normal life. I think the citizens of the metropolis of slice-of-life are always celebrating ordinary time. After all, they spend each and every day in the… Read More Summer of SoL: Dwelling in the Ordinary
Has there ever been an anime season where the metaphor of spring rising from winter been so fitting? After a winter season that was almost frustratingly dull, the spring 2022 anime season is blowing in (and hopefully blowing away the ugly taste of winter 2022). About 35 new series will start premiering in less than… Read More Spring 2022 Anime First Impressions
The birds are twittering, the flowers are blooming, and the winds of spring are blowing in, and with them comes what will almost certainly be a vastly improved anime season. Just as spring renews us after the harsh winter, we’ll be counting on the spring anime series to perk us up after an underwhelming winter… Read More Spring 2022 Anime Preview
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Vol. 1 Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend—cute, sweet, bashful. But Izumi knows that’s only half her personality. Like some moe Jekyll and Hyde, in moments where her boyfriend needs her most, she becomes a super cool and dashing young woman, and it’s especially that part of her personality that… Read More Otaku Reader’s Corner: One Piece, Cutie Shikimori, and a Detestable Demon Falls in Love