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
As the spring 2023 anime season draws to a close the summer one begins, we want to know: which shows were your favorites? Please pick up to three series in the poll below, and add a choice, too, if need be!
It’s been a season full of cute anime couples, but the earnest Mitsumi and “must protect at all costs” Sousuke of Skip and Loafer rise to the top. What a wonderful would-be pairing and what a lovely series! Oh, what a pretty illustration, too! ★ 【@moshimoshibe】「 約束 」 ☆
One of the ways our staff keeps itself entertained is by capturing funny or unusual frames from the anime we’re watching and posting them on our team Discord server. Our Twitter and Mastadon manager, MDRMN, then flips many of those screencaps to social media to share with you as well. But in case you’ve missed… Read More 30 Out-of-Context Screencaps from Spring 2023 Anime
The spring 2023 anime season is chock full of interesting series and great openings! It’s always challenging to pick our top five OPs of the season, but particularly so for this spring as we left off some great ones including “innocent arrogance” by BiSH (Heavenly Delusion) and the self-titled “Magical Destroyers” by Aimi. But we… Read More Five Best Openings (OPs) of the Spring 2023 Anime Season
Over-achieving country girl Mitsumi Iwakura is heading to Tokyo to meet her destiny! Her friends and family lovingly, melodramatically see her off at the local train station, sobbing and calling her name as she’s swallowed by the horizon beyond which lies an unknown city and a life yet to be discovered. Or at least they… Read More First Impression: Skip and Loafer
Was the winter season a little slow for you? Well then, you’ll appreciate the spring 2023 anime season, with more than 50 anime series airing (not including shorts and children’s series)! As you can imagine, the set list of series is diverse, from cutesy shows and historical dramas, idol series to those featuring wizards and… Read More Spring 2023 Anime First Impressions
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