New Year’s Day is a bit of a sad holiday for many of us—Christmas is over and the promise of a new year isn’t always that hopeful. Well, one thing that’ll surely help the malaise if you’re feeling it is new anime—and lots of it! The winter 2025 anime season begins in earnest right as… Read More Winter 2025 Anime First Impressions
This week’s Reader’s Corner is full of really cool releases, including a new edition of a classic X-Men manga; one-shots from Oda Eiichiro; the newest volume of Steel of the Celestial Shadows; volume ten of both Issak and Solo Leveling; and not one, but TWO Oshi no Ko releases. Check out our thoughts on these… Read More Reader’s Corner: Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece, Solo Leveling (Vol. 10), X-Men: The Manga: Remastered (Vol. 1), and Oshi no Ko (Vol. 8)
And the stories continue on and on and on! This week, we review the latest volumes for several of our favorite series on Beneath the Tangles, from those that have just started publishing like Riviere and the Land of Prayer and You and I Are Polar Opposites, to series a little further along like Akane-banashi… Read More Reader’s Corner: Zom 100 (Vol. 15), What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? (Vol. 5), and Oshi no Ko (Vol. 7)
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of March 24th! Check out the latest episode in our player below! Which shows announced at AnimeJapan are you looking forward to? Eager to play Solo Leveling:ARISE this spring? Thanks for listening, and please subscribe… Read More Doki Doki News: Premieres for Oshi no Ko S2, Suicide Squad ISEKAI, and Solo Leveling:ARISE
As usual, there were so many great openings for anime this winter 2024 season! It was challenging for our man, Ryan, to pick the top five, but someone had to do it! Check out our picks for the top five OPs of the winter 2024 anime season below, including an “honorable” mention for a game… Read More Five Best Openings (OPs) of the Winter 2024 Anime Season
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of January 14th! Check out the latest episode in our player below! Will you be attending Coachella this year? Excited for Solo Leveling’s English dub announcement? Thanks for listening, and please subscribe to us on… Read More Doki Doki News: Demon Slayer in Theaters, Monotagari Returns, and Miku and YOASOBI at Coachella
Stakes are high and the action is intense in offerings on this week’s Reader’s Corner, which include the latest volume of Issak, Solo Leveling, and Kaiju No. 8, as well as the omnibus manga adaptation of the Madoka Rebellion movies. But if those are too suspenseful for your liking, we’ve got calmer fare, too, like… Read More Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 9), No Longer Heroine (Vol. 5), and Solo Leveling (Vol. 8)
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