It’s time once again to drop our picks for the top five openings of the anime season! Here are our selections for the best OPs of spring 2025: Here are the OPs we selected: What’s your favorite OP of the season? Are there any we missed? We hope you enjoy our selections! Please follow us… Read More Top Five Anime Openings (OPs) for Spring 2025
I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest in my tree with eggs in it. Spring has sprung, and that means: anime?! Yep, we otaku know that as March passes into April, the new spring… Read More Spring 2025 Anime First Impressions
Nico is a witch. At a young age, she depended on her friend, Morihito (whom she dubs “Moi”), to protect her from bullies and just generally from the scary things of the world. But then Nico moved away with her mom to the Witch’s Holy Land to train and learn. Meanwhile, Morihito stayed behind, growing… Read More First Impression: Witch Watch
Fantasy is the name of the game on this week’s Reader’s Corner! We’ve reviewed volumes featuring dragons, witches, vampires, gods, and—a little more grounded in reality, though still as (and maybe more) fantastical—a study guide about the universe featuring manga! Transport yourself below to read our thoughts on these works. The Invisible Wallflower Marries an… Read More Reader’s Corner: My Dear, Curse-Casting Vampiress, The Skull Dragon’s Precious Daughter, and The Manga Guide to the Universe
Flowers aren’t all that’s blossoming this season. Love is in the air as well! But to bloom, challenges must be overcome, like all those involved with imitating your twin sister at school or with getting through your familiar’s thick skull that you like him or just a simple lack of confidence. Some difficulties, though, may… Read More Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 6), Sunbeams in the Sky (Vol. 1), and I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World (Vol. 2)
Our offerings this week include a peace-themed isekai manga, an erotic thriller, and a spin-off of a classic CGDCT series. Click on to read our reviews of these new manga and light novel releases! Boy’s Abyss (Vol. 1) • I’m Quitting Heroing (Vol. 2) • K-ON! Shuffle (Vol. 1) • Laid-Back Camp (Vol. 13) •… Read More Reader’s Corner: Laid-Back Camp (Vol. 13), Boy’s Abyss (Vol. 1), and My Coworker Has a Secret! (Vol. 2)
Are villains destined to die? Is Chitose really inside that Ramune bottle? Can a rooster be a shonen hero? Will our reviews answers this week any of these questions? No, no they won’t, but they give you a sense of the diverse group of titles we’re covering this week, which also include sci-fi, a beloved… Read More Reader’s Corner: Rooster Fighter, The Remarried Empress, and Tower of God
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