Search results

65 results, page 1 of 2

Featured image for Day 7 of Niji Nights: Representation! Characters of Color in Anime Part 4Background image for Day 7 of Niji Nights: Representation! Characters of Color in Anime Part 4

Day 7 of Niji Nights: Representation! Characters of Color in Anime Part 4

Welcome back, to yet another night of Niji Nights! We’re bringing in another year of Characters of Color in celebration of Juneteenth. There’s nothing more that I love…

We be bloggin'

Featured image for 21 Non-Binary Anime Characters That Eschew Gender ConformityBackground image for 21 Non-Binary Anime Characters That Eschew Gender Conformity

21 Non-Binary Anime Characters That Eschew Gender Conformity

Do you know more non-binary anime characters? I am certain there are quite a few more that I missed. Let fans know who they are in the comments…

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for 18 Anime With No Romance At AllBackground image for 18 Anime With No Romance At All

18 Anime With No Romance At All

No one is forcing anyone to watch romance anime, so finding anime without romance actually isn't very hard. What is truly difficult to find is an anime with

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for Anime Like NanaBackground image for Anime Like Nana
Featured image for Anime Impressions: Carole & Tuesday Review (Ep. 1-24 English Dub)Background image for Anime Impressions: Carole & Tuesday Review (Ep. 1-24 English Dub)

Anime Impressions: Carole & Tuesday Review (Ep. 1-24 English Dub)

WARNING: SPOILERS!I should warn the prospective reader that there’s definitely SPOILERs here! I consider myself spoiler proof. After all, if it’s ruined just by someone telling you what…

Mystikk Tales

Featured image for Anime Like Bocchi the Rock!Background image for Anime Like Bocchi the Rock!

Anime Like Bocchi the Rock!

Having social anxiety but still wishing to make friends, Hitori Gotou started learning the guitar to help lure people into talking to her. Years later, she

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 August 2022: Princess Tutu Anniversary, Sailor Moon Exhibit, and Queer Icon Miwa AkihiroBackground image for Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 August 2022: Princess Tutu Anniversary, Sailor Moon Exhibit, and Queer Icon Miwa Akihiro

Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 August 2022: Princess Tutu Anniversary, Sailor Moon Exhibit, and Queer Icon Miwa Akihiro

AniFem Round-Up Carole & Tuesday director Hori Motonobu on the series’ writing process and trans characters AniFem spoke with Watanabe’s co-director about the series’ production and how they…

Anime Feminist

Featured image for Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 August 2022: Princess Tutu Anniversary, Sailor Moon Exhibit, and Queer Icon Miwa AkihiroBackground image for Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 August 2022: Princess Tutu Anniversary, Sailor Moon Exhibit, and Queer Icon Miwa Akihiro

Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 August 2022: Princess Tutu Anniversary, Sailor Moon Exhibit, and Queer Icon Miwa Akihiro

AniFem Round-Up Carole & Tuesday director Hori Motonobu on the series’ writing process and trans characters AniFem spoke with Watanabe’s co-director about the series’ production and how they…

Anime Feminist

Featured image for Carole & Tuesday director Hori Motonobu on the series’ writing process and trans charactersBackground image for Carole & Tuesday director Hori Motonobu on the series’ writing process and trans characters

Carole & Tuesday director Hori Motonobu on the series’ writing process and trans characters

The series saw praise for its well-characterized Black heroine, optimistic outlook and its swing-for-the-fences tale of pushing back against injustice (including a spot in our 2019 recs list).…

Anime Feminist

Featured image for 17 Anime Series With Exceptionally Satisfying EndingsBackground image for 17 Anime Series With Exceptionally Satisfying Endings

17 Anime Series With Exceptionally Satisfying Endings

There are a lot of ways to end an anime. You could cleanly cut off at the end of an arc or leave things particularly vague in hopes…

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for Anime Series Like Ya Boy Kongming!Background image for Anime Series Like Ya Boy Kongming!

Anime Series Like Ya Boy Kongming!

As a general in China's Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang Kongming had endured countless battles that shaped him into an excellent strategist. However, on his

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for Anime Series Like Yuri on IceBackground image for Anime Series Like Yuri on Ice

Anime Series Like Yuri on Ice

After a crushing defeat at the Grand Prix finale, Yuuri Katsuki returns home no longer as Japan’s most promising figure skater. With his window for

Recommend Me Anime

Anime Pulse 745: Ascendance of a Carole

This week on Anime Pulse, there’s a lot of things broken! We start off with side notes of health improvements and sudden home repair projects, before diving into…

Anime Pulse

Featured image for Anime Series Like Kids on the SlopeBackground image for Anime Series Like Kids on the Slope

Anime Series Like Kids on the Slope

After moving around his entire life, classical pianist Kaoru Nishimi has abandoned all hope of fitting in as he arrives in Kyushu for his final year of high…

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for Carole & Tuesday by Watanabe Shinichiro / Yamataka MoritoBackground image for Carole & Tuesday by Watanabe Shinichiro / Yamataka Morito

Carole & Tuesday by Watanabe Shinichiro / Yamataka Morito

I picked up the first two volumes of the rock-and-roll futuristic fantasy, Carole & Tuesday at my library. You’ll have to do the same, if you’re interested, because…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Featured image for 12 Days Of Christmas Anime, Day 6: Carole & Tuesday, A Melody Of HopeBackground image for 12 Days Of Christmas Anime, Day 6: Carole & Tuesday, A Melody Of Hope

12 Days Of Christmas Anime, Day 6: Carole & Tuesday, A Melody Of Hope

One of my favorite traditions this time of the year is Christmas music. I have my own Spotify playlist that I’ve updated over the years, adding more songs…

Beneath the Tangles

Featured image for Brief Connections: A Nobumoto Keiko Career RetrospectiveBackground image for Brief Connections: A Nobumoto Keiko Career Retrospective

Brief Connections: A Nobumoto Keiko Career Retrospective

One of the benefits to a creator having worked on so few projects is it becomes much simpler to look through their body of work to find common…

Anime Feminist

Featured image for Weekly Round-Up, 15-21 September 2021: Shojo Beat’s Anniversary, Yuri Game Publishing, and Prime Minister CandidatesBackground image for Weekly Round-Up, 15-21 September 2021: Shojo Beat’s Anniversary, Yuri Game Publishing, and Prime Minister Candidates

Weekly Round-Up, 15-21 September 2021: Shojo Beat’s Anniversary, Yuri Game Publishing, and Prime Minister Candidates

AniFem Round-Up Portrayals of Black Masculinity in Carole & Tuesday Katherine Mussellam looks at how the writing of characters like Ezekial and Skip swings back and forth between…

Anime Feminist

Featured image for Portrayals of Black Masculinity in Carole & TuesdayBackground image for Portrayals of Black Masculinity in Carole & Tuesday

Portrayals of Black Masculinity in Carole & Tuesday

Despite its social justice-minded storytelling, Carole & Tuesday can be a frustrating watch as it swings back and forth between exploring these characters as nuanced individuals and perpetuating…

Anime Feminist

Featured image for Reader’s Corner: Carole and Tuesday, SW Guardians of the Whills, and Laid-back Camp, Vol. 10Background image for Reader’s Corner: Carole and Tuesday, SW Guardians of the Whills, and Laid-back Camp, Vol. 10

Reader’s Corner: Carole and Tuesday, SW Guardians of the Whills, and Laid-back Camp, Vol. 10

Laid-back Camp, Vol. 10 With the recent season long gone and months since volume nine was released, I’ve been suffering from Yuru Camp withdrawal. There’s nothing out there…

Beneath the Tangles

Featured image for Anime Series Like Those Snow White NotesBackground image for Anime Series Like Those Snow White Notes

Anime Series Like Those Snow White Notes

After watching his grandfather perform the shamisen at a young age, Setsu became entranced. However, after his grandfather’s death, he runs away from his small village and quits…

Recommend Me Anime

Featured image for Representation! Character of Color Part 2Background image for Representation! Character of Color Part 2

Representation! Character of Color Part 2

Hey all! It’s time for another post where I showcase BIPOC characters in anime! I, Star, had a lot of fun the first time around making the post…

We be bloggin'

Featured image for Reader’s Corner: Carole & Tuesday, Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol, and The Rampage of Haruhi SuzumiyaBackground image for Reader’s Corner: Carole & Tuesday, Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol, and The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya

Reader’s Corner: Carole & Tuesday, Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol, and The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya

Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol (Rascal, Vol. 4) My most consistent complaint about the Rascal series, which I otherwise find charming, is that the stories are…

Beneath the Tangles

Featured image for The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award! (1-31-21)Background image for The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award! (1-31-21)

The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award! (1-31-21)

It’s Blog Award time! This time I’ve been nominated for The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award! Thank you!

KiritoNarukami

Carole & Tuesday – Sonata in B-flat Major

Titles: Carole & Tuesday, C&T, Carole y Tuesday Genre: Drama, music, scifi Episodes: 24 Studio: BONES There’s something magical about music, isn’t there? And by extension about the…

I drink and watch anime

“Black Should Sound Black”: The inherently racist politics of anime dubbing

There are a lot of assumptions packed into the belief that the best voice actor always gets the role. The statement alone implies that we live in a…

Anime Feminist

6th Day of Weebsmas: 6 anime to watch around the holidays

Hey everyone! We’re following through this reoccurring series of Top Anime to watch around the holidays for this year’s 12 days of Weebsmas! The theme is get wrecking…

We be bloggin'

2nd day of Weebsmas: Iconic gifts in anime

Welcome in! It’s the 2nd day of Weebmas 2020! I thought it’d be pleasant to piggyback off of our hairpin post, from last year and mention some iconic…

We be bloggin'

20 Music Anime That Document The Creative Struggle

Music anime series are more than just a good soundtrack. Any anime can have a good soundtrack, so of course an anime series about making music has an…

Recommend Me Anime

Weekly Round-Up, 9-15 September 2020: Deca-Dence Interview, Women-Only Train Cars, and White Fragility in Fandom

AniFem Round-Up Discordant Tones: Oversimplifying Music as Resistance in Carole & Tuesday Lizzie connects Watanabe Shinichiro’s latest series back to music’s importance in activism, and the places where…

Anime Feminist

Discordant Tones: Oversimplifying music as resistance in Carole & Tuesday

Carole and Tuesday are just two girls dreaming of becoming musicians. While the series initially follows the girls' rise to stardom, the focuses shifts to examine how…

Anime Feminist

The Speakeasy #114: Carole and Tuesday, Thunderbolt Fantasy Movie 2, Beastars

We do a spoiler-free review of Carole & Tuesday, discuss the ridiculousness of Thunderbolt Fantasy: Betwitching Melody of the West, and do a spoiler-y analysis of Beastars S1.…

Reverse Thieves

Featured image for Together | Part 3: Carole & TuesdayBackground image for Together | Part 3: Carole & Tuesday

Together | Part 3: Carole & Tuesday

the space between us is who we are. A hot wind, a white sea, a film. The very last word in The White Girl’s closing monologue (see part…

blautoothdmand

TangleCast 75: Interview with Nai Br.XX of Carole & Tuesday

Hey quarantined crew, we’ve got a special episode of the TangleCast for you this week! Musician Nai Br.XX, the singing voice for Carole in the Carole & Tuesday…

Beneath the Tangles

Spiraken Anime Review Ep 09: Carole & Tuesday

In this music filled episode of the Spiraken Anime Review, Xan & Gretta review the latest anime series by acclaimed director Shinichiro Watanabe in collaboration with Studio Bones.…

Spiraken Review Podcast

AAA2019: The Artemis Anime Awards

Welcome to the lucky seventh consecutive year of the AAA – the one-woman award ceremony where the tickets are free, the dress code is homeware casual, and the…

OTAKU LOUNGE

Doki Doki News (Week of March 8 -14)

Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of March 8th through 14th! Check out latest…

Beneath the Tangles

Featured image for ~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2019Background image for ~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2019

~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2019

2019 is oooover! It was an… interesting year. On the personal side, I released my first game, improved my reach on Twitter, made a whole bunch of music,…

Please, no hate.

Best Anime of 2019 – The Award Edition

I would like to formally welcome you all to our second annual anime awards here on You Can’t Know! After watching almost every single anime from the entire…

We be bloggin'

Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2019

Our two-week recommendations extravaganza comes to an end with the staff's Best of 2019 list! The post Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2019 appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.

Anime Feminist

Top Ten Anime of 2019

Hello all, and welcome to the end of another year in anime. This has been an undeniably difficult year, both in the world at large, and within our…

Wrong Every Time

The Best Anime of 2019

Click to ReadThe Best Anime of 2019

Biggest In Japan

Ten Series From the Previous Decade I Regret Sleeping On

I sleep on a lot of things. That of course includes beds, but couches and car seats are also not safe from me under certain conditions. I’m not…

The Lily Garden

[Nine] Round and round like dancing laundry — Carole & Tuesday

One of the most popular songs of my adolescence was The Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way.” If you actually bother to listen to the lyrics of…

atelier emily

Bakacast #394 – Wait, Do I Have a Podcast?

iTunes | Direct Download | Current RSS | Archive RSS (Episodes 0-323) Hey, folks. It’s, uh, been a while. As you may notice, this episode about the end…

Project Haruhi

What I’m Watching – Carole & Tuesday (Eps. 1-12)

Note: This post contains some spoilers for the series through episode 12. This past weekend I got the opportunity to speak at GalaxyCon, a multi-media fandom convention in…

Season 1 Episode 1

Featured image for THOUGHTS ON: CAROLE & TUESDAYBackground image for THOUGHTS ON: CAROLE & TUESDAY

THOUGHTS ON: CAROLE & TUESDAY

Carole & Tuesday is a show that is crippled by its own potential. It has such a strong ambition—one unreasonable for any TV broadcast to meet—and that is…

Please, no hate.

Fall 2019 – Week 2 in Review

Alright folks, we’ve got a ton of anime to discuss and not nearly enough time, so let’s get to work. In addition to catching up on all the…

Wrong Every Time

Bakacast #393 – Tire Fire Force

iTunes | Direct Download | Current RSS | Archive RSS (Episodes 0-323) On this episode of Bakacast, I finally get fed up with Fire Force, my internet again…

Project Haruhi