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10 Memorable NEET Characters: Societal Outcasts
NEET characters in anime are more than just lazy or comedic archetypes. They often highlight societal disconnects and personal struggles, resonating with many fans. Discover 10 iconic NEETs,…
Naruto, Heavy, Horimiya, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: August 5 – August 11, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
The Heroic Legend of Arslan, BAKI, Fairy Tail, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
5 Reasons To Watch: Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun frequently had me pausing and rewinding the anime because of the occasional laughing fits.
Anime Review #105: Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
In case you’re wondering why in the blazes would I watch a romantic comedy series like Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, this is another one of those whose knowledge about…
Anime Like My Love Story
With his tall stature, bulky muscles, and mean face, Takeo Gouda is not exactly a hit with the ladies. Men and women alike find him terrifying, but he…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Lovely Complex, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Senpai is Annoying, Ojisan and Marshmallow
Anime Like A Galaxy Next Door
After the death of their father, Ichirou Kuga supported his two younger siblings on their inheritance and by taking up drawing manga. However, with tight
Nodame Cantabile, A Galaxy Next Door, Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness, Horimiya, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
30 Anime Tomboys With a Lovable Boyish Personality
Tomboys were always enjoyed in anime, but seeing such a blatant one like Tomo as a main character is finally giving anime tomboys the spotlight that they
Black Lagoon, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Ouran High School Host Club, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sailor Moon
Anime Like Tomo-chan is a Girl
As childhood friends and neighbors, Tomo and Jun are best friends and hang out constantly. There is just one problem.
Ouran High School Host Club, Horimiya, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Senpai is Annoying
15 Low Drama Romance Anime That Keep Things Wholesome
No romance anime is completely without drama. It would be like taking the parody out of Gintama or the plot twists out of Attack on Titan – You…
My Senpai is Annoying, Ojisan and Marshmallow, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Tsuredure Children, Horimiya
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun Episode Guide
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun: Chiyo Sakura loved Umetarou Nozaki. She confessed, and he gave her his autograph. It was uphill from there.
Review: ORESAMA TEACHER
Look, a gang is kind of like a club, right? It totally counts for this purpose! ORESAMA TEACHER ( Ore-sama Ticha! ), by Izumi Tsubaki. Fi...
Review: ORESAMA TEACHER
Look, a gang is kind of like a club, right? It totally counts for this purpose! ORESAMA TEACHER ( Ore-sama Ticha! ), by Izumi Tsubaki. Fi...
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 12 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 12: Chiyo has loved Umetarou since episode 1. Will her affection finally reach the manga artist/author?
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 11 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 11: Umetarou Nozaki wanted more surprises in his manga. How will Chiyo Sakura react to his tests on her?
Top 5 Anime Otaku Characters
Anime is full of great Otakus. So full in fact that a top 5 list seemed impossible so here's a numbered random 5 list.
Steins;Gate, The World God Only Knows, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Princess Jellyfish
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 10 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 10: Yuzuki asked Hirotaka on a date. Why did Umetarou say he should go? And what will they do?
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 8 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 8: Chiyo Sakura forgot her umbrella. So did Umetarou Nozaki. How will they overcome that challenge?
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Review
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun surprised me. As long-time readers know, it’s a rare comedy to make me chuckle. Kaguya-sama: Love is War is one of the most recent surprises.…
Anime Series Like Uncle From Another World
Takafumi's uncle has been in a coma for 17 years after being hit by a truck when he was 17. However, after all this time, he has woken…
High Score, Hi Score Girl, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 8 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 8: Masayuki Hori happily helped Umetarou Nozaki with backgrounds. but "whatever/wherever" wore thin!
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 7 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 7: Umetarou Nozaki finished his manga early. Now what? Chiyo Sakura has an idea. Is a date even possible?
Anime Series Like When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
One day, Ayumu quits the kendo club and decides to join the Shogi Club which only has one member. Urushi is happy to have a playing partner and…
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Senpai is Annoying, When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, High Score, Hi Score Girl
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 6 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 6: Hirotaka feels like Yuzuki is picking on him. Umetarou tries to help -- with manga! It kind of works...
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 5 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 5: Umetarou Nozaki's editor wants him to step up his emotional game. Talk about a recipe for disaster!
Drawn to Anime! A Return to Art!
I can honestly say I don’t know how this happened. I don’t remember when or why I started watching anime/manga drawing tutorial videos on Youtube. Nor do I…
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 4 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 4: Umetarou tries to give Mikoto dating advice. Chiyo tries to help. They sort of succeed. Kind of. Maybe.
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 3 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 3: Mikoto introduces Chiyo to The Prince. Chiyo was in for a shock! Chiyo learns about briefs, too.
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 2 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 2: Nozaki introduced Sakura to Mikoto Mikoshiba. How did it go? Well, it depends on who you ask...
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Episode 1 Review – Best in Show
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Episode 1: Chiyo finally worked up the courage to confess her love. Which she did. Sort of. It's complicated...
Happy Birthday Anime Hanabi!
On June 19th, one year ago, is the day I posted my first anime blog post on this site! I remember being so excited to start my anime…
Spy x Family is a Brilliant Adaptation | Animation Spotlight
Thanks to NexStage Project for sponsoring this video. Visit them (and audition) here: https://www.nexstageproject.com/ #ad Canipa spotlights one of the most beloved shows of the season and discusses how…
Great Pretender, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Joker Game, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Joker
Anime Series Like Aharen-san is Indecipherable
Excited to have a different and more social high school life, Raidou introduces himself to his seat neighbor on the first day. At first, he thinks this
High Score, Hi Score Girl, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Senpai is Annoying, Princess Jellyfish
Top 5 Anime Gingers that Made me Consider Dying my Hair
Gingers get a bad rap, for no reason! But that orange hair is so cute. In fact, I have collected a bunch of anime art to prove it!
Bungo Stray Dogs, HAIKYU!!, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, The Ancient Magus' Bride
Anime to re-live 2021!
The year is running out in a hurry! A year can fly by so quickly it can feel like it’s ending before you’ve really had a chance to…
Anime Series Like My Senpai is Annoying
At a trading company, junior salesperson Futaba Igarashi has flourished under the guidance of her senpai, Harumi Takeda. However, while he teases her about her short stature, Igarashi…
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Senpai is Annoying, Servant x Service, Wagnaria!!, BLEND-S
Anime Series Like Komi-san Can’t Communicate
It is the first day for incoming freshmen at the prestigious Itan Private High School. For Hitohito Tadano, he considers himself lucky to get in and angles to…
One Week Friends, Handa-kun, High Score, Hi Score Girl, Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Top 5 anime about Anime (or Manga)
I love anime a lot so it makes sense that I would enjoy anime about anime (or manga). Here are 5 of my favourites.
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Ep. 18: Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
A manga… about making MANGA? Will this recursive bit of shoujo comedy delight or dismay Chip Zdarsky and the Mangasplaining gang? Only one way to find out…! Plus…
Oldtaku no Radio # 055 – Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
What better to follow our episode about a formative sitcom than a genre satire? This month, Jared and Ink focus on Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, which adapts some of…
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
★★★★ “What the hell are those two doing?!?” You’ll be wondering the same thing along with whoever happens to be saying that at the moment many times during…
My Top 5 Aromantic Anime Characters
These are my top 5 aromantic anime characters just in time for St-Valentines day! Romance isn't everything for these cuties.
Durarara!!, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Hero Academia
When men want to cry
Every November you will spot in most English speaking countries a lot of men sporting a moustache. In 2003 a couple of friends in Australia started this trend…
What Are Your Five Favorite Non-Shonen Anime? Here are Ours!
One of our Twitch streamers, negativeprimes, recently tagged a number of our staffers on a Twitter post that’s making the rounds asking users to name their five favorite…
Fruits Basket, Interviews with Monster Girls, Library War, Monster, A Place Further Than the Universe
T5 Anime Characters I Relate to Most
To make my header image, I googled “relatable anime character” and picked the first four images… I wrote a post about relatability in anime not that long ago…
Anime Series Like Lovely Complex
Risa is very tall for a girl. Atsushi is very short for a boy. They are both in love with different people who actually end up dating each…
Boys Over Flowers, His and Her Circumstances, Lovely Complex, Monster, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Anime to Watch During the Quarantine
At first, I thought such a topic was a ridiculous idea. How can there be anime that are specifically good for watching during the quarantine? I thought you…
Doki Doki News: A Realist Hero, a Successful Remake, and a Promised Neverland
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of April 19th through 25th! Check out latest…
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vol. 11
By Izumi Tsubaki. Released in Japan as “Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun” by Square Enix, serialization ongoing in the online magazine Gangan Online. Released in North America by Yen Press.…
Pick of the Week: Ice Ice Baby
MICHELLE: In a week with the debut of a josei series about a nerdy figure skater, there is really no contest. It’s gotta be Knight of the Ice.…