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11 Romance Anime About Love After a Breakup
Do you have more romance anime about breakups? Let fans know in the comments section below.
Golden Time, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Rumbling Hearts, School Days, Scum's Wish
Manga the Week of 6/12/24
SEAN: It's officially hurricane season, and there's a hurricane of manga. The debut from Viz Media is Naruto: Sasuke’s Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust (Naruto: Sasuke Retsuden…
Sasuke, Shangri-La, Skip Beat!, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Call of the Night
Pick of the Week: Turn the Skip Beat Around
SEAN: Once again, tempted to just say "Viz". We get so much good shoujo this week, with a new sequel for Kimi ni Todoke, the next Neighborhood Story,…
Manga the Week of 4/3/24
SEAN: It's time for April manga! The best month! MICHELLE: All the cool people were born in it! SEAN: We start off with Viz Media, who have a…
Skip Beat!, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Moriarty the Patriot, Naruto
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: March 18 – March 24, 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…
Skip Beat!, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Call of the Night, Giant Killing, The Apothecary Diaries
Anime Like Oshi no Ko
In the country hospital where he works, doctor and idol enjoyer Gorou Amemiya meets the famous and beloved idol Ai Hoshino. He is surprised to discover that
Merry Month of Shojo Review #1: SKIP BEAT
The Manga Test Drive turns 11 this year! To celebrate this blog's entry into its pre-teens, we're once again going to enjoy an entire Merry...
Merry Month of Shojo Review #1: SKIP BEAT
The Manga Test Drive turns 11 this year! To celebrate this blog's entry into its pre-teens, we're once again going to enjoy an entire Merry...
Manga Hanabi Review: Skip Beat!
This is another post in my quest to try to add more manga into my mostly anime centric blog! One of the thing’s in my life that inspired…
Anime that’s Going to the Big City!
There’s just something special and really heart warming about an anime with a plucky country bumpkin main character that ventures forth from their humble country beginnings to make…
441 – Shojo Showdown 5 – Skip・Beat!, The Wallflower, Godchild
On this episode Morgana has curated another selection of manga for a Shojo Showdown! We examine The Wallflower, Godchild, and Skip・Beat! to see if they make our shojo…
439 – Triple Dip 68 – The Karman Line, WONDER HOUSE OF HORRORS, Mermaid Town
On this episode we talk about 3D/CGI anime, Chainsaw Man, She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Mujina in to the Deep, and more! Then we…
Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga & Light Novel Industries
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! In honor of the day, we here at BtT are excited to celebrate some of our favorite women working in anime, manga, and…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Princess Tutu, Star Wars: Visions, Tower of God
Favorite Manga Reads of 2022
This year was another great year of manga! And another great year of me READING manga! If I haaaaaddd to pick my top 10 it would be these. 0:00…
I'm Reading 'Skip Beat' And So Should YOU!!!
Skip Beat is an iconic and ongoing shoujo series that has been serializing since 2002 and yet SOMEHOW I haven't read it... UNTIL NOW!!! Skip Beat Steph: https://www.tiktok.com/@steph.lafayette?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc 0:00 Intro 2:39 Origins 3:29…
Pick of the Week: More Sports Manga? In This Economy?
MICHELLE: Oh, man. I’m forced to choose between perennial fave Skip Beat! and a promising new sports manga. I reckon I’ve gone on record enough about the former…
Weekly Round-Up, 29 June – 5 July 2022: Crunchyroll Translator Wages, X-Gender Manga, and Coming Out
AniFem Round-Up Yuri is for Everyone: An analysis of yuri demographics and readership Nicki “YuriMother” Bauman breaks down the demographics of reader surveys and magazine markets. Skip Beat!’s…
Anime Series Like Heroines Run The Show
In order to continue pursuing track and field, Hiyori left her small hometown and moved to Tokyo. After her father gets injured, she takes a part-time job
Pick of the Week: Spies, Assassins and Skip Beat!
MICHELLE: There is soooo much good stuff coming out this week and there’s really only one thing that beats Yona of the Dawn with such ease, and that…
What Anime cast would make the best Wizard of Oz?
This old story needs some anime improvements! This post was inspired by an awesome blog post I read over the holiday break. The post Recasting Gremlins with Anime…
Top 5 Anime Characters Who Are Always Broke
There are a lot of broke anime characters. Those that always seem to be out of money when the bill comes. Here are 5 of my faves.
Revenge Anime: 20 Anime Series Featuring the Sweet Taste of Vengeance
While there are moments when it can go a little over the top, watching an anime character enact their most clever or brutal plan of revenge can be…
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, Hell Girl, Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Terror in Resonance, Berserk
Reader’s Corner: SAO Project Alicization, Evangelion ANIMA, and Cooking with Fluffy Friends
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2, Vol. 3 Recently, I introduced my sister to the Ascendance series, and she’s hooked. As she gobbles her way through the novels…
Ascendance of a Bookworm, Skip Beat!, Sword Art Online, Your Lie in April
Reader’s Corner: Those Snow White Notes, Your Lie in April Revisited, and A Couple of Cuckoos
She’s My Knight, Vol. 1 The premise of this lovely little comic is simple: Ichinose has always been the popular kid, attracting attention from all the girls until…
Skip Beat!, Sword Art Online, Those Snow White Notes, Your Lie in April
Anime I Wish Had Another Season — 31 Day Anime Challenge (Day 13)
There are several anime I wish had another season, chief among them both “Given” and “Skip Beat.” While we have some hope of more “Given” media to come,…
Pick of the Week: Listen to Our Picks
MICHELLE: I’m looking forward to getting caught up on Wave, Listen to Me! and Haikyu!! and Spy x Family are extremely high on my list of favorites, but…
Skip Beat!, Wave, Listen to Me!, March Comes in Like a Lion, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Reader’s Corner: Last Dungeon, Talentless Nana, and Oregairu
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, Vol. 1 When a proficient assassin gets “taken care of” after he is no longer needed,…
Otaku Reader’s Corner: KH3, Eniale & Dewiela, and Reset!
Eniale & Dewiela, Vol. 1 Eniale is an angel. Dewiela is a demon. But the two of them are buddies. It’s an Odd Couple situation with two celestial…
Otaku Reader’s Corner: December 2020
Look Into My Eyes (One Shot) Look Into My Eyes is a one-shot manga about an idol group on the verge of disbanding. While it appears that most…
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Skip Beat!, Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Pick of the Week: Lucky Manga
MICHELLE: I’m happy to get more of Ace of the Diamond and Giant Killing, two long-running sports favorites of mine, but last week my love for Spy x…
Ace of the Diamond, Giant Killing, Holmes of Kyoto, Skip Beat!
15 Shocking First Episodes of Anime Series
Crunchyroll recently reported results of a Japanese survey where respondents were asked which anime had the most shocking first episode. The answers themselves were kind of shocking. While…
Elfen Lied, Humanity Has Declined, Penguindrum, Promise, Vatican Miracle Examiner
Returning to Anime? The Best Anime Series of 2008 That You Missed
Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always…
Birdy the Mighty, Casshern Sins, Junjo Romantica, Rosario + Vampire, Spice and Wolf
Weekly Round-Up, 20-26 May 2020: In Memoriam
AniFem Round-Up Beyond UNIQLO: Tips for supporting Japan’s indie fashion designers Daz Skubich provides a primer on the world of street fashion and how enthusiasts the world over…
Skip Beat!’s Harmful Healing: Forgiving abuse at the cost of self-worth
As Kyoko struggles to recover from abuse and trauma, she is encouraged to forgive everyone around her, put her own happiness last, and believe that love cures all.…
Top 5 Romance Anime I Actually Like
I’ve made no secret that romance isn’t my favourite genre. It’s not my favourite thing in real life either. My poor friends want to tell me all about…
Kimi ni Todoke Part 1 (with Caitlin Moore)
Covers volumes 1–10 of Kimi ni Todoke by Karuho ShiinaThe year 2018 marked the end of an era: After 30 volumes, the deeply treasured Kimi ni Todoke is…
Fruits Basket Part 1 (with ANN’s Jacob Chapman)
Covers volumes 1-8 of Fruits Basket by Natsuki TakayaAt the height of the mid-2000s manga boom in the US, there was no bigger series than Fruits Basket. And…
My Top 10 Anime Characters Discovered in 2016
Belated New Year’s greetings dear readers! Whatever you did to acknowledge another trip around the sun, I hope you enjoyed it! This time last year I cast my…
Manga Review:Skip Beat!
Author:Yoshiki Nakamura Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now…
New Viz Licenses
I’m sure these will be announced in the coming days at SDCC, but they’re already up on simonandschuster.biz, so I thought I’d share the fun and excitement. The…
OSMcast: Skip Beat! 12-7-2009
Love This Direct from the Echo Chamber, deep as Heino’s voice, the OSMcast returns! In this thrill-packed episode of thrills, chills, and _excitement _we talk about butts, ninjas, and movies.…