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Spring 2023 Anime First Impressions

Was the winter season a little slow for you? Well then, you’ll appreciate the spring 2023 anime season, with more than 50 anime series airing (not including shorts…

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VIDEO: Spring 2023 Anime Preview

The spring 2023 anime season is mere days away, officially launching this Saturday! And just as it’s been with these past several seasons, this one looks like it’ll…

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AniMarch Madness 2023 Championship: Spy x Family vs. Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Nearly 18,000 votes later, we’ve arrived at the championship match of our 2023 AniMarch Madness tournament! Spy x Family dispatched former four-time champion Fullmetal Alchemist and Kaguya-sa…

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Reader’s Corner: The Villainess Stans the Heroes, MonsTABOO, and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Lost Singer

It’s a Yen Press kind of week here on Reader’s Corner, with all nine of our reviews for manga and light novels released by the publisher. But that…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Final Four

It’s Championship Week here on Beneath the Tangles as we near the conclusion of the 2023 AniMarch Madness tournament! Only four anime remain, battling it out today to…

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MagiRevo, Episode 12: Your Day Is Yet to Come

What’s kept me coming back to MagiRevo has been its relentlessly optimistic outlook on life and the world. Though the skies grow dark and the clouds loom grey…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: The Final Four is Set

The Final Four is set! Thank you to everyone who voted this week in our Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight matches. The four anime that survived have been…

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Fanart Friday, Too: Zhongli’s Butterflies

Have you been keeping up with Genshin Impact? I’m not sure of its popularity still here in the west, but it seems like it continues to remain a…

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Fanart Friday: Bocchi Crosses Over

Bocchi the Rock! was not only one of 2022’s most critically acclaimed series—it was also incredibly popular. It’s been a surprisingly strong competitor in its first AniMarch Madness…

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Cosplay Beats! Hinata Strikes!

If you listened to our podcast episode that dropped yesterday, you know that I’m rewatching Naruto for the first time since I was 11 years old. I’m obsessed!!!!…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Elite Eight

The Sweet Sixteen is complete and we’re on to the Endless Eight! Er, the Elite Eight! No, no endless loop here, folks. Your votes over the next 24…

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Tangle x Cast 12: Walking by Faith Through the Chunin Exams

The arc that properly introduced us to the amazing cast of Naruto characters is still a great watch today, and not just because of its action and humor.…

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Reader’s Corner: Ima Koi (Vol. 5), The Executioner and Her Way of Life (Vol. 6), and Call the Name of the Night (Vol. 1)

A quick glance at our Reader’s Corner selections for this post, many of which are debuting today, reveals part of the reason why manga continues to grow in…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Sweet Sixteen, Day 2

Today we conclude round three of AniMarch Madness with the final four matches of the Sweet Sixteen! We’ll compile all the votes and determine the winners by tomorrow…

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There is No Freedom Without Love: Enslavement and Spiritual Freedom in Vinland Saga, Season 2

“I guess I had to learn there is no freedom without love” – “Without Love” (Vinland Saga Season 2 ending theme), LMYK Canute and Thorfinn are as far…

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MagiRevo, Episode 11: To Love or to Hate the World

Crudely, there are two ways of looking at the world. You can take the optimistic route and see the world as good. Society is progressing and advancing. Justice…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Sweet Sixteen, Day 1

Welcome to the Sweet Sixteen! The first two rounds are complete and 15 matches remain in total until a champion is crowned in this year’s AniMarch Madness! Here’s…

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Fanart Friday, Too: Seasonal Kessoku

Spring. Summer. Fall. Winter. Four seasons for the four ladies of Kessoku Band of acclaimed series, Bocchi the Rock, which just happened to advance to the sweet 16…

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Doki Doki News: MAN WITH A MISSION Tours Europe and North America!

Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of March 12th! Check out the latest episode…

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Fanart Friday: Cardcaptor Sakura Go!

Artist おおね has posted some four-dozen Cardcaptor Sakura art pieces over the last two months, much to my delight! Here’s just a sample of the lovely art arising…

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Cosplay Beats! The Sakura (and Miku) Bloom!

Have you heard? The cherry blossoms are in bloom early this year in Japan. That, combined with recent Miku Day festivities, means that Sakura Miku is as popular…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 2, Day 4

Today is the final day of the round two matches in AniMarch Madness and it features some of our most intriguing ones! Will defending champion Violet Evergarden beat…

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Reader’s Corner: SHY, Solo Leveling, and Insomniacs After School

A number of the releases we cover this week correspond with upcoming anime, and judging by these volumes—including those from SHY and Insomniacs After School—you should be anticipating…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 2, Day 2

Thank you to everyone who voted yesterday! Round two is off to a rousing start and it continues today with four more matches! Take a gander at the…

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MagiRevo, Episodes 9-10: The Fallout of a Falling Out

If episode eight of MagiRevo told the cautionary tale of Algard’s self-destruction, episodes nine and ten warn that Anis is heading toward a similar fate. She isn’t consumed…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 2, Day 1

What an amazing week one of AniMarch Madness 2023 we had! More than 8,000 votes poured in for 32 matches across six different platforms. You guys really showed…

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Fanart Friday, Too: Muchiro to the Swordsmith Village!

Have you watched the new Demon Slayer movie previewing the “Swordsmith Village” arc of the series? I haven’t yet, but I’ve read the manga and it’s one of…

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Doki Doki News: Miku Crocs and New Naruto Episodes

Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of March 5th! Check out the latest episode…

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Fanart Friday: Sakura Miku for Miku Day

Did you notice the explosion of Hatsune Miku fanart yesterday? That’s because March 9th is Miku Day! Since 3-9 can be pronounced “mi-ku” in Japanese, it’s a natural…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 1, Day 4

Sixteen matches down, 16 to go! We’re on day three of the first round of AniMarch Madness, where you vote to decide which anime will win our single-elimination…

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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…

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Tangle x Cast 11: Regret vs. Repentance

That pinging from our conscience, that remembrance of acts from our past, that whisper from the Holy Spirit: regret comes to us all. But what do we do…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 1, Day 3

Sixteen matches down, 16 to go! We’re on day three of the first round of AniMarch Madness, where you vote to decide which anime will win in our…

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Anime Memories 2018

As the year is coming to a close, I decided to ask the staff one simple question – what was your favorite anime related memory from 2018? It…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 1, Day 2

Thank you to everyone who voted yesterday during the first day of round one. We’re onto day two! Vote below, but also consider following our other platforms and…

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Reader’s Corner: Boss Bride, Enough with This Slow Life, and Marmalade Boy

We feature some classic romance titles this week (My Little Monster, Marmalade Boy) to join more modern ones in The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, which we’ll…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Round 1, Day 1

Welcome to AniMarch Madness! Our tournament of 64 begins today! Last week, you helped narrow the field through a series of play-in matches. Now we’re on to the…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: The Tournament Bracket of 64

Our play-in matches are complete and the field of 64 for AniMarch Madness is set! Check out our bracket below: Round one begins on Monday. Get hyped, folks!…

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Fanart Friday, Too: Kessoku Band, Stand

The girls each look amazing in this series of illustrations with their headphones on, balancing on various items related to their instruments or personas, but even more striking…

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Doki Doki News: An Elden Ring DLC and Studio Ghibli Fest

Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of February 26th through March 4th! Check out…

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Fanart Friday: Dance, Asuka

Perhaps taking inspiration from the classic episode of the series, “Dance Like You Want to Win!”, these series of three illustrations portraying Asuka as a dancer seem like…

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Blood of the Wise, Blood of the Fool

We often want to go back home, but where is home now? As we live, cities change, the mighty of yesterday fall, new players rise, and unthinkable things…

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AniMarch Madness 2023: Play-in Matches

Welcome, March! And hello, AniMarch Madness! The craziness begins today with our six play-in matches (plus one exclusive to Patreon) to determine the final entrants into the field…

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Reader’s Corner: Ayashimon, Sweet Poolside, Tezcatlipoca, and Guardian of Fukushima

Fantasy, romance, and shonen feature prominently in our reviews this week, but so, too, do two rarer releases for manga-associated brands. They include Guardian of Fukushima, a Franco-Belgian…

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“G” is for “Great” Shoujo Manga! (The ABCs of Shojo Manga Continued)

I’m so thrilled that The ABCs of Shojo Manga video series is continuing! With the start of a new year, I was so excited that I was able…

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Five Best Openings (OP) of the Winter 2023 Anime Season

Did you know that our video editor, Ryan, watches every single anime opening (OP) for the season as he decides which to include in our quarterly “best of”…

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AniMarch Madness 2023

March is just days away, and you all know what that means: AniMarch Madness is about to begin! Yes, our single-elimination tournament pitting anime against anime in a…

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MagiRevo, Episode 8: The Monstrous Heart of Self-Love

Humans aren’t meant to live for themselves. We’re meant to live in vulnerable, authentic, fulfilling relationships with others—to find ourselves in giving ourselves away. So when we try…

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Endo & Kobayashi Live! Part II: Sieg Listens, & It Changes His Life

Crown Prince Siegwald can hear the voices of the gods. And all they ever want to talk to him about is someone else. If you were in the…

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