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Fanart Friday, Too: Hello Homura and Madoka
You can never have enough Madoka Magica fanart—especially when it’s created by wonderful artists like Kodamazon! ★ 【kodamazon】 「 暁美ほむら // 鹿目まどか 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission…
Fanart Friday: Touhou x Scenery
TOO. MUCH. LOVELY. ARTWORK. Matcha, one of my very favorite artists, hits Touhou Project harddd with these lovely illustrations of many of the most beloved characters set against…
Top Five Anime Openings (OPs) of the Summer 2024 Season
The summer 2024 has been on fire—at least when it comes to the music. While it lacks the big splashes of last season, like YUNGLUD’s “Abyss,” summer 2024…
The Elusive Samurai, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, My Hero Academia
Reader’s Corner: My Girlfriend’s Child (Vol. 5), Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up, and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Vol. 11)
Anyone else feel that heat? No, that’s not the dog days of summer—they’ve come to an end. That’s romance you’re feeling! A host of new releases put love…
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Mr. Villain's Day Off, Tearmoon Empire, The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
Fanart Friday, Too: Angelic Miku
What happens when you take one of the most beautifully designed characters and lift her up in a heavenly vision that has her…on the beach? A lagoon? In…
First Impression: Murai in Love
24-year-old Ayano Tanaka is very unusual for a high school teacher. Known colloquially as the “Iron Mask” by her second-year students, she takes no crap from anyone—17-year-old Murai…
Fanart Friday: Frieren Caught Between (As Usual)
Frieren: mentor, friend, leader, and buffer. ★ 【天之火】 「 fern // frieren // stark 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Whatever Happens, Happens
There’s still no character quite as cool as Spike Spiegel, and no series quite as enthralling as Cowboy Bebop. Bang. ★ 【孔雀椰子】「 スパイク 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday: Ancient Frieren
Statue? Carving? Frieren herself? I love the questions, melancholy, and magic of this illustration. It’s fitting for the fantasy and sometimes ancient feel of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s …
First Impression: Terminator Zero
In 2022, an assault team with the resistance is wiped out—all but a resilient fighter who must fight her fear to outwit and defeat a seemingly invincible machine.…
Reader’s Corner: I Wanna Do Bad Things with You (Vol. 1), Bocchi the Rock! (Vol. 4), and The Hachioji Specialty: Tengu’s Love (Vol. 1)
The saying goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We prove it every week here on Reader’s Corner, but rarely more so than in this edition, when…
Nadeko’s Benevolent Author: Monogatari, Episode 6
Nadeko Sengoku is a 15-year-old girl whose personality has been everything except stable since the start of the Monogatari series in 2009. If we know anything about her,…
Fanart Friday, Too: Rei Ayanami & Unit-01
I love the sense of scale in this photo, the wonder and longing in Rei looking upward and at Unit-01 knowing that she unsuccessfully piloted it and that…
Fanart Friday: Dungeon Meshi x The Bear
The Bear is known for its notorious depiction of food service—grimy, discordant, and unorganized. This is interlaced with the few who dream of dishes that serve people beyond their nutritional valu…
The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 6: Konosuba, Beast Tamer, and Temptation
We all struggle with temptation. But the rub isn’t simply in being tempted, but in how we react to temptation. Mike looks to Konosuba and Beast Tamer for…
Reader’s Corner: Zom 100 (Vol. 15), What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? (Vol. 5), and Oshi no Ko (Vol. 7)
And the stories continue on and on and on! This week, we review the latest volumes for several of our favorite series on Beneath the Tangles, from those…
The Ongoing Grace of Tearmoon Empire
Tearmoon Empire has one of the best opening episodes in recent years when it comes to showcasing the gospel. And this is no surprise, given that the author…
Fanart Friday, Too: Enter Joker
Anime fans have their own Joker… ★ 【Kosumi】 「 JOKER 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday: A Peaceful Summer and No More Grave of the Fireflies
On August 15, 1945, WWII officially came to an end. This illustration reimagines Grave of the Fireflies in a world without war—in a world of peace—with Seita and…
Planetes in the Planetarian: a Church of Men and Angels
From ancient times, the boundless night sky and the numberless stars have captured the human imagination. For Aristotle, the birth of philosophy lay in the contemplation of the stars,…
Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 3), Your Forma (Vol. 6), and Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance (Vol. 3)
We’ve got the kids from Karasuno. We’ve got Star Wars. We’ve got Bocchi and the girls. What more could you ask for? Well, if that’s not enough, this…
Fanart Friday, Too: Hello, Usagi!
Pretty Usagi Tsukino fanart? Yes, we’ll take that any time! ★ 【きしんⅡ世】 「 月野うさぎ 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday: Olympic Air-Pistol, Anime-Style
Every Olympics, viewers latch onto sports that we never otherwise watch, gripped by the competition and the competitors. Early in the Olympics, our collective attention was focused on…
The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 5: The Help That Vegeta, Deku, and You Need
Look, it’s not easy to ask others for help. Shame, pride, and all manner of obstacles get in the way. Deku and Vegeta know this intimately as major…
First Impression: True Beauty
Jugyeong Lim is a high school student with problems that are all too familiar, especially body image anxiety and bullies. When she finally lashes out at one bully,…
Reader’s Corner: Itaewon Class (Vol. 2), Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 8), and A Sign of Affection (Vol. 9)
It’s perhaps easy to look down upon manga and light novels, as full of tropes as they are. And yet, it’s these tropes that we as fans adore—and…
First Impression: Kimi ni Todoke, Season 3
Sometimes a first date is more than just a first date. For Kazeyaha and Kuronuma, it’s the culmination of the feelings that have been developing and growing between…
Fanart Friday, Too: Beautiful Miku
The title of this beautiful piece, translated from Chinese, is “All Things Grow.” Flowers, doves, light, water—so many beautiful pieces in motion and seemingly representing a supernatur…
Three Wishes for Twwk’s Birthday!
It’s my birthday! And today I turn…well, don’t ask me my age. But yay nonetheless! Won’t you come celebrate with me? There’s really nothing I want personally, no…
Fanart Friday: Kuronuma + Kazehaya
Season three of Kimi ni Todoke is OUT NOW on Netflix! Hurrah! ★ 【鬽】「 四月は君の嘘 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Reader’s Corner: Bless (Vol. 2), Your Letter, and Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me (Vol. 1)
This week’s Reader’s Corner features reviews of two premieres: that of a “starting-over” romance, Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me, and a supernatu…
I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness
Fanart Friday, Too: Rukia Watches
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War returns in October? Have you been watching the new arc? Before you answer that, remember…Rukia has her eyes on you. ★ 【shiej007 (insta /…
Fanart Friday: Elegant Frieren
Check out these lovely paintings of Frieren, Fern, Himmel, and Ubel. The elegance is off the charts! ★ 【shiej007 (insta / X)】 「 1 // 2 // 3…
The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 4: Standing Firm Like Shirou Emiya
Do you feel influenced by the culture to act like those around you? Are you being persuaded to put away your faith and engage the world on its…
Film Review: Ghost Cat Anzu
It’s a well-known fact that orange cats are…special. But temple cat Anzu-chan may just be the most special orange of all: he’s 37 years old, close to six…
Fanart Friday, Too: Happy Birthday, Hu Tao!
Happy belated birthday (July 15), Hu Tao! Here’s to Furina and us celebrating you! ★ 【棲夏】 「 HuTao&Furina~ 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday: Miku’s Rainy Days, Post-Apocalypse
Intro ★ 【balabling】 「 rainy 」 ☆ illustration by balabling (reprinted w/permission):
Reader’s Corner: The Eminence in Shadow (Vol. 10), Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 10), and A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special (Vol. 4)
On this week’s column, we feature two premieres, two outstanding manga both reaching their tenth volume, and more! It’s sizzling outside, so check out some of our recommended…
First Impression: ATRI -My Dear Moments-
Life is difficult for the sullen Natsuki Ikaruga. His demanding grandmother, a formerly notable marine geologist, has recently passed and the future is bleak. Natsuki must find a…
First Impression: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
When Kazuhiko witnesses his beautiful classmate Anna getting dumped by her childhood friend, and then when she looks up to discover that not only has he seen the…
First Impression: Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?
A damsel with wings (one black, one white) is chained to a pillar in a heavenly realm with columns and stairs. She begs a young man with a…
First Impression: Bye Bye, Earth
A monstrous sea flower is growing in the lake and it has the animal villagers all in a tizzy. At this rate, it will turn the water salty!…
Fanart Friday, Too: Frieren x Himmel + More
I don’t think I can ever get enough Himmel x Frieren art, especially when it’s drawn as lovingly and beautifully as in the pieces below! Oh, and some…
Doki Doki Extra: A Farewell from BambiBethy!
Last week, Josh delivered episode 163, our last traditional episode of Doki Doki News. But today, we leave you with a final final farewell from BambiBethy, who founded…
Fanart Friday: Casual in Dungeon
I’m a sucker for AU (alternate universe) versions of anime series—not so much the chibi kind we sometimes get from studios, like those that put shonen characters in…
First Impression: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Season 2
At a luxury hotel, Princess Sisbell encounters her older sister Alice and proclaims that they are rivals, both to inherit the throne and to secure the loyalty of…
First Impression: Love Is Indivisible by Twins
When bookish, compassionate Jun moves into the house next door, young Rumi is instantly lovestruck. As the years go by, it is clear that they are opposites in…
First Impression: No Longer Allowed in Another World
Trigger Warning: This anime deals with the topic of suicide. Though played in a humorous manner, it does depict methods. If these affect you negatively, you’d better skip…
First Impression: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies
Convenience store clerk Byakuya is secretly a magical girl, as we see when she transforms in stereotypical magical girl fashion and then smites a dragon. She confronts the…
The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, World Conquest Zvezda Plot
First Impression: MAYONAKA PUNCH
Masaki is a former member of a popular Newtuber trio (Newtube is Mayonaka Punch’s YouTube) and has always been passionate about creating viral content there. But her recent…