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Spring 2025 Anime First Impressions
I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest…
AniMarch Madness 2025 Final
The time has come for the AniMarch Madness championship match! After a month full of matches (63, including this one) and whittling down your favorite anime from 64…
First Impression: I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
The universe may be doomed. That’s because the “Plundering Count,” Liam Sera Banfield—with loyal and powerful servants like the A.I. maid Amagi and princess pilot Christiana by hi…
Top Five Anime OPs for Winter 2025
It’s time once again to drop our picks for the top five openings of the anime season! Here are our selections for the best OPs of winter 2025:…
The Villainess’s Bestie and Why God Loves
God loves us for more than one reason. Sounds simple, right? But when you pause to think about it, if you’re anything like me, you may be left…
Reader’s Corner: Issak (Vol. 12), Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division, and Love Is Dark (Vol. 2)
The Third Division rolls out and lives out their lives in a Kaiju No. 8 novel—and that’s not all this week! We’ll let you know in our reviews…
AniMarch Madness 2025: The Final Four
AniMarch Madness began this month with 64 entrants. Now only four remain! It’s the Final Four of AniMarch Madness 2025! And despite a ton of surprises in earlier…
Gundam 0079: Not Peace, but the Sword
Before Evangelion, there was Gundam. In the 1970s and the 1980s, the memories of the Second World War were still fresh, and the Cold War turning blazing hot…
Fanart Friday, Too: Don’t Mess With This Spy x Family
Loid and Yor are of course pure awesomeness, but I love that Anya looks epic in this wonderful illustration of the Spy x Family gang as well! ★…
Fanart Friday: Chainsaw Women
Let’s just pretend no one in these Chainsaw Man illustrations is malicious…and that they all get happy endings. ★ 【kozzzy】 「 Chainsaw Man 」 ☆
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 19: Generosity of Goku, the Church, and You
Mike is back and feeling well! And he’s charging forward this week with thoughts on generosity, starting with that muscular (and extremely kind) lug, Goku! But it doesn’t…
Zenshu: Where the Heart Is
In this Anime Artisan post, Zion illustrates Natsuko and Luke while reflecting on the series—one our writers have also reflected upon in recent weeks. To be hungry is…
Reader’s Corner: Dogsred (Vol. 1), Insomniacs After School (Vol. 9), and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Vol. 6)
Hockey, magic, first love, isekai, vampires, and mobsters—who says that manga isn’t a diverse medium? The light novels, manhwa, and manga we’re reviewing this week feature all those…
AniMarch Madness 2025: The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight
And then there were sixteen… Our 64-anime, single-elimination, community-voted tournament is now in its third week and the real anime with a chance to win have risen from…
Cowboy Bebop, ERASED, Fruits Basket, Fullmetal Alchemist, One-Punch Man
First Impression: Witch Watch
Nico is a witch. At a young age, she depended on her friend, Morihito (whom she dubs “Moi”), to protect her from bullies and just generally from the…
First Impression, Team Edition: Gabriel & the Guardians
Twwk enjoyed the premiere so much that we decided that the rest of us would like to join in the fun too, hence this second First Impression, this…
My Happy Marriage & Going the Extra Mile for Your Enemy
What does it mean to go the extra mile? Is it service with a smile and working late hours? Is it striving toward excellence and ensuring quality? Is…
Reader’s Corner: Jujutsu Kaisen (Vol. 25), Uncle from Another World (Vol. 11), and Helena and Mr. Big Bad Wolf (Vol. 1)
Apocalyptic worlds, a “blood altar,” a showdown to the death between the greatest sorcerers, people turning into horrible monsters, and tragedies for a young girl? This Reader’s C…
AniMarch Madness 2025: Round 2 Begins Today!
Round two of AniMarch Madness 2025 has begun! Our 64-anime, single-elimination, community-voted tournament began with a bang with round one last week. Some of the series expected to…
One-Punch Man, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mob Psycho 100
First Impression: Mobile Suit Gundum GQuuuuuuX – Beginning
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in the space colony Side 6. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate discovers that she has been…
First Impression: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in the space colony Side 6. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate discovers that she has been…
Fanart Friday, Too: A Sense for Tea and Books
Do you love tea? Do you love books? Then you’ll love Sense Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, though beware: She has a sharp edge. ★ 【ふーにょん】 「 ゼンゼちゃん 2…
Fanart Friday: #23 for AniMarch Madness
Round one of AniMarch Madness is in the books! Check out this lovely illustration of a basketball player where the jersey number of the greatest—MJ! And then scroll…
Film Review: The Colors Within
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” From the very first moments of Naoko Yamada’s latest film, it is clear that Kimi no…
Zenshu Ep. 9: QJ’s Sacrifice and A Hero That Can’t Be Copied
If you’ve been keeping up with BtT lately, you’ll have noticed that we’re pretty big fans of Mappa’s original series, Zenshu, starring the animation director Hirose Natsuko as…
AniMarch Madness 2025: Round 1 Starts Now!
Let the madness begin! AniMarch Madness, in which we pit anime against anime—voted by you all—in a field of 64 until only one remains, starts today. Here’s the…
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Attack on Titan
Fanart Friday, Too: Hello, Howl!
Howl’s Moving Castle was released in North American theaters 20 years ago this summer. Can you believe it’s been so long? The movie still holds up in virtually…
Fanart Friday: Pokemon Memories for Pokemon Day
Yesterday was Pokemon Day, with news dropping about the franchise, but more on point for us, that means wonderful artists posted fanart of Pokemon, like this awww-inspiring piece!…
AniMarch Madness 2025: The Field of 64
The play-in matches are complete and the field is set! Here is your bracket for the 2025 AniMarch Madness tournament! Remember that this year, voting will only be…
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 18: Nami and Hachi, Forgiveness and Trust
How do you forgive people who have done something terrible to you? Does forgiveness—as God demands it—require trusting that person again and rebuilding the relationship? Mike digs into…
AniMarch Madness 2025: Subscribe to Our Newsletter to Vote For the Play-in Matches!
It’s that time of the year once again! AniMarch Madness, in which you vote for anime in single-elimination matches until only one champion remains, officially kicks off March…
Don’t Forget Your Party: Zenshu’s Lesson in Leadership, Humility, and Ministry
“I’ll do it all myself.” The first half of Zenshu, MAPPA’s meta ride following Natsuko, a director reincarnated into the anime movie that inspired her to become an…
Fanart Friday, Too: Rankane Forever
Continuing today’s theme of revamped anime, here’s a lovely piece of Ranma x Akane fanart surely inspired by the new series! Did you watch last year’s Ranma 1/2…
Fanart Friday: Ichigo and Rukia, Toshiro and Hinamori—in Silhouette
Bleach returned with a bang several years ago, reviving a franchise that had ended its anime on a whimper. What a time to be alive—especially since a resurrected…
Zenshu’s Ultimate Exister and Falling (Back) in Love with Life
Virtuoso animator Natsuko Minose faces her problems head-on, at least when they are literal monsters bent on destroying the world and wiping her and her comrades off the…
Reader’s Corner: Mujina Into the Deep (Vol. 1), Hirayasumi (Vol. 4), and The Eminence in Shadow (Vol. 11)
The Eminence in Shadow gets back on track, Twwk learns how to keep up with who’s who in Ako and Bambi, violent and beautiful assassins leap from rooftops…
Fanart Friday, Too: A Valentine for Okarun
You read the title of this post and though this was going to be art of Momo x Okarun, didn’t you? Sorry, Momokarun fans, but here’s Aira Shiratori…
Fanart Friday: Demon Slay-Your-Heart on Valentine’s Day
Chocolates are for HUMANS ONLY—so say these lovely demon slayers (hashira and otherwise) on this Valentine’s Day! 【久世】「 鬼滅まとめ④ 」 reprinted w/permission
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 17: Naruto’s Perspective on Love
Ah, Valentine’s Day—one of the most beloved and hated holidays of the year! We get emotional as the day draws near and that messes with our minds, even…
Christians Coming Together in Creativity: The Gabriel and the Guardians World Premiere
Gabriel and the Guardians, an anime-style series three years in the making, finally premieres today on Angel Studios’ platforms. In my review of the pilot episode, I noted…
First Impression: Gabriel and the Guardians
Ara, the world of humans, is a wasteland filled with treacherous people and terrifying creatures. Meanwhile, above Ara exists another realm, one that’s beautiful and ethereal, where the…
Reader’s Corner: Frieren (Vol. 12), Solo Leveling (Vol. 11), and The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (Vol. 5)
Slavery, character deaths, and the possibility of the future being erased are among the intense themes in series we’re reviewing in this week’s column! But if you want…
Fanart Friday, Too: Cake for Waguri
If you’ve yet to read The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, you should! Trust me, it’s the most precious series—and thankfully, Cloverworks is bringing it to life in…
Fanart Friday: Wistful Frieren
Is Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End a sad anime? For a series that has so many tearful moments, it’s surprisingly full of hope. I think you get a little…
Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 11), Kagurabachi (Vol. 2), and The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse (Vol. 1)
February starts with a bang as we review awesome new volumes of hot series like Dandadan and Kagurabachi, romances like volume four of You and I Are Polar…
Fanart Friday, Too: Madoka and Sakura Together!
Too-cute, too-kind magical girls unite!! But, uh, one of these mascots ain’t like the other…watch out, Madoka, Sakura, and Kero-chan!! ★ 【飞机云君】 「 sakura & madoka 」 reprinted…
Fanart Friday: My Senpai is Annoying (So I Might Slice Him in Half?!!!)
So…Takeda really didn’t have a hard time handling Igarashi but Ubel? One wrong step and it could be lights out for him. ★ 【SydusArts】 「 huh.. 」 reprinted…
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 16: You’re Under Arrest (For Your Motivations)
Why do you do what you do? Is it to be good and to please God or are there other reasons? A You’re Under Arrest episode featuring the…
Reader’s Corner: Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Vol. 5), Gabriel and the Guardians, and Takahashi from the Bike Shop (Vol. 1)
On this week’s corner, romance blossoms in a bike shop, Gabriel and the Guardians gets its start, Your Forma relationships begin to form, and much, much more! Check…
Fanart Friday, Too: Arturia’s Knights of the Round Table
FGO no longer has near the popularity it once did as players move on to different games, but Arturia—the “once and future king”—is forever! ★ 【中西 達哉】 「…