Anime Blog Tracker

RJL’s Holiday Gift Guide

Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book? Read Japanese Literature has 15 recommendations to cover everyone on your list. We’ve…

Alison Fincher

Nov 9, 2024 • Subscribe

ANN Holiday Gift Guide 2021

Trying to find the perfect gift for the otaku in your life? Why not check out Anime News Network's curated list of anime, manga, video games, and collectibles?…

Anime News Network - Views

Nov 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Retro Anime Holiday Season Gift Guide for 2021

Find the perfect anime gift for the Japanese animation fan in your life. Look through our top picks to help you find the right present!

90sanime.com

Nov 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Your 2022 Holiday Gunpla Gift Guide

We’re barely into November and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but for some reason, my local mall has a Christmas tree up. That’s right, it’s ALREADY time to…

Gunpla 101

Nov 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Gunpla 101’s Holiday Gift Guide 2024 is live!

The post Gunpla 101’s Holiday Gift Guide 2024 is live! appeared first on Gunpla 101.

Gunpla 101

Nov 26, 2024 • Subscribe

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Top Picks for the BL Fan in Your Life

A BL gift guide, with suggestions including the self-contained title "Only the Stars Know" and the beloved "Heaven Official's Blessing."

K-Comics Beat

Dec 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Christmas Gift Guide for the Christian Anime Fan

What do you get the anime fan in your life for Christmas? An already difficult task is made even more challenging if you’re looking to gift something that…

Beneath the Tangles

Nov 25, 2019 • Subscribe

The Ultimate Anime Fan Gift Guide for 2023 

Need to get a gift for a fan of anime, manga, or Japanese pop culture? Here are popular anime gift ideas that will delight the one you love.

In Asian Spaces

Dec 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Okazu 2020 Yuri Gift Guide

2020 has been a decade of a year and, frankly, we all deserve a treat. I’ve picked a handful of series that I think will appeal to different…

Okazu

Nov 29, 2020 • Subscribe

This Week in Anime - The Great Anime Holiday Gift Exchange (Part One)

Coop and Chris unwrap the anime-viewing gifts under their virtual trees. Were they naughty or nice?

Anime News Network - Views

Dec 17, 2024 • Subscribe

This Week in Anime - The Great Anime Holiday Gift Exchange (Part Two)

It's Lucas and Steve's turn to unwrap their backlog anime presents! Will what they find be trash, treasure, or an exciting combination of the two?

Anime News Network - Views

Dec 19, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Anime Helped Save Superman”

Non-management: I’ve been getting very busy with my new full-time job. It been demanding more of my time and focus than my previous one, which has unfortunately led me…

therefore it is

Feb 16, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The History Behind Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo”

Non-management: I wrote before in a previous article that I thought Land of the Lustrous had the makings of a modern Buddhist classic. Well, I got a second story…

therefore it is

Apr 1, 2019 • Subscribe

A Manga Gift Guide for All Seasons

Here's what to give the manga lover in your life

That Manga Hunter

Dec 19, 2023 • Subscribe

A Gift Guide for the Weebs in your life

So Star has already written a post on gifts inspired by Shoujo. She already showcased real, practical items to convey your feelings. But what if you wanted to…

We be bloggin'

Dec 20, 2019 • Subscribe

The 35 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

These past two weeks, I've been writing the vast majority of Anime News Network's Interest articles while Kim Morrissy relocates from Japan to Australia. Here they all are…

Biggest In Japan

Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

The 9 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

This past week, I've been writing some of Anime News Network's Interest articles. Here they all are for your perusal!

Biggest In Japan

Feb 12, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Horror and Romance of Rural Higurashi”

Non-management: Before coronavirus really took off in Japan and everyone started taking it seriously here, I was able to manage a trip with a friend to rural Shirakawa-go in…

therefore it is

Mar 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – Yuri Network News April 30, 2022

Yuri Literature Mark Your Calendars! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga pre-orders officially open up on May 2! I’ll launch a page…

Okazu

Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Anime Gift Recommendations

By Andrew Osmond. If you’re buying anime as a present for someone this Christmas, here are our recommendations! If they like action… Cowboy Bebop may have spaceships, but…

All the Anime

Nov 29, 2020 • Subscribe

Cowboy Bebop, Gurren Lagann

[Anime News Network] “Welcome Back, Spice and Wolf”

Non-management: Spice and Wolf is such a blast from the past. It’s not the first anime I watched, but it is one of the first I enjoyed back when…

therefore it is

May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Spice and Wolf

[Anime News Network] “Home is the Battlefield for the Young 86”

Non-management: Scrawny as I was, then and even now, I used to fantacize a lot about playing soldier. With an escrima stick or two in hand, I’d imagine myself…

therefore it is

Dec 29, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Enemy Within in the War of 86”

Non-management: Japan is fairly experienced with making anti-war stories, given the sheer devastation it suffered in the Pacific War and the pacifism it adopted afterwards. It is not so…

therefore it is

Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

No Yuri Network News Today

Beautiful summer day, I’m taking off. Be back in the office later tomorrow. ^_^  

Okazu

Jul 24, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Ultimate Madoka Recap and Homura’s Lost Paradise”

Non-management: I know it’s been so long since the film came out (and just thinking about it gets me thinking “God damn, that was literally over a decade ago-OW…

therefore it is

Feb 18, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Everything Changes in Folktales and Frieren”

Management: Hi, it’s been another while since I’ve written something. After 5 years, I’m back from Japan and back in America. I felt melancholic about leaving, feel melancholic…

therefore it is

Nov 29, 2023 • Subscribe

Anime News Network Tokyo Game Show 2022 Coverage Roundup

Head on over to Anime News Network to read up on all the games I got to try out at TGS 2022!

Biggest In Japan

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A Song of Refugees and Fire”

Non-management: I work at a school in Japan, at the moment of this writing. I assist in teaching English, and one of my English teaching colleagues here loves…

therefore it is

Jan 26, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A History of Takarazuka Revue Influences in Anime”

Non-management: I’ve always been fascinated by the intersectional synthesis of cultures, which partly explains why I find the Taisho period such an aesthetic delight. Western culture meets Ja…

therefore it is

Sep 16, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Urobuchi, History, and the Wuxia Hero of Thunderbolt Fantasy”

Non-management: “Urobutcher” is a name that’s stuck onto Gen Urobuchi, for better or worse. One of his earliest camps of detractors accuse Urobuchi of torturing idealistic hero ch…

therefore it is

May 31, 2021 • Subscribe

No, Anime News Network, Rising of the Shield Hero’s Premise Isn’t Misogynistic

After casually running an advert for a dangerous far-right Japanese cult, Anime News Network has returned to the realm of controversy with their preview guide for Rising of…

Unnecessary exclamation mark!

Jan 7, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Roleplaying in Re: Zero, the Dark Souls of Isekai”

Non-management: Re: Zero partially inspired that Dark Souls fanfic I wrote a while ago, an influence that lives on in all the Dark Souls comparisons I made in…

therefore it is

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Kadokawa World Entertainment agrees deal to purchase Anime News Network

Kadokawa Corporation, Japanese media conglomerate, announces the purchase of Anime News Network's media business, via their US holding compa...

Otaku News - World Edition

Nov 9, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Similar is Beastars to Zootopia, Really?”

As more and more people watch, come to like, and recommend 

therefore it is

Jul 4, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Starting Over: Regrets and Redemption in Reincarnation Isekai Anime”

Management: The idea for this article has been drifting in and out of my head for a while since last year, and it’s only now that I’ve had…

therefore it is

Dec 12, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Through One Piece, the Golden Age of Piracy Lives On”

Non-management: So I really did, at first, wonder why pirates were such a beloved icon in American culture. Small kids have traditionally dressed up as pirates for Halloween…

therefore it is

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

One Piece

[Anime News Network] “Log Horizon, Undertale, and the Tales Game Mechanics Can Tell

Non-management: I really don’t have that much time for the older hobbies I enjoyed back in college, what with  newer priorities like Japanese and a full-time job. I…

therefore it is

Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Log Horizon

The Anime Ministry Network Launches!

Do you use anime to reach people for Christ? Do you have a community of other believers who do the same? Would you like to join one? A…

Beneath the Tangles

Feb 15, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Vivy: a Robot Ode to Life Vividly Lived”

Non-management: I love me a good story about existentialism, and Vivy is one of the better written ones in anime. Most people don’t usually think about why they…

therefore it is

Jul 27, 2021 • Subscribe

AnimeNYC coverage on Anime News Network! (Gundam’s 40th anniversary & Dr. Stone interview)

Coverage of Gundam’s 40th anniversary panel and an interview with the creators of the Dr. Stone manga.

Thoughts That Move

Dec 5, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network Article] “‘Gekokujo’ and Revolution in Ascendance of a Bookworm”

It’s a recurring trope in history and fiction: outsiders are salad tossed into a pre-established society. Due to a whole world of difference, these immigrants arrive with fresh…

therefore it is

Jul 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm

[Anime News Network] “History and Momotaro in One Piece’s Wano Country Arc”

Non-management: I think it was one of my Japanese language college courses when I first got acquainted with the actual story of Momotaro. It was told in kami shibai style,…

therefore it is

Aug 27, 2020 • Subscribe

One Piece

Anime that brings the holiday magic!

Holiday Maaagic! This is one of my favorite anime of all time and definitely my number one favorite holiday anime. It’s a heart warming story that is filled…

Anime Hanabi

Dec 20, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Hunter x Hunter and Dragon Ball Z: the Fall of the Shounen Hero”

Non-management: Hi. It’s been a while since I’ve written anything anime-related, but I’ve been busy with my day job and Japanese studies, and now that Japanese test day is…

therefore it is

Aug 21, 2022 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Hunter x Hunter

Guide to the Monogatari Anime

Where, why, and how to watch the (in)famous Monogatari series.

Edomonogatari

May 12, 2020 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 5, 2022

Yuri Manga We’re starting off with some truly wonderful news – Seven Seas has licensed a title from Galette magazine! Intelligently, they have picked up Morinaga Milk’s Watashi…

Okazu

Feb 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 22, 2023

Yuri Manga   Watashi no Oshi ha Akyaku Reijou. Maid Kitchen（私の推しは悪役令嬢。メイドキッチン), the food-centric spin-off of the Watashi no Oshi ha Akyaku Reijou. first chapter is up on Ichijin…

Okazu

Jul 22, 2023 • Subscribe

I'm in Love with the Villainess

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 14, 2020

Yuri Light Novels Manga Planet has announced an exciting new license for 7 “Super light” Yuri novels from Parsola, featuring art by popular Yuri creators Akiko Morishima, and…

Okazu

Nov 14, 2020 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 11, 2021

Yuri Manga Winter 2022 is looking pretty great for Yuri! We’ll start with a bunch from Seven Seas. Our Teachers Are Dating!, Volume 4 brings this series to…

Okazu

Sep 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 2, 2021

Yuri Manga Added to the Yuricon Store, we have Bloom Into You Anthology, Volume One, now available from Seven Seas. Volume Two is available for pre-order, with a…

Okazu

Oct 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Bloom Into You