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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, Too: Hello, Mr. Chimera
I feel like Anya would do just well in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist… ★ 【haraya】 「 Mr. Chimera 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
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, Too: Hello from Miku and Cinnamoroll!
Have you heard about the new Miku x Cinnamoroll collaboration? A pop-up in Shinjuku runs through the middle of the month, and has led to so many great…
Fanart Friday, Too: Monster
Did you know that Monster is now available to stream legally? Netflix has the English sub version of the classic series! Go catch it now while you can!…
Fanart Friday, Too: Dandadan!
Now that Dandadan has achieved so much popular and critical success, the fanart can’t stop coming! Which means that we’re all the winners! ★ 【yueko】 「 dandadan 」…
Fanart Friday: Hello, Rin and Nadeshiko!
Hmm…I wonder who’s taking the photo and from where? ★ 【前髪】 「 Rin & Nadeshiko 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Cyberpunk Lucy
Did you watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners? I caught the first few episodes, but I admit, I’m not great at keeping up Netflix series. If it’s not on Crunchyroll or…
Fanart Friday, Too: Bouquet Magica
These illustrations, setting the Holy Quintet against flowers, feel wholly appropriate. The Madoka Magica girls are colorful, fierce, beautiful, and strong, but fragile, too—and some only lasting a…
Fanart Friday, Too: Cell Stages
I’m not sure I would have considered an antagonist from DBZ to make a great model for epic fanart, but here we go and here we are: Cell,…
Fanart Friday, Too: Rescuing Haku
Spirited Away is 21 years old. Can you believe that? It’s one of the first anime films I watched in theaters, and still holds up today as a…
Fanart Friday, Too: Dwarf Exchange
It looks like this could work… ★ 【nyoro】 「 dwarf exchange 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Striking Jujutsu
These black-and-white illustrations of Jujutsu Kaisen characters are just stunning! Have you kept up with the anime? Did you finish the manga? ★ 【Uki】 「 呪術のいろいろ 」 ☆…
Fanart Friday, Too: Race, Miku!
Ahh, look at this beautiful artwork of Racing Miku! I have this exact same version (2022) as a model that needs to be assembled. I’m motivated to actually…
Fanart Friday, Too: Poisonous Maomao
The Apothecary Diaries is back! Honestly, it was really tough to wait even a short amount of time for season two. Maomao withdrawals to go along with Maoamo…
Fanart Friday, Too: Pain Eraser
I love this illustration of all the Crypton Vocaloids looking so casual and cool, but those of you who are really into Vocaloids may appreciate it even more…
Fanart Friday, Too: Lovely Marcille
New season of Dungeon Meshi coming…when? ★ 【vafa】 「 マルシル ー ダンジョン飯 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Remember Madoka
The final episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired 13 years ago in about a week’s time—on April 21, 2011. It remains every bit a classic today as…
Fanart Friday, Too: Steins;kiss
I love Kurisu, Okabe, and Steins;gate in general so much. It may be time for a rewatch. By the way, the artist of this illustration, DIno, is doing…
Fanart Friday, Too: Chibiusa, No!
Check out this wonderful redraw of a scene from Sailor Moon by the fantastic artist, Axsens! If you’re unfamiliar with the scenes, like I am, check out this…
Fanart Friday, Too: Nezuko Returns
One of the best parts of the most recent season of Demon Slayer was the unexpected ending (spoilers ahead). Nezuko, relegated to a minor role in the season,…
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…
Fanart Friday, Too: Princess Tutu
Have you ever watched Princess Tutu? It’s one of those series that didn’t draw the audience it deserved when released, but still looms large in viewers’ minds, a…
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, Too: Dance, Damian!
Damian’s face in this illustration! And all the characters watching from behind (see Yor?). I LOVE IT. ★ 【tin】「 HAVE A DANCE 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Lovely Kikyo
I pose to you the eternal question: Kikyo or Kagome? Look, everyone loves Kagome. How can you not? But Kikyo receives a lot of undeserved hate. I love…
Fanart Friday, Too: Strumming Deedlit
Has anyone watched the classic series, Record of Lodoss War? Based on a series of fantasy novels, its sput off a bunch of different properties. I admit, I…
Fanart Friday, Too: Cloud + Aerith
There are beautiful Clerith fanart pieces out there, and then there’s this illustration, an extraordinary piece by artist, c7肘. Be still, my heart! ★ 【c7肘】「 cloud and aerith…
Fanart Friday, Too: Casual Kessoku
Kessoku goes casual? Check out these lovely illustrations of Bocchi, Ryou, Nijika, and Kita out and about. They subtly (and in Ryou’s case, not-so-subtly) capture the girls’ personaliti…
Fanart Friday, Too: Mononoke Hime
San is still young during the happenings in the movie. She hasn’t known peace. Even here in this lovely illustration, it seems she is detecting something in the…
Fanart Friday, Too: Clerith Christmas
Aww, what a sweet scene of Cloud and Aerith! c7肘 is a master of pretty, peaceful Christmas fanart. ★ 【c7肘】 「 Merry Christmas 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Beautiful Maomao
Some of the shiniest parts of The Apothecary Diaries are when Maomao, who dresses and looks as frumpy as possible to protect herself, shows her extraordinary beauty. The…
Fanart Friday, Too: Reflecting Suzume
Have you read our review for Suzume, now out in theaters in North America? We encourage you to rush out and watch the film. It could turn your…
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, Too: Striking Asuna
In upper echelon of uber-popular anime, Sword Art Online may be series that’s most divisive, but on one thing, we can all agree: Asuna is awesome. ★ 【iJac…
Fanart Friday, Too: Thorn Princess
It’s so rare that an anime delivers on the hype, and is as popular with the fans as it is with the critics. That’s what SPY x FAMILY…
Fanart Friday, Too: Enter Joker
Anime fans have their own Joker… ★ 【Kosumi】 「 JOKER 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday, Too: Floating Frieren
Forget Galadriel. The “elf of the year” in 2022 was the titular character of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Hilarious, caring, and overpowered, Frieren is the center of a…
Fanart Friday, Too: Okarun, Go!
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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…
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…
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…
Fanart Friday, Too: Growing Damianya
I love seeing Damian and Anya reimagined a little (or sometimes quite) older and coming around to one another. Ducartoon specializes in the Damianya pairing, posting tons of…
Fanart Friday, Too: Hunter x Hunter x Fanart
Any Hunter x Hunter fans out there? I know that on our staff, Ithileryn leads the call of how great this shounen classic is, while our artist, Zion,…
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, Too: A Powerful Christmas
This piece is super pretty (as are all of moshimoshibe’s illustrations), but can you imagine just how gross and messy a Christmas party with Power and Denji would…
Fanart Friday, Too: Eris Boreas Greyrat
Problematic? Perhaps. Emotional and fulfilling? Absolutely. We can’t way for more Mushoku Tensei. Thankfully, an OVA featuring Eris Boreas Greyrat should be streaming soon! ★ 【トーチケイスケ】「 エリス 」…
Fanart Friday, Too: Cake for Waguri
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Fanart Friday, Too: Standing by Shinji
One of the things I really disliked about End of Evangelion is Misato’s final scene with Shinji. It’s awkward and weird and perhaps absolutely fitting with the series,…
Fanart Friday, Too: Secrets x Family
Ohhh, I love these illustrations so much! The extreme close-ups and focus on these, along with the mid-action feel of the drawings, make them come alive. ★ 【ENOCH】「…