hi! you probably get this a lot, but I got into the series just about a week or two ago and watched everything they had on netflix, i loved it a lot! i want to look at more but I'm like... 11 years late to the party and it's kind of overwhelming and confusing. where should I start? what sort of stuff is there beyond what's on netflix? (sorry if this is a silly question, but i figured you would know a lot!)
thank you, have a nice day!
Hi! No worries, it's not a silly question at all, there's a lot of content out there! I think it depends on how invested you want to get, because there's things like the shorts, the mangas, audio dramas, and even more supplementary stuff like the novels and interviews from characters/cast/staff. I'd recommend starting out with the shorts and mangas first and see how you feel from there!
Shorts: The Side Bunny short takes place between episode 13 and 14, Side Tiger short takes place after episode 25, and the Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth short takes place after the Rising. You can download all three of them from here, provided by coolboxofcandy!
Manga: There are two main ones. Tiger & Bunny: The Comic by Ueda and Yoshida (read here) which follows canon and depicts new stories that take place early in the anime and up to the Rising. If you only read one then I'd say go for that one! Tiger & Bunny by Mizuki Sakakibara (read here) on the other hand is a little bit of an AU story, as it largely follows Barnaby's perspective and diverges a few chapters in. Both of these mangas are completed, but the Ueda manga is still in the process of being fan translated. And while the Sakakibara manga is available online up to chapter 25, it has been localized so you may have to end up purchasing volumes 7, 8, and 9 if you'd like to read the rest. Also, starting this month we'll be getting sequel mangas to both of these with season 2!
Then there are the two oneshots by Katsura (character designer) and Nishida (head writer): read here and here, and they take place sometime between episodes in the anime.
As for the rest of these, they aren't really necessary materials, but they are canon and very fun.
Drama CDs: You can download the audio thanks to coolboxofcandy here and read the translations on the Wiki here. Expect lots of shenanigans and different pairs of characters getting their share of the spotlight!
Novels: Excerpts from the novelization of The Beginning part 1 (generously reuploaded by T&Bftw), part 2, and part 3; and The Rising excerpts here. These follow the movies through the characters' POVs and gives insight to their thoughts, which the audience isn't privy to hearing in the series itself.
And interviews/etc! There have been a lot of these. ThisIsSternbild has a good collection of translations to get started with, and the Directory on this blog has a variety of other bits of translations and other miscellaneous events. Monthly Hero in my opinion is another fun one to read, as that information is from the booklets that came with the Limited Edition Blurays so they tend to relate to the episodes they came with.
Beyond all of those, I'd say it's just a matter of reading or clicking through to whatever else sounds interesting to you! Sorry this was so long, but I hope it helps! And feel free to ask if you have any more questions :)
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