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Editor-in-Chief / Owner / Designer

Teresa (Katy) Castillo

Katy is standing in front of the Bean in downtown Chicago. She is wearing a brown jacket with another green jacket on top with snow dusted on it. She is wearing black framed glasses and a red lipstick. She is smiling softly.

She is the Owner & EiC of Yatta-Tachi, an independent media site focused on Japanese (& adjacent) Pop Culture. She is the co-founder and designer of the fandom-centric design agency, Hand Design Co. In 2023, she also created Otaku Jobs, a fandom job posting account on Bluesky.

Raised in Harlingen, TX, she started an anime club at TSTC to bring anime & manga awareness to the area. During that time, she put together an event at her college to provide support for Japan after the 2011 earthquake. Throughout her 10 years of running Yatta-Tachi, Katy has been providing resources for the community, including a monthly roundup of manga, light novel, & book releases. She’s also worked with other sites & folks in the industry on collaborations such as Inclusive Geek Creators & the Yatta! Pride project.

She currently lives in upstate New York with her fiancé, Chris Brailsford, where she spends her free time playing tabletop games, attending anime conventions, & collecting manga/manhwa. You can find her discussing anime/manga (especially Laid-Back Camp, Tamako Market, Yu Yu Hakusho, & Sailor Moon), yelling about the importance of accessibility & diversity, and visual design on Bluesky.

Find her on:
Bluesky | Mastodon | Instagram | Carrd.Co

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Head of Operations/Web Developer

Chris Brailsford (cbrails)

While he mostly help build and maintain the Yatta-Tachi website, he also contributes to editing duties and occasionally write an article or two. He is a self-proclaimed geek in many different ways, and am happy he can bring that devotion to this website!
Find him on:
Bluesky | Mastodon | Instagram

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Editor

Astra Wijaya (Detrop)

Yatta-Tachi Detrop

I am a Chocobo mug who loves puns and is driven by the thirst for nostalgia. You will usually find me writing about days past like an old person. Other than that, I usually gawk at different visual arts or exercising my fingers on games. Or napping in the kitchen cabinet.
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Senior Writers

Bill Curtis (AnimeLiteweight)

Bill Curtis (Intermediate Contributor)

Manga nerd, music teacher. In a punk band, probably also in a bar somewhere. Read my blog at theanimeliteweight.wordpress.com.

Find Bill on:
Personal Website | Twitter | Bluesky

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Daryl Harding (DoctorDazza)

Writer/Video Maker/Freelancer living in Japan making stuff about the things he loves.
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Kaley Connell

 

An avid reader, gamer, and writer obsessed with romantic comedies and dramas. When she’s not eyeballs deep in a good story, she’s probably redecorating in FFXIV or romancing a cute 2D boy.

Find Kaley On on:
Instagram | Twitter

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