Editor-in-Chief / Owner / Designer
Teresa (Katy) Castillo
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. She was also a judge for the 2025 American Manga Awards.
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, replaying Final Fantasy 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.
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
Editor
Astra Wijaya (Detrop)
Senior Writers
Bill Curtis (AnimeLiteweight)
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
