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. On top of all of it, she is a manga cover designer for Manga Mavericks Books and the layout designer for the Anime Herald Magazine.
Raised in Harlingen, TX, she started an anime club in 2005 at her local college (TSTC) to bring anime & manga awareness to the area. 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 & Stardew Valley, 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
Head of Operations/Web Developer
Chris Brailsford (cbrails)
While he mostly helps build and maintain the Yatta-Tachi website, he also contributes to editing duties and occasionally writes 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!
Marketing & PR
Anne Estrada
A little human-shaped fruit with many niche interests and over a decade of PR, marketing, and Japanese to English localization experience. Over the years, Anne has contributed articles to sites such as Anime News Network, IGN, and Waypoint, and has credits in games and manga such as Hitorijime My Hero and Norn9: Var Commons. Oh, and she also runs the Chic Pixel blog. At Yatta-Tachi, you’ll find her writing, editing, and helping uplift the site through marketing and PR efforts.
Find her on:
Managing Editor
Adam Wescott
Editors
Astra Wijaya (Detrop)
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
