Talk to the hand. Read more
Second Impressions – Saihate no Paladin
What’s striking about these first two eps is as much what’s absent as what’s present. Read more
Blue Period – 04
The desire to express one’s soul, once awakened, can never be extinguished – only suppressed at cost. Read more
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi – 02
I confess, there’s no joy in this business quite like having my sleeper picks come good. Read more
Second Impressions Digest – Platinum End, Sakugan, Taishou Otome Otogibanashi
A little Yuno Gasai would liven this story right up. Read more
Second Impressions – Komi-san wa Komyushou desu
Thank goodness OLM got Watanabe Ayumu, because in the wrong hands this could easily be a dumpster fire. Read more
First Impressions – Ousama Ranking
Now that’s what I call NoitaminA. Read more
Second Impressions – Megaton-kyuu Musashi
This is certainly a show trading on execution over innovation, but so far the execution is holding up its end of the bargain. Read more
Heike Monogatari – 05
Through factors partly beyond its control and partly controllable, the anime is losing most of what makes Heike Monogatari so special. Read more
Second Impressions – Takt Op. Destiny
I’ll say this for the second episode of Takt Op. Destiny, it took me some places where I didn’t expect to go. Read more