It sure doesn’t hurt – especially with a sports anime – to have the luxury of being able to deliver fluid animation and on-model characters pretty much all the time, and on-time. Read more
Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage) – 07
When I say this episode represented a return to form of sorts, take in in the context that even the form it was in was pretty damn good. It’s just that eps like this one are why I fell in love with Fune wo Amu. Read more
Yuri!!! on Ice – 08
Of all the anime this season, Yuri on Ice is the most. Read more
Natsume Yuujinchou Go – 07
There are definitely times when I worry about the production capacity of Studio Shuka, despite the fact that they’re starting to amass a nice body of work Read more
An Interview With Michaël Dudok de Wit: The Red Turtle, Studio Ghibli, and the Future of Hand-Drawn Animation
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Oscar-winning director Michaël Dudok de Wit, whose “The Red Turtle” was co-produced with Studio Ghibli. Read more
Girlish Number – 07
Every series with an aspirations needs a breakout character, and Girlish Number really has one. Read more
Weekly Digest 11/19/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
OK, we’ve pretty much given ourselves over to silliness at this point. Read more
Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari – 07
As I’ve noted many times, manga and anime seem to be wonderful mediums (though by no means the only ones) for using fantasy as a means to cast insight on the experience of being human. Read more
Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou – 07
To a certain extent I like Haikyuu for the same reasons I’m a sports fan in the first place, because is sparks a lot of the same emotions. Read more