If that wasn’t the best anime episode I’ve seen all year, it sure would be in the conversation. I don’t say this often – in fact this may very well be the first time I’ve said it – but that episode was Hunter X Hunter caliber shounen. That may be […] Read more
Well, those last two minutes were certainly bracing… OK, before I go any further, I just have to ask – does the world’s most advanced civilian computer lab not have a walk-in refrigerator or freezer? Does it not occur to anyone that if you’re going to try and convince the […] Read more
“You Should be Nice/She’s in Class, Right?” No, I haven’t forgotten about Mix, though it seems like years (it’s actually six months almost to the day) since my last post. In fact I missed the fact that a couple of chapters were released in September – an occupational hazard when […] Read more
Osomatsu-san the top-ranked series of the Fall? SHEEEH! Anime is a funny old thing, sometimes. Here I was thinking Osomatsu-san was going to be a niche title at best, maybe not even subtitled or streamed, and now it seems a lock to be the biggest surprise hit of the season. […] Read more
Here’s a little piece I put together for MAL. “Action” means different things to different fans, but these are some series that exemplify great action for me. Read more
Seriously? I mean – seriously?? I think it’s probably official at this point – Diamond no Ace has pissed me off more than any other show I’ve watched for this long. And I don’t man mild irritation, I mean really genuinely pissed off. It’s almost become cyclical at this point […] Read more
So far Tekketsu no Orphans is sticking pretty close to the template, but it seems to be working. I had a chance to see Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun da (Anthem of the Heart) this weekend, which I bring up here because like Iron-Blooded Orphans, it’s a collaboration between Nagai Tatsuyuki and […] Read more
I give up – more or less. You know, the truth is I still can’t make sense out of Concrete Revolutio. It’s not so much that the narrative is confusing – though it certainly is – but the series itself. I like to find the rationale in things, and in […] Read more
One Punch Man seems to have found its stride. It sounds funny to say about a show I’ve been enjoying as much as One Punch Man, but the last two episodes have felt like a real turning point. For the first month that enjoyment was mostly superficial – laughing at […] Read more
The old crow finally returns to the nest. This was a rather low-key episode of Haikyuu, and quite consciously I think. After the flash introduction of Yachi and the most intense acrimony since the earliest days of the series between Hinata and Kageyama, it was time to step off the […] Read more