It’s a pre-Christmas podcast over at RC, with yours truly once again behind the desk. Holiday anime, Manglobe, gender-swapping – we covered a lot of ground this time. Read more
Kidou Senshi Gundan – Tekketsu no Orphans – 11
There are no coincidences in space… The feels were running pretty hot and heavy in this week’s episode of Tekketsu no Orphans, which still has all the earmarks of a story setting up for some major tragedy but has yet to really bring the hammer down. The first requirement for […] Read more
Concrete Revolutio – 11
This universe is apparently still in its expansion phase. It was officially announced this week that Concrete Revolutio is going to be a split cour series, though of course if you’ve been following the posts here that will come as no surprise to you. It’s a damn good thing, too, […] Read more
One Punch Man – 11
I’m not getting my hopes up, but we may just be headed for an actual climax. That preview message came as something of a shock, and that’s in spite of the fact that I knew full well that next week’s episode is the finale. As I said last week if […] Read more
Haikyuu!! Season 2 – 11
Same header as last week – shameless in a good way. Nothing else would do it justice. Well, that was fun. No news there – Haikyuu is generally fun. But this was one of those carefree episodes that would come off as cloying or pandering in lesser hands, but Haikyuu […] Read more
Noragam Aragoto – 11
What’s in a name? If it’s Noragami, an awful damn lot. One thing strikes me about this season of Noragami, and that’s the fact that Yato has been a supporting player for most of it. It’s not as though his name is in the title, but he is the man […] Read more
Ushio to Tora – 24
I hope that’s not how the real Einstein got so smart… Author’s Note: Apologies for the paucity of images while I search for a workaround and/or wait for the new open source WLW to play friendly with Blogger. Even the breather episodes of Ushio & Tora are still pretty jam-packed […] Read more
Subete ga F ni Naru – 10
I don’t suppose this is the sort of story where you get an “And they lived happily ever after”… Author’s Note: Images coming tomorrow, hopefully. Blogger seems to have disabled Windows Live Writer Again… There are certain rules of mysteries, with varying degrees of “officialness”, And I think, ultimately, Subete […] Read more
One Punch Man: Road to Hero (OVA)
Rather than a punch, I’d say that was more of a good dope slap. One Punch Man weighs in with its first OVA (another one is coming up at Christmas), and it’s more or less in the vein or an origin story. And it was pretty successful, though the whole […] Read more
Osomatsu-san – 10
It’s just so wrong, yet so right. And just like that, we’re squarely back in the realm of discomfort comedy that Osomatsu-san seems most comfortable inhabiting. The thing about this series is that it isn’t just a bunch of dick jokes and sight gags – though it does have plenty […] Read more