OPM delivers the Christmas ballet a few months early this year… One Punch Man continues to be one of the most fun shows of the season, though I keep searching for that other layer I thought I was picking up in the manga chapters I read. I see it sometimes, […] Read more
Call her by whatever name you like, but Yachi has certainly brought some interesting changes to Haikyuu – and this is not a series that’s big on change. Read more
It’s always the quiet ones you have to watch out for. In Gundam, anyway. Iron-Blooded Orphans is certainly shaping up as an interesting show, albeit one with some discernible flaws (and I’m not talking about the quite significant drop in animation quality this week). The first four episodes have generally […] Read more
This series is the bandeja paisa of the fall season. I’m coming around on Concrete Revolutio, which in its baffling way is proving to be a very interesting series. It’s a mess, but I think intentionally so. Ghosts, youkai, aliens, mecha, cyborgs – you name it and it’s here. It […] Read more
Give yourselves a pat on the back… Once again I think LiA readers are proving themselves one of the most discerning groups in the English-language anime fandom. You got this season mostly right – certainly, the top 4 series in the poll are among the best of the season. What […] Read more
I know grooming is important and everything, but – really?? This was another rollicking, wildly entertaining episode of Ushio and Tora, but I must confess there were a few times I laughed a bit when I probably wasn’t supposed to. This certainly went in a direction I wasn’t expecting – […] Read more
So, the moment is finally here – did it live up to the hype? Four episodes in, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the Bishamon Arc can back up the build-up – this is good stuff on every level. Noragami is a series that integrates character and plot […] Read more
It’s a big season for mystery anime, but if you ask me this is the one that really matters. The funny thing about NoitaminA is that when it comes back with a series like Subete ga F ni Naru, it’s easy to imagine it’s never really left – you just […] Read more
Past, present and future are all in focus on this week’s Diamond no Ace. Read more
Who knew Osomatsu-san was going to be such a black comedy? Osomatsu-san – 03: This show is, if anything, getting weirder. And filthier too. With a switch to the short vignette format this week (seemingly temporary) inevitably the episode is going to have more ups and downs. The “Saw” spoof […] Read more