Sidonia no Kishi is back, and you’d never know it had been gone. This has certainly been the season of throwbacks so far – they’re all over the schedule in many shapes ands sizes, and in many ways Sidonia no Kishi fits right in with that theme. With it’s technologically-driven, […] Read more
The wayback machine is in overdrive. If one wasn’t sure of the date, there sure are a lot of series this season that could fool you. It’s more obvious with some shows than others, but whether it be Gainax nostalgia, epic fantasy or subtler stuff like vaguely shounen-ai undertones, this […] Read more
You’ve heard me say it before, but the title of this series is definitely truth in advertising. Baby Steps being awesome is like the sun rising in the East – you just know you can count it every time. The only downside as a writer, really, is that this is […] Read more
This season is full of anime that forgot to check the calendar. And I expect them all to sell like crap. OP: “Boku no Kotoba de wa Nai Kore wa Boku-tachi no Kotoba” (僕の言葉ではない これは僕達の言葉;These Aren’t My Words. These Are Our Words) by UVERworld Watching Arslan Senki kind of makes […] Read more
Turns out BONES + Matsumoto + Nightow = the coolest thing since the other side of the pillow. OP: “Hello, world!” by Bump of Chicken I’m pretty staggered by the sheer braggadocio of Kekkai Sensen after two episodes. Frankly, I’m not sure I’ve seen anything this brashly stylish in anime […] Read more
This show is a tough nut to crack. Spring has offered several what I was call pleasant surprises so far (though this early, those could all still blow up) and the shows that were supposed to be really good have held up their end of the bargain. But if there’s […] Read more
Now that’s one high school that doesn’t do locker searches. Owari no Seraph is a funny series in a number of ways, but most pertinent here is the state of expectations it left for me after the premiere. It was excellent – I’d go so far as to say the […] Read more
For a series about cooking, I think Shokugeki no Souma’s recipe is an extremely simple one. I suppose there are two audiences for every popular WSJ adaptation – fans of the manga and new viewers. That’s true for every adaptation of course, but it seems more germane with shounen titles […] Read more
There are no uneventful Chihayafuru chapters any more – only varying magnitudes of earthquakes. I should know better than to be lulled into suspecting Suetsugu-sensei is going to give us a breather chapter. Until you’ve read the last panel you’d damn well better keep looking up, because sooner or later […] Read more
My one-line synopsis of Punchline: “You had to be there”. At the risk of sounding obsessed with the topic, my instant – and I mean instant – reaction to the beginning of Punchline was “Yay – another series trying to bottle Gainax”. And I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one […] Read more