Leadership can take many forms, I suppose. I know we should be used to recaps from Diamond no Ace by now, but seriously – three minutes worth before the OP, and then you show the same damn clip again after it? Making use of the same scene three times is […] Read more
Nope – I can’t claim to be impartial. I feel irrationally pleased by how much I enjoyed the second episode of Joukamachi no Dandelion (especially the B-part) – even vindicated, as silly as that sounds. I think I’m capable of being honest here – I’ve thrown plenty of my sleeper […] Read more
Delayed a week, was God Eater worth the buildup? God Eater was a series where the peripherals interested me more than the story itself. Frankly, it sounded pretty much like a generic game adaptation – dystopian future (2071) with mysterious monsters wiping out humanity, new technology that lets teens act […] Read more
Akagami no Shirayukihime comes at this shoujo fantasy thing from a pretty interesting angle. It’s always tempting to compare shows that are part of a genre that’s underrepresented in anime – sports, mecha (hard as that is to believe, it’s certainly the case these days) etc.. And shoujo fantasy certainly […] Read more
Where was it that nice guys supposedly finish? I can’t really write a Baby Steps post on this of all Sundays without acknowledging the events at Wimbledon, and not the ones in the OP either. It was another heartbreaking final Sunday in London as Roger Federer once again fell short […] Read more
To a wise man, a foolish man is first and foremost an opportunity. OP2: “Uzu to Uzu” (渦と渦) by NICO Touches the Walls After a recap episode (frankly I didn’t mind one bit, given the craziness of the first week of a new season) Arslan Senki powers back into action […] Read more
Which Maeda Jun or are going to get here, I wonder? Charlotte – 02 For starters, I thought the second episode of Charlotte was clearly better than the first. The humor was hit and miss and the A-part was a bit draggy, but when things ratcheted up a few levels […] Read more
Souta’s life just doesn’t get any easier… “Serious” is a relative term when it comes to Working, but this episode definitely was one of the more restrained in the series’ canon. The eps focused on the Takanashi family situation often feel at a remove from the rest of the series, […] Read more
“We must hurry! Protect the urine!” Aoharu X Kikanjuu – 02 I have to admit I got pretty bored by the latter stages of this ep of Aoharu X Kikanjuu. I still quite like the visual style, but I don’t find any of the characters especially interesting and the execution […] Read more
How can Prison School be exactly what I was expecting when I had no idea what to expect? Having watched that utterly preposterous and offensive premiere, I’m beginning to understand why so many people seem to have a hard time explaining just what this series is. Is it satire? Is […] Read more