Who knew it was so creepy when goldfish smile? Thus might just have been my favorite episode of Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! yet, at least in terms of consistent laughs: Is saying someone is “air” really a compliment? Rigor mortis Great villain this time, and a great comic performance […] Read more
Akatsuki no Yona just keeps finding new ways to close the sale. For me at least, it’s almost always true that it’s more fun to watch superficially humble characters be GAR than generally overpowered ones. You can draw a parallel to sports anime, where most of the best protagonists are […] Read more
I’ve heard of head-butting, but that’s taking it way too literally. If you’re a sports anime fan, you probably know the announcement that Diamond no Ace was unsurprisingly renewed for another season came this week (hopefully this will be some reward for all of the frustration we’ve endured these last […] Read more
This series sure makes that plan to go with minimal screencaps a challenge. Like clockwork Kamisama Hajimemashita delivers another vastly entertaining episode this week, as always finessing the balance between comedy and drama about as well as it’s possible to do it. But even as it explores its first real […] Read more
This arc is beginning to look very familiar… It’s tomorrow morning already, and if I wasn’t already exhausted from the last few days, this tortoise-like posting routine would be bad enough. So sorry DRRR, but it’s gonna be a brief one. Basically, it feels to me as if we’re going […] Read more
The only constant in life is change. As you know if you’ve read any of my recent episodic posts, I’ve moved house recently. This time it’s down to Kyoto, where the search for long-term employment in Japan continues (if anyone knows anyone and would care to introduce me…). It’s hard […] Read more
Oh, this is one hell of a mess we have building up here. We can’t yet know exactly what shape the splatter is going to take, of course, but it’s obvious that the shit is getting very close to hitting the fan. And I expect things to get pretty […] Read more
Back to the old grind at Quincdecim – or is it? This is moving weekend for me, so my apologies for both the lateness and brevity of its posts. I’m actually using my time on the Shinkansen to try and catch up a little bit, since I’ve been running nonstop […] Read more
Talk about arriving just in the nick of time… Update: To my not at all surprise, Diamond no Ace had a sequel announced today. No word on length, but it appears to be starting in April so no interruption. This episode of Diamond no Ace begs the question – is […] Read more
I’m in the process of moving this weekend, which is why posts have been delayed a bit. But upon arriving at my new place, which is an apartment building with shared wifi, I’ve discovered that among other things it doesn’t allow me to access my remote PC server. As such, […] Read more