A few more I’s dotted and T’s crossed, but somehow it all feels kind of halfhearted. I really wish Punchline were a better show. That seems like a forehead-slappingly obvious sort of statement, but it really isn’t. Yeah, on some level you wish every show was better than it is, […] Read more
If you’ve ever wondered, “What would it be like if Rumiko took psychedelics”, it’s pretty much Kyoukai no Rinne. It’s no secret that I’m enjoying the heck out of this series, which just makes me laugh, plain and simple. That’s something I don’t undervalue, believe me, because there aren’t all […] Read more
No Taichi, No Arata, no problem? I wouldn’t go that far. Change is definitely the theme in Chihayafuru these days. There’s still no sign of Taichi, Chihaya isn’t playing, and the Empress is thinking about the future as much as the present. Maybe it’s a test of how big a […] Read more
I’m kinda glad I was watching that episode on my own… I would be the first to admit that Ore Monogatari!! is walking a very fine line, and has been from the beginning. It would be easy to tip over into the saccharine at any moment (and in fact it’s […] Read more
Update: Google and Microsoft have fixed the issue, at least for now. Many thanks to everyone (especially Scott Hanselman at MS) who pushed for a resolution for an issue incredibly minor to these behemoths, but incredibly problematic for those of use who depend on WLW. I’m still going to experiment with […] Read more
Things just got real. This was a very odd episode of Daiya no A. It meandered through a alarmingly random subplot that seemed to drop out of nowhere, mixed in a larger than normal dollop of comedy, and seemed to be going nowhere of particular importance. But I hope you […] Read more
“Hardhome” In a sense, I think it took an episode like this one to remind us just how far off its game Game of Thrones has been the last few weeks, even setting aside the rather disheartening direction it’s taken with Sansa’s storyline. The best word for those eps, I […] Read more
Well – if the relationship can survive this… It’s interesting watching Baby Steps while one of the grand slams is going on, as the French is at the moment. The players here are obviously at a very different stage of their journey, but there are a lot of elements from the real […] Read more
It’s hard not to see the echoes of history in Arslan Senki, but that’s no coincidence. When Tanaka Yoshiki started the Arslan Senki novels (he’s still writing them, though the events of this episode were written more than two decades ago) the Taliban didn’t even exist as a named organization, […] Read more
Sidonia no Kishi is starting to resemble one of the strangest reality shows you’ll ever see. Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki – 08 On the face of it, not a whole lot of ink need be spilled over this episode of Sidonia no Kishi. It was a sitcom ep […] Read more