Brutal, just brutal. This episode of Diamond no Ace was a painful one, but it certainly wasn’t surprising. The handwriting has been on the wall for a while that Eijun’s appearance in this game was going to be a disaster, and indeed that’s exactly what happened. But it must be […] Read more
This series certainly isn’t getting any easier to figure out. It’s definitely a point in Death Parade’s favor that it continues to move in directions that surprise me, not just consistently but almost exclusively. I had a broad suspicion of what sort of series it was going to be based […] Read more
That was certainly a change-of-pace, in a good way. This may not have been the perfect episode of Tokyo Ghoul, but I think it came at the perfect time. Frankly “Root A” has been all over the place – scattershot, utterly confusing, uneven and sloppy. Sometimes it’s been exhilarating and […] Read more
I have to hand it to Japanese cops – they may not normally carry guns, but when they do they’re apparently self-realoading. I was a bit surprised that after last week’s episode of Kiseijuu, which I thought was one of the strongest yet, there were only a couple of comments. […] Read more
Raise your hand if you expected to see a pink wombat say “O, Sole mio!” this season. Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! knows exactly what it’s doing. That’s been apparent for a while, but what was implicit in last week’s storyline – that this is a sendup of mahou shoujo […] Read more
I’m beginning to see why so many people voted for the damn rodent. And whoever finally voted for King Il, thank you for your kindness. Truth be told, this wasn’t my absolute favorite episode of Akatsuki no Yona, though as much as I’ve loved this show through 18 episodes that’s […] Read more
What a strange cone of silence surrounds this series. Have their been many anime over the years as criminally underappreciated – or at least under-acknowledged – as Kamisama Hajimemashita? I can’t think of a lot. I’ve discussed the possible reasons at length already – the ease with which it goes […] Read more
No question about it – these omakes are getting more and more shameless. It was easy to think that this episode was going to be all bout the chimera cyclist Midousuji Akira, who has a way of drawing every bit of attention to himself whenever he’s on-screen. But for once, […] Read more
The passage of time is always a little strange when dealing with Little Busters!. This one has been a long time coming, I confess. There was quite a wait for a subtitled release to begin with, and I’ve had so little time of late that this episode sat in the […] Read more
New episode, new arc, new Durarara? Sort of. I won’t say the fifth episode of Durarara!!X2 was a revelation, but it was definitely the best of the season as far as I’m concerned. This was really the first time I felt some of the spark I did in watching the […] Read more