Akatsuki no Yona ends its first cour as it began it – and spent all the time in-between. If you were waiting for a lull from Yona of the Dawn, you can keep looking – they just don’t seem to happen. If you take out the hors categorie Mushishi (and […] Read more
One thing’s for sure – viewers of Yowapeda better expect the unexpected. I love New Year’s in Japan, but it does kind of suck for sports anime fans. Most series (like this one) take a one-week break, and that can be especially agonizing for a sports series, which love their […] Read more
After a while, all these endings just cut right through you. It figured that Gugure! Kukkuri-san would be the sort of show that’s good at endings – if you’ve seen enough anime you’ll know what I mean – and indeed, it delivered one that checked all the boxes and then […] Read more
This tune is strangely familiar… It’s a weekend of farewells – Ferguson, Colbert, Mushishi – but Unlimited Blade Works is going to be with us for another cour, and even this one for another week. In fact, like Ace of Diamond it’s going to ring out 2014 with a double-episode […] Read more
I thought that was all going a little too smoothly. My first reaction when this episode ended was a sinking feeling of doom, because I assumed Daiya no A was going to be on a New Year’s break next week. Happily, it seems that not only is it airing but […] Read more
It seems only fitting that Mushishi should end its magnificent run with another display of sublime perfection. We have our answer about Artland’s plans for the final two-chapter story in the Mushishi saga, “Drops of Bells”. As did the first cour of “Zoku Shou”, this one will be finished with […] Read more
Feel the power. For the second straight year I decided to hoof it out to Makuhari Messe in Chiba for Jump Festa. I was dithering, but the tweets from the official Hunter X Hunter showing off their goods pushed me over the edge. As with last year I’m glad I […] Read more
Say what you will about that ending, but it can’t be denied that it was Argevollen being true to itself. I think the seeds of Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen’s commercial failure were sewn right from the beginning, and right up to the final whistle this was a series that never […] Read more
There’s just no such thing as an uneventful chapter anymore. I was feeling pretty low after Chapter 138 of Chihyafuru, for reasons that I don’t think require a lot of explanation. I’m certainly no less invested in the story than I ever was, but this series has become so heavy […] Read more
“If It’s For You…” Husband standing in the way of the yuri goggles? That’s easy – kill him off! I’m really not sure what to make of this latest plot twist from Mori-sensei, which has Shirin’s husband (I mixed up last time and thought it was Anis’ husband that had […] Read more