It’s funny how a show like Nagi no Asukara can scare me more than any horror anime can. Yes, I’m thoroughly on-edge about where Nagi no Asukara is going, and where it’s going to end up. I have been all along but I don’t see how anyone familiar with Okada […] Read more
I hope you were taking notes – I’ll expect a report by Noon tomorrow. The experience of watching Hoozuki no Reitetsu is quite unlike any other anime comedy – or anime – I can remember. In a way I’m reminded of the old adage that 75% of communication is nonverbal, […] Read more
Is it Spring yet? Mushishi, Baby Steps, Isshukan Friends, maybe Hi Score Girl… Spring hovers at the edge of the horizon like a mirage, promising an oasis of cool, clear water to soothe our throats, parched from the sand that is the Winter 2014 season. But this post isn’t about […] Read more
To a certain extent, that episode certainly defied my expectations. Here’s my tip for the day: if you’re someone who suffers from chronic back problems, don’t tweak your back with a seven-bagger sneeze (I never sneeze singles, though seven is high even for me) and then, an hour later, cough […] Read more
I’m going to the well time after time in trying to sing the praises this series deserves, and all I’m coming up with is pure awe at this point. So – there goes another 10 seconds. 10 seconds that seemed to encompass a lifetime and 22 minutes that seemed to […] Read more
Sometimes I wonder if studios plan these things in advance. Tonari no Seki-kun – 04 Having mastered the vagaries of Shogi, our intrepid time-waster turns his hand to Go with similarly off-kilter results. I was hoping perhaps for a direct reference or two to a certain Shounen Jump series, but […] Read more
I’m getting way too caught up in this story… It was another pretty good week for Yowamushi Pedal. Volume 2 of the anime actually improved on V. 1’s first-week sales by 1.5%, and that volume has added enough in subsequent weeks to take it to 6300 – it’s now the […] Read more
Toaru Hikuushi is more tortoise than hare, but we all know who won that race. After a Fall season that had a decidedly retro feel to it, we haven’t too much this season that evokes that old-school feel – it’s mostly been an unambitious sampler platter featuring the various flavors […] Read more
Out of the frying pan, into the fire. So much for the last six episodes of Kingdom being a kind of postscript or epilogue – the peacetime focus lasted all of half an episode, and then it was right back into battle again. That said, the game was definitely changed […] Read more