OK, I admit it, that one got to me a little bit. I think it should be said up-front, Gingitsune is not a show for cynics. At least, it’s not for cynics who don’t welcome the opportunity to check their cynicism at the door once in a while and bask […] Read more
Damn – now that’s baseball anime right there. A multiple-award winning 37-volume (and counting) manga, Madhouse, Production I.G., a rock-solid veteran director – sometimes things just turn out like they should, and this adaptation is one of those times. It’t not as though Daiya no A is going to cross […] Read more
White Album 2 must surely be leading the pack this season for unintentionally ironic dialogue – though I suspect it’s only intentional on the part of the characters, not the script… WA2 continues to be a romance anime with a difference, though for me that difference was a little blurrier […] Read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same. If you watched the Hanasaku Iroha TV series you know pretty much what to expect from “Home Sweet Home”. In fact, the transition from the series is so seamless that it sort of has the effect of making it seem […] Read more
Oh, frabjous day! It’s not often we can say that the best part of an episode is the bit after the credits – and not just that, but it’s what isn’t there that makes it the best, not what is. Yes, Racist Cartoon Theatre is finally gone, hopefully forever – […] Read more
Sometimes the suspense is not in the “what”, but the “why”… Raise your hand, anime-only viewers, if you hadn’t guessed by now that Kyousuke was the one sending the cat-tail messages to Riki and Rin. I imagine if we were all in a room it would look like I just […] Read more
Not for the first time, Valvrave the Liberator has gotten into a serious groove. This series is one that seems to run on momentum more than most: not just the narrative drive that makes the best episodes really hum, but for 2-3 episode stretches – almost as if the story […] Read more
Let me tell you two useful pieces of information. One: This episode was so much better than the first four that it’s hard to believe it’s a part of the same series. Two: Characters matter. I’ve been waiting for some reason, any reason, to feel a sense of excitement about […] Read more
What a fascinating puzzle Golden Time is turning out to be. This is a very tough series for me to figure out. There are for me some very awkward elements to the presentation, as I’ve pointed out in prior posts. Some of the stabs at humor fall very flat, and […] Read more
That was a pretty good example of how a series can turn on a dime. If you want a dramatic shift, Samurai Flamenco could be just the show you’re looking for. We went from last week’s unequalled (this season) explosion of pure fun to a sometimes pretty ugly and even […] Read more