Simpler is sometimes better. Sometimes I find myself thinking “Wow, that episode felt really short.” when the end credits roll, and it’s usually a compliment. But with Space Brothers it’s actually true – this week, when the 4-minute recap, racist cartoon theatre and OP/ED are factored in the actual content […] Read more
“The Riders Attack” Mori-sensei, what have you done to my Otoyomegatari? Even with full foreknowledge of where things were headed, this chapter was a pretty bracing slap in the face. There’s not a lot of analysis to be done because it pretty much speaks for itself – chaos, destruction, death, […] Read more
The more things change… I’m probably not going to blog Korra this time around, but for now at least I’ll watch it and hope it surpasses my expectations, and I wanted to at least check in with some quick impressions of the opening double episode. In short, about the same. […] Read more
Don’t worry, Izuru – you’re definitely the hero. I think it’s fair to say last week was a bit of an off one for Majestic Prince. The episode had too much of the air of a placeholder to it, as if nothing really big were going to be allowed to […] Read more
There can be few series that have so thoroughly made me rethink an established franchise as this one has. That I consider Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen an outstanding anime is certainly no secret by now. But it’s such an odd thing to follow the reactions – or rather, lack of them […] Read more
This was a moment we all knew was coming, but it certainly arrived sooner than I expected. Some of these posts are easier to write than others, and this one isn’t especially easy to write. I had to take some time and think about just how I felt about the […] Read more
S x S has its off weeks, but seemingly never two in a row. Once again we see that the success of Servant X Service, perhaps more than any ensemble series of recent vintage, is totally based on which characters it focuses on. It’s clear that the author’s heart is […] Read more
It’s not the size of the force that matters, it’s the man commanding it. Kingdom 2 – 14 As befitting the historical epic that it is, the scope and scale of Kingdom just keep getting more and more impressive. It’s a cutting reminder of just what a loss it is […] Read more
Sometimes even knowing something terrible is coming doesn’t dull the impact. Let’s cut straight to the chase – when I wrote my post last week, I was strictly guessing about everything I wrote. But unless Uchouten Kazoku has just pulled off one of the great misdirections of all-time, it looks […] Read more
That ending was definitely a pain-in-the-ass dumpling. It feels strange to be writing a series review after an episode 10 – definitely a first for me – not to mention doing one on the 9th of September. I’m certainly conflicted because while this was yet another excellent episode, it ended […] Read more