Superman may just have met his Kryptonite. Unfortunately, Space Brothers seems to be getting shorter. Between the increasingly long recaps at the beginning (3 minutes this week) and “Racist Cartoon Theater” at the end, we’re down almost five minutes per episode on actual material – which is quite a lot […] Read more
Tokyo – and Japan – never stop surprising me. One of the things I love about living here is that I’m always stumbling on something incredibly cool, be it a tiny Inari Shrine in my neighborhood or a huge temple complex on a busy commercial street that’s not mentioned in […] Read more
Hey – I have pics this time! If nothing else, Gatchaman Crowds has managed to get a new format out of me. Not as strong as last week. More Hajime, less Berg-Katze and Jou. Coincidence? It’s ironic, but it seems as though either the budget or production schedule has evened […] Read more
Enter the Desu… Well, this is a moment we definitely knew was coming sooner or later. There was always going to be a point where the dolls would take center stage, Jun and the cast of the Unwound World would fade into the background (quite literally, as it happens) and […] Read more
I just can’t shake the feeling Majestic Prince is going to break my heart before it’s all over. All of the talk from the Production Committee about a potential second season of GKMP is interesting, because if any show over seemed right on track for a fully-realized finale in two […] Read more
Without a doubt, Gin no Saji has taken the lead in food porn this season. Silver Spoon the anime has been nothing if not consistent. That isn’t necessarily a good thing – it all depends on what level of quality you’re consistently delivering – but fortunately this show has been rock-solid […] Read more
The layers are deception are slowly being peeled back, one by one. The focus of Servant X Service has turned more and more onto the potential ships at sail among the cast, which isn’t really too surprising. It’s pretty much much happened with Working! as well – it’s not as […] Read more
A little more Kamisama Hajimemashita really feels like a reunion with an old friend. This was truly one of the underrated gems of 2012 – the “sleeper shoujo” of a busy shoujo season, slow out of the gate and short on flash. It made up for that with a ton […] Read more
And so, the emotional roller-coaster ride continues. If you consider the emotional spectrum of anime a true circle, there must be a point where the two extremes meet – where funny and hopeful transitions into bleak and tragic. There are series that spend some of their time moving back and […] Read more
The big question for Mushibugyou – will it become the first anime to use an eyecatch during the preview? Mushibugyou – 21 Simply put, this was another excellent episode of a hugely underrated series. Fans of shounen have of course been down this road many times: like the training arc, […] Read more