Damn, Space Brothers got me again… If it proves nothing else, for me Uchuu Kyoudai proves the effectiveness of simple, honest and heartfelt emotion. There’s a whiplash derision against any anime that dares to have “melodrama” these days – if it isn’t ironic, don’t bother. But real drama, earned with […] Read more
The plot certainly thickens. Is it me, or does this series seem to air at a different time every damn week? It’s a guessing game trying to find it, but Saturday late-night is about the worst possible time for my schedule so I hope this is just a one-week aberration. […] Read more
You guys didn’t do me any favors with this close vote, though the final order wasn’t too surprising. Thanks for participating! Non-binding Straw Poll: Which Series Would You Like to Continue to See Covered at LiA This Season (choose up to 3)? Read more
“Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge” Movies that are outside the canon of a beloved TV usually have an uphill struggle to win over the fans before the first frame ever rolls. I think there are a number of reasons for this, starting with the fact that a simple line of […] Read more
That was an episode that didn’t require much explanation… To be honest, an episode like Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince offered up this week can sometimes be a bit tough to blog. While this series historically has plenty of quirks, twists and personal stories, this week was pretty much a straightforward […] Read more
It’s a bit tough on me as a blogger, but by Summer’s usually low standards this season looks quite good so far. After what can only be called a fairly disappointing Spring, Summer 2013 has a chance to make up some of the lost ground. Spring tends to be anime’s […] Read more
Gatchaman Crowds is a real MESS, but as long as it remains an interesting mess I’m going to stick around. We pretty much only get one Nakamura Kenji series a year, and Gatchaman Crowds is only the second anime Oono Toshiya has ever written. So things would have to be […] Read more
The best-looking anime episode of the season so far comes from DEEN, and I’m not nearly so surprised about that as you might think. It’s pretty rare for me to lead with the visuals when blogging an anime episode, but they were really off the charts on Rozen Maiden this […] Read more
Who wants pizza? Just for fun, I imagined what the audience reaction would have been like if there’d been an “Al and Ed make pizza” episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, say, right in the middle of the Ishbal storyline. About the closest think I can imagine would be the way the […] Read more
Knowing how this storyline is probably going to end isn’t making things any less painful to watch. Zi Xia may be one of the characters that Kingdom invented for dramatic purposes – if she exists historically I’ve found no trace of her – but she’s fulfilling her role in the […] Read more