That was definitely an episode for the Nen geeks in the audience. The quality of mercy is not strained.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed:It blesseth him that gives and them that takes. Shakespeare – The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene […] Read more
Familiarity doesn’t always breed contempt. I’d forgive you if you said that Uchuu Kyoudai is repeating some familiar cycles with this arc, despite the fact that it’s our first chance to see Mutta take to the sky under his own control. Between the oddball mentor, the wry take on American […] Read more
That was a pretty atypical episode of Shingeki no Kyoujin, but I’m not complaining. There are times when Jean Kirschtein seems like a character from a different series, he’s so unlike anyone else in this cast. Seriously – the dude has the common sense to be terrified of what should […] Read more
It’s all about the old dude in the sunflower ears. There are bigger festivals in Tokyo, but no bigger in my neighborhood. Kagurazaka’s annual bash is this weekend (it started on Wednesdays in fact). I feel a definite sentimental attraction to this one, being as it’s the first major festival […] Read more
I’m still engaged with Gatchaman, but the deal is far from closed. There’s something missing for me with this series so far, and it’s hard to put my finger on just what. The individual components are certainly interesting, and I see elements of what makes both Nakamura Kenji and Oono […] Read more
Where’s Admiral Ackbar when you need him? It’s taking me longer than usual to decide what shows are going to stick around this season – there are just too damn many that are right around my usual cutoff zone, this one included. In the end I think this will most […] Read more
OK, so clearly this series is a bit different than what I initially expected. I’m not sure an anime ever existed that couldn’t be improved by adding Koyama Rikiya as a talking bunny. But that said, nothing in Takatsu Karino’s background prepared me for the possibility that the Section Manager […] Read more
You can officially scratch this one off the “maybe” list, though in truth you could have done it after the brilliant second episode. One word review time again , and this time around the word is “elegant”. You could even say minimalist and you wouldn’t be too far off in […] Read more
Majestic Prince continues to mature like a good bottle of wine. Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince is a tough show to summarize in one word, because there’s no one element that stands out. So perhaps that word would be “balanced” because this show always manages to end up with a satisfying […] Read more
This is the second series this season that’s made guilt a big part of the viewing experience. It’s ironic that a series so grounded in unglamorous, smelly reality should stand out as exceptional as much as Gin no Saji does, but that says something about the standard templates that this […] Read more