That was every bit as random as I expected. OP: “Crowds” by WHITE ASH I’ve long held the suspicion that Nakamura Kenji has experimented with augmented reality in his own way. At the very least, as a director he seems incapable of producing anything with a conventional look – from the […] Read more
It’s fair to say the second episode was much closer to what I was expecting from Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen than the first. In hindsight, the direction this series was going should have been fairly obvious, though I confess I didn’t see it coming. It certainly reveals the double-meaning of the […] Read more
GKMP continues to be full of surprises. This is a series that’s pretty much managed to surprise me at every turn so far, despite the fact that it’s easily the most conventional of the three mecha series that premiered in the Spring. Every time I’m pretty sure I’ve got a […] Read more
I’m guessing that’s the first time in anime we’ve heard the line, “Dammit – how can something so tasty come out of an anus?!” OP: “Kiss you” by miwa Just to review, here are a few of the superlatives with Gin no Saji: Winner of the Manga Taishou Grand Prize […] Read more
About to be put to the test: can one character ruin an otherwise extremely promising show? There’s so much I like about Servant X Service – the premise, the accuracy with which is portrays the life of an office worker, almost all the characters. Heck, even Kayano Ai saying “Chihaya-san” […] Read more
Like its main character, Free! is only really exceptional when it’s in the water. I can’t really say I saw anything here that changed my opinion about Free! one way or the other. There were no surprises for me in this episode, which isn’t in itself a bad thing. But given that […] Read more
That definitely goes down as an experience… OP:「私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い!」 (No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular!) by (Konomi Suzuki and Kiba of Akiba) I had some idea of what to expect from Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!, both […] Read more
Appropriate that flies were the bug of the week, because it’s really hitting the fan now. OP2: “Tenshin∞Unchained” by FREE Hebi’M After a recap episode Mushibugyou is back, with a new OP (surprisingly lacking in Mugai, I can’t help but notice) and ED. And the series continues on the same […] Read more
Uchouten Kazoku is a series which holds tremendous promise, but it’s too early to see how the pieces are going to fit. OP: “Uchouten Jinsei (有頂天人生)” by milktub Going in, it seemed as if Uchouten Kazuku might be one of the tougher Summer series to nail down, and the premiere lives […] Read more
To some extent, Makai Ouji is truth in advertising. Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist is published in Weekly Zero Sum, the same magazine that features the likes of 07 Ghost and Karenval. As such you have a pretty clear idea of what to expect here, and in some ways we […] Read more