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
It seems KyoAni got the memo from fujoshi complaining about the lack of butt shots in the first three episodes of Free!… The festival of one-word synopses continues, and this time around it’s “shameless” – not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’ve made it clear that I respect Free! […] Read more
“My Rose-Colored Life/For You” “There were two children. One of them wanted to be a boy. One of them wanted to be a girl. One of them stopped wanting to be a boy. That’s all there is to it.” Since Takako-sensei has chosen to sum up Hourou Musuko herself in […] Read more
The one-word series summary bonanza continues. This time around, it’s “epic”. Kingdom has been sneaky good for a long time, but perhaps the most surprising thing is that while I’ve barely noticed the transition, it’s become quite an attractive show visually. Those horrendous days of bad CGI character animation seem […] Read more
And so, a taste of the source of rage at last… Given that my only exposure to this mythology – which includes the earlier manga/anime Suzuka, set in the same universe – is the two-episode OVA from Tatsunoko, the way the first two episodes of Gonzo’s anime were presented is […] Read more