Is it really a surprise that Hataraku Maou-sama delivered the good again? It’s as inevitable as a boneless burger. Perhaps the most overused term in anime discussion? “Slice of life” – but it fits this series pretty well. Like a glove, in fact – it seems as if Hataraku is […] Read more
It’s not too often an anime makes me feel as if I’m seeing something truly fresh, but this one does so over and over. I’ve made reference to “Strange & Beautiful” by Aqualung (Matt Hales) on the blog before – the album specifically, in reference to Zetsuen no Tempest. But […] Read more
Things are definitely heating up, and on several fronts. After a one-week hiatus (table tennis taking over the timeslot) Arata Kangatari is back. And it’s still determinedly sticking to its roughly four chapter-per-episode adaptation pace, despite the fact that we only have five eps left in the series. The interesting […] Read more
Yep, definitely still in Kuuko’s camp. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san – 07 Not even Cthulhu Deities are immune from the immutable power of table tennis, but Haiyore! is back after its short hiatus this week with a pool episode that pretty much continues the theme and style of the second season uninterrupted. […] Read more
RDG presents a pretty unique set of issues for a blogger. There was a little delay in Red Data Girl’s web stream making its way to the usual places in subbed format this episode, and that made the decision to keep blogging that version even tougher than usual. At this […] Read more
Expectations can be a real burden. In a sense it’s almost hard to believe that Suisei no Gargantia is a one-cour series, because it sure as heck isn’t acting like one. I think that’s only one of many reasons why fan reaction to this series is all over the map, […] Read more
CANSAT – the quicker picker-upper. Now that I’ve dated myself with that reference, on to Space Brothers #59 – “Rocket Boys Under an October Sky”. As expected, this was the continuation – and seemingly the conclusion – of the show’s homage to Homer Hickham (who tweeted about it this week) […] Read more
If I’ve learned anything in two seasons of Oreimo, it’s to never feel too good about any given moment because the series is never more than a few moments away from really pissing me off. Here’s the thing – Oreimo is way, way better when it’s about Kuroneko. I mean […] Read more
I get the feeling we’re not going to get too many breather episodes in this arc… If the comparative frolic of “Greed Island” already feels like it happened years ago, “Heaven’s Arena” and the “Hunter Exam” seem like a thousand lifetimes away. There are times when I find I almost […] Read more
Well, the “what” turned out to be pretty much as expected – hopefully we get down to the “how” next week. I was walking around in Kiba yesterday. It’s very much a working-class commuter neighborhood, about as far from the bright lights of Akihabara or Shibuya and their countless tourists […] Read more