I won’t lie – my favorite part of this episode was the last 15 seconds. I know I’ll once again take a lot of flak for comparing this series to Kakumeiki Valvrave, but despite the obvious difference in overall quality (again, Shingeki is certainly better) there are some pretty important […] Read more
I’ll give this to Chihayfuru – more than any series, it’s managed to turn poetry into a blood sport. After a cruel hiatus due to a poorly-timed recap episode, Chihayafuru is back, and things haven’t changed in the slightest. Basically, in the first season Chihayafuru was a character drama about […] Read more
This show is probably the most vexing of the season for me. I really hadn’t planned to post on Yahari this week, and after the first half of this ep I hadn’t seen any reason to change my mind. But there were – as usual – elements of the episode […] Read more
This series is just as solid as a damn rock. Hataraku Maou-sama is the sort of series I can take for granted if I’m not too careful. It’t not as stylishly beautiful and perversely fascinating as Dansi Bunri no Crime Edge, nor as elegiac and magnificent as Suisei no Gargantia. […] Read more
“Never trust anyone over 30.” – Jack Weinberger, 1965 I’m not sure which I’m finding more entertaining – Valvrave the Liberator, or the apoplexy it seems to be generating among the viewers. And they’re both pretty entertaining as far as I’m concerned. This show just gets more and more outrageous […] Read more
If there’s a dominant theme in mecha anime over the last four decades, it’s probably the fact that adults just can’t be trusted. There are certainly strong hints that something weird is going on with Team Rabbits. Every time they’ve gone on a mission, pretty much, they’ve found something totally […] Read more
If anyone had expectations that Crime Edge would be easing up in any way, they’re going to be disappointed – this series is still turned up to eleven. Dansai Bunri is a funny sort of show, above and beyond simply being a very weird one. The experience of viewing it […] Read more
This look at chuunibyou definitely swims in the deep end of the pool. Before there was Chuunibyou (with a capital “C”) there was Aura. I’m not going to post a real review of the film, as I saw it in Japanese at a theater in Ikebukuro and unlike some of […] Read more
Somehow, I think a horse-themed episode came along at the perfect time. To borrow from my post on Red Data Girl #6, this anime reminds me of a “large, majestic animal languidly striding from place to place – lots of ground is being covered, but there’s no sensation of hurrying.” […] Read more
Spring is busting out all over. Golden Week continues – here are some pics from Rikugien Garden, a landscape garden in Bunkyou (five stops from my apartment) that was built at the beginning of the 18th Century. It’s amazing how the massively crowded metropolis of Tokyo is riddled with beautiful […] Read more