I’m sure you’ve heard me say this before, but blogging anime comedies can be really really hard. See, here’s the thing: I loved this episode of Minami-ke. But I’m somewhat flummoxed as to how to talk about it. In a show like Working!! that’s plot and character-driven despite being a […] Read more
It was always going to be hard for this episode to live up to a preview that consisted of Kud saying “I AM A JAPANESE STUPID”, but on the whole I think this one did pretty well. I’ve come to the conclusion that I really need to blog LB! differently […] Read more
If I were to pick an album that suits Zetsuen no Tempest perfectly, it would be “Strange and Beautiful” by Aqualung. It fits too – not that many people bought the album, either. I’ve said many times about both this series and the studio that produced it that not only […] Read more
This week’s Uchuu Kyoudai was like getting back to the comforts of home after a vacation that was exciting but exhausting. Space Brothers was back on very familiar ground this week – and thank goodness. That trip to the moon was certainly thrilling, but it felt at times like I […] Read more
It’s not like this is any big news or anything, but Gon and Killua are certainly very different people. Before we launch into this episode, there was some interesting news from Shounen Jump this week. ANN worded it this way: A blurb in this year’s 12th issue of Shueisha‘s Weekly […] Read more
Update: So I’ve managed to cobble together a solution that seems to work pretty well – thanks to everyone for the help. I took Makahi’s suggestion and downloaded UMPlayer, which does everything I need – one-key shortcut, no subs on caps, choose destination directory – except specify .jpg as the […] Read more
I should have learned by now never to doubt Shin Sekai Yori in its capacity to go to dark places, because it seems to up the ante every week. I have to comment again about the pacing with this series, though it seems like I do so every week. This […] Read more
Every week is a reminder of just why I love Chihayafuru. This series has delivered the goods with astonishing consistency over the last 31 episodes, but the last two might just be as good a stretch of Karuta-themed eps as it’s ever had. I guess you could say the series’ […] Read more
It seems as if Psycho-Pass has been playing the “false main character” game in a pretty unique way – and thank goodness for that. There’s no question that Psycho-Pass is a good show – it’s interesting, full of ideas, visually striking and features a terrific cast. But more and more […] Read more
Wait a minute, let me check something… Yep, still love this series. Well, here’s the thing. Last week was definitely the first time that Robotics;Notes has generated more discussion than its flashier stablemate, Psycho-Pass (both here and elsewhere). That it did so with an episode that generated a lot of […] Read more