There are many anime of recent vintage that I love, but there’s nothing that feels quite like the experience of watching Chihayafuru. There was an episode during the first season of Chihayfuru – in fact, it was episode 23, the penultimate Master/Queen qualifier ep – that nearly brought me to […] Read more
Forgive the pun, but things are heating up on Robotics;Notes in every way. I’ll resist the urge to say “I told you do”, because we’re probably too late in the game for any large number of viewers to be won over by R;N (or to admit to it, anyway, with […] Read more
It’s always been obvious that the Emperor had no clothes, but this week Psycho-Pass paraded him around naked in front of the world. We’re about two-thirds of the way through this series, and things are beginning to crystalize, mostly along the lines I’ve been suspecting for quite a while. While […] Read more
After three episodes it’s safe to conclude that Kotoura-san is a series that isn’t going to pull many punches. This is going to be another mostly glowing review, so let me get my one quibble out of the way first to clear the decks for happier things. I have a […] Read more
“Slice of Life” may just be the most overused word in anime, but Shirokuma Café really owns it when it wants to. I’ve said it before, but Shirokuma can be a confounding series to blog sometimes. How do I go about trying to convey why I enjoyed these two chapters […] Read more
The three-episode rule is going to be a tough call with these two. Amnesia – 03 Amnesia is definitely a series that’s holding its secrets close to its flamboyant vest. That applies both to the mysteries surrounding the main character and her memories, and to just what sort of show […] Read more
Not since Tsuritama ended have I seen such an expression of pure joy communicated so brilliantly in anime. If I had to pick a favorite part of the three-episode match with Amarillo, it would be incredibly difficult. This is pretty much as good a depiction of youth sports as anime […] Read more
Leave it to Kaya-chan to sum up Master Eiji in a nutshell – “He’s almost too cool.” I think this episode sums up the genius of Bakuman as well as any in the series, among three or four eps I could say that about. What Ohba and Obata have done […] Read more
I’ve seen nothing in the two OVAs to make me question my original conclusion – Sankarea is a damn good show. 2012 was a very good year for anime, and it seems as if Sankarea was very much lost in the shuffle – a good series in a year full […] Read more
Every household should have an emergency maid outfit, you know? This is anime as public service. The vibe right now is as if Daume and Ohta-sensei distilled the magic of the first season of Minami-ke into its essence, bottled it and stuck it on shelf somewhere, where Asread forgot about […] Read more