That wasn’t quite what I expected. And thank goodness for that. OP: オープニングテーマ「ドラマチックマーケットライド」(Dramatic Market Ride) by Suzaki Aya I’ll be completely honest here – I went into this premiere more or less expecting to dislike it. While there’s always a ton of crossover with staff at Kyoto Animation and everybody […] Read more
So far Winter 2013 is generating a lot of premières that leave me feeling genuinely undecided, and you can add Amnesia to the list. OP: “Zoetrope” by Nagi Yanagi Generally speaking my track record liking anime adaptation of otome games hasn’t been a very good one. But this is Brains […] Read more
Omi-Jingu is seeing a different sort of pilgrimage than it’s used to these days. Having made the journey to Enoshima last month and seeing that York Shin isn’t likely to be an option anytime soon, there was never really any question that I’d be visiting Omi-Jingu while in Kyoto. And […] Read more
Sakurasou’s struggle with itself might just be more interesting than anything its characters are struggling with. OP2: “Yume no Tsuzuki” (夢の続き) by Konomi Suzuki Cour 2 (or more accurately, what feels like season 3) of Sakurasou kicks off with an episode that takes us squarely down the RomCom path, complete […] Read more
At last, the pace of premières really kicks into high gear. Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited – 01 I must confess the original Zettai Karen Children didn’t make too much of an impression on me. To the point, in fact, where I don’t remember a whole lot about it except […] Read more
There’s more than a little about this episode that has an air of finality to it. OP2: “23:40” by Hyadain With a new cour comes a new OP and ED for Bakuman – quite probably the last we’ll ever see. And they set that tone, especially the OP sequence, which […] Read more
My God, it’s like being in 2007 again. Pinch me. Does this mean Seirei no Moribito will be back in the Spring and Ghost Hound in the Fall? OP: 「Shiawase☆High Tension↑↑ 」 (Happiness High Tension) by (Rina Satou, Marina Inoue, and Minori Chihara) A word of qualification before I begin: […] Read more
I haven’t had many of them, but this was one of those days where from the first moment, everything just seemed destined to be right. The road to Kurama is a winding path; at a glance the distance appears to be quite near, but it is quite far. – Sei […] Read more
Though there’s still plenty of mystery, that was an episode that clarified an awful lot of things in my mind. I made the mistake of applying Occam’s Razor to the riddle of Nishizono Mio last post, but I should have known better – Occam’s Razor simply doesn’t apply when it […] Read more
If you’ve never been to Kyoto, it’s mighty hard to grasp the sheer magic of the place. In a way I find it a rather frustrating destination, because no matter how much time I spend here I can always find a list of things a mile long that I don’t […] Read more