Trying to encapsulate an episode like that was always going to be tough, even under ideal circumstances. Shin Sekai Yori is a show that begs serious analysis, but at the moment I just don’t think I’m capable of it. There’s something vaguely surreal about watching such a complex and unsettling […] Read more
After a long, long night, here’s my verdict on food poisoning: I’d give it a pass. Nowhere near as fun as you think. The “before/after” sequence above does a pretty good job showing my physical state over the last two days. After a sleepless night spent repeatedly in prayer to […] Read more
Saddest looking snake ever. I suppose it says something for the place Kamisama Kiss holds in my regard that I decided to make this the episode I’d try and blog to get myself kick-started during my bout with constitutional misery. I went to my inbox and while shows the H […] Read more
That was a truly impressive display of film-making on all fronts. There’s no denying it – with Psycho-Pass, Urobuchi Gen is once again teasing us with the potential for true greatness. This show is just getting better and better as it segues from a “crime of the week” format into a truly […] Read more
Robotics;Notes offers up a fine example of the dramatic art of the anti-climax. Among the many things I appreciate about R;N is that is fully acknowledges that no matter what else is happening in the world, the small things in our lives still dominate our thoughts and feelings. There’s certainly […] Read more
I’ll say this much for Chuunibyou – when it decided to make a transition to serious mode, it didn’t pull any punches. I personally would have preferred a more balanced recipe from the beginning, with the obvious implications of chuunibyou – which were always the elephant in the room – […] Read more
It’s finally autumn for real in Tokyo, at least as far as the momiji are concerned. I stopped by the Koshikawa Korakouen yesterday before school. It’s about a 15-minute walk from my apartment, and quite a lovely place, though there’s something a bit surreal about walking a 17th-Century stroll garden […] Read more
Without a doubt, Magi seems considerably more interested in dabbling in politics than your average shounen. Magi continues to slowly unveil its truly massive cast in relatively coherent and entertaining fashion, following the trend of giving us a brief look at the new character, then focusing elsewhere for a while […] Read more
I’m with the Pandas on the whole kotatsu thing. I’d kill for one right now. I paid a visit to the Shirokuma Café shop at Shibuya Parco this week, just across from the NoitaminA store. It’s a pop-up that sticks around for about a month (the last one was Kuroko […] Read more
Clearly, it’s time for the kids to get out of the pool. Judging by the amount of times I paused and rewound this week’s episode, and by the sheer volume of notes I took (for an average anime episode, only a couple of lines) lots of big stuff was happening […] Read more