Turns out there was a trap in Kingdom after all – but… All in all I’d say this was one of the best episodes of Kingdom to date, starting with the most obvious element – the animation. It was positively lush by Kingdom standards – hardly any CG, and halfway […] Read more
About the best I can say about Summer 2012 is that it’s probably no worse than I feared, and offers the potential to at least be represented in the year-end Top 10 list. Once again I’m forced to ask myself whether I’m pre-judging too much, because the two shows I […] Read more
In case anyone hasn’t seen it, here’s the trailer for the Togashi-written H x H film coming next year. Read more
“Sprout” It occurs to me that in many a series, Suehiro Anna could have been the character everyone loves to hate. She’s pretty, she’s successful, and she’s an interloper – not only does she arrive in the middle of the story, but she winds up stealing the protagonist from his […] Read more
The first three episodes of Uta Koi spoke to different faces of love, and so does the fourth in its own way – the love of poetry. Fuku kara niAki no kusaki noShiorurebaMube yama kaze oArashi to iuran The mountain wind in autumn timeIs well called ‘hurricane’;It hurries canes and […] Read more
Why do all the defections in this struggle seem to go in one direction? This wasn’t an especially interesting episode of AGE, not as compared to the last few anyway. With Kio’s new non-violent violence strategy established, this one was mostly about setting the pieces in place for the next […] Read more
Watashi, Joshu-kun, Could they be any more kawaii? Rest in peace, Pan-tan Read more
Just call Tari Tari this season’s Goldilocks. We certainly have an interesting trio of school series to ponder over summer weekends this season. In Kokoro Connect we have a show that’s extremely content-based, very much character and plot-driven. In Hyouka we have a show that at its best is almost […] Read more
The jump in quality from “Eba” to Kanya Festa” may be one of the most dramatic intra-series leaps I can remember. One of the first comparisons I made with Hyouka was to “Seinfeld”, and this arc really goes a long way towards showing just why it felt that way to […] Read more
In 22 minutes, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita pretty much obsoleted Bakuman as a chronicle of the manga industry. Well, not really – I love Bakuman, so please watch it or read it if you haven’t. But that doesn’t change the fact that Jinrui has somehow managed to shoehorn even more […] Read more