“Meisei’s Ace” Adachi Mitsuru has never been shy about borrowing from himself. The lack of variety in his character designs is legendary to the point where he mocks himself for it on a regular basis. All of his stories revolve around high school, sports and romance – usually with a […] Read more
I can only paraphrase the words I used for Watanabe Shinichiro and Sakamichi – why does everyone else make this seem so hard? There’s a reason why all of the sports shounen I’ve blogged the last couple of seasons have fired and fallen back, and it’s not because I don’t love the […] Read more
The idea that Ishihara might not be human actually explains a lot. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – 35 Things are definitely getting interesting on AGE, as the pieces for what look like the last extended arc are falling into place. I’m once again struck by how emotionally tone-deaf Flit is. […] Read more
There must have been a seiyuu convention in Kyoto the week this episode was filmed. Leave it to Hyouka to have a change of pace episode and still have nothing really happen. This series certainly isn’t getting any easier to write about, but my enjoyment level is pretty consistent – I suppose […] Read more
Fun and games are certainly not the theme of episode 11 of Space Brothers. We started to see a real exploration of the theme of space and mortality a few episodes back, when Mutta discovered Hibito’s will and final papers hidden in the guest room of his rented house in […] Read more
Does anyone else smell sulphur? MGX has been a pretty thorough compendium of the first serious teenaged relationship, exploring the topic with its unerring realism hidden beneath a veneer of absurdity. So I suppose it was only a matter of time before we got to the first serious conflict, which […] Read more
Perhaps the greatest honor of all in a Urobuchi Gen series is to be allowed to die with dignity. The good news and the bad news is plentiful here. We had one of the very best episodes of either season, full of GAR and martial spirit and pathos. But the […] Read more
“Out of the Past” Damn, things sure move fast in this series, don’t they? It’s certainly a marked difference to the first series, which spent much more time on world-building and character development in the first season. There are pluses and minuses to each approach – the major drawback to […] Read more
I enjoyed watching it, but please don’t ask me to explain it. I don’t think I can really do justice to the weirdness of this episode by trying too hard to write a blog post – so I won’t try too hard. It seems we’ve entered the final phase, and […] Read more
The classic introduction of an anime villain is surely, “Hey – you’re that guy from the toilet!” If there were any doubt that this world is not the one we live in 13 years in the future, it was pretty much dispelled this week beyond any reasonable doubt. There have […] Read more