The question must be asked – is Sankarea the finest-looking DEEN series since the Samurai X OVAs, a decade ago? I never thought anyone from the outside could out-SHAFT Silver Link and Oonuma Shin, but Hatakeyama Mamoru really seems to have done it here. Given that DEEN shows traditionally (not […] Read more
Ancient Chinese secret, huh? Lupin III: Mine Fujiko Iu Onna – 02 One thing I’ll say for this new incarnation of Lupin III – it absolutely drips style from every pore. It’s swimming in cool, this one – from the music to the wardrobes to the dialogue, the show just […] Read more
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck. To what I’m sure will be the great disappointment of the throngs who declared this series a disaster before they’d seen a single frame (I’m sure they’ll say they predicted […] Read more
Damn it Japan – why are you trying to kill me!? OP: “Tsurezure Monochrome (徒然モノクローム)” by FUJIFABRIC This was always the day that was going to give us our biggest clue about the potential of Spring 2012. By today it was clear this would be an above-average season, with a […] Read more
How can a show with such ridiculously high expectations possibly exceed them? OP: “Sakamichi no Melody” by YUKI What was without question the most anticipated day of premières this season kicks off with Sakamichi no Apollon, the long-awaited return of legendary director Watanabe Shinichiro (of Cowboy Bebop fame). I’ll get […] Read more
First rule of comedy – if you make me laugh, anything else is secondary. And this show makes me laugh – a lot. I can’t say this is an easy show to write about, because it’s really just about the experience of watching it. But any doubt I had that […] Read more
One thing Major can never be accused of is refusing to go for the dramatic. I had an interesting moment on RC the other day, where a commenter mentioned that all good sports shounen have to be about a mediocre talent who works his way to the top. Well, that’s […] Read more
“I don’t give a damn. Just tell me who to shoot.” OP: “Borderland” by Mami Kawada As many really good shows as started last week, it’s hard to believe that this is the day the season really kicks into high gear for me – all of the shows that were […] Read more
Zetman is definitely one of those instances where I’m glad not to have read the source material. If there was any chance the premiere of this series was a fluke, for me it was dispelled in the excellent second episode – no breaks in the blogging schedule for me here. […] Read more
Considering what my expectations were going in, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san was just about as good as I dared hope it might be. OP: オープニングテーマ「太陽曰く燃えよカオス」 An anime based on a flash-anime about a moe Chtulhu God, played for laughs? This was one of those premises that was so bad it had the […] Read more