Yes, I’m still at it – as long as there are subs of this show, I’ll keep plugging away at blogging it. Simply put, there’s nothing else remotely like it out there. I’m almost sorry the actual historical events surrounding the death of Oda didn’t happen the way they’re portrayed […] Read more
As I’m sure someone will try and blame me for not mentioning Arata more in this post, let me get it out of the way – he appeared for about 10 seconds and had no lines. It isn’t my fault – I call it like I see it. Chihayafuru is […] Read more
One of the great bromances in anime is on again – and it’s a three-way. I’m happy about the way the committee mess was resolved, but sort of conflicted too. I really hate to see Sasaki let off the hook by his subordinates, who really saved his ass from being […] Read more
Well, what do you know – just like that, the magic is (mostly) back. Compared to figuring out comedy, alchemy must surely be easy. Iron into gold? Forget it – try telling me why one thing is funny and the other isn’t. I can speculate on why I’ve laughed only […] Read more
Depending on your point of view, this was probably the episode of Ano Natsu de Matteru you were either eagerly anticipating or dreading. When a science-fiction series is down to the last two eps and there’s been relatively little science fiction in it, you have to figure something is likely […] Read more
Thermae Romae – the last good series to appear on the NoitaminA block – has come out with an onsen guide: Rurubu Thermae Romae, a collaboration between the Japanese travel magazine Rurubu and Mari Yamazaki’s Thermae Romae bathhouse manga, went on sale in Japan on Saturday. The magazine, which features […] Read more
Everything that last week’s Natsume Yuujinchou episode was, this one seemed to embody just the opposite. If you’ll forgive me for saying so, this was one of the oddest episodes I can recall in four seasons of the series. Not in a bad way, mind, but still off – for […] Read more
After blogging the latest episodes of Mirai Nikki and Another back to back, I may need to take in this week’s Natsume Yuujinchou Shi and Ano Natsu eps directly via IV drip, stat. Man, I never thought Another would make last night’s grisly Mirai Nikki look like the feel-good story […] Read more
EDIT: 4th season officially confirmed! No details on studio or director yet. Now this is exciting – the long-rumored announcement of a new anime adaptation of Minami-ke looks like it was true. Not much detail in this snippet slipped into a character song bundled with the manga, but “I hope […] Read more
So there’s your breather episode before the action picks up for the final arc… As usual, it’s dangerous for me to discuss the meaning of events too much in the post (and please, you all know my spoiler rules for the comments by now). Safer ground is talking about the […] Read more