A source linked to the Hunter X Hunter franchise told the Mainchi Shimbun paper’s Mantan Web site that production on the first anime film based onYoshihiro Togashi‘s manga has been green-lit. Even though there have been two television anime series, including one ongoing one, there have not been a theatrical anime in the 14 years of the manga’s […] Read more
Humor is a funny thing. No pun intended. Pretty much status quo for me with Danshi Koukousei this week – hit and miss. What I find most interesting is that the overall appeal of the series seems basically unchanged – I don’t see any significant drop in support for it […] Read more
I knew as soon as the first shot after the credits was a shot of Rinon that we were in for a major plot shake-up… For about 23 minutes it looked as if we were more or less looking at a finale centered around the triangle, with the main pairing […] Read more
Anime is a wonderfully diverse and varied medium, but there are things only Natsume Yuujinchou can do. In a sense this has been an odd season for this great series – it started out with arguably the best month ever, followed it with possibly the weakest (though that’s relative) and […] Read more
Quick tip for new Another viewers – you might not want to watch the last minute of this episode without an extra pair of underwear handy. Fortunately, in Japan they sell those in vending machines. I’ll make the same plea here that I did in my Mirai Nikki post – […] Read more
I’m not one to say, but I would think the last few eps of AGE might have satisfied even a few hard-core Gundam fans. Shakugan no Shana III – 22 Not much new to report this week. Lots of explosions and combat between characters I barely know and don’t really […] Read more
So I guess those cute little omakes with Muru-Muru just wouldn’t feel right anymore, would they? Needless to say, I strongly discourage you from reading any of my posts on the last six episodes of Mirai Nikki until after you’ve seen the eps, because they’re going to be full of spoilers about […] Read more
Like many of you I was hoping for a new OP this week, but even though I was disappointed in that respect, the episode itself satisfied me in every other way. I’m continued to mull over what Satosz said at the end of episode 21 about the Hunter Exam not […] Read more
Senshogear unleashed the all-powerful GAR-moe combination big-time this week, but it may the nightmare of some of the worst Engrish ever that stays with me. Seriously – was that even Engrish? I thought maybe Ryoko was speaking Pig-Latin, or maybe Esperanto. Well, you know I like the get the bad […] Read more
I had pretty well convinced myself that Area no Kishi wasn’t going to have the depth I thought it would going in, but there were signs this week that I may have given up too soon. I promised myself that I wasn’t going to keep obsessing on the unrealistic side of Nana’s […] Read more