Our long nightmare is finally over… I don’t know about you, but the process of watching Mashiro die a slow death every week on Bakuman has been a life-draining, exhausting experience. His face is always the perfect barometer for events in the series, and it’s heartbreaking to watch all the […] Read more
Who's your favorite Ano Natsu girl? A tie?? Yes, Ichika – who’d surged to an early lead – made a late rally to tie Remon. I was surprised to see Kanna place 4th with all the love she gets in forums and such. Still – the vote was so close […] Read more
Only five more Taichi Tuesdays to go. Can it really be possible? I’d have to say this is a good season on balance, especially as there are several excellent shows (four on Monday alone) that have a chance to make my top 10 list for 2012. But the same thing […] Read more
In terms of directly responding to mental commands from me, Danshi Koukousei has about the best track record of any anime I can remember. Last week was really the first time I felt like things were getting a little out of balance with this series. There was too much focus […] Read more
Like a typhoon whipped into a frenzy by warm tropical waters, Kaori and Mizusawa blew threw Okinawa and buffeted everything in their wake. I don’t think you’ll find two minor supporting characters who did more in two episodes that those girls – not only did they make quite an impression […] Read more
I confess I was a little skeptical about an entire episode devoted to Nanase, but it ended up being a story very much in the classic Natsume Yuujinchou tradition. There was a bit of a tease factor here, knowing we were going back in time to the heyday of Natsume […] Read more
As great as the mystery element in this series is – and it’s the best of any series for quite a while – I think the character interaction might just be even better. This was a funny sort of episode in some ways. For the most part it was actually […] Read more
“Mind Game” The long-awaited reunion finally happens, at the karaoke bar – Nitorin, Makoto, Chiba, Takatsuki, Sasa, Anna, and – seemingly the odd sock – Momo. I felt a little bad for her being stuck there with a “bunch of freaks” when Chi-chan bails with a cold – but at […] Read more
I actually enjoy the omakes at the end of Mirai Nikki episodes, but I’ve noticed that their absence tends to be a good sign – it usually means the pacing of the ep was as batcrap crazy as Yuno herself, and that’s the Mirai Nikki I like best. As I […] Read more
Shakugan no Shana III – 19 That was certainly an eventful episode – a bit too heavy in all the mind-numbing avalanche of “Shana” side characters and terminology, but action-packed nonetheless. I rather liked the fact that the trick to the Giralda wasn’t that it would consume the user’s power […] Read more