So I’m thinking if you didn’t love this episode of Chihayafuru, this is definitely not the series for you… Whatever genre you want to lump this series in with – and I’m past worrying about it – my personal view is that it does an amazing number of things well. […] Read more
Be afraid, be very afraid: You know this was coming sooner or later – I’m only shocked it’s taken over 40 years. Morbid curiosity and the 14 year-old fanboy residing inside me will compel me to read this, but it’s safe to say I’ll be expecting very little. Read more
You know an anime is a good one when it can insert Kaji Yuuki into the cast and still not suck. I would describe this episode as extremely low-key compared to the first five, though there were certainly some examples of violence (it’s always the girls who perpetrate the violence […] Read more
I’m not sure I’ve laughed harder this year than I did when Mio reached back to pull down her skirt… Seriously, does that girl have no shame? We’ve pretty much confirmed that she’s always nude at home, and she wasn’t shy about sleeping that way in the same room as […] Read more
The first of this arc’s two episodes might have been the funniest Natsume Yuujinchou yet, but the tone shifted sharply in the conclusion, delivering one of the series’ darkest and most somber efforts. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that as a matter of personal preference, I’m not as […] Read more
So if Steins;Gate can win fan polls for “Best Romance” of 2011, can Another with them for 2012? Yeah, I’ll get to all the X-Files stuff in a minute, and there’s certainly plenty of it this week. But really, Another would never rise above the level of interesting intellectual exercise […] Read more
I’ve always felt that the true situation on Bakuman at any given time could be read on Mashiro’s face. That’s why it’s so hard to watch now, because every time he appears in close-up it looks like he’s dying inside. Is this really the same series whose “slow pace” everyone […] Read more
There are an awful lot of revelations in this episode, some more obvious than others, but I suspect it will mostly be remembered as the one where Yuki finally “manned up”. I doubt that will satisfy the legions of haters out there, but at least the specifics of the complaints […] Read more
Remember that “If I see something noteworthy I’ll blog it” from last week’s post? Well… OP: “Cloud Age Symphony” by Okino Shuntaro I have a simple message for the good folks at Gonzo: You better not fuck this up. The inevitable has happened, the elephant in the room has finally been […] Read more
I sense an explosion of Gundam yaoi doujins on the horizon… Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – 18 While last week’s episode was a fairly weak effort all told, I thought this was a nice rebound. What’s interesting about this arc is seeing how a difference in upbringing can result in […] Read more