Thermae Romae – 3-4
What a shame it is that among the most interesting Winter 2012 series, one is three episodes and the other is three minutes. The latter, of course, is Recorder to Randoseru – a fairly interesting premise (in a silly way) that’s terribly unsuited to a three-minute format. The three episode […] Read more
Guilty Crown – 13
I keep hoping Guilty Crown is going to do something to make me really like it and to bring some excitement to this NoitaminA block, but every time it seems to get a little momentum going it shoots itself in the foot. OP2: “The Everlasting Guilty Crown” by EGOIST To […] Read more
Hyouge Mono – 11
It’s a new year, and a new (old) episode of Hyouge Mono to blog. It was obvious that the chaos in the aftermath of Oda’s death would drive the next arc, and perhaps even be the main arc of the series (it’s easy to forget given the pace of […] Read more
Hoshizora e Kakeru Hashi – OVA
One of the great LOLWUT series of 2011 returns with an OVA that lives up (down) to its own lofty standards. Let’s face it, Hozhizora was never going to win any prizes for its intellectual content and subtlety. Brain food it ain’t, but at its best the show could be […] Read more
Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! – 02
How is it that a long-lost Adachi Mitsuru manuscript has been discovered and animated, and I wasn’t told?? I certainly didn’t see that coming. What a dramatic – literally and figuratively – turn from the premiere. I was already of two minds about this series and of the opinion that […] Read more
Chihayafuru – 15
Team Tacihi is still accepting new members… Well, that was a jaw-dropping, leg-twitching, GAR-packed, heart-pounding epic of an episode if ever I saw one. Frankly, it pretty much out-shounened any shounen series for ages. Every time I hear someone complaining about how there haven’t been any good shounen sports anime […] Read more
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou – 02
I love this show – I should, because I’ve been clamoring for it for or one like it for years – but I can already tell it’s going to be a tough one to blog… Comedies, as a general rule, are harder to blog than dramatic series to begin with. […] Read more
Ano Natsu de Matteru – 02
If the idea of Toradora crossed with Onegai Teacher with a hint of AnoHana sounds good to you, I suspect you’re going to love Ano Natsu. Some series are hard to talk about without allusions to other series, but I don’t attach a stigma to that as some might. Fact […] Read more
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi – 03
As great as the first two episodes of season four have been – especially the second – this week’s was as warm and comfortable as your favorite down comforter on a cold winter’s night. I’ll admit my bias – this is the side of Natsume Yuujinchou I love best, though […] Read more