I’m going to try not to gush over this series, but right now that isn’t going to be easy. You won’t hear me talk about sound directors much when discussing an anime – perhaps not often enough. Fact is, it isn’t a role that you think about much – the […] Read more
In Xanadu, a stately pleasure dome did Kublai Khan decree… Gundam AGE – 14 I guess part of the fun of being a GUNDAM fan is knowing exactly what’s coming, and waiting for it to happen. But that didn’t lessen the sadness for me one bit. Ah Yurin, sweet, Yurin […] Read more
It’s good to be the King. Apart from the whole crossbow bolt in the thigh thing… This is one of those Mirai Nikki episodes that’s a little hard to talk about, because most of it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense yet and that’s actually on purpose. While I won’t try […] Read more
I like Takagi and he’s a nice guy and all, but I’m not at all sure he deserves a wife like Miyoshi. Considering that almost the entire episode was focused on romantic entanglements and what little that focused on manga was bad news, I liked this episode a lot more […] Read more
The fish hunts the fly, the bird hunts the fish, and the boy catches the bird. But in the world of the hunter, everyone is hunted. I think what I’m enjoying about H x H isn’t so much the challenges themselves, but the fact that they act as a sort of Rorschach […] Read more
I knew as soon as the close-up of the traffic light appeared that it was all about to hit the fan… I realize now that I’ve been comparing this series to the wrong Adachi story – it’s Touch that Area no Kishi resembles, not Cross Game. Since I consider both […] Read more
The little ecchi that could is back for one last hurrah, something for 97% of the anime-viewing world to ignore and the rest of us to savor. I’ve always been a little hesitant to call R-15 an “ecchi series”, because I really think that doesn’t come close to doing it justice. […] Read more
My reaction to the second episode of Bodacious Miniskirt Pirates is pretty much the same as to the first – a pretty good anime that isn’t doing anything much to excite me. I’m seeing two trends emerge a couple of weeks into the Winter 2012 season. One of them […] Read more
I wish I had better things to say about both these series, as I really want to like them more than I do – especially “Fam”. High School D x D – 02 The second episode of HSDxD didn’t do a whole lot more for me than the first one […] Read more
I don’t deny that Senshogear is a bit of a mess, but despite that and the fact that I’m not crazy about the genre, there’s something about it I find slightly irresistible. OP: “Synchrogazer” by Nana Mizuki I’ll be the first to admit that Aoi Yuuki’s performance as Hibiki is […] Read more