Inami hairclip meter this week: leeks and baseball. And Maya makes her first post-ED appearance of the season – but sadly, still no check for Kawase Akiko. It’s fair to say Working has been on a huge roll lately, and the last month of episodes might just be the best […] Read more
Oh, Mawaru Penguin Drum – how is it that you can make me so angry and yet totally captivate me a the same time? Why can’t I quit you, Ikuhara? If I cared to, I could rattle off a laundry list of major – major – issues I have with […] Read more
It’s a shame more people aren’t watching UN-GO, because it’s delivering some of the smartest and most interesting non-commercial anime in ages. I wasn’t wild about this series for the first couple of weeks, but to say it’s grown on me would be an understatement. If this turns out to be the […] Read more
That has to be one of the more natural crossovers in recent anime history. I suppose people are going to react to this episode based on which sort of Haganai they like. For me, this was very good stuff, even though I’ll be the first to confess it was some […] Read more
Whatever else you might think about this episode, there’s no denying it was eventful. And I think it’s one that’s going to polarize the fans quite a bit. As anyone in P.R. will tell you, that’s better than having them not care one way or the other. I’ve mentioned in the […] Read more
Miu-sensei can tutor me any time she wants. There’s a number of things I found pleasing about this week’s episode of Mashifoni, which continued the superb run to the finish the series has been on. Not least of them was the refreshingly direct way it addressed the growing sexual tension […] Read more
When you factor in sheer originality, writing, visual artistry and flat-out cool, Gankutsuou surely has to rank as one of the better series of the 2000’s. It’s a strong reminder (and we could all use one about now) of just what a fascinating and productive studio Gonzo could be in […] Read more
Let’s start out with the positive – the “Kira” OVAs continue to move in a positive direction. The second was better then the first (being attacked by chiggers would be better than the first) and this one is better than the second. I’m not a huge fan of Higurashi in […] Read more
Here’s some good news – Bakuman’s outstanding second season has been rewarded. Once the current two-cour season ends, the anime will take a break and apparently return for the Fall 2012 season. As you know if you’ve been following my posts, I went from liking Bakuman last year to loving […] Read more
Nishida, Immelmann TURN!!! This was pretty much a full-bore shounen episode, action-packed from start to finish, yet as this show so often does it managed to sneak quite a bit of subtle character drama – romantic and otherwise – in as well. It acted as something of a progress check […] Read more