It’s another triumph for gritty, hard-headed realism in episode 7 of Mirai Nikki. In all seriousness, this arc would seem to be pretty high on the suspension of disbelief scale but I’ll direct anyone who’s really bothered to check out the manga, where a side chapter explains a lot of […] Read more
OK, you can start the series now – Khamsin has arrived. Shakugan no Shana III – 07 No question, this was the best Shana episode of the season so far for me. I’m that rare specimen that actually likes Yoshida, so it was nice to see her get some development […] Read more
Psychopathic, eyepatch-wearing commanders aside, I’m still wondering how seriously we should take the threat of an empire that has eight ships stolen by a little girl so easily that the thefts didn’t even make it onto the screen… I tend to find the scenes inside the bowels of the Ades […] Read more
Hunter x Hunter seems to have found its stride, delivering the goods with arguably it’s most “shounen-ish” episode so far. It’s a really good sign when you’re surprised when an anime episode ends, and that was the case here. I felt as if it had lasted about 10 minutes, and […] Read more
After hundreds of iterations you wouldn’t think anime could still find something new to offer in the pool episode, but credit where it’s due – Ben-To sort of did. This was a pretty good return to form for the series after what I thought were two overly serious and mediocre […] Read more
What was without question the best arc in two seasons of Bakuman wraps up this week on a highly satisfying (if slightly puzzling) note. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what the solution to the impasse at “Shounen Jack” was. The serialization going on hiatus until Mashiro’s release […] Read more
Yawn, another superb episode of Fate/Zero. It’s getting boring, I know, but what do you want me to do? In some ways F/Z is like this season’s Steins;Gate – a series that does pretty much everything well. Each has a big and ambitious story, great production values and does a […] Read more
There are a lot of pretty good laughs in this week’s “Working”, but in the end it left me feeling kind of irritated. It’s funny, by far the most irritating thing about S1 was me was the excessive focus on Souta and Inami’s dysfunctional relationship but it was the best […] Read more
Never trust those CERN bastards! An update: Apparently the results of the initial experiment have been duplicated, albeit once again by CERN. I’m still not convinced until we see it independently verified elsewhere, but it’s looking better than I would have guessed. Leading scientists said on Friday the discovery of […] Read more
My favorite moment of this generally unspectacular episode of Haganai was the last one, by far. But I know this much – if there’s a shipping end to this series, I’m pretty sure it’s going to leave me pretty pissed off. OK, first of all – I almost feel as […] Read more