This is all about Ishhou, to be honest. Read more

Akane-banashi can never be what I want it to be, and that’s frustrating. Read more

If anime is going to do rakugo, it has to deliver rakugo performances that reach out and grab you through your screen. Read more

It’s nice to get a reminder that this show can deliver in big moments, since Kaisei is really the only one we’ve had do so thus far. Read more

Ultimately it’s Akane’s rakugo that’s going to have to carry the story. Read more

This is Koguma’s invitation – nay, demand – for Akane to embrace the meaning behind the words she delivers on stage. Read more

In the end, I think a rakugo anime can only go as far as the rakugo can take it. Read more

The stuff going on around the periphery of the main story is always more interesting in Akane-banashi. Read more

I love vanilla ice cream, for the record. Read more

There’s a fundamental contradiction in my relationship with Akane-banashi. Read more