Both anime and I have changed a lot since we last had a season like this. Read more
Season Reviews
Winter 2021 Check-in
I haven’t had occasion to say it for a long time, but Winter 2021 is starting to resemble a pretty good anime season. Read more
Best of the Best: 2020 and Video Companion
Even in a year like this, anime has greatness worth celebrating. Read more
2020 Anime Year in Review Part III: Wrap-up
2020 being the year it was makes it a very difficult one to assess by anime’s historical standards. Read more
2020 Anime Year in Review Part II: #11-20
The second ten is, as is so often the case, a very revealing list. Read more
2020 Anime Year in Review: The Top 10 (and Anime of the Year Video)
Let’s take this list into the 21st Century. Read more
Fall 2020 Check-in
The world is still gripped by the pandemic, but anime production has – for now – returned to some semblance of normalcy. Read more
Summer 2020 Check-in
Sometimes the illusion of normalcy is all we have. Read more
Spring 2020 Check-in
If the current global situation was the elephant in the room for the Season Preview post, this time around it’s the titanosaur in the broom closet. Read more
Winter 2020 Check-in
Memo to anime: modeling is more interesting than idols. Read more