Yup, that was Sailor Moon all right. Rarely have I felt so unqualified to post on an anime as I do about Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal. I have nothing against the franchise by any means – in fact I bear a certain fondness for it given that it was created […] Read more
Here’s a couple of premieres from substantially farther down the expectations list. Rail Wars! – 01 It’s fair to say I didn’t come into Rail Wars! with huge expectations, but as someone who loves trains and generally dislikes privatization, the idea of a series where JR was still government-owned and […] Read more
Rarely will you see an anime which so obviously displays its pedigree as Glasslip does. OP: “Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe (夏の日と君の声)” by ChouCho I run a certain risk with blogging Glasslip, because my impressions after the first episode so perfectly match my expectations going into it that […] Read more
OK, first sigh of relief of the season. It isn’t that often that my anime season starts off with one of the very best hopes for an exceptional series (I did actually watch the Bakumatsu Rock premiere first, but didn’t even make it all the way to the end) but […] Read more
In which Suetsugu Yuki displays an unprecedented level of sadism. In my last Chihayafuru post I alluded to the 2009 British Open as a model for what was playing out. For those of you not sports fans, that was the event in which Tom Watson was one hole – one […] Read more
For fans of the USMNT, today is the first day of the 2018 World Cup. It’s been one hell of a ride for the United States in Brazil, a reminder both of what we have going for us as a soccer nation and how wide the gap is between us […] Read more
With Hunter X Hunter, it’s impossible to look back without looking forward. I don’t really know how to start this post, because I don’t really know exactly how to classify this episode. Was it the end of “Chimera Ant”, the beginning of the Election Arc, or something else altogether – […] Read more
If you were pissed the moment the ED started, just remember – it could have been a whole lot worse. Yowamushi Pedal finishes off an excellent three-cour season with an excellent finale, but it certainly raises some interesting questions: did the production committee know along that a second season would […] Read more
The most surprising series of Spring 2014 ends pretty much as expected, but that’s not a problem for me. Gaworare has been an odd series right from the start, and in the final analysis quite a different sort of show than I expected. It a sense it’s as if I […] Read more
Hopefully, the song of the moment on Tuesday won’t be “The Rains of Castamere”. I love Belgium – let me say that up front. They have the best beer, the best chocolate, the best frites and the best waffles in the world – and any country that can say that […] Read more