Damn – the Otoyomegatari vibe wasn’t strong enough, now they have to cosplay it? Soredemo Sekai wa Ustukushii is an interesting mix of the expected and the unpredictable. It does give the appearance of following standard shoujo tropes, but this is not a standard shoujo fantasy. It starts with the […] Read more
The first rule of Immortal Yakuza Fight Club is you do not talk about Immortal Yakuza Fight Club. Captain Earth is starting to get positively Valvraveian in its plotting. You name it, we’re seeing it – and my initial suspicion that this was an amalgam of sci-fi and mecha tropes […] Read more
I have no idea what to call this episode of Tonari no Seki-kun, so I’ll just call it hilarious. Is this in actuality the 22nd episode if Tonari no Seki-kun the TV series? Is the show actually going to end up at 26 episodes as was originally reported, after having […] Read more
In truth, for Team U.S.A. that may be the wrong question. It’s certainly been an interesting first week at the World Cup. Host Brazil has looked indifferent in their first two matches and clearly isn’t the same sort of star-studded supersquad we’ve seen in the past, but given that every […] Read more
I don’t know what the future holds for Mushishi, but I know this – if you love great anime, you should be damn grateful that it exists. Thinking back on this episode, the only word that seems to fit is “sublime”. It was every bit as perfect as last week’s […] Read more
One ep left? Yeah, okay… Well now – that episode was certainly a full-on nerdgasm. When it comes to sci-fi cred, Sidonia no Kishi checks off pretty much every box. In a way it hybridizes Western sci-fi novels and films (which the mangaka is obviously a huge fan of) with […] Read more
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – in anime, pedigree almost always wins out. My headline for this post was going to be something along the lines of “Another wonderful NoitaminA anime finishes its run, and immediately joins the ranks of the forgotten”. The list of such […] Read more
Really, would it have been so hard for Hitsugi no Chaika to just do this all along? Things are looking pretty good for Fall as far as Hitsugi no Chaika is concerned. It’s frustrating that so much of the series’ first cour has been wasted on what feel like trivial […] Read more
An episode like this one has to be pretty depressing for aspiring shounen mangaka… Author’s Note: Please be very careful to avoid divulging any information about upcoming events from the manga. When in doubt, don’t post it, even if it’s remotely possible to view it as a minor spoiler. Thanks for […] Read more
You say you don’t like Onoda-kun? And how long have you been a terrorist? I’m not going to go so far as to say “a sports series is only as good as the main character”, because of course it’s not so simple. Great sports manga and anime have a lot […] Read more