Your move, Freak. Unless you’re Hunter X Hunter, following up a blockbuster crowd-pleaser like last week’s episode of Yowamushi Pedal is going to be a tall order. And for me least this follow-up was considerably less compelling, both in terms of weightiness and entertainment value. The focus was on an […] Read more
Damn, talk about a mood shift… Gaworare is certainly an interesting series. I’m hard-pressed to think of another show – not just this season but for a good many seasons going back – that’s capable of such extremes of mood. And it isn’t simply a matter of doing that for […] Read more
“The Mountain and the Viper” Even knowing what’s coming sometimes doesn’t do much to soften the blow. That’s about the only thing I can say about the final scene of this episode of Game of Thrones. Boy, that was a rough one. Harder for me than the Red Wedding for […] Read more
Genius comes in many forms, but in anime I doubt it’s come in many as strange as Gokukoku no Brynhildr. As unlikely as it might seem I’ve really come to love this show – for it’s absolute and complete fearlessness, irreverence, and full-bore embrace of the absurd. And it’s truly […] Read more
Sucker punch, check. I started off last week’s post by saying I was steeling myself for an emotional haymaker, but such was the mastery of this episode that it still packed a lot of wallop. I did indeed know it was coming (and not from having read this far in […] Read more
Variety is indeed the spice of life. Sports anime are like snowflakes – no two alike. So are sports manga leads and tennis players, and thank goodness for that. I suppose such a series would be boring if the main character wasn’t exceptional, but the thing is that there are […] Read more
Straightforward to a fault… So it looks as if my instincts as of last week were right, and the crisis involving Asahi was exactly as it appeared to be. That’s probably for the best, as Haikyuu just doesn’t seem to be cut out for manufactured drama. To be honest the […] Read more
If you’re looking for Ogone energy in Tokyo, Shinjuku (Kabuki-cho specifically) is probably as good a place as any… If only science could put Captain Earth and Sidonia no Kishi together, like human and gauna – combining their best elements into one super-being. Well – maybe not a super-being – […] Read more
This certainly has the makings of a very interesting battle. Baseball has often been described as an individual sport played on teams – quite true I think, and something that separates it from the likes of basketball and football (both kinds). I think that element is very much on display […] Read more
And just like that, we’re solidly back on-track. As we take the measure of Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii, I think it’s becoming more and more clear that it approaches telling a story from a quite different perspective than the traditional manga-based anime adaptation (yes, even shoujo). Of course the haters […] Read more