There’s just no substitutive for talent. Anime Mirai has been good for one really solid effort every tear – Oji-san no Lamp and Death Billiards from the last two – and while Harmonie is the first of the 2014 offerings that I’ve watched, if one of the other three tops […] Read more
Nope, still not sure one way or the other. I want to like Hitsugi no Chaika and I sort of do, but there just isn’t quite enough here to close the sale yet. To be honest I found this episode to be a bit on the boring side, though there […] Read more
Oh, God – back to Trost? It’s really not as bad as all that – in fact, this OVA was rather enjoyable in a lighthearted sort of way. It’s just that the word “Trost” sends shivers down my spine after the endless cycle of time-wasting the Shingeki no Kyoujin anime […] Read more
So Okada Mari and Satou Junichi got together to do a mecha anime… Wait – who did what, now? A confession – I really shouldn’t have watched this week’s Hunter X Hunter before watching M3 (or any other show). But the fact is I didn’t want to wait any longer […] Read more
To try and do justice to “Chimera Ant” – how can it be done? At the moment I can only think to borrow the words of Dave Eggers – it is indeed a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. I’m pretty much incoherent after that whopper of an episode, so you’ll […] Read more
For sports anime fans, things are so good right now it’s almost embarrassing. Thank goodness Ace of Diamond puked up a recap ep to keep us from losing it. The results of the Weekly Shounen Champion character poll for Yowapeda were released this week – with a cool 23,000 respondents […] Read more
Hunter X Hunter is back! No, it has nothing to do with either show, Just felt like repeating it. Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara – 03 I officially like this show. Yeah, it’s pretty lowbrow in most respects, but it ain’t brainless, believe me. This is a very clever show […] Read more
HE IS BACK Update: the official return date is the 6/2 issue of WSJ. The tagline: “What is being aimed for is darkness. What is being hunted is hope. What blocks the way is endless despair.” Hunter X Hunter is returning to Weekly Shounen Jump, starting in June. This time […] Read more
“Breaker of Chains” It’s not a spoiler if it already happened, right? As you know if you’ve been reading these posts, I try not to dwell too extensively on the differences between the HBO version and the book version of Game of Thrones. And of course, to avoid discussing things […] Read more
Yes, I’m quite aware of the irony in blogging these two shows back to back. If Isshuukan Friends is a model of restraint (stylistically if not emotionally) then Gokukoku no Brynhildr is a bacchanal of shameless excess. If this series took itself too seriously it would be mostly an exercise […] Read more