Shameless. Utterly shameless. There came a time, about halfway through this episode, when my thought process shifted from “They couldn’t possibly – could they?” to “Dammit – they’re going to do it, aren’t they?” And sure enough the vicious rat bastards did – they ended the episode exactly where I […] Read more
There are many ways to put a puzzle together, I suppose. There have been quite a few revelations in Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta, but nothing I’d really call a surprise. All of the exposition has more or less followed the expected course so far, which can either be taken […] Read more
If this season’s Xin had a theme song, I suspect it would be “Lola”. The countdown to the end of Kingdom’s second season continues, and like so many I’ll be hoping for a continuation announcement at the end (or soon after). We may be 74 episodes in but this truly […] Read more
I suspect this episode was exactly what many semi-gruntled Space Dandy viewers were waiting for. I decided to re-watch last week’s excellent Space Dandy in the English version, just to give it another chance to impress me. To be honest I still don’t see what folks are talking about – […] Read more
Noragami continues to deliver right on schedule. Not only is this the only new full-length series this season that hasn’t really had an off week, Noragami seems to have raised its game to another level in the last two episodes. There’s not an element of the show that isn’t working […] Read more
Anyway you slice it, that ep was a cracker. Now that’s how you rebound from an off week. I wasn’t too worried about last week’s off episode because Ace of Diamond has been pretty darn consistent, but nevertheless it’s great to see the show follow it up with one of […] Read more
This episode had more danger signs that the perimeter of Area 51. Let’s dispense with last week’s controversy over Hibito’s test – it’s a done deal (though I will say that if nothing else, it was the only thing able to generate any comments on an Uchuu Kyoudai post in […] Read more
February came in like a lamb. The unseasonably warm weather continues, so I paid a visit to Tsukishima today. It’s the 120 year-old man-made island across the Sumida River from Tsukiji, but you may know is as the setting for Umino Chica’s marvelous manga 3-gatsu no Lion. I’d never been […] Read more
A new year, and yet another new anime take on Little Busters!. OP Sequence: Let me open with the usual disclaimer: I haven’t played the VN and have no advance knowledge to speak of what takes place in EX. So I’m coming at this from the perspective of a new […] Read more
I may have been under laboring a false impression of who the main character in this series is… Gin no Saji is living proof of the old show biz adage, “Never work with kids or animals”. The series has a pretty good track record of having its four-legged cast members […] Read more