Last chance to save a lost season? No pressure, Inari Konkon… OP: “Kyou ni Koiiro (今日に恋色)” by May’n Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha was really the last show of the season that I had a reasonably high level of expectations for going on. It certainly isn’t because of the staff – […] Read more
I suppose if Togashi-sensei can turn one minute into an entire episode, I can get a few paragraphs out of it – but boy, he sure doesn’t make it easy to describe what he – and Madhouse – are accomplishing here. Where does one even begin to try and break […] Read more
What a long, strange trip it’s been. Sometimes in our anime lives, we have our own fated meetings, just like the characters do – meetings that are destined to change our lives together. This was the first paragraph I wrote about the Chihayafuru anime, back in 2011: It’s always a […] Read more
Fated rivalry (at least) is now official. There was a little shortage of Onoda last week as the focus of Yowamushi Pedal broadened significantly for the first time, but the main character was very much back in the spotlight here. And 2014’s version of the Tireless Terrier seems to have […] Read more
Check and mate. The weight of history hangs heavily over every major arc in Kingdom. It’s the story of young men trying to secure their place in it, and old men watching their place in it slip into the past. There’s really a sad sort of vicious cycle that hangs […] Read more
We’re taking baby steps here, but I like the overall direction. Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta hasn’t closed the sale with me yet, but so far it’s looking like one of those shows where the whole is more than the sum of the parts. It’s hard to single out specific […] Read more
Context is everything I suppose – and Tonari no Seki-kun is looking a lot better than it did a week ago. Tonari no Seki-kun – 02 Since Tonari no Seki-kun is looking like the best comedy of the season even at 5 minutes (unless you consider Space Dandy a pure […] Read more
It finally feels as if the anime season has started, thanks to this week’s Space Dandy. We finally have the “wow” premiere that I’ve been waiting for since this carbuncle of an anime season started – except it wasn’t a premiere. I’ll reiterate what a shame it was that BONES […] Read more
So far, so good. But there are trials ahead for Noragami. After two episodes Noragami remains the best new series of the season for me (I haven’t watched Space Dandy #2 yet as I type this). It’s not doing it on the strength of innovation or invention – basically, […] Read more
I admit it – I watched WUG. That’s what this season has done to me. Yes, I blogged an idol show – get your potshots in now. They couldn’t make me feel any more soiled than I already do… This was one I really hadn’t planned to subject myself to, […] Read more