A mecha anime from Sunrise? Now that’s a stretch. OP: “UNISONIA” by TRUE New year, new season – and thanks to a pre-airing, the first episode of Buddy Complex is the first full-length first impression of the season. At first glance this indeed seems like a very safe choice by […] Read more
There’s really only one thing wrong with this year’s #1 series. Once Shin Sekai Yori was revealed as my #2 anime for 2013, there certainly wasn’t much mystery left about the last entry on the list. It could only be Coppelion. Or… not. #1 – Hunter X Hunter 2011 Believe […] Read more
When it comes to war epics, it’s probably a good idea never to get too attached to anyone… I knew this moment was coming – it’s been obvious for a couple of months, in fact – so it was really just a question of when the axe would fall, and […] Read more
So you know that whole sports anime thing? That’s how you do it, right there. As I’ve said already, we’re extremely lucky to have two sports series as great as Yowapeda and Daiya no A airing in the same season (along with Hajime no Ippo and Kurobas). I love Yowapeda […] Read more
Sometimes we find gems where we least expect them. This is what I said way back in October, when I blogged the premiere of this series: “This might be that golden unicorn – a high school romance that avoids getting so bogged down in the usual bullshit that it offers […] Read more
Boy, does that suck the life out of you. The “choose your own adventure book for fetishes” is back for it’s Winter incarnation. Maybe it was because I went on the first day this time (for 83 and 84 I never did) but the crowds were even more insane last […] Read more
There’s nothing quite like the thrill of seeing a TV anime you love on the big screen. I headed down to Shinjuku tonight to check out Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission. I’m not going to do a detailed review until I’ve seen the subbed version, for a couple of […] Read more
“The Time of the Doctor” It’s not every year that the regeneration episode of a popular Doctor – and one who’s used up all his regenerations at that – would take a back seat to anything in the Doctor Who world. But so it is with “Time of the Doctor”, […] Read more
Thanks for the memories, Kyousougiga. There hasn’t been much that’s orthodox about the way Kyousougiga has been structured. It started with an ONA, then added five short web episodes, and then more than a year later finally came the TV series. Putting a travelogue episode in the middle and a […] Read more
Having left themselves so much to do in 22 minutes, it really couldn’t have been expected that Sunrise would ace the final. But I’d certainly give them a passing grade. Where does one begin to go in describing that episode? I can’t imagine the bulk of the viewership is going […] Read more