One of the hardest things about watching Uchouten Kazoku is figuring out just who pisses me off the most. But I think it’s Benten. It’s ironic given that Morimi Tomihiko – not undeservedly – has a reputation for being one of the subtlest and most difficult writers whose work has […] Read more
Perfect it’s not, but Kaminai definitely has a unique vibe that I’m going to miss when the series ends. As we gently fade into the final moments of this series, it looks more than ever as if it was the “Gora Academy” arc that was the aberration, because the truth […] Read more
Meanwhile, in Meteor City… Come on, surely you’re going to trust Togashi-sensei unreservedly by now. With most authors, leaving the main story at one of its most suspenseful junctions ever right at the close of a fantastic and emotional episode would seem to be folly. Not to mention abandoning the […] Read more
And the winner is… I was very glad the end of the episode revealed that Annie was indeed the female titan, because I couldn’t help thinking that this post would have been pretty much impossible to write otherwise. I can’t imagine there would be too many viewers that hadn’t figured […] Read more
Simpler is sometimes better. Sometimes I find myself thinking “Wow, that episode felt really short.” when the end credits roll, and it’s usually a compliment. But with Space Brothers it’s actually true – this week, when the 4-minute recap, racist cartoon theatre and OP/ED are factored in the actual content […] Read more
“The Riders Attack” Mori-sensei, what have you done to my Otoyomegatari? Even with full foreknowledge of where things were headed, this chapter was a pretty bracing slap in the face. There’s not a lot of analysis to be done because it pretty much speaks for itself – chaos, destruction, death, […] Read more
The more things change… I’m probably not going to blog Korra this time around, but for now at least I’ll watch it and hope it surpasses my expectations, and I wanted to at least check in with some quick impressions of the opening double episode. In short, about the same. […] Read more
Don’t worry, Izuru – you’re definitely the hero. I think it’s fair to say last week was a bit of an off one for Majestic Prince. The episode had too much of the air of a placeholder to it, as if nothing really big were going to be allowed to […] Read more
There can be few series that have so thoroughly made me rethink an established franchise as this one has. That I consider Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen an outstanding anime is certainly no secret by now. But it’s such an odd thing to follow the reactions – or rather, lack of them […] Read more
This was a moment we all knew was coming, but it certainly arrived sooner than I expected. Some of these posts are easier to write than others, and this one isn’t especially easy to write. I had to take some time and think about just how I felt about the […] Read more