Oh, Togashi-sensei – you continue to confound my expectations at every turn. One of my favorite catch phrases when it comes to anime I love is “simple and profound at the same time”. It’s something a few very special series can manage to pull off, but another one springs to […] Read more
That was certainly a Space Brothers episode unlike any other. Gatchaman Crowds – 05 I suppose it’s official that I’m blogging Gatchaman at this point, as it’s almost half-over already. And it’s still about where it’s been for the last month: pretty good, full of imagination, cheaply made, occasionally brilliant […] Read more
I’ll say it again: “Slice of Life” is misapplied to more series than I can count, but Gin no Saji is living up to the billing so far. Apologies for a bit of a short post this week: I’m in the midst of traveling and to be honest, while this […] Read more
Another briefer than usual dispatch from the road. Servant X Service – 06 They moved Servant X Service again? I can’t remember another recent show that seemed to hop around the schedule like this one does, but better today than Saturday night/Sunday, I suppose. I confess I’m still not sure […] Read more
The title: Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission. Premiering 12/27/13. Here’s the synopsis: The strongest Hunters that once existed in the Hunters Association were split into “light” and “dark”, and each walked down their respective paths. The “dark” side begins moving in order to massacre all Hunters! What actions will […] Read more
Both these shows were playing emotional hardball this week. Mushibugyou – 18 You know the drill with Mushibugyou by now. Great straight-ahead shounen, solid action, a little innocent sex and some comedy, and one of the more well-constructed plots of the Summer. And as usual, the meatiest moments are generated […] Read more
Having been a manager for Starbucks in the hazy past, this episode held a special resonance for me. Watamote continues to be a hard show to watch sometimes, but not nearly as hard as it is to be Tomoko. There’s an old Yiddish story (any of you old enough to […] Read more
What a fascinating flight of fancy Uchouzen Kazoku is turning out to be. Thus begins a stretch where my posts are going to be considerably shorter than usual as a concession to my outside distractions this week (see the note in the sidebar) but don’t for a moment think it […] Read more
Like Sankarea, Kaminai is proving itself to be the one zombie series to watch this year if you watch only one. Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi – 05 I’m not inclined to blog either of these series in digest form going forward, but for this week I’ll need to make a […] Read more
In case you missed it, Peter Capaldi has been cast as the new Doctor Who. I confess I didn’t buy the rumors – I never thought Moffatt would go through with casting an actual grown-up as The Doctor. Capaldi is 55 and while he’s easily now best known known […] Read more