Who wants pizza? Just for fun, I imagined what the audience reaction would have been like if there’d been an “Al and Ed make pizza” episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, say, right in the middle of the Ishbal storyline. About the closest think I can imagine would be the way the […] Read more
Knowing how this storyline is probably going to end isn’t making things any less painful to watch. Zi Xia may be one of the characters that Kingdom invented for dramatic purposes – if she exists historically I’ve found no trace of her – but she’s fulfilling her role in the […] Read more
News is here. No word on length that I see, but based on what the gamers say I’m assuming two cours. I probably don’t have to say this but please, no spoilers in the comments! Read more
Watamote is quite adept at walking on tightropes, and so far there hasn’t been a major slip. Without any question, this is a series that plays with your emotions in a big way. It makes you laugh, then feel bad about laughing, the gasp and groan and laugh again. There’s […] Read more
More of the same from Mushibugyou this week. And thank goodness for that. Koyama Riki as a stuffed usagi and Miki Shinichiro as a dragonfly in the same week? Verily, our seiyuu cup runneth over. Miki-sama hadn’t been as active in the last few years, but happily he’s had a […] Read more
Say what you will about Uchouten Kazoku, but it’s a show that’s perfectly comfortable in its own skin. This is a strange series to say the least. It’s not particularly sinister or disturbing, but it seems to have no interest in squeezing itself into any boxes we might be familiar […] Read more
If there’s any show this season that can be counted on to deliver what it promises, Blood Lad is the one. The formula for this series is astonishingly simple, really. Take characters that are fun to watch and put them in amusing situations. Make it colorful, with witty visuals and […] Read more
I probably had more uncertainty going into this episode than any other of any show this season. This was a very strange moment for Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi. The show made quite a strong favorable impression on me in the first three episodes, but ended them by shockingly killing off […] Read more
That was definitely an episode for the Nen geeks in the audience. The quality of mercy is not strained.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed:It blesseth him that gives and them that takes. Shakespeare – The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene […] Read more
Familiarity doesn’t always breed contempt. I’d forgive you if you said that Uchuu Kyoudai is repeating some familiar cycles with this arc, despite the fact that it’s our first chance to see Mutta take to the sky under his own control. Between the oddball mentor, the wry take on American […] Read more