I’m still not buying the natto thing, and tomalley? Blech. But the rest of this week’s Shokugeki no Souma was pretty tasty. Read more
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Gangsta – 10
It’s great to have Gangsta back, but it sure isn’t getting any easier to watch. I did a short piece on Manglobe for MAL recently, and it really hammered home for me just how unusual this studio is. I won’t go so far as to say every show they make […] Read more
Baby Steps Season 2 – 24
Cue the endgame. As I type this, the clock is ticking down towards what should be one of the best matches men’s tennis has seen in years – Djokovic and Federer in the U.S. Open final. These two have clearly been the best players not just this tournament but this […] Read more
Working!!! – 11
Well, I confess I didn’t see that coming. Working!!! may be the anime that breaks (or at least bends) all the rules when it comes to relationships, but it’s still an anime – so you didn’t expect things to fall into place all that easily, did you? Heck, one might […] Read more
Joukamachi no Dandelion – 10/11
It’s fitting for a series with two sets of twins to have a double episode. Shows like Joukamachi no Dandelion come along every once in a while – forever hovering on the precipice between being subsumed by cliche and satirizing it. Sometimes it’s quite intentional (Outbreak Company is one example), […] Read more
Ushio to Tora – 11
That must have been some dream… Any week when you get Nakamura Yuiichi and especially Miki Shinichirou back when you figured they were gone for good is a nice episode. But this week’s Ushio & Tora was a good effort all the way around, using a really clever way to […] Read more
Kyoukai no Rinne – 23
Sometimes it takes a little spirit possession to let our true natures show themselves. A funny thing happened in the world of Kyoukai no Rinne this week. Weekly Shounen Sunday announced that Rinne will have an “important announcement” in the next issue (yes, an announcement of an announcement – a […] Read more
Ore Monogatari!! – 23
You knew it had to be coming sooner or later… Here’s my basic feeling after this episode of Ore Monogatari. It was inevitable that we get an episode focused on a love rival for Takeo sooner or later. It was an episode built around the least interesting relationship amongst the […] Read more
Jitsu wa Watashi wa – 10
She still isn’t my favorite character, but Mikan sure is a lot more fun when she’s the one getting trolled… Read more
The Studio Files: Manglobe
Studios are pretty important when it comes to anime, so I thought I’d take some time to talk about a few of them. First up is Manglobe – underappreciated, often misunderstood, but almost never less than interesting. Read more