At the rate things are going, this season is in danger of doing a little damage to anime’s reputation for utterly crap endings. I’ve seen it remarked that it’s sad how underappreciated Zetsuen no Tempest has been, and how quickly it’s going to be forgotten. I certainly don’t disagree with […] Read more
Kotoura-san goes the “full circle” route with its finale, and all in all pulls it off pretty well. I said last week that I was glad Kotoura-san didn’t end with episode 11. It was easily the weakest of the season and certainly not how I want to remember this series, […] Read more
In all of my blogging career, there may be no other show with so great a gap between how much I love it and how much I can write about it as there is with this one. For the second time today, I’m blogging a series with a truly […] Read more
At long last the action in Ginga e Kickoff catches up to the OP – and to where I’ve stopped watching the raws. I suppose watching this episode of GeK is good practice for later tonight, when I expect to become an emotional wreck after watching the finale of Shirokuma […] Read more
“Dreaming Girl” “She’s really risque in my dreams. She likes that we wear matching underwear, too.” Life in certainly complicated for Shuuichi Nitori. As I’ve mentioned in the past, what really makes Hourou Musuko stand out from the pack for me is that Takako-sensei manages to make her cast – […] Read more
It can often be the case with Bakuman that it’s hard to tell where documentary stops and fiction starts, and this is one of those times. There’s been a meta quality to the whole “Reversi” storyline ever since it started, really from the moment Mashiro started talking about unconventional battle […] Read more
I really wish they’d make more Josei anime, because it satisfies in a way no other genre typically does. The “Otona Joshi” project is a series of ten episodic anime adapting works by prominent Japanese female authors, brought to life by a variety of studios and directors. As you can […] Read more
More Sakura? Mochiron. I paid a visit to Inokashira Koen in Kichijoji to check out the Sakura today, as it was my favorite spot in Tokyo when I was here in 2011 for the cherry blossom season. Amazingly enough, it seems we’re already past peak there – though things were […] Read more
Two episodes in, it looks like Red Data Girl is starting to show off its pedigree. RDG presents something of a dilemma. In an extremely odd decision, it seems that all the episodes are going to air on Niconico a full two weeks before they get a TV airing. That […] Read more
Unlike the Sakura, TAF came off right on schedule this year. After all the controversy surrounding Bill 156, I wasn’t sure I’d attend Tokyo Anime Fair again – or even if it would continue to be held. Well, Ishihara is gone as Governor (though now afflicting national politics, and his […] Read more