It’s not like this is any big news or anything, but Gon and Killua are certainly very different people. Before we launch into this episode, there was some interesting news from Shounen Jump this week. ANN worded it this way: A blurb in this year’s 12th issue of Shueisha‘s Weekly […] Read more
Update: So I’ve managed to cobble together a solution that seems to work pretty well – thanks to everyone for the help. I took Makahi’s suggestion and downloaded UMPlayer, which does everything I need – one-key shortcut, no subs on caps, choose destination directory – except specify .jpg as the […] Read more
I should have learned by now never to doubt Shin Sekai Yori in its capacity to go to dark places, because it seems to up the ante every week. I have to comment again about the pacing with this series, though it seems like I do so every week. This […] Read more
Every week is a reminder of just why I love Chihayafuru. This series has delivered the goods with astonishing consistency over the last 31 episodes, but the last two might just be as good a stretch of Karuta-themed eps as it’s ever had. I guess you could say the series’ […] Read more
It seems as if Psycho-Pass has been playing the “false main character” game in a pretty unique way – and thank goodness for that. There’s no question that Psycho-Pass is a good show – it’s interesting, full of ideas, visually striking and features a terrific cast. But more and more […] Read more
Wait a minute, let me check something… Yep, still love this series. Well, here’s the thing. Last week was definitely the first time that Robotics;Notes has generated more discussion than its flashier stablemate, Psycho-Pass (both here and elsewhere). That it did so with an episode that generated a lot of […] Read more
On the whole, this episode went a long ways towards reassuring me that Kotoura-san knows what’s it doing. This is a funny series, in both senses of the word. It’s usually funny when it tries to be funny, and it’s funny in that it’s weird – the tonal composition is […] Read more
I’ve finally broken down and, for the first time in my life, bought an Apple product. I think I saw a flying pig outside my window this morning. So I’ve finally gone over to the dark side and bought my first Apple product ever (a Macbook Air). As I’m still […] Read more
Why isn’t there ever a Panda on my train? It seems funny to start a post by saying that this was definitely the least funny Shirokuma Café ever, and have it be a positive one – but it definitely will be. We’ve seen this show go the serious route on […] Read more
It’s New Years again already? As matsuri go, Ta’Asobi (“Rice field play”) has a pretty good history – about 1,000 years. Japan, like other Asian nations, is celebrating the lunar new year at the moment, and that also represents the beginning of planting season (if you recall, Setsubun is actually […] Read more