Bakuman is back on its home turf with episode, and it really shows. This is an arc that really shows off everything that Bakuman does so beautifully, yet it’s also a very interesting twist on old patterns. There have been few series over the last couple of years that have […] Read more
Here’s a short review of a short show. If you have two hours to spare, you could do far worse than spending them with the cast of Poyopoyo, DEEN’s wonderful little anime about a round yellow cat and the family who adopts him. Each episode is 2:50 long, and the […] Read more
Building on the one that came before, this episode of Little Busters felt very much like a part of the Key universe. I have no idea if this is how it was intended in the VNs – given the structure I don’t see how it possibly could be – but […] Read more
Minami-ke Tadaima is flexing its comic muscles in a big way after only two episodes. No question about it, Minami-ke is really back. This material in the hands of staff who really understand it – the timing, the tone, the balance of different elements – is one of the true […] Read more
That cute little surprise snow has turned into an actual snowstorm. We’ve got around 15cm so far where I live, and they closed Kagurazaka-dori to traffic this afternoon. I haven’t checked, but I think it’s pretty rare for Tokyo to get this much snow – I consider myself very lucky […] Read more
At long last, snow in Tokyo. Never trust the weather forecast. “Rain all day” it said – and here we are, with gorgeous snow swirling everywhere and even starting to stick. I grew up with snow and missed it when I lived in California (as you know if you read […] Read more
OreShura may be many things, but it certainly isn’t boring. It’s interesting that Masuzu used the old saw “The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s apathy” (which I happen to agree with for the most part) because it sums up a lot of what my thinking about this series is […] Read more
A full episode of Gon & Killua, and a Biscuit for gravy? Count me in. Although there were a few grisly moments courtesy of those most ruthless of the Phantom Troupe, Phinks and Feitan, in general this was probably the one episode of Hunter X Hunter since the middle of […] Read more
I’m definitely still in the undecided camp on this one. It’s quite admirable to set out to write a story that deals with interesting and difficult social issues, and it seems that Maoyuu Maou Yuusha definitely has that ideal. It’s quite another to have the chops to actually pull it […] Read more
That was an episode of Space Brothers quite unlike any other, for more reasons than one. I confess I had a certain suspicion of this episode, as I felt the path taken to get here was somewhat contrived by the admittedly lofty standards Uchuu Kyoudai has set. I’m not a […] Read more