The tension level jumped quite a number of notches this week, that’s for sure. If anything, this week’s episode was about confronting the elephants in the room that Space Brothers has been avoiding to some extent up to now. In the first instance, the nerves of the family members as […] Read more
Three episodes in Little Busters! seems incapable of being less than likeable, but this week’s episode had something of the feel of a placeholder. I suppose it’s unavoidable to compare LB to its predecessors in adaptation from Key, especially Kanon (which I loved) and Clannad (which I liked). I’ve mentioned […] Read more
Finally, someone comes along who can give the Phantom Troupe as good as they get. There was an awful lot happening in this ep of H x H – as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago there are several different threads in the story at the moment any one […] Read more
If you’d told me a year ago I’d be at a party in Tokyo being invited to a rave by a well-dressed man from Belgium, I’d have said you were nuts. Go figure. I’ve decided that instead of saying “Hai” when my name is called in class, in honor of […] Read more
I’m running out of ways to say how great this show is, so back to the basics – this show is really, really great. There’s no denying that watching a good anime is an enjoyable experience, but it’s the occasional great ones that really make the experience of being a […] Read more
I’m not sure that Urubochi-san and I.G. could have made a second episode that was more different in every way from the first, for better and for worse. Only time will tell whether that was a good strategy for the first two eps of the series. Make no mistake, I […] Read more
I think Robotics;Notes is going to be an interesting test for its audience. I like this series a lot so far, but even I would be the first to admit that it’s extremely laid-back in terms of pacing and mood. In a funny way this episode put me in mind […] Read more
Uh-oh – KyoAni and a school club, eh? I guess it was inevitable, for better or worse. I definitely enjoyed this episode of Chuunibyou more than the first two, for the simple reason that it made me laugh when it was trying to a good percentage of the time. I […] Read more
He’s cute and all, but… This was one of those eps of Shirokuma Café that had me helpless with laughter from start to finish, but especially the first sketch. It probably came closer to epitomizing what makes Panda a great comedic character than any other – I would say it’s […] Read more