Gonna need the thesaurus to try and do justice to how amazing this episode was. I wasn’t sure if AO could possibly have an encore that would live up to the expectations created by the blockbuster ending of last week’s episode. But it did – amazingly it exceeded the sky-high expectations and […] Read more
“Afraid of Strangers” Romance flag officially planted. I think it’s a pretty safe bet after chapter 3 that Adachi-sensei is going down the “Miyuki” path here, and setting up a potential relationship between step-siblings Touma and Otomi. As totoum said after the last chapter, Adachi was “30 years ahead of […] Read more
Hippocratic Oath of comedy threshold met. I can definitely say after two episodes that Binbougami Ga! has a winning comedic formula. It’s made me laugh consistently through two eps by totally buying into the stupidity of the premise and embracing its inner idiocy. You’ve also got two very solid seiyuu […] Read more
This is a funny sort of show about a funny sort of romance, but so far it’s working for me. My reaction after two episodes of Natsuyuki Rendezvous is exactly the same as it was after the first. There’s really nothing spectacular happening here, but the series is slowly creeping […] Read more
OK, I admit – I didn’t see that one (that seven?) coming. Development! What a novel concept for a comedy, but Shirokuma Café has definitely started delivering it lately. This has all been building up to Penguin-san finally confronting his fears and asking Penko-san out, but first we had a […] Read more
Six episodes in, Kingdom continues to be a contradictory viewing experience. With each passing week I get more wrapped up in the story of Kingdom, and more irritated by the distracting CGI. I’d thought we were past the point where this would be an issue as it was mostly limited […] Read more
Kuricorder Quartet, just because. Read more
It may be the most overused term in fandom. But if I were writing the entry for “Slice-of-Life” in the anime/manga dictionary, it would be short and sweet: “See: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou”. Every once in a while I stumble on an older that caused me to ask myself one of […] Read more
It’s official: Avatar: The Legend of Korra is confirmed for 26 additional episodes, above and beyond the 14 already confirmed for 2013. The assumption for now is that it will consist of four “Books”, running through 2015. This is certainly good news, though I do hope with all this added […] Read more
They’ve been leaked in the OP and ED of course, but Madhouse has released detailed character designs for the members of the Phantom Troupe. Read more