Fittingly for a series that takes it’s expression from short poems, the stories in Uta Koi are very simple – yet, as many simple things do, so far they’ve been able to achieve a certain profundity. Tsukuba ne noMine yori otsuruMinano-gawaKoi zo tsumoriteFuchi to nari nuru From Tsukuba’s peakFalling waters […] Read more
The surprises just keep right on coming with Ginga e Kickoff. Having proved it has depth far beyond the ambition of most sports series already, Ginga e Kickoff manages to ratchet it up another couple of notches with what may be the most philosophical episode of a sports series I […] Read more
Whatever happens from here and whatever flaws in execution it has, Gundam AGE has certainly never been a more interesting series than it is right now. This was an altogether eventful Gundam episode on many fronts, but I think the most significant is that it was the moment that Lord […] Read more
So far, Tari Tari is a pretty good illustration of how you don’t necessarily have to do something new in order to do something good. I don’t intend to belabor the comparisons of this show and Kokoro Connect – they’re obvious enough without me harping on it, and I don’t […] Read more
It’s funny how I seem to like this mystery series better the less mystery there is. I’ll go on the record now and say that might just have been the best culture festival episode I’ve seen in anime. Why? Well, for starters, this was a culture festival that’s actually part […] Read more
Tanaka Romeo and Kishi Seiji have thrown down the gauntlet: is it possible to make an anime that’s too weird? The answer, my friends, is a resounding “No!” But Kami-sama, how in the world did I get stuck with the job of making sense of it?! I can hardly begin […] Read more
Well, you knew someone was going to get around to doing this sooner or later. The surprise here is that Oda Nobuna really isn’t half-bad – though maybe that’s not such a huge surprise, with Madhouse co-producing with Studio Gokumi. Cute girls doing cute things as ruthless Sengoku warlords is […] Read more
Fittingly for a show focused on space, Uchuu Kyoudai is all about seeing the big picture. Considering how deliberate the pacing is, Space Brothers can be a pretty gripping show when it wants to be – and this episode was extremely gripping in a “Hunter X Hunter” sort of way. […] Read more
Even I couldn’t fail to recognize the name on that memory card… I’m continually amazed at the way Hunter X Hunter keeps finding new ways to entertain me. Perhaps as much as any of the great shounen I’ve seen or read, H x H can effortlessly slide from one style to another […] Read more
What Summer Series Are You Most Looking Forward To? No surprises here, as SAO dominated utterly. I can’t help but think I’m drawing a lot of like-minded readers, given how close the results hew to my own tastes (Natsuyuki and Jinrui certainly placed higher here than anywhere I’ve seen) – […] Read more