Boy, Spring 2012 sure has been a heck of a season, hasn’t it? In an odd way, I’m glad Summer 2012 looks like a mediocre season. Frankly, Spring has exhausted me – there are too many good shows clustered on the same days (Thursday, Saturday, Sunday) and in general, and […] Read more
“From up on Poppy Hill” One thing’s for sure – it can’t be easy being Miyazaki Gorou. Anyone who pays close attention to anime in its theatrical form has spent plenty of time listening to directors being called “The next Miyazaki”. Makoto Shinkai (cold) and Hosoda Mamoru (a little warmer) […] Read more
And so it goes – we’ve reached the Round of 16 and a touch matchup against Sea Slugs Anime Blog. I’m surprised to still be alive in this thing – but since I am, let’s keep it going a little longer! Please click here to vote! Further thoughts after the fold… […] Read more
Anime’s fastest-moving adaptation in ages screams to a close with a finale straight out of the Alan Moore playbook. I’ll give you my usual Zetman disclaimer – I really have no idea how much of that ending is from the manga, and how much of it is anime original. Given […] Read more
“The Feast” Ah, the words every young bride surely dreams of saying on their wedding day: “Hey Mom, can we go see the sheep guts, too?” Mori-sensei is taking the term “slice-of-life” quite literally this time – . The long-awaited wedding day of Laila and Leyli has finally arrived, and […] Read more
The cliffhanger of episode 11 left me wondering – was Haiyore! going to stick to its insane guns for the season finale, or sell out and go the conventional route? The answer, I guess, is somewhere in between. There are definitely screwball comedies where warmth is a big part of […] Read more
I never thought all that much about Kimi to Boku during its run, but now that it’s ending I’ve become aware that I’m really going to miss it. Fittingly for a show that never worried too much about plot, KtB leaves the airwaves forever with an episode as thoughtful and […] Read more
At long last – for an episode at least – Gundam AGE has fulfilled its potential and become the series I always hoped it would be. This episode of AGE faced an obstacle for me that none of its predecessors had – high expectations. For the first time in 36 […] Read more
That definitely would not have been my guess about who that guy was… Before we blog episode 11, a brief word about an interesting poll from Sankaku Complex. I normally don’t put a lot of stock in the particular site but then ran a poll this week – “Top 20 […] Read more
Well, they still didn’t answer the question in this arc’s title… All things considered I’d call this episode a considerable step up from last week’s effort, which left me pretty disinterested in the end. I usually find with Hyouka that it’s hard to say just exactly why some episodes work […] Read more