If “less is more” is your mantra, I imagine this episode of Space Brothers was right up your alley. I’m very pleased that Uchuu Kyoudai seems to be drawing a very good audience in it’s Sunday morning timeslot (the manga is also selling phenomenally well) but I’m quite sure it’s […] Read more
MGX manages to surprise me yet again. I’m pretty sure there’s never been a relationship anime quite like this one. I confess that while I was totally wrapped up in the this arc’s story after last week, I was looking forward to this ep with a hint of trepidation. After […] Read more
I don’t have to search too hard for a one-word review of that episode – “Wow” covers it pretty well. Not only was the match between Hisoka and Gon the subject of perhaps the most intense build-up of any event in this series so far, but there was the added […] Read more
“Turning the Tides” I’m finding my reaction to “Korra” remarkably consistent. I find the plot fascinating, and the character stuff tedious. That’s usually a recipe for disaster for me, but in this case it’s working out OK because the plot has been the main focus about 80% of the time. […] Read more
Damn, it really sucks to be Irisviel’s neck lately. In a sense, the pressure is really off for me when it comes to blogging Fate/Zero. I have no emotional attachment to any of the surviving characters, so I’m free to enjoy the last two episodes on a purely intellectual level […] Read more
It was quite the wait, but LiA’s 3rd-round matchup is now live – I hope you’ll stop by and give me a vote! We have a tough matchup – The Cart Driver, World of Yamaguchi Hoshiko and Lower Mid-Table are in the same pool. I believe those are all al […] Read more
“I’m the older brother and you’re the younger brother” OK, I’m hooked. Simply put, this was a much more engaging chapter than the first – hardly surprising, really, given the weight of exposition in the first chapter. Adachi-sama doesn’t milk the suspense for too long, giving us answers to most […] Read more
These two shows appear to be headed in opposite directions… Lupin III: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna – 11 Regrettably, Lupin III wasn’t at its best this week, which leads me to wonder if we’re going to be finishing on a disappointing note. It’s not really a surprise that the […] Read more
As many different styles, shapes and sizes as great anime come in, how alike they are is more striking than how different they are. Fundamentally, if a series is going to meet the threshold of greatness, it has to be rooted in characters we can relate to and emotions that […] Read more
“Defensive Universal Confrontation Keeprs”. The more you know. Every season (if I’m lucky) there’s one show that I totally and unreservedly love, and no matter how much I admire and enjoy the other top series, that feeling is always unique to that one show. Chihayafuru, Cross Game, Ikoku Meiro… For […] Read more