So this is your plan eh, Urobuchi-san – turn Kiritsugu into a cute shota voiced by Miyu Irino to make me like him? Devious, indeed… It seems odd for F/Z to take an unannounced two-episode break from a very involving storyline to delve into Kiritsugu’s past, but that’s exactly what’s […] Read more
Kaji Yuuki may just have found the role he was born to play. As I look ahead to what seems like a somewhat threadbare summer season, Sword Art Online is one of the shows that appears most interesting. So while Accel World is a fairly interesting show in its own […] Read more
When will guys like Jigen Daisuke ever learn? Dames are nothing but trouble… The adventures of anime’s signature femme fatale of the season mostly center around two of her partners in crime this week. There’s been a lot of grumbling in the fan community about the firm of Okada, Sakamoto […] Read more
There can be be no question that when it comes to disturbing the hell out of me, Sankarea knows exactly what it’s doing. This is one seriously weird show. I’m hard-pressed to think of another series that feels so much at odds with itself and has so many discordant tones […] Read more
“The one where stuff blowed up real good.” I have to say that AO is working on pretty much every level for me, but what really impresses me – all the more so given the uncertainty about the writer going in – is how the series seems so carefully and […] Read more
Really, it isn’t supposed to look so effortless as Watanabe-sensei is making it look. I watched Watanabe Shinchiro’s Baby Blue from Studio 4C’s “Genius Party” this week, and it made me realize just how much he’s changed as a director from his Bebop and Champloo days. He was always a […] Read more
There’s so much infectious warmth in the air, there are definitely times when I really wonder if Tsuritama could possibly be a Nakamura Kenji series. I hear this show get referred to as a “slice of life” an awful lot. Part of it is just that the term has become […] Read more
I really wonder if the instincts will kick in at some point and Polar Bear will turn this series into Blood-C… Highlights this week: “Where’s the panda-only car?” Polar Bear’s minds-eye imagery for “waiting” (scary) “Parhay Hair” Mandill Parfaits. Intense! Penguin-sans argument for Fish Parfaits – “Full of DHA!” Parfait […] Read more
“Dizzy Girl” My goodness, if ever a chapter was screaming out for game-changing interpretation, it was this one. That’s a dangerous road to go down, of course, but there was some awfully interesting stuff in there that demands analysis. First off, what I loved about this chapters is that it […] Read more
The passage of time has only increased my appreciation for UN-GO. As anime in general has trended towards xenophobia and nationalism, BONES has provided a welcome contrary perspective. Specifically, writer Aikawa Shou has been a standout – first with UN-GO and now with Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean, he shows a […] Read more