Up City! The most exciting football match of the week was certainly the one that took place in Manchester, but even if Ginga e Kickoff can’t compete with the most hyped Premier League match in decades that doesn’t mean it let the side down. In typical “Ginga” fashion it dispensed with a […] Read more
This episode felt like the first time, if you were really paying close attention, that Jormungand revealed the essence of what it is as a series. There’s a funny quality to Jormungand for me, in that rather than 22-minute episodes weekly, it feels as if things are happening 24/7, and […] Read more
Why is that you never have a stick of gum when you really need one? Watching Zetman one really does get the sense that they’re seeing the tip of the iceberg. Kouga is a perfect example. In the anime, he’s coming off as a slightly pathetic (maybe more than slightly) […] Read more
Another episode, another personality for Dusk Maiden of Amnesia. Tasogare Otome x Amnesia – 04 After a slapstick beginning and a fairly scary diversion, this week represents what my gut is telling me is the closest thing to a “true” face of this series – a kind of slice-of-death story […] Read more
“The Ghost of Harrenhal” It’s remarkable how often the thoughts I have about Game of Thrones mirror those I have about Fate/Zero. These are two stories that share much in common – a large cast, a struggle for power that cuts through all the threads, and an extremely dark and […] Read more
Two episodes in, Hyou-ka is almost interesting, not quite boring, and still right in KyoAni’s sweet spot. I guess in some ways this show is a little like “Seinfeld”, except it’s about four Japanese teenagers and it’s not really funny. Monk’s Café is the classics room and the gender mix […] Read more
Nothing makes a Grandfather more proud that teaching his grandson how to kill before his 14th birthday… OP3: “Real” by ViVid The final arc begins with a rousing, action-packed episode that introduces the third-generation hero and his surrounding cast. I’m pretty much working under the assumption that the series is […] Read more
In this week’s edition of Kuroko, we learn that there are actually five players on a basketball team. I’ll be honest – I could have blogged KnB yesterday, but I really didn’t want to think about basketball after seeing Derrick Rose go down with an ACL tear during the meaningless […] Read more
I’m beginning to get a sense of just why this manga is among the most honored in recent memory. It would be so easy to overlook Space Brothers in the flood of equally great but flashier anime this Spring. This has nothing to recommend it apart from preternaturally incisive examination […] Read more
When you’re twelve years old and freakishly gifted, the line between courage and stupidity is a little blurry at times… It didn’t strike me when I was watching last week’s episode, or even immediately as I watched this week, but in a sly way I really think Hisoka was doing Gon and […] Read more