Some significant news from the world of manga this week… Adachi Mitsuru is doing a sequel to Touch set 26 years later, and Bakuman is apparently ending its run in two weeks. Edit: It’s official – the 4/23 chapter is the last one for Bakuman. There’s just a hint of […] Read more
For one of the very few times since I’ve started watching anime, I’m wondering if a manga is being adapted too faithfully for its own good. As a reader and admirer of the Jormungand manga, I’m pretty happy with the direction things are going. White Fox have really only made […] Read more
I know the manga fans are in apoplexy, but I’m still liking it… I know enough about Zetman to know that the anime is veering off the manga storyline, or at least compressing it to an extreme degree. The thing is, though, that this adaptation doesn’t have the feel of […] Read more
Comedy comes in many flavors. Kimi to Boku 2 – 02 This wasn’t an especially good episode of KtB, at least by the standard the show has displayed lately. I’m sure to manga readers who have more context with them Azuma and Akira are interesting characters, but to me they’re […] Read more
At this point, I’m not sure I even see the need for a SHAFT anymore. Episode 2 of Tasogare Otome x Amnesia (is there an agreed-upon contraction of that name yet?) felt like the first ep I thought I was going to get last week. It was certainly an interesting […] Read more
In the midst of so many new series of note, one more wistful goodbye… I love Mirai Nikki, and watching an anime of a series you love is always a scary prospect. As odd a series as this is, I really wasn’t sure how it would make the transition to anime. It’s […] Read more
Now that’s what I call a time skip… I’m just going to address the elephant in the room straight ahead – yes, they changed the ending. Except they didn’t, really. But they did. Manga readers will know what I mean. Anime-only viewers – did you understand that ending? Did it make […] Read more
“What is Dead May Never Die” For my money, this was the best episode of Game of Thrones so far this season. It was beautifully paced, tight as a drum and full of memorable scenes both new and note-faithful to the book. The changes that were made didn’t feel so […] Read more
If you didn’t believe what’s old-school is new again, who would have suspected that in 2012 we’d have an anime introduced with “Oh, Shounen, burn the cosmo of your hearts!”? Ozma – 05 Well, the great Dick mystery is solved – it is him, and it isn’t. Gido took Dick’s […] Read more
Let there be no mistake – while Space Brothers is an all-ages show, the series (especially the humor) is aimed at those old enough to see the humorous side to life’s challenges. I’m quite fascinated by the fact that Watanabe Ayumu is directing both this series and Nazo no Kanojo […] Read more