Color me intrigued and undecided about Dusk Maiden of Amnesia. Silver Link made some interesting and unconventional choices with this first episode. I haven’t read the manga by “Maybe” so I can’t speak to how that story was introduced, but this was unusual and a little risky for an opener. […] Read more
“The Night Lands” I feel as if I’m on the horns of a bit of a dilemma when blogging GoT. On the one hand, I have the strong urge to debate the merits of every change I see – and this week saw more significant changes from the book than […] Read more
Uchuu Kyoudai is part of an interesting oddity about this season, and it’s one that’s never happened since I’ve been seriously following the medium. Roughly one week into the season (and it’s been a hell of a week, considering that my top 4 picks going in haven’t even premièred yet) […] Read more
Old school is definitely making a comeback in 2012 – where anime is concerned, anyway. Area no Kishi – 14 In some ways this might have been the most interesting episode of Area no Kishi so far, both on and off the pitch. I was pleased to see a little […] Read more
Everything about Mysterious Girlfriend X is extremely odd and seemingly mismatched, but I was absolutely and utterly fascinated by the premiere. I’ll say it up front – I loved that episode unreservedly. It was that head-shaking, talking to yourself kind of love that really great first episodes give you sometimes, […] Read more
It’s the second recap episode this week, and the question you may be asking is, “Do I need to watch it?” Not really – there isn’t much new footage, but there are a few small pleasures. It’s always nice to hear Han Keiko (Gon’s Mom playing Gon’s sort-of Mom) and […] Read more
I’m not sure if this is the series to break the long-standing record of sports shounen failing to make a splash for me as a blogger, but quality-wise it’s off to a pretty good start. And no one is going to blame me for lack of trying… OP: “Can Do” […] Read more
Come on now, ufotable – that was just showing off. OP: “to the beginning” by Kalafina I’m not really sure why that season break was necessary, because Fate/Zero – perhaps more than any show with such a pause – made no attempt to couch it in terms of a true […] Read more
“Bridal Boot Camp!” There’s not a whole lot to be said about this very straightforward half-length of Otoyomegatari, because it pretty much speaks for itself. While things didn’t end up going in the direction I thought they might when Layla and Leyli’s mother announced her intentions (Mori-sensei, it seems, plans […] Read more
Boy, I’ve really fallen behind on this one, haven’t I? I haven’t gone back and checked, but I’m almost positive that this is the longest gap between blogging episodes of a regular weekly series at LiA – about 10 months, in fact. Thus are the vagaries of not speaking Japanese […] Read more