What Spring Series Are You Most Looking Forward To? Fate/Zero wins big, no surprise there – Sakamichi 2nd, with Hyou-ka surging late for third place. Read more
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Chihayafuru – Series Review
Maybe I’ll start re-watching this series next Tuesday… There’s not much left to be said about Chihayafuru that I haven’t already said in blogging 25 episodes. I love it – I love it to pieces, and I’m gutted that it’s over. The series is a mortal lock to make my […] Read more
Chihayafuru – 25 (End)
I don’t want it to be true, but it is – this is the last Taichi Tuesday. I’m grateful to have had the chance to watch such a superb, heartfelt and thoroughly wonderful anime as Chihayafuru. I won’t lie to you – I’m pretty drained emotionally, and I haven’t even […] Read more
Bakuman 2 – 25 (End) and Series Review
The anime community as a whole seems to take Bakuman almost entirely for granted, but I promise you, I never will. And with episodes as spectacular as the second season finale, hopefully more and more viewers will clue in to what an underappreciated gem this is. Readers of the blog […] Read more
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou – Series Review
I really want to thank Sunrise for producing this series, because I honestly have no idea what they were thinking. There’s a very interesting difference in the way the studio and director Takamatsu Shinji elected to adapt Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, as opposed to the way other popular 4-koma comedies […] Read more
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou – 12 (End)
Happily, Danshi Koukousei ended with a terrific episode that reminded me of all the reasons why I adored the series so much. If you had a base as a fan of this series, I’m pretty sure this finale covered it. Just about all the major characters got a spotlight – […] Read more
Ano Natsu de Matteru – Series Review
To say Ano Natsu was an easy series to like is an understatement. For me, it was impossible not to love. Mondays have been bizarrely good for anime this season, but this Monday is a tough one – I feel a real tug at the heartstrings saying goodbye to so […] Read more
Ano Natsu de Matteru – 12 (End)
Nagai and Kuroda-sensei have been spending most of this series making difficult tasks look easy, so it’s no surprise that they should prove more than up to that last great challenge – the ending. One thing you’ll never be able to do is please everyone, and I’m sure there will […] Read more
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi – Series Review
There’s not another manga writer out there with the emotional accuracy of Midorikawa Yuki, and no director better suited to communicate her vision than Omori Takahiro. I’ve already written a series review for Natsume Yuujinchou, and a lot of the same things I felt when I wrote that one apply here. […] Read more
Nastsume Yuujinchou Shi – 13 (End)
If you add it all up cumulatively, I’m sure there’s no series that’s inspired as much genuine emotion in me as Natsume Yuujinchou. I almost don’t want to talk about this finale much, because it so effectively speaks for itself. Why should I blather on in my clumsy way when […] Read more