There’s little doubt in my mind that Another will stand as a great series for me, but it will be as one with serious flaws as well. I can start to list the things that were exceptional here and go on for far longer than I should. It’s P.A. Works, […] Read more
Arrggh… Another, I love you as a series – but this feeling I have right now isn’t what I was hoping it would be when you ended. I probably don’t need to tell you not to read this post until you’ve watched the episode, but just in case – don’t read this […] Read more
For a show that was so far off my radar screen that I forgot it was even on the schedule until the first episode aired, Brave 10 turned out to be pretty good. There wasn’t too much unpredictable about this series, and that applies to the finale, which pretty much […] Read more
Well, give yourself a cookie if you figured it out… Obviously neither Asread nor P.A. Works planned it this way, but it seems almost a shame that the two big reveals of this anime season should happen within 24 hours of each other – and of course, I get to […] Read more
So in the end, Shana III was true to its grandiose, bloated, histrionic, frustrating and oversized self. But I guess that’s not all a bad thing. Given that this entire season on “Shana” has pretty much been one giant fan wank, I’m not too surprised to see the ending pander […] Read more
Ozma – 02 All in all, I enjoyed that second episode of Ozma very much. The animation is very obviously done on the cheap here, and that’s not a strength of the series, but I could just sit and stare at Matsumoto Leiji’s character designs and ship interiors all day […] Read more
Between Hunter X Hunter and Chihayafuru, Madhouse is having one amazing season. I don’t know if I’ll put it on a par with its Spring of five years ago with Oh! Edo Rocket and Dennou Coil, but it’s damn close. There’s certainly no shounen out there quite like H x […] Read more
Never a dull moment with this show, that’s for sure. You know there are definitely times when Senshogear lays the cheese on pretty think, even for a fan of the show like me. That whole business with Yumi prattling on about what would happen if there were an anime, and […] Read more
I’m sort of hoping that the medical profession in Japan isn’t using Area no Kishi as a reference, because some of the stuff that happens to human bodies in this series seems a little hinky to me. So here’s the 411 on Araki as explained by Coach Iwaki – because […] Read more
Oh Haruka, if I were ever to marry a fictional character… I continue to be somewhat puzzled by the seeming awkwardness between Junichi and his female leads – even Haruka – this season where matters of eros are concerned, and it really makes me feel like we’re supposed to have […] Read more