Where do I begin trying to summarize the unique experience that was watching Guilty Crown… Back when I did my Fall Preview last year, I made note of the fact that Guilty Crown was easily the most hyped series of the season. I also mentioned that my gut was telling […] Read more
Loud, messy, and pretty – that about sums up the finale of the most maligned NoitaminA series ever. What, you were expecting anything else? A good deli will always have something called mish-mosh soup. Basically the idea is that you take everything that goes into the other chicken soups on […] Read more
If I was to point to one Winter series that’s less like any other, it might be Inu X Boku. It’s certainly unique, for better or worse. Judging by how many viewers guessed (or are manga readers and good liars) what the big “secret” that Kagerou kept trying to force […] Read more
“Positive Dance” Hourou Musuko has always been about growing up, but rarely have we seen it expressed more literally than it was here. In a nice change from recent trends, we get some real focus on Takatsuki. To be blunt (because there’s no other way to say it) she’s turning […] Read more
Yes, I’m still at it – as long as there are subs of this show, I’ll keep plugging away at blogging it. Simply put, there’s nothing else remotely like it out there. I’m almost sorry the actual historical events surrounding the death of Oda didn’t happen the way they’re portrayed […] Read more
As I’m sure someone will try and blame me for not mentioning Arata more in this post, let me get it out of the way – he appeared for about 10 seconds and had no lines. It isn’t my fault – I call it like I see it. Chihayafuru is […] Read more
One of the great bromances in anime is on again – and it’s a three-way. I’m happy about the way the committee mess was resolved, but sort of conflicted too. I really hate to see Sasaki let off the hook by his subordinates, who really saved his ass from being […] Read more
Well, what do you know – just like that, the magic is (mostly) back. Compared to figuring out comedy, alchemy must surely be easy. Iron into gold? Forget it – try telling me why one thing is funny and the other isn’t. I can speculate on why I’ve laughed only […] Read more
Depending on your point of view, this was probably the episode of Ano Natsu de Matteru you were either eagerly anticipating or dreading. When a science-fiction series is down to the last two eps and there’s been relatively little science fiction in it, you have to figure something is likely […] Read more
Thermae Romae – the last good series to appear on the NoitaminA block – has come out with an onsen guide: Rurubu Thermae Romae, a collaboration between the Japanese travel magazine Rurubu and Mari Yamazaki’s Thermae Romae bathhouse manga, went on sale in Japan on Saturday. The magazine, which features […] Read more