So I guess those cute little omakes with Muru-Muru just wouldn’t feel right anymore, would they? Needless to say, I strongly discourage you from reading any of my posts on the last six episodes of Mirai Nikki until after you’ve seen the eps, because they’re going to be full of spoilers about […] Read more
Like many of you I was hoping for a new OP this week, but even though I was disappointed in that respect, the episode itself satisfied me in every other way. I’m continued to mull over what Satosz said at the end of episode 21 about the Hunter Exam not […] Read more
Senshogear unleashed the all-powerful GAR-moe combination big-time this week, but it may the nightmare of some of the worst Engrish ever that stays with me. Seriously – was that even Engrish? I thought maybe Ryoko was speaking Pig-Latin, or maybe Esperanto. Well, you know I like the get the bad […] Read more
I had pretty well convinced myself that Area no Kishi wasn’t going to have the depth I thought it would going in, but there were signs this week that I may have given up too soon. I promised myself that I wasn’t going to keep obsessing on the unrealistic side of Nana’s […] Read more
Nobody does BONES like BONES. So why don’t they do it more often? (Spoilers to follow) This was a generally satisfying conclusion to Towa no Quon, though there were a few things that were too predictable and a few that still don’t make sense. But expecting everything to make sense […] Read more
Yes, maniac! I took on a challenge when I decided to start blogging this show, because Inu X Boku SS is really hard to write about. It’s so utterly outside the normal boundaries of narrative anime that it doesn’t lend itself to categorization or comparison. I like it – this […] Read more
In which all the exposition that was skipped over for 19 episodes was shoehorned in for your entertainment. I always have a bit of a problem with characters launching into long, rhapsodic trips down memory lane for no reason but to fill the audience in on what the writer thinks […] Read more
If I were to choose one word to describe why I like Bakuman so much, it might not one you’d think – it would be “empathy”. em·pa·thy [em-puh-thee] noun 1. the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. 2. the imaginative ascribing […] Read more
Who's your favorite Chihayafuru Character? Taichi wins, and wins big – no less than 62% of the votes. I can’t say any of the results shocked me, though I thought Kanade might place a bit higher, and I hoped Tsutomu would. Obviously this is a series full of great characters, […] Read more
What, it’s spring already? No, not really – like Working did, Hiiro no Kakera airs its premiere episode (sans OP and ED) a month early. It’s a fairly solid first ep, with a classic premise and a large ensemble cast consisting mostly of bishies. It’s DEEN, so let the carping […] Read more