Remember that bonus episode of Dantalian no Shoka that was supposed to be bundled with the 9th LN volume but was cancelled? Well, it’s back on – only this time it’s coming with the 5th manga volume, releasing in August. The new ep will be titles “Ibara-Hime” and will feature […] Read more
As you may know, Nakamura Kenji is directing the second Spring Noitamina series, Tsuritama, to go along with Watanabe Shinichiro’s Sakamichi no Apollon. Until now Tsuritama has been an unknown, but we have a PV now as well as a synopsis. So we have – remarkably, another series about high […] Read more
Better late than never, it’s Towa no Quon 04 – and it continues the increasingly dark path the OVAs have taken. I can’t help but think this idea would have been better served as a TV series than an OVA, but then that’s usually my opinion about these things. It’s […] Read more
Brave 10 – 04 Pretty much all blood and guts this time as Brave 10 shows off its action credentials. The trip to Izumo culminates when the trio of Isanami, Saizou and Kakei arrive to find the shrine devastated, with no survivors – which Isanami feels an immense amount of […] Read more
Taichi Tuesdays might just be my favorite day of the week. If you stop by the Twitterverse from time to time, you may have noticed the term “Taichi Tuesdays” has gone a little viral. About time, I say, because I’d really like to see Chihayafuru get a little more love […] Read more
Episode four of “Daily Lives of High School Boys” is a perfect argument for why single-gender high schools are a bad idea. This show is really proving itself to be adept at pretty much any form of comedy it tries, as witness the fact that this week’s episode was […] Read more
Memo to self: take the stairs. It’s all about aerobic exercise, though – that’s definitely the only reason. It’s becoming obvious to me that I really can’t cover Another like I could a normal series. I want to gush again about how great this show is at creating a mood, […] Read more
I’m not quite sure how the main characters in a JC Staff anime ended up watching High School of the Dead – on the big screen no less – but I’m sure Madhouse was happy for the plug. While this episode wasn’t quite the flawless masterwork last week’s was, it […] Read more
This was probably the weakest episode of the season, but when you’re talking about a show as consistently great as Natsume Yuujinchou, that’s a relative term. If there was one element to this week’s ep that stood out, it was the chance to see Natsume through the eyes of another […] Read more
“Nothing good comes from digging up the past.” – Uryuu Minene If you’ll forgive the hyperbole, I think that was the best Mirai Nikki episode for quite a while, and one of the best of the series so far. For the first time in several weeks everything was firing on […] Read more