This has been an excellent season on Bakuman, but I’m not at all sure I like the direction this is headed. I liked the first season of this series, but I certainly acknowledge the flaws that caused others to dismiss it – I just didn’t find them to be […] Read more
For a series I really liked a lot for a long time, it’s amazing how little I cared about what happened in the final episode of Ben-To. I’m not sure just exactly where things went wrong with this series. Having some experience with the half-priced bento wars at my local […] Read more
I never would have expected this. No word yet on what “brief run” and “reboot” mean, but can we possibly hope that this, at long last, will push us towards the Holy Grail of adaptations, the Jinchu Arc? As surprising as this news is, it’s easy to forget Watsuki-sensei is […] Read more
Apparently it doesn’t take a half-price sticker to start a Ben-to war, at least where Takasu Ryuji is concerned. One of the most beloved romantic comedies of recent anime history returns with a new episode, and it was good to see old friends again. It’s a bit of an […] Read more
Happy Holidays to all. Alas, the only present H x H left under the Festivus pole was a recap episode. With that big fat lump of coal in the stocking you don’t expect much, and indeed, boring recap episode was boring. But we did get a few shots of Mito-san […] Read more
Now that’s how you do a sequel. I loved the first season of Working – it made my “10 Best List” for 2010, in fact. If there was ever a show that seemed perfectly tailored for a continuation it was this one, and the only surprise was that the […] Read more
Merry Christmas, Kawase Akiko-san. Inami’s hairclip meter was only one item long this time – the fork and spoon. And the whole “Farewell Popura” thing turned out to be a troll, as did the Kirio arc. But you know, I don’t mind a bit because the final episode of Working’s […] Read more
Well – they really didn’t even try to end this in a good spot, did they? I thought a lot about how to categorize this show in terms of my both my normal blogging process and my year-end reviews. Is this a series in and of itself, or are we […] Read more
Like Mashiro-iro Symphony, UN-GO was a series that failed to captivate me out of the box and turned into one of the better shows of the Fall season. With it’s odd source material, strange character designs and washed-out visual style the initial impression was more off-putting than striking. And […] Read more
The little show almost nobody watched certainly went out with a bang, delivering up a classic finale to one of the most satisfying mysteries anime has seen in many a season. There was certainly a lot to cover in the final episode, as BONES and (to whatever extent all this […] Read more