Miu-sensei can tutor me any time she wants. There’s a number of things I found pleasing about this week’s episode of Mashifoni, which continued the superb run to the finish the series has been on. Not least of them was the refreshingly direct way it addressed the growing sexual tension […] Read more
When you factor in sheer originality, writing, visual artistry and flat-out cool, Gankutsuou surely has to rank as one of the better series of the 2000’s. It’s a strong reminder (and we could all use one about now) of just what a fascinating and productive studio Gonzo could be in […] Read more
Let’s start out with the positive – the “Kira” OVAs continue to move in a positive direction. The second was better then the first (being attacked by chiggers would be better than the first) and this one is better than the second. I’m not a huge fan of Higurashi in […] Read more
Here’s some good news – Bakuman’s outstanding second season has been rewarded. Once the current two-cour season ends, the anime will take a break and apparently return for the Fall 2012 season. As you know if you’ve been following my posts, I went from liking Bakuman last year to loving […] Read more
Nishida, Immelmann TURN!!! This was pretty much a full-bore shounen episode, action-packed from start to finish, yet as this show so often does it managed to sneak quite a bit of subtle character drama – romantic and otherwise – in as well. It acted as something of a progress check […] Read more
Fresh on the heels of the release of Shinkai Makoto’s Hoshi o Ou Kodomo on BD/DVD, word comes that the other “Next Miyazaki”, Hosoda Mamoru, has a new film coming in July. I hate that next Miyazaki nonsense and I don’t see the need for such comparisons, but in truth […] Read more
Welcome to another slice-of-life Tuesday… Kimi to Boku – 11 I’ll give Kimi to Boku credit for worming its way into my brain a little – I’m going to miss it when it goes on hiatus for a season, which I would have seriously doubted after three or four episodes. […] Read more
All those dignitaries who’ve been arguing endlessly for the last two weeks in Durban are missing the boat when it comes to fighting global warming – they just needed to bring in Harris, Clark and Martin. For most of the first sketch, I was thinking that it must be a […] Read more
Well, that pretty much explains it… Answers, you say you want answers? You got ‘em – pretty much all of them, in fact, though we do have a few new questions asked along the way. And some of them, like the true identity of Minagoroshi-Jizo, aren’t fully explicable to an […] Read more
There’s no series currently airing that makes me feel as pissed off as Bakuman does. That must mean it’s doing something right. It’s not all about being pissed off, of course. This season is also pretty damn exciting and suspenseful, with so much happening and so much emotional investment in […] Read more