Yawn, another superb episode of Fate/Zero. It’s getting boring, I know, but what do you want me to do? In some ways F/Z is like this season’s Steins;Gate – a series that does pretty much everything well. Each has a big and ambitious story, great production values and does a […] Read more
There are a lot of pretty good laughs in this week’s “Working”, but in the end it left me feeling kind of irritated. It’s funny, by far the most irritating thing about S1 was me was the excessive focus on Souta and Inami’s dysfunctional relationship but it was the best […] Read more
Never trust those CERN bastards! An update: Apparently the results of the initial experiment have been duplicated, albeit once again by CERN. I’m still not convinced until we see it independently verified elsewhere, but it’s looking better than I would have guessed. Leading scientists said on Friday the discovery of […] Read more
My favorite moment of this generally unspectacular episode of Haganai was the last one, by far. But I know this much – if there’s a shipping end to this series, I’m pretty sure it’s going to leave me pretty pissed off. OK, first of all – I almost feel as […] Read more
Mawaru Penguin Drum is certainly bringing its “A” game in terms of emotional impact and suspense, but Ikuhara still isn’t making it easy to feel comfortable in knowing just what’s going on. Let’s review a few items of import that were revealed tonight: Sanetoshi feels the diary is his enemy. […] Read more
Guilty Crown still inhabits that vast middle ground between mediocrity and genuine quality, with only its sublime visuals to set it apart from the crowd. The best thing about the sixth episode was probably that Gai’s “death” wasn’t milked for false drama – it was literally revealed in the first […] Read more
I ended last week’s post by wondering what the results of the first anime-original episode of UN-GO would be like. We have our answer – absolutely bloody brilliant. I sort of suspected that, absent the constraints of trying to adapt Ango’s unusual source material to the 22-minute format, the highly […] Read more
Episode 9 had a little something for everyone – elephants, betrayal, murder, and the best CGI tea wares you’ll ever see. Add some of the most suspenseful and exciting moments Hyouge Mono has offered, and you have an instant classic. As much as I love this series, the sporadic episode […] Read more
Some might call it a weakness, for for me one of the strengths of Mashiroiro Symphony is that even when it’s trying to be a little mean, it can’t help but be nice. I won’t dispute that the series has suffered a bit from the recent focus on Sana and […] Read more
Tamayura Hitotose – 07 When I hear a phrase like “Road of Aspiration” I always think there must be no proper English translation for what was intended in the original Japanese. In any case, the matter in question is a local festival in Takehara, not dissimilar to other matsuri we’ve […] Read more