Working! I really, really love AnoHana. It has so many moments of profound emotional truth that I leave every episode exhausted from the ebbs and flows. But for whatever reason, I find myself feeling very strongly tonight that the show is going to rip my heart out and stomp it […] Read more
I think it’s worth mentioning up front that this film is violent. Extremely, spectacularly violent. Heads chopped off, graphic atrocities, guts spilled out. And blood. So much blood – vast spraying, soaking, bright red and viscous oceans of blood. Miike leads with blood, inducing the audience to squirm from the […] Read more
I have so many thoughts running through my head as I think back on the finale of AnoHana. That’s the hardest part about writing this post, probably – that, and trying to be objective about a show that’s so incredibly close to my heart by now. So I’ll begin by […] Read more
Or whatever the hell episode this actually is, since they seem to change the order around constantly with no real explanation. I’m glad this series is finally being subbed, though of course it’ll take a while for the group to catch up to the RAWs – but I’m grateful they’re […] Read more
Well, if nothing else it’s now official that Ruka is the cutest trap this side of Hideyoshi. The difference, of course, is that Ruka actually wants to become a girl (and may have succeeded) and Hideyoshi wants nothing more than to be seen as a guy. I’ll give credit where […] Read more
Among the many things Hoshizora can be said to be, you can certainly include “weird”. This is a very, very odd show – the sensibility is like nothing else I can recall. It appears cute and fluffy on the surface and not much generally happens, but there are moments that […] Read more
The subs continue to trickle in for this series, one of the strangest, best and most thoughtful of the season. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to watch an episode but I was immediately swept up again in the strange and vivid universe it creates. It doesn’t go […] Read more
I guess it wouldn’t be “Game of Thrones” without at least a couple of scenes that make you cringe, and this week was no exception. While the duel in the throne room of the vale was pretty ghastly, nothing could hold a candle to the “Crown of Gold” that Viserys […] Read more
In many ways, Matthew Graham’s “The Rebel Flesh” represents the classic template for the “new” Doctor Who. Earthbound but not contemporary (22nd Century, in this case). A philosophical debate driven by humanity’s stupidity. A lot of speechifyin’ by The Doctor about said stupidity. And everyone trapped in an isolated place […] Read more
I’ll state right off the bat that, if you were to skip this episode of Blue Exorcist, your overall understanding of the series would in no way be compromised. It’s filler in the true sense of the word – anime-original, and seemingly quite irrelevant to the overall story. But for […] Read more