Absolutely shameless… This one continues to be hilariously silly and absurd. Daigo is quickly stamping himself as the elite aho of the season and his antics generated a few laughs. The trolls behind the camera here are having a real blast messing with the audience – the latest example being […] Read more
Any show that can combine a Chekhov (The Seagull) and Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey) reference in the same frame is OK in my book. The lunacy continues this week with another lunatic ep of Dororon. While the sexual content may have been toned down a bit, apart from “Keep […] Read more
Another almost totally serious episode of Tiger & Bunny this week. It seems clear now that we’ve moved through the initial phase of episodic and frequently light eps, and that Ouroboros is going to be the major plotline for the series – at least for this cour. There’s an interesting […] Read more
After a couple of false starts, we finally got the school life episode this week. Given that this is likely to be the setting for a bunch of the remaining episodes, there’s a lot of heavy lifting to be done in terms of introducing new characters and establishing the routine. […] Read more
When it comes to cruelty, insanity and perversity, Deadman Wonderland continues to raise the bar. In the immortal words of Nigel Tufnel, these go up to eleven… I’m pretty impressed with the job Manglobe is doing with this adaptation so far. Sure, there were a few moments of lost detail […] Read more
I think I can make it official – HanaIro is the most maddening show of the Spring for me. One rule it clearly needs to learn – if you’re going to piss away entire episodes to slapstick comedy, you might want to hire a writer who knows how to make […] Read more
OK, at least I now get the title – “The Doctor’s Wife” is the TARDIS. And when you think about it, that makes perfect sense. Of course this was an episode I was really looking forward to, being as how it’s penned by a legend, Neil Gaiman. And I can […] Read more
And so ends season one of Gosick… Well – just kidding. But it sure felt that way. The trip to Beelzebub’s Skull was actually a false start – or, more properly, a false finish. It’s obviously going to be connected to the final arc, but it was a mere tease […] Read more
Apologies for not posting anything for the last day and a half or so. As you may have heard, Blogger has been down – in read-only mode for almost 48 hours. Apparently this is the result of a botched upgrade by Google, though they’re denying that – in any case, […] Read more
C is a truly fascinating series, if only sporadically really engaging. Maybe it pales in comparison to it’s NoitaminA stable-mate, AnoHana, but it shouldn’t be dismissed as a result of that. Every episode sparks serious consideration of what’s happening and what the implications are, and there aren’t many shows I […] Read more