In a strange way, it’s often easier to write about mediocre or flawed episodes of an anime than it is about really good ones. Flaws are easy to pick apart, but when it’s all good – sometimes that’s all you have to say. My blog about this week’s Bakuman could […] Read more
Epic was definitely the order of the day for the penultimate episode of Letter Bee. Some of it was predictable, some surprising – but it packed a good deal of excitement and emotional punch. Of course this space correctly called out what Largo Lloyd’s “business trip” was – he was […] Read more
Damn. I’ve said it before, but it’s just amazing how a series with no action, no combat, and no violence to speak of can make me sweat like this one does. The tension throughout the episode was a slow-build, but by the end it was almost unbearable. I knew from […] Read more
Life goes on, and so does Fractale. And while it can be hard at first to view apocalyptic events in any anime series without thinking of other things, in the end a good show can sweep you up along and make reality disappear for a while. If this show has […] Read more
I have to give full Credit to A-1 Pictures – they sure haven’t skimped on the extras for Kuroshitsuji. We’re getting full-length OVA’s, with pretty decent animation. And some real care has gone into the writing – it’s not just throwaway nonsense. I would judge this “making of” special as […] Read more
Apparently not earthquake, tsunami or even nuclear crisis can stop Victorique, so we get a fresh episode of Gosick to take our minds off our worry. A little late, perhaps, but welcome nonetheless. Given that this arc – especially this episode – is primarily given over to developing Kujo and […] Read more
I’ve never seen an anime quite so indifferent to convention and the normal rules of the genre as this one. It manages to amorphously change personalities each week, and unapologetically so – don’t expect any explanations for the somewhat jarring changes of…well, everything. This week it’s back to the Color […] Read more
In the effort to keep myself from becoming too distraught by the events occurring in Northeast Japan, I’ve been revisiting an old favorite – and when I say “old favorite” I mean it. Rurouni Kenshin was one of the very first anime I ever watched, and was the very first […] Read more
Curse you, PV – you spoiled the cliffhanger ending! But then I suppose no one really thought the Cabernet was dead – we still have two episodes to go. I admit it’s not easy to put much focus on anime reviews what with everything that’s going on right now in […] Read more
Based on the way things look, there might not be much new anime to blog about for a while – things are still on edge in Japan, to say the least. As of now I still plan to fly in next week, but that could still change. For now, we […] Read more