These little commentaries continue to be one of the more interesting DVD extras I’ve seen for a while. They act as both a kind of teaser trailer for the source material (and possible future episodes of the anime) and a psychotherapy session for the characters. Just about everyone got in […] Read more
The shortest breakup in manga writing history is over in one episode. To be fair, it did span about two months of RL time – but really, can anyone be remotely surprised to see Takagi and Masahiro back together? I know everyone is going to jump on Hattori’s bandwagon again […] Read more
I’m certainly struck by how much moral ambiguity we’re seeing in anime at the moment. From Madoka Magica to Fractale to Letter Bee, we see a similar scenario playing out – innocents caught in between two sides of dubious moral standing. What’s more, we also seem to be seeing a […] Read more
For my money, that was definitely the best episode of Gosick so far. Obviously Victorique was preposterously kawaii, but that’s happened pretty much every week. The difference this time was that the plot finally started to catch up to the character interaction as a driver of interest, and that’s an […] Read more
The biggest tragedy of the winter season is the best comedy – namely, that Mitsudomoe is only running 8 episodes. There hasn’t been an anime this consistently hilarious since the first season of Minami-ke – and this one has managed to carry that over into a second season without missing […] Read more
What do you know – that was an absolutely delightful episode where not much happened. Lots of Misaka and Last Order hi-jinks, Index cuteness, Accelerator tsundere-ness and best of all, no Kuroko whatsoever! I had forgotten just how amusing the clones could be, though they’ve made brief appearances this season. […] Read more
Merry wasn’t the cutest thing on screen for a change this week. The reintroduction of John Doe brought with it some lovely nekomimi henchmen in even lovelier outfits, along with yet another fascinatingly different art style. You can say this for Yumekui Merry, it never stands pat from week to […] Read more
If I love anything about Infinite Stratos – and the be honest, I don’t know if I do – it’s that it’s in no danger of taking itself too seriously. Given just how silly and lightweight the show is, that’s a very good thing. This week was really all about […] Read more
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEvil! With no Hourou Musuko or Fractale – curse you Noitamina and your short, odd-numbered episode counts – Thursday is a little leaner than usual this week. But at least we have another depressing episode of Madoka Magica to keep us company. I’m not going to waste a lot of […] Read more
The “St. George and the Dragon” arc lasted only two eps, which was too bad in the sense that I rather liked George Evans as a character. But plot cohesion isn’t the strength of this show so far, and the premise had definitely played itself out by the end of […] Read more