This was a much more conventional episode that last week’s total wig-out with the giant flying whale, but still entertaining. So far Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka? seems to be managing the delicate tightrope of humor and extremely violent action pretty well. As with last week, the focus was on […] Read more
This must be the season for Hero Squad parodies – first Mitsudomoe, now Level E. And if you guessed that both of those show, as good as they are at paroady, would deliver the goods – you’re right. Of course Gachi Rangers has been a two-season running gag, but “Earth […] Read more
Everybody’s favorite BL romance shoujo baseball drama gives us a special DVD episode, and it’s full of all the preposterously shoujified baseball background we love so much. Much of the full-length episode actually focuses on Saitama, the team that knocked the Nishiura boys out of the summer tournament. The main […] Read more
Bakuman has settled into a nice groove, and this week definitely continues the strongest run of episodes the series has strung together. After a likable but slow start the intensity level has picked up nicely on both the professional and romance fronts and the last couple of episodes have been […] Read more
The formula for this show is pretty well-established already, and so far we haven’t seen much variation from that. It’s effective enough, but given that the mysteries are relatively pedestrian affairs so far there’s a definite risk that the show could start to feel repetitive after 24 episodes. One thing […] Read more
Hard to to believe, but we’re down to three episodes left for Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu – four if you count the DVD episode that may or may not air on TV. And it seems like the staff is trying really hard to cram as much as they can into these 8 […] Read more
Tegami Bachi was doing moral ambiguity before Madoka Magica and Fractale made it all hip and cool, and it’s still doing it pretty well. We’re wandering into anime-original territory now and the episodes may have lost a bit of the urgency we were seeing a few weeks ago, but the […] Read more
This week’s theme was definitely middle-school skirt-lifting – no doubt about it. Unfortunately it was one of those “Index” episodes that felt a lot more like a Railgun episode so for me, the appeal was limited. That’s not to say there weren’t a few amusing moments. As expected just about […] Read more
A good stiff breeze would blow this show away, but as flimsy as it is it’s still fun. No cliche goes untapped, but it’s all done with such shameless enthusiasm and lack of conceit that it’s hard for me not to like. This episode introduced what may be the most […] Read more
The series that gives the expression “navel gazing” new meaning takes another interesting turn this week and joins in with this season’s overall theme – moral uncertainty. I’m really struck by the way this show manages to feel radically different every week. Some of it is attributable to the fact […] Read more