Mercifully brief, the two episode Railgun-hijack is over – though curiously, the second ep didn’t even seem to have all that much Railgun in it. Kuroko’s obnoxiousness level was tones down quite a bit as she spend most of the episode trapped under a table or bleeding out after being […] Read more
Episode 7 of Soredemo is all sorts of win. This is a series that has continued to grow in my esteem after a fairly slow start, to the point where it’s now one of the shows I most look forward to every week. Sanada (heretofore known as “Eroyuki”) proves that […] Read more
I give Amagami points for originality with the Rihoko arc, if nothing else. It was a romance with no romance. It wasn’t so much an anti-climax as a non-event. That was a curious choice, devoting four episodes to a relationship with no romantic advancement (and no chemistry). As part of […] Read more
He’s a virgin! It’s amazing just how much content Kuragehime has packed into just five episodes. There’s been so much plot, so much character development and so many big comedy moments that it feels as if I’ve been watching the series for months. I think that’s a testament to the […] Read more
So – what maketh a great Sora no Otoshimono episode? Let’s review: – Minimal or no chibis, especially Tomoki – check – Minimal or no Taicho, Sugata and Sohara – check – Jiggling Astraea boob shots – check – GAR Tomoki – check – And most of all: Ikaros actually […] Read more
Things are still looking grim with six episodes of Shiki left to go. After a gripping, thrilling and scary 16th episode things have never been worse numerically for the humans – but they’ve clearly picked up a new ally – or rather regained an old one – who looks to […] Read more
The race to the finish continues, with the biggest remaining mystery not what happens on-screen, but off. Will we get a second season, or does this story have to wrap after 24 episodes? All things considered, this was a solid effort. Nurarihyon definitely has a penchant for fleshing out its […] Read more
This is the one series of the fall that I simply love unreservedly. It may not be as ambitious or edgy as Oreimo or as complex as Kuragehime, but it does what it does just about perfectly every week. It seems clear now that Ika Musume is pretty much officially […] Read more
I know the twist that was coming in the flashback scene from episode 7, but that didn’t totally diminish the impact. This was pretty edgy material even for this series, and it had the sense that things have definitely taken a darker and more serious turn. I suppose people are […] Read more
I feel like my brain is about to explode. If not from the meta-referential ouroboros anime-in-an-anime avalanche, from the preposterous kawaii of Kuroneko. I want to loathe myself for going ga-ga over her and this series, but I can’t – both of them just have too much smarts and charm. […] Read more