Well at this point, if you’re reading this you’ve probably all seen it. So I’m not going to bother trying to explain what happened, especially as most of that is left up to interpretation anyway. My focus is on how I felt about the episode itself. For starters, those of […] Read more
Part of me wants to call Giant Killing a sports anime for those who don’t like sports anime – but I think “Cross Game” really fits that title better. That’s a sports anime that isn’t (in a good way) while GK is a sports anime that really is a sports […] Read more
Let me tell you, there’s really something to be said for a good epilogue. While most series end up rushing at breakneck pace to resolve everything in the nick of time (and often fail at that) a great series needs a chance to step back and breathe, to wrap-up – […] Read more
It took me a couple of episodes to catch on to this series, but once I did – and that really started with the brilliant episode three – I was fully hooked. The Kool-aid had been drunk and I was ready to do anything the Marui sisters commanded. This series […] Read more
Mitsudomoe ends as it’s been running for the last two months – with a genuinely hilarious episode that showcases everything that makes this series great. Sight gags join misunderstandings at the heart of this episode, which starts with the seemingly indestructible Futaba felled by a vicious cold. She arrives at […] Read more
Asobi ni Ikuyo! was a series that was hard to love, but impossible for me not to like. It was never guilty of taking itself too seriously (thank goodness) and presented the occasional moment of genuine inspiration, an incredibly catchy ED, and some of the best fanservice of the season. […] Read more
Finale week continues, as Asobi ni Ikuyo! finished its run at 12 episodes. And what a frantic finale it was. There were basically two threads hanging as this series wrapped up – the romance thread, and the main plot concerning the crippled Catian ship. Fittingly, the latter was resolved with […] Read more
For the second time in a week, I had the opportunity to see a film by a young director often hailed as “The next Miyazaki”. Last week it was Makoto Shinkai’s seminal masterpiece 5 Centimeters per Second. This time around, Mamoru Hosoda’s “Summer Wars”. First if I may, a word […] Read more
With Shiki on hiatus, Kuroshitsuji finished and the fall season not quite upon us, it’s been a slow week on the anime front. So I thought I’d check back in with Amigami SS and see if things have picked up at all now that the underwhelming Sae arc has ended. […] Read more
Episode 12 of Nurarihyon was very much like episode 11. The new villains, the “88 Demons of Shikoku” continued to have their arc introduced slowly, while the best moments of the show were comedic ones surrounding Nurarihyon and the three girls in Rikuo’s harem. Nurarihyon and Yura were great together […] Read more