This pair isn’t exactly your one-stop shopping for pulse-quickening excitement. Mikagura Gakuen Kumiyoku – 02 I think it would be fair to say that the problems with the second episode of Mikagura were easy to predict. Namely, that once you got past he veneer of insanity and things calmed down […] Read more
Dammit Suetsugu-sensei – you got me again. Chapter 143 Once again Chihayafuru clocks in with a deceptive chapter – one which seems like a relatively low-key change of pace, only to amp up the stakes exponentially in the final few panels and leave you feeling a bit breathless and on-edge. […] Read more
The latest RC podcast is posted for your enjoyment! This one is an indulgence for Samu and I, talking about topics we’re passionate about – Hunter X Hunter, sports anime and cages. Plus new season discussion and underrated gems of recent vintage. Artist’s Rendering: Read more
“The Wars to Come” Into the great wide open… Our annual wandering through the desert of the soul has ended, and Game of Thrones – as usual – follows hot on the heels of the cherry blossoms. It may last a little longer, but 10 weeks sure does seem to […] Read more
As is so often the case with Fate, this episode was a case of taking the bitter with the sweet. For an episode that featured the great triumvirate of Fate awfulness – TsundeRin, Loli and Shinji – this episode was remarkably good. Part of it was that we got the […] Read more
Sidonia no Kishi is back, and you’d never know it had been gone. This has certainly been the season of throwbacks so far – they’re all over the schedule in many shapes ands sizes, and in many ways Sidonia no Kishi fits right in with that theme. With it’s technologically-driven, […] Read more
The wayback machine is in overdrive. If one wasn’t sure of the date, there sure are a lot of series this season that could fool you. It’s more obvious with some shows than others, but whether it be Gainax nostalgia, epic fantasy or subtler stuff like vaguely shounen-ai undertones, this […] Read more
You’ve heard me say it before, but the title of this series is definitely truth in advertising. Baby Steps being awesome is like the sun rising in the East – you just know you can count it every time. The only downside as a writer, really, is that this is […] Read more
This season is full of anime that forgot to check the calendar. And I expect them all to sell like crap. OP: “Boku no Kotoba de wa Nai Kore wa Boku-tachi no Kotoba” (僕の言葉ではない これは僕達の言葉;These Aren’t My Words. These Are Our Words) by UVERworld Watching Arslan Senki kind of makes […] Read more
Turns out BONES + Matsumoto + Nightow = the coolest thing since the other side of the pillow. OP: “Hello, world!” by Bump of Chicken I’m pretty staggered by the sheer braggadocio of Kekkai Sensen after two episodes. Frankly, I’m not sure I’ve seen anything this brashly stylish in anime […] Read more