Just so’s no one can accuse me of burying the headline, I’m dropping it. For now, at least. But given how much virtual ink I’ve spilled over Shigatsu’s first four eps, I didn’t think it was right to do so without at least a final summation. In short, if you’ve […] Read more
Kiseijuu was Being Human before there was Being Human. One out of two ain’t bad – or ain’t good, depending on how you look at it. If Akatsuki no Yona surprised me by deferring a tragedy I was expecting by at least an episode, Fall’s other top new series delivered […] Read more
The beast awakens. Which one? Take your pick. Things developed just a bit differently than I expected here, in that I figured tragedy was going to visit Akatsuki no Yona – and Fuuga – this week. But apart from several hearts melted by shota-moe, the capital of the Wind Tribe […] Read more
Fittingly enough, the experience of watching this OVA was an avalanche of mixed emotions. First things first – Watamote is still great. The OVA doesn’t miss a beat – it’s every bit as smart, hilarious and gut-wrenching as the TV series, and plays much like a regular episode with a […] Read more
Yeah all right, I’m in… No question about it, Shingeki no Bahamut is quite a lot of fun week in and week out. The plot is still a bit of a muddle as far as I’m concerned, but I don’t think that’s especially important in the larger scheme of things. […] Read more
That was Yowapeda at its best, plain and simple. Maybe there’s been a little bit of inconsistency with Yowamushi Pedal this season, it’s true. But two of the five episodes have been absolutely first-rate, and I chalk that unevenness up to the fact that Onoda has been only intermittently involved. […] Read more
“Dark Water” Never let it be said that Steven Moffat is afraid to go big on the big occasions. It’s fitting that there’s so much talk of “missing the headline” in this episode of Doctor Who, because it’s really difficult to know where to start when talking about it. What’s […] Read more
G! K-s certainly gets full points for absurdity. This episode didn’t make too much of an impression on me, so I don’t have a whole lot to say. It was perfectly amusing and entertaining, but not nearly as interesting – or intermittently hilarious – as last week’s gem. I’d have […] Read more
If last week’s ep of UBW was the Yin, this sure was the Yang. What I said last week pretty much covers my thoughts now, so I’ll just reference it here: So far F/s n seems to be following the somewhat normal pattern of the series… which is to alternate […] Read more
Mushishi is, as ever, a story that tells itself, yet leaves the interpretation to the viewer. In many ways I think “Lingering Twilight” is very much a companion piece to last week’s “The Fragrant Darkness”. Both chapters concern themselves with the comfortable, familiar lifelong bonds that we form and which […] Read more