“Mummy on the Orient Express” Dear Jamie Mathieson: You may be a new writer for Doctor Who, but you’re welcome back any time. Even next week. For the record, I decided not to do a post on last week’s “Kill the Moon”. I’m simply too far behind in too many […] Read more
Akatsuki no Yona is really delivering the goods. I keep promising myself I’ll stop reading anime forums, because as I find my perspective growing more and more remote from the mainstream of anime fandom it’s an increasingly frustrating experience. But it’s always fun to watch the mass of viewers react […] Read more
Beware of dog. World Trigger – 02 It seems as if World Trigger has become pretty much a universal punching bag since its premiere, but I must confess I rather like it. I certainly won’t deny that the animation and background detail is mediocre at best, but ultimately I can […] Read more
Whatever you might have thought of the episode, I think it was worth it just to get to the pun. I love Yowamushi Pedal, but one of the very few elements I don’t especially care for is the way it can stretch a few seconds of competition into an entire […] Read more
Enter the Furuya. Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen – 14 The action is definitely heating up with Argevollen, both on the battlefield and off. It’s becoming quite clear who the real bad guys are here, not that it hasn’t been looking obvious for a while. There’s some new terminology thrown around […] Read more
So much Japan, so little time. I have a ridiculous number of photos from the last two weeks, and no real idea what to do with them or the time to do it if I did. I’m not just going to dump them all out there, but I’d like to […] Read more
The big names win the day. Established franchises and mainstream shows – especially those with Urobuchi Gen connections, even if he’s not involved any longer – dominated the Fall Preview poll. Only Kiseijuu broke up a top 5 of sequels, and two of them were shows that didn’t even make […] Read more
There’s certainly no doubt the second ep of Denkigai was creepy and uncomfortable. The question is, was it trying to be? Denkigai no Honya-san – 02 There’s a funny sort of disconnect with otaku-themed series like this one, shows that play up the otaku meta-humor so explicitly. At what point […] Read more
Does Urobuchi Gen know something we don’t? Shirobako – 01 If Wake Up!, Girls! and Bakuman had an illegitimate child, it might look a lot like Shirobako. And how much that prospect appeals to you might go a long way toward determining how much you’ll enjoy this show. With Mizushima […] Read more
We’re still waiting for the NoitaminA adaptation of a certain “March” manga, but I’m happy to have this one for April. OP: “Hikaru Nara” (光るなら;If You Will Shine) by goose house The heavy hitters for Fall are pretty much all checked-in at this point with the exception of Mushishi, and […] Read more