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
The mayuge are back. Hitsugi no Chaika: Avenging Battle – 01 Hitsugi no Chaika seems a fitting symbol of this season overflowing with middling shows, given that it remained squarely on the blogging fence for as long as any show ever has. I managed to get through an entire cour […] Read more
The jury is very much out on whether this season will have quality, but it certainly has quantity. Gugure! Kokkuri-san – 01 This is a show about which I had almost no expectations, given that I haven’t read any of the manga (which is by a first-time mangaka) and the […] Read more
Together again, even in death… No surprise, Komugi joins Mereum by winning the “Human” Chimera Ant arc poll after he won the Chimera version. But this was a close one, one of the narrowest polls in LiA history – she just nipped Morel at the wire after the lead had […] Read more
Time for the season’s first sigh of relief… OP: “Let Me Hear” by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas Kiseijuu is awesome, and all’s right with the world. It’s always a bit euphoric when you see your first truly great premiere of the season, but there’s a healthy dollop of […] Read more
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… Nanatsu no Taizai- 01 Oh, man – another one? You guessed it – another decent premiere that’s neither good enough to be a sure thing or bad enough to be a painless drop. This season sure is full of those.. Nanatsu no […] Read more
You’ll forgive me if this feels like the real start of the Fall season. OP: “Akatsuki no Yona (暁のヨナ)” by Kunihiko Ryo The new season of anime has certainly been in full-swing for a while now, but for me Akatsuki no Yona’s arrival takes it to another level. Not only […] Read more
I’ll say this much for Fall – so far, it’s consistent. Donten ni Warau – 01 It’s been a strange week of blogging for me, cobbling together whatever time and resources I could to try and keep up with the barrage of new premieres and the continuing flow of old […] Read more
NOnoda? No problem. OP: “Determination” by LASTGASP It’s always great to welcome back an old friend like Yowamushi Pedal, which returns to the airwaves after a brief one-season absence (many thanks to Majimoji Rurumo for keeping the Watanabe Wataru slot ably filled). Yowapeda was one of the surprise (to most) […] Read more