As with Zankyou no Terror, a major problem with Barakamon was expectations. As I mentioned in the Daiya post, my sisters are in town from the USA just as I’ve been hit with a bad cold, so posts are going to be shorter than normal and possibly not quite as […] Read more
Once more Ace of Diamond creeps forward and looks backward. Let me just begin this post by apologizing for its brevity. My sisters are visiting from America, and as luck would have it, on the day of their arrival I finally caught the cold that’s been sweeping though my school […] Read more
Even glaciers move, though too slowly to be discerned by the human eye… It’s taken us 135 chapters, but it appears that Suetsugu-sensei may finally be taking the tiniest steps forward in putting Taichi out of his misery advancing the relationship between Chihaya and Taichi. She’s faked me out before […] Read more
In the end, the takeaway from Zankyou no Terror for me is simple – writing really matters. Kenneth Turan once side of Titanic, “It was best movie that was ever made from the worst script ever written”. Watanabe Shinichirou is no James Cameron – he’s a pretty good writer, for […] Read more
Another day, another sad parting. Finale weeks are always a bit of an emotional roller-coaster, especially when they include a show that’s been the anchor of my anime life for the last three years. Fortunately I got a spiritual B-12 shot from the surprise reprieve for Baby Steps to […] Read more
Old Mother Hubbard’s got nothing on fans of good anime this season. Pre-season expectations aren’t always met by performance. And thank goodness for that, because a pretty mediocre 2014 doesn’t look as if it’s going to be bailed out by its final slate of shows. Is Fall 2014 the worst […] Read more
I’m turning this one over to you… On the eve of the finale, I thought it would be nice to have a thread for LiA readers to share their favorite memories from three years of Hunter X Hunter. Be it a favorite episode, favorite scene, a specific moment, a life’s […] Read more
In many ways, I think this is probably the toughest post I’ve ever had to write. The other day, at Sanbunzaka Studio, the place of all the beginnings, we conducted the recording for episode 148 of Hunter x Hunter, which will serve as the turning point for the anime for […] Read more
“Zodiac x and x Zoldyck” This, then, was the final arc of the Hunter X Hunter anime in full force – the twin pillars of the “Election” arc revealing what would make them so compelling. Pariston is in his glory as the master troll, manipulating everyone and everything around him […] Read more
“Coming x of x Age” We’re getting close to the present timeline now, so these reminiscences are inevitably becoming shorter in proportion to the elapsed time. Episode 131 is going to stand as one of the most memorable and controversial in Hunter X Hunter history though, and with good reason. […] Read more