“Hunter x and x Hunted” This was the one – the episode that changed everything and started Gon (and me, in truth) on an amazing journey that’s still continuing. In any list I’d chosen to compile for these special posts, using any criteria, Episode 16 would have made the cut. It’s […] Read more
“Beneath x the x Surface” There’s an awful lot happening in this episode of Hunter X Hunter. If Episode #3 was the first time the series seemed to reach a meaningful plateau, for me this one was the next step. The feeling here is that there’s a great deal more […] Read more
Boy, there’s sure one hell of a lot going on with this series. It’s nice when a show you peg as a sleeper comes through, and even nicer when it happens for all the reasons you suspected it might even without knowing the source material. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun has been […] Read more
Puck you! You had to know this was coming sooner or later, and as we’re running out of “later” that only left one option. While all the monkeys were running around trying to execute their plans to foil each other, Puck was Captain Earth’s giant ace-in-the-hole – compared to the […] Read more
It’s just too cruel, really. Baby Steps ending now is just so very, very wrong. For a series that’s ending next week, Baby Steps sure isn’t acting like a series that’s ending next week. Not only does it remain resolutely – one could almost say “eerily” – faithful to the […] Read more
The big question on my mind is, why was Hinata running around outside barefoot? Diamond no Ace – 48 To me, the last few episodes of Ace of Diamond have had the feel of playing for time. While this is obviously the most important game of the series so far […] Read more
“Killua x and x Hisoka” I thought long and hard about how I ought to go about commemorating the incredible three years of anime that Hunter X Hunter has given the world. I knew I had to do something special for the occasion, because there’s been nothing in my blogging […] Read more
At last, things start to get serious. There’s actually a chance Barakamon could sell pretty decently (though there is an event ticket in the first volume inflating numbers), if the Stalker projections are to be believed – which I suppose justifies the fundamental changes Kinema Citrus made in commercial terms […] Read more
That was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen. And I watch anime! We’re at the point now where “suspend disbelief” has pretty much been ass-kicked and left for dead at the side of the road. I’m no sure which is sillier, the sheer logistical impossibilities or the […] Read more
Never trust anyone over Captain. It struck me in thinking about Argevollen this week what’s so odd about its structure. Basically, this is a mini-series rather than a “series”. It plays like on of those American TV mini-series about World War II in that each episode is like a little […] Read more