Space Dandy is the anime embodiment of Heraclitus’ saying, “You can never set foot in the same river twice.” It would probably be fair to say that while the first three episodes of Space Dandy’s second season were generally brilliant, they were a little light on the comedy side of […] Read more
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is one series that was definitely truth in advertising. This show seems to have left meta in the rear-view mirror some time ago, and is now immersed in some kind of ourobouros-like nirvana state few anime every aspire to. I’m hard-pressed to think of another anime (or […] Read more
It was a pretty damn great Sunday for sports anime. Diamond no Ace – 41 Ace of Diamond isn’t wasting any time cranking up the next rival on the chopping block, but that’s the way Koushien and its qualifying are in real life – games every couple of days in […] Read more
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This was a truly great episode, in ways both expected and unexpected. When we use the term “Sakuga” in regards to anime, it’s generally in relation to the animation – those moments where fluidity and detail reflect a signifiant uptick in the budget to really drive a scene home. For […] Read more
Many an old friend made a welcome return appearance this week. I’ve missed you Salty Dog, with your arrogant incompetence and your ridiculous coffee-cup communications system. Captain Earth has turned out to be quite good fun after all, which I always felt it had the potential to do but it’s […] Read more
Secrets and lies… Aldnoah.Zero took some very interesting turns story-wise this week. I like the dynamic that’s being set up here, with all of the teen heroes in the act of hiding their own secrets – some of which are known to the audience, and some are not. But somehow […] Read more
Baby steps, I suppose. I’m in the mode of desperately wanting to find something in Barakamon to make me fall in love with it again – the proof that it’s the great series I hoped it would be rather than the good one it’s started to turn into. I haven’t […] Read more
Tamaya! I have gunpowder in my hair. For the second year running I attempted to brave the crowds and see the Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival, Tokyo’s most famous hanabitaikai. Last year I made it to the site and was in a halfway decent viewing spot, my body reverberating with the sound […] Read more
Anime fandom can be an unforgiving place. Here are two shows that are meeting with a pretty harsh reception for the most part, and to some extent I think the reasons behind that are similar. We’re talking about series where events are handled at an unusually deliberate pace, albeit in […] Read more