Well, that certainly got intense pretty fast. This was a pretty big week on Ushio & Tora – the kind of week that can often lead to a letdown. Payoffs after long built-up events have a way of disappointing, and expectations a way of becoming a curse. When you allow […] Read more
Well, raise your hand if you didn’t know how that was going to turn out. While it was always pretty obvious how the immediate crisis in this arc would ultimately be resolved, Ushio and Tora still did a pretty great job (as usual) getting us there. It does get a […] Read more
I know grooming is important and everything, but – really?? This was another rollicking, wildly entertaining episode of Ushio and Tora, but I must confess there were a few times I laughed a bit when I probably wasn’t supposed to. This certainly went in a direction I wasn’t expecting – […] Read more
This is another one of those times when predictability is a good thing. Once again I’m compelled to say: I’m just not sure you can do traditional shounen any better than this. It’s not all that subtle, maybe a little sexist in a benign sort of way, loud and brash […] Read more
If Ushio and Tora is to be believed, Japan must have the most dangerous public transit in the world. Ushio & Tora gets a lot of heat for its pacing, a criticism which I confess I find rather puzzling. I think it manages to pack just enough into every episode […] Read more
What it comes to bang for your entertainment buck, Usio to Tora is hard to beat. Another stellar episode of UshiTora this week, maybe the most consistent series of the Summer season. This show is simply a marvel of efficiency, rarely wasting a moment of screen time without appearing (unless […] Read more
This is one of those series that gives predictability a good name. In a week full of anime goodbyes – or at least “so longs” – it’s nice to talk about a show that’s not going anywhere. We’ll have a pause after this coming season before the third cour airs, […] Read more
My appreciation for this series – and what MAPPA is doing with it – only grows over time. The thing about Ushio to Tora is this – it’s just really, really good. It’s not a fancy series and it doesn’t require any fancy analysis to explain why it’s so good […] Read more
That must have been some dream… Any week when you get Nakamura Yuiichi and especially Miki Shinichirou back when you figured they were gone for good is a nice episode. But this week’s Ushio & Tora was a good effort all the way around, using a really clever way to […] Read more
You’re just not going to see an anime episode executed much better than that. There have been a few instances now where Ushio & Tora has flat-out nailed it – delivered an episode of old-school shounen as close to perfect as it’s realistically possible to make. It hasn’t been every […] Read more