Ushio and Tora rebounds nicely this week, despite the obvious handicap. I wasn’t as keen on last week’s episode of Ushio to Tora as I was the first seven, though it’s all relative – even weak UshiTora is above-average anime.  But it wasn’t what I’ve come to expect from this […] Read more

That’s one hell of a gremlin. This was another solidly entertaining episode of Ushio and Tora, but I have to say, the silliness factor was turned up quite a bit.  I mean, even if you’re not flying high enough that the lack of cabin pressure would kill you, you really […] Read more

Well – when you’re right, you’re right. Let me just start off by recalling the final sentence of my last Ushio and Tora post: We’ve only just begun to learn the secrets of Ushio’s family history, it seems – which leads me to believe his father is overdue to reenter […] Read more

There certainly aren’t any beats being missed with Ushio and Tora. After another pitch-perfect episode, I think what it boils down to for me is this: anime-wise it’s possible to do better things than Ushio & Tora is doing, but you can’t do this thing any better than it’s doing […] Read more

Just tell me you didn’t want to see Hisoka and Ging duke it out. There’s a definite sense that the real story of Ushio & Tora kicked off this week.  The last two episodes have been fantastic, but largely seem purposed to set the mood and establish the mythology.  The […] Read more

While the success of Ushio & Tora isn’t at all surprising, it’s certainly gratifying. I said a couple of days ago that Gangsta was the best new series of the season, but the thing is, Ushio to Tora is so flawlessly executed that it’s hard to make the case against […] Read more

Nothing I say could improve on simple perfection like that. Ushio to Tora makes a perfect companion piece with Kyoukai no Rinne, Jitsu wa Watashi wa and Gangsta (and I’ll even add a bit of Joukamachi no Dandelion) as a quartet.  They provide a kind of sampler platter of old-school […] Read more

Just wait till your father gets home… It’s funny, the things that run through our minds when watching anime.  Last week I said Hatanaka Tasuku put me in mind of a cross between Satoshi Hino and Kakihara Tetsuya, but through all this episode I kept hearing Miyu Irino (that’s one […] Read more