It’s “Oscar” season, and again time to pay tribute to the best anime had to offer in 2014. And once again my earnest congratulations to Studio Ghibli for representing anime at the Academy Awards this year – this time (at long last) in the person of Takahata Isao. And the […] Read more
2014 is in the books – time for you to weigh in… Here’s the 2014 LiA reader poll – please choose your 5 favorite series of 2014. It’s a huge list, obviously, so I’m going to pin this post to the top for a week during voting rather than hijack […] Read more
There’s good in every anime year, and 2014 was certainly no exception. Another anime year is in the books, and let’s be honest – in anime terms, it sucked. If it weren’t for a show that started in 2011 and a sequel to a 2005 series, for my money it […] Read more
These shows also ran in 2014, but that doesn’t make them also-rans… Sorry, just wanted to work that one in somehow. In many ways this list is more telling about the quality of a year than the Top 10 – certainly in terms of depth. I find 2014 to be […] Read more
And so, at last, to the least suspenseful announcement in LiA history. #1 – Hunter x Hunter 2011 How in the world do I find anything new to say about Hunter X Hunter? I’ve blogged 148 episodes, two movies and several miscellaneous H x H-related events. It was a fixture […] Read more