I really there’s been no anime in a very long time that gets as much from so little asAkagami no Shirayukihime. This is the season finale of Akagami no Shirayukihime, which thanks to its split-cour format is off until January (which makes it ineligible for the year-end Top 10 list, […] Read more

Seeing it made to look so easy tends to make us forget how hard it actually is. I think it’s best to look at last week’s Akagami no Shirayukihime as if the last two minutes were all that really mattered, both because the rest of it was so forgettable and […] Read more

Why isn’t the opposite of low-key “high-key”, anyway?  I wonder about stuff like that… Something felt just a bit off to me about this episode of Akagami no Shirayukihime.  I find myself starting to notice the series is seemingly clueless about to handle certain characters (Kiki and Ryuu principally) whose […] Read more

The longer this series goes on, the more you realize just how refreshingly atypical it is. It was announced this week that the second cour of Akagami no Shirayukihime will air in January (as, I hope against hope, will Hi Score Girl).  This series was labeled as a split cour […] Read more

It’s not easy being a prince, but… All in all this was yet another excellent episode of Akagami no Shirayukihime, which is as singularly character-driven as any show we’ve seen for some time.  I think it practically exemplifies the term, in fact, and given that I tend to prefer anime […] Read more

This game of princes just got more complicated. There’s no question Akagami no Shirayukihime has been excellent through six episodes.  I really appreciate the way it doesn’t try too hard to sell me anything – drama, heartbreak, comedy, romance.  It just lets the material speak for itself, and the material […] Read more

You couldn’t swing a dead squirrel without hitting a prince this week. This has turned out to be quite the interesting anime season.  Not a great one by any means, but certainly unusual in that the best series (with some help from spring carryovers) have neatly arranged themselves by genre […] Read more

You’d think in medieval times they’d know you just have to make sure the flue is open. This is such an odd little show, this Red-Haired Snow White.  It’s certainly not a slice-of-life, but it may be among the most soothing anime I’ve laid eyes on.  With an episode like […] Read more