Even Gods, it seems, aren’t immune from daddy issues. Noragami continues to be a dark ride. Even when it’s in comedy mode, despair always seems to be lurking in the background, as if these are characters that fate simply won’t allow to have a free pass. There’s a strange kind […] Read more
There just aren’t many series that do transition as well as Ushio and Tora. This episode marked the end of a major phase of Ushio to Tora, but the story didn’t really miss a beat. Partly I think that’s due to the unique sort of continuity this series employs – […] Read more
Talk about a tale of two halves. I think something needs to be said straight out about the use of English in anime, and it’s this: sometimes Westerners like me can forget that the target audience for Japanese anime is Japanese, not American or French or Scottish. When we criticize […] Read more
Nope, not my imagination – it’s definitely getting weirder. If you’d told me two months ago that Osomatsu-san was going to be a bigger hit than Haikyuu’s second season, I would have laughed almost as hard as I laughed watching this episode. But impossibly enough that’s exactly what Stalker is […] Read more
As the greatest Beatle said, Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues. And you know it don’t come easy. Not if you’re Sawamura Eijun, anyway. In all honesty, I’m really not feeling this game. I’m not buying Furuya’s hero act, and I’m not buying that […] Read more
What one takes away from this episode hinges on, I expect, what one brings into it. I have no quibbles with this episode of Iron-Blooded Orphans, and I expect it’s going to be greeted quite favorably by the audience. No reason why it shouldn’t – it’s a very solid mecha […] Read more
Concrete Revolutio grows more compelling every week. There’s a crazy sort of brilliance to this series, I think. Make no mistake – it’s one of those “doomed to fail” shows Bones produces every so often, and seems destined to be on the honor roll of anime featuring the largest gulf […] Read more
At least once a season I have the urge to open with the words of Jerry Seinfeld – “It’s so nice when it happens good.” Predictably, Wanpanman is quickly rising in the Stalker rankings, starting to take on the air of the commercial success so many (including me) assumed it […] Read more
Highlander has nothing on sports manga when it comes to aces. The spotlight has cycled onto pretty much all of the big names in Haikyuu, Karasuno and otherwise, but thus far Tsukishima has been the exception. Even his sidekick Yamaguchi got a decent size bite of the apple last season […] Read more
Don’t worry Yato – size isn’t everything. The Bishamon arc comes to a close (though she’s still a factor in events) and Noragami Aragoto moves into its next phase with an episode that marks a considerable change in tone. As great as that arc was, it was pretty serious – […] Read more