Same header as last week – shameless in a good way. Nothing else would do it justice. Well, that was fun. No news there – Haikyuu is generally fun. But this was one of those carefree episodes that would come off as cloying or pandering in lesser hands, but Haikyuu […] Read more
What’s in a name? If it’s Noragami, an awful damn lot. One thing strikes me about this season of Noragami, and that’s the fact that Yato has been a supporting player for most of it. It’s not as though his name is in the title, but he is the man […] Read more
I hope that’s not how the real Einstein got so smart… Author’s Note: Apologies for the paucity of images while I search for a workaround and/or wait for the new open source WLW to play friendly with Blogger. Even the breather episodes of Ushio & Tora are still pretty jam-packed […] Read more
I don’t suppose this is the sort of story where you get an “And they lived happily ever after”… Author’s Note: Images coming tomorrow, hopefully. Blogger seems to have disabled Windows Live Writer Again… There are certain rules of mysteries, with varying degrees of “officialness”, And I think, ultimately, Subete […] Read more
Rather than a punch, I’d say that was more of a good dope slap. One Punch Man weighs in with its first OVA (another one is coming up at Christmas), and it’s more or less in the vein or an origin story. And it was pretty successful, though the whole […] Read more
It’s just so wrong, yet so right. And just like that, we’re squarely back in the realm of discomfort comedy that Osomatsu-san seems most comfortable inhabiting. The thing about this series is that it isn’t just a bunch of dick jokes and sight gags – though it does have plenty […] Read more
Furuya noticed something about another person? Did that really just happen? The next couple of weeks on Daiya no A figured to be pretty tough. The focus is going to be on two secondary teams while we’re forced to wait on what Seidou’s team is going to look like in […] Read more
Wait for it – it’s coming. If the ultimate test of whether a series is working or not is whether you feel anything for the characters (worry, for example) Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans is definitely working for me. I think it’s a testament to the experience and savvy […] Read more
Say hello to the kitchen sink. I wouldn’t want to make the argument that Concrete Revolutio is the best show of the season – it sports too many flaws for that to be the case. But it may just be the most consistently interesting show of the season. It’s dense, […] Read more
Say this for Madhouse – they sure know how to do epic. It occurred to me watching this week’s episode of One Punch Man that it would really, really suck if the anime were to end here. It’s a truism for one-cour adaptations anyway, but rarely do I recall a […] Read more