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Anime
Osomatsu-san – 02
Context is important, but humor can be universal. It’s funny the things that strike a chord with you in watching anime, and how that impacts the experience of watching it. I have very little knowledge of the original Osomatsu-kun, as I said last week – and one of the remarkable […] Read more
The Studio Files: Brain’s Base
It’s been a time of upheaval at Brain’s Base, but there are plenty of signs of life even without their signature director. Read more
Second Impressions Digest 10/11/15 – Comet Lucifer, Concrete Revolutio
Am I crazy, or did that military HQ have the Eye of Sauron on top of it? Comet Lucifer – 02 I was pretty close to bailing on Comet Lucifer for a while, but by the second half of this episode I found myself sort of enjoying it. I’m a […] Read more
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans – 02
On thing about Gundam – whatever the series itself brings to the table, you can get an awful lot of entertainment value from the names. OP Sequence: The elephant in the room with Iron-Blooded Orphans is and always has been the same: how will Okada Mari’s dominant-gene vision mesh with […] Read more
One Punch Man – 02
Let the parade of Hunter X Hunter graduates begin! The second episode of One Punch Man was a bit more conventionally action-driven than the first, but make no mistake – it’s still the humor that stands out with this series. It’s a black comedy for sure, and there’s not as […] Read more
Kekkai Sensen – 12 (End) and Series Review
Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Yes and no – but this one was already pretty fond. It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to write about Kekkai Sensen – just a little over three months, in fact. And that’s too long, given the circumstances behind this […] Read more
Noragami Aragoto – 02
Last week was the premiere, but this felt like the week Noragami Aragoto really got started. This week’s episode of Noragami was a big step up in every way. I always enjoy this show, but there are times when it seems to kind of recede into the background of my […] Read more
Ushio to Tora – 15
If Ushio and Tora is to be believed, Japan must have the most dangerous public transit in the world. Ushio & Tora gets a lot of heat for its pacing, a criticism which I confess I find rather puzzling. I think it manages to pack just enough into every episode […] Read more
First Impressions – Subete ga F ni Naru
Now that’s NoitaminA… OP: “talking” by KANA-BOON I find it almost hard to believe that Manglobe didn’t produce Subete ga F ni Naru, so perfectly does it seem designed to be unpopular. But it also seems perfectly suited for NoitaminA – the middle-aged NoitaminA of the 2009-2012 era, when it […] Read more