This week, Diamond no Ace presents possibly the most halfhearted backstory ever. It’s like they knew it was a lost cause. Read more
Anime
Jitsu wa Watashi wa – 13 (End) and Series Review
The last finale of the season (not counting Manglobe, apparently) comes from one of its most underrated simple pleasures. Read more
Shokugeki no Souma – 24 (End) and Series Review
So long to an incredibly fun show – but hopefully not goodbye. Read more
Anime in Real Life: Studio Ghbli
In which I take part in the ongoing series at Myanimelist, highlighting real world places associated with one of my favorite studios. Check it out! Read more
Arslan Senki – 25 (End) and Series Review
Memo to Manglobe: Was that so damn hard? It’s finale weekend in anime (a few frontrunners beat the rush last week, but you get my point), and it’s been possibly the strangest I can remember. Working gave us an ending that wasn’t an ending and made us ecstatic about it, […] Read more
Gangsta – 12 (End?!) and Series Review
See Manglobe, this is why people get pissed off at you right here. I hardly know where to begin talking about that episode, to be honest. The first 20 minutes were great, but that’s like saying the 20’s were a great decade except for the whole Great Depression thing at […] Read more
Working!!! – 13 (End?) and Series Review
My one word reaction to how that finished: Uwah! Well now, it’s not too often in anime that I’m as surprised – and pleasantly too – as I was by the final few moments of Working!!!. About how the series would be ending I didn’t know much, except that I […] Read more
Ushio to Tora – 13
This is one of those series that gives predictability a good name. In a week full of anime goodbyes – or at least “so longs” – it’s nice to talk about a show that’s not going anywhere. We’ll have a pause after this coming season before the third cour airs, […] Read more
The Studio Files: BONES
Our second “Studio Files” post is up, and this time around it’s BONES – one of the most accomplished and influential studios in anime history. Read more
Fall 2015 Season Preview
If expectations are a burden, I go into Fall 2015 feeling light as a feather. There – who says I can’t find the positive in any situation? This is going to be a pretty short preview, for one simple reason – there just aren’t very many series in Autumn 2015 […] Read more