Give yourselves a pat on the back… Once again I think LiA readers are proving themselves one of the most discerning groups in the English-language anime fandom. You got this season mostly right – certainly, the top 4 series in the poll are among the best of the season. What […] Read more
I know grooming is important and everything, but – really?? This was another rollicking, wildly entertaining episode of Ushio and Tora, but I must confess there were a few times I laughed a bit when I probably wasn’t supposed to. This certainly went in a direction I wasn’t expecting – […] Read more
So, the moment is finally here – did it live up to the hype? Four episodes in, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the Bishamon Arc can back up the build-up – this is good stuff on every level. Noragami is a series that integrates character and plot […] Read more
It’s a big season for mystery anime, but if you ask me this is the one that really matters. The funny thing about NoitaminA is that when it comes back with a series like Subete ga F ni Naru, it’s easy to imagine it’s never really left – you just […] Read more
Past, present and future are all in focus on this week’s Diamond no Ace. Read more
Who knew Osomatsu-san was going to be such a black comedy? Osomatsu-san – 03: This show is, if anything, getting weirder. And filthier too. With a switch to the short vignette format this week (seemingly temporary) inevitably the episode is going to have more ups and downs. The “Saw” spoof […] Read more
And so, the Sisyphus impersonation begins… After 12 hours of travel I’ve pretty much hit the wall, so about the best I can do is touch base briefly on what I’ve missed: Concrete Revolutio – 03: This remains one of the strangest shows of the year, but it’s so distinctive […] Read more
It’s easy to laugh if you’ve never lived through a Tokyo summer… I saw the Andes today for the first time. That took me quite a while to wrap my head around, to be honest, and made it pretty hard to focus on anything else. That includes anime, of course. […] Read more
Sometimes – as in Diamond no Ace this week – baseball is a game played mostly between the ears. Read more
Much more so than this first time around, Noragami has hit the ground running. Not much time to write, but I thought this week’s episode of Noragami Aragoto was so good that it’d be a shame not to at least check in. The Bishamon Arc is highly-regarded by fans of […] Read more