Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Nope. I really should trust my instincts more, but somehow I wanted to think this might be better than the usual LN “fantasy” wish-fulfillment tripe with an endless title. The best I can say is I’ve seen worse, but DanMachi is pretty grim. […] Read more
Coming on the heels of its best season, Kuroshitsuji delivers its best OVA – and maybe the best OVA I’ve seen in many a year. Judging from the lack of reaction to the post on Part 1 of “Book of Murder”, I’m not sure how many of you are engaged […] Read more
Sanzoku no Musume Ronja elicits a staggering range of thoughts and emotions in me. Which, ironically, is almost the exact same lead-in I used in my First Impressions post – though I’d totally forgotten that fact when I began this one. First and foremost, I think it should be noted […] Read more
Boy, does this show ever have a way of sneaking up on you. There’s never, at any time, been a moment when Kamisama Hajimemashita was my favorite anime airing. Yet it always seem to add up to more than you realize when you’re watching it, and it grows tremendously the […] Read more
For all that there are myriad qualities that can make an anime great, there’s just no substitute for sincerity. I’ll say up-front that I expected this finale to be an emotional one. Expectations can be a pretty big burden to carry, but I had faith that Watanabe-sensei and TMS could […] Read more
Every time I think I’m out, they pull me right back in again… It’s certainly never a bad thing for an anime to finish with your best stuff, even if’s only a season break. And Durarara did that here, concluding “Shou” with what might have been the best episode of […] Read more
What a damn tease Ace of Diamond can be. I called Tokyo Ghoul “the most vexing show of the season” – for obvious reasons – but I’d have to say Daiya no A comes in second. Being a fan of this series has always been about taking the bitter with […] Read more
Fair or not, anime are always graded on a curve. And it’s a tough week for Aldnoah.Zero. Let me start out by saying I really didn’t this this was a bad finale. Technically it was solid, the action sequences were (as ever) terrific, and the pacing was fine. It was […] Read more
Did you really expect anything less from Death Parade? This is one of those shows that imposes the risk of having already said too much for me as a blogger. I mean, over the course of eleven episodes (and Death Billiards) I’ve laid out my feelings about this series and […] Read more
Hope can be the cruelest thing of all. Is Spring of 2015 the season when anime finally emerges from the long, dark tea-time of the soul that’s enshrouded it over the last couple of years? There’s reason to believe it’s possible, but to me, this is a season that has […] Read more