Kekkai Sensen is so cool it’s illegal in 67 countries and two protectorates. I’m running out of superlatives for the stylistic accomplishments of Blood Blockade Battlefront. I guess it’s not shocking that a pastiche of BONES, Gainax, Nightow, Baccano! and Matsumoto Rie would be off the charts, but it could […] Read more
Owari no Seraph is one of the more frustrating shows of the season. Here’s another series that’s pushing up against the make-or-break point as far as blogging is concerned. At this point I’m inclined to say probably no, though there are individual elements here I really like a lot. Seraph […] Read more
Fittingly enough, Shokugeki no Souma is really all about taking the bitter with the sweet. I suppose I’m close to the point here of needing to make a decision about Food Wars, and it’s not an easy one. For just about every thing I like about the series there’s something […] Read more
It’s not easy to do what Punchline is doing, believe me. I’m not sure just what the fuck this is, but it’s either incredibly brilliant or incredibly stupid. Of course there’s no good reason why it can’t be both, and I’m beginning to think that’s exactly what it is. There’s […] Read more
Give yourselves a pat on the back. No huge surprises in the Spring 2015 poll – Fate always figured to come out on top (though Ore Monogatari!! gave it a good fight) and it’s obviously a disappointment that 4th-place Digimon Adventures Tri has been delayed at least until Summer (the […] Read more
That was a great series but damn, did it fly by – felt like it only lasted three weeks. For the record, I like all the characters in Ore Monogatari!!. Yamato is a bit of a cipher so far, but certainly likeable and entertaining, and Takeo is a thoroughly winning […] Read more
Kyoukai no Rinne is emerging as one of the sleepers of the season. Sort of. I don’t know if Kyoukai no Rinne is just growing on me, of if the anime is better than the manga. Either way I find myself not just enjoying this series more week upon week, […] Read more
I get the thought behind it, but somehow hearing “From the New World” in any other anime just feels wrong… Hibike! Euphonium is a bit of an odd duck, and a stern test for the three-episode rule. The word that keeps recurring when I consider this show s “abstract”. In […] Read more
I suspect this is another one of those Fate eps where mainstream opinion and myself are two ships passing in the night. I confess I almost bailed on this episode a couple of times, but I’m glad I stuck it out because the last three minutes or so were the […] Read more
The tennis hierarchy is becoming clear. Atsushi made a comment in the premiere about how Alex is “in another world” from the amateur players at Florida Tennis Academy. And while that’s certainly true, one could look at the events of this episode and conclude that there’s no narrower a gap […] Read more