Almost caught up now… Kyoukai no Rinne – 05 Happy Boys’ Day, the close of Japan’s Golden Week and (hopefully) of my gastrointestinally-induced posting delays (no promises). We jump in here with two of the last bubble series of the season, firstly Kyoukai no Rinne. This one fell into the […] Read more
I still say that damn catcher looks older than the coach. Season 2 of Daiya no A has wasted no time in dumping us straight into the action, and with it back to the curious mixed emotions that defined watching so many of the games towards the end of S1. […] Read more
Look out – it’s got a gun! Owari no Seraph – 05 There are some strikes against this series that would normally be large enough to be insurmountable, but I’m going to give it yet one more episode. Why? Two reasons, the first being that it looks as if it’s […] Read more
Timeless, in more ways than one. Anyone who follows Game of Thrones would surely have noticed a couple of elements in this week’s episode of Arslan Senki that echo developments in George R.R. Martin’s series “A Song of Ice and Fire”. I’m thinking of the arrow from the parapets that […] Read more
Slot another couple of puzzle pieces into place. The Florida Arc is one of my favorites from the Baby Steps manga, but there’s no denying it’s nice to see familiar faces again. We may have taken a break from some of the storylines back in Chiba, but it’s the nature […] Read more
Kekkai Sensen is developing a real swagger now. I’m venturing gingerly back into anime with Blood Blockade Battlefront – it’s been a rough couple of days to say the least (food poisoning). I don’t know how coherent my thoughts are going to be, but this seems like a good show […] Read more
There’s stuff to like with Shokugeki no Souma, no question. But is it enough? Whilst I sincerely appreciate the angst all those naked apron scenes surely caused the otaku who otherwise have many reasons to enjoy Food Wars (and indeed, that disconnect is one of the things I like about […] Read more
Next week, I fully expect the kitchen sink. We’re already getting everything else. The idea that there’s a kind of bait-and-switch happening with Punchline has been part of the series’ zeitgeist from the beginning – comments by the staff and cast have made sure of that. But truthfully, I think […] Read more
Lucky Abrams has nothing on Gouda Takeo… OK, let me just say up front that I have no idea WTF is going on here. One time is a twist, maybe an asspull, maybe parody – but two weeks out of three we have a convenient disaster allowing Takeo to strut […] Read more