Well, damn. Make no mistake about it: that was a fucking bloodbath. Eminently predictable, yes, but pretty shocking just the same. And it felt like it lasted about five minutes, there was so little time to breathe. Normally if I say there was very little about the episode that surprised […] Read more
I miss Gero-san… It’s a bit of crazy week for me so some of the posts are going to be a bit short, including this one. Sorry about that… I’d judge this to be the most “serious” episode of Binan Kouko so far. It certainly dealt with the most serious […] Read more
AOkatsuki no YOONa is still going strong. For a series with as great a main couple as this one has, it’s amazing how a couple of supporting characters can mount an insurrection and steal the show week after week. But that’s exactly what the tensai bishounen and the squirrel are […] Read more
It’s tough out there for a tengu – in anime-land, anyway. Kamisama Hajimemashita takes a definite detour off its main course for the first time this season, and as much as I’ve enjoyed the recurring Tomoe-Nanami-Akura-oh plot, I think it’s for the better. This series has always fared well with […] Read more
We’re 57 episodes into Yowamushi Pedal, but it feels like the race has just begun. It’s an interesting dynamic we have as we enter the endgame of Yowapeda’s “Grande Road”. All of the opening gambits, counters, positional play and exchanges of pieces have come down to this – five riders […] Read more
Thank you for watching. Both of you… It’s probably a pretty safe bet that fewer people who follow this blog follow Tribe Cool Crew than any other show I’ve blogged about, but at the very least it’s in the top (bottom) five. As I look back I realize that I […] Read more
Did you hear about the sushi chef? He was Russian. Really? He should slow down. Durarara still isn’t firing on all cylinders for me. For whatever reason, it just isn’t the same experience. I do rather like the Russian Bratva, who are singularly weird and colorful (though often curiously pale) […] Read more
This is getting seriously depressing. I pretty much know where Daiya no A is going with this arc, and it’s not fundamentally different from a very standard theme we see in a lot of sports anime. But damn, it’s frustrating to watch. Eijun deserves better than he’s getting from his […] Read more
The arrow is loosed, in more ways than one. I would adjudge that the course of events in this week’s Aldnoah.Zero has been cast for some time, but the awakening of the real Princess Asseylum was probably the last event that could have turned Slaine’s arc from it. Based on […] Read more
The name is Tachikawa Yuzuru, aged 33. If you’re an anime fan, I think it’d be a good idea to remember it. Death Parade follows up possibly its weakest (but still very good, and quite well-received by most) episode with just maybe its best. I’m not breaking any big news […] Read more