Is a recap episode, so no full post this week. Of all the times – just when Eijun was finally going to pitch when it matters… Read more
Anime
Mushishi Zoku Shou – 03
If there’s such a thing as a quintessential Mushishi episode, that might have been it. Mushishi is a series that has many sides to it, and they reveal themselves only if you’re patient and watch it for an extended period. It’s not the sort of show that flashes its entire […] Read more
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou – 03
Sometimes the three-episode rule just doesn’t cut it, and this show is one of those times. As big as the schedule is this season, there actually aren’t many shows that are truly on the bubble for me – with most, I’ve either firmly decided in favor or dropped them from […] Read more
Ping Pong – 02
Ping Pong and Nanana are both anime in the same way a Great Dane and a Chihuahua are both the same species. It’s almost as if Yamamoto Kouji and the team at Fuji TV looked at the schedule for Spring 2014 and said, “OK, we’re going to have two shows […] Read more
Weekly Digest 4/18-14 – Sidonia no Kishi, Escha & Logy no Atelier, Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin
Ok, I have to ask – what the hell is the deal with the bear? Sidonia no Kishi – 02 I certainly want to like this show, but there are some major flies in the ointment. Between the really ugly character CGI and the fact that a big story is […] Read more
Little Busters! EX – 03 (OVA)
With Little Busters it always comes back to that, doesn’t it? There’s nothing in the third (of four, seemingly) episode of Saya’s mini-arc in EX that will blow you away on first viewing. It’s breezy, silly, briskly paced and mostly entertaining, just as the first two eps were, albeit it […] Read more
Noragami – OAD 1
Sorry it took so long, Noragami – I promise is wasn’t for lack off affection. This one has been sitting in my inbox for quite some time, and it’s not alone – the beginning of any season, especially Spring, is a tough time to fit in anything outside the broadcast […] Read more
Second Impressions – Hitsugi no Chaika
If you care to join me on the fence with this one, I’ll happily slide over. I’m certainly not seeing brilliance in Hitsugi no Chaika after two episodes, but it is a pretty interesting series. This is not a glamour production for BONES – it seems pretty clear that it […] Read more
Hunter X Hunter 2011 – 125
“Idiot”, my ass… I’m not patient or fastidious enough to regularly track who the animation directors for specific episodes of Hunter X Hunter are, but I’m assuming they brought out one of the big guns – Mori Tomoko or Abiru Takahiro, maybe – for this one, and likely next week’s […] Read more
Hoozuki no Reitetsu Tops Winter Sales – and It’s Not Even Close
I never would have believed it. I’m trying to think back on the last time a show I had in the final mix for my top series of the season was also the top seller – it would have to go back at least to AnoHana in Spring 2011, and […] Read more