OK, exclamation points just in the title line only. We’re two episodes in, and so far the Haikyuu adaptation is doing pretty much everything textbook perfect. I’m hard-pressed to believe the only thing Mitsunaka Susumu has directed before this was Cuticle Detective Inaba – a mediocre series if ever one […] Read more
To thine own whack be true, BONES… If there were ever a show that was emblematic of the studio that produces it, Captain Earth is it. Some of the top tier studios – Production I.G. is a good example – don’t have a signature identity, per se. They produce all […] Read more
Now that’s change I can believe in. In case you missed it, this week it was announced that Daiya no A was going to have a 52-episode run. It seems ungracious to complain about a full year’s worth of anime in this day and age, but I was hoping we […] Read more
Now that was an example of a show living up to its title. I haven’t had great luck with my main sleeper picks this season – apart from this series only Hitsugi no Chaika still has a pulse in that department – but I’m pretty confident Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii […] Read more
Some shows have the merit of at least making mediocrity look good. Escha & Logy no Atelier – 01 Escha & Logy has an interesting history – it’s the 15th game in an RPG series called “Atelier”, though the first to get an anime adaptation. I already had some interest […] Read more
I can already tell that Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou is going to be one of the toughest decisions of the season. I don’t know how many series I’ve followed based entirely or mostly based on visuals, but I can tell you it’s a very small number and I can’t remember […] Read more
Another wonderful episode of Mushishi. Is that the sun setting in the west I see? Has there been another multi-cour anime as consistent as Mushishi? It may not be in a class by itself, but it sure doesn’t take long to call the roll. What’s truly astonishing is that the […] Read more
As Yin and Yang shows go, these two are pretty Yin-Yang-y. Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin – 01 I’m at the point now where I pretty much look at NoitaminA as just another hour on the schedule. Why? Because there’s clearly no longer a broad mandate to air a certain type […] Read more
It was a given, but Ping Pong The Animation is quite unlike anything else on the schedule. OP: “Tada Hitori” (唯一人) by Bakudan Johnny There are a lot of things one might say about Ping Pong, not least of which is that it represents yet another distinct type of sports […] Read more
Two LN adaptations, and it’s the original series that’s by far the worst show here. Go figure. No Game No Life – 01 This is the premiere that seems to have generated the most buzz this week, and in a sense I can understand why – it’s executed with a […] Read more