Oh, dear… My experience with anime has been that it’s usually far easier to drop shows earlier than later, at least from a blogging perspective. Once shows have an established fanbase and viewers feel pot-committed, they often get very hostile towards anyone who criticizes that series – we certainly saw […] Read more
The Winter of our discontent is drawing to a close, and it looks as if Spring is going to be a considerably better season for anime fans. Even by Winter’s normally low standards, 2014 was a rough one for anime. A few strong carryovers and a few very good shows […] Read more
It might seem to be damning with faint praise to see that the best thing about a series was its ending theme, but this was a damn fine ED… I just can’t muster the motivation to write a long series review post on Witch Craft Works, and judging by the […] Read more
Time is definitely an elastic concept with Hunter X Hunter. Among the many things I must credit Togashi and Koujina-sensei with, it seems one is temporal manipulation, because there’s no way in hell that was 22 minutes. In terms of real-time it seems as if this might have been one […] Read more
This just in: both of Izumida’s pecs have been suspended for blood doping. Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs! This was definitely the week Yowamushi Pedal got its freak on. It was certainly entertaining, but I confess this isn’t the side of the series I like best – with guys talking to […] Read more
I guess some things really are the same in Japan as they are in America. This week finds the master of killing time engaged in an activity teens everywhere are familiar with – studying the rules of the road and preparing for his road test. Except several years too early, […] Read more
It’s not every anime that reaches the end before it reaches the end. I confess I thought going in that this was the final episode of Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta, so it was rather a surprise to discover it was coming back next week. That certainly helps, given that […] Read more
The comedy is back in a big way this week, but… I’m having a hard time looking at Space Dandy as the same straightforward free-association comedy I once thought it was. There’s no question that themes have started to emerge over the last several episodes, coming together under the general […] Read more
It’s shows like Noragami that give predictability a good name. Noragami was many things, but among the most prominent was consistent. All season long it duked it out for best new series – albeit of a weak season – with Space Dandy and Hoozuki no Reitetsu. And while the anime-original […] Read more
Things are really starting to get interesting now. I have a confession to make: I’m rooting for Furuya to get his clock cleaned next week. Does that make me a bad person? Daiya no A finally has something it’s been missing since the beginning – a really interesting opponent. Compelling […] Read more