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
It truly is the end of an era – at least for now. This is a bit of a historic moment for me as a blogger – I’ve never done a series review post on a show that’s run for anything like two years (though in fact it’s obviously also […] Read more
Plus mecha… You may recall my reporting from last year’s Tokyo Anime Fair and Anime Contents Expo, the rival con that was established in protest over Ishihara and Bill 156. Well, Ishihara is gone (though now exuding his stink in national politics, trying to out-fascist Abe Shinzo) and while I […] Read more
It’s just ridiculous how good this series is right now. I’m running out of superlatives to lavish on Gin no Saji after the latest episode. This three-episode run is, quite simply, about as good as any series telling this sort of story could possibly be – effectively note-perfect. I confess […] Read more
Japanese Culture class is back in session… This is really the first time since very early in Hoozuki no Reitetsu’s run that I’ve felt a bit left out of the joke. The entire episode was pulled straight from Japanese legends and fairy tales (and just my luck, none of them […] Read more
It’s a truth we see borne out over and over again in anime: endings are hard. I won’t lie – I’m of the mind that Nagi no Asukara is ending at the right time. The heart of the matter is this: the only element in the story that really rings […] Read more
As soon as Inari Konkon was announced as 10 episodes, I should have known Jerry Seinfeld’s “This is going to be a shame” would have fit perfectly. A few weeks back I compared Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha to a meal where the side dishes were excellent, but the main course […] Read more
Turns out Mt. Maeda is an active volcano… Witch Craft Works – 11 I guess the message of this episode is that the secret to magic power is in the shirt. Or something. Anyway… We’re still in full-on plot mode with Witch Craft Works, which clearly has a lot on […] Read more