That apology didn’t really sound sincere to me… It’s hard to believe that there’s been complaining about the latest run of episodes of Hunter X Hunter, but there has. In fact, it goes back to the days when the manga first introduced this part of the story. I suppose it’s […] Read more
War is hell, for sure – but that sure as hell wasn’t war. It was a massacre. For the second week in a row Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta presents us with an episode that far exceeds in execution what it offers in conception. The head-heart divide is very much […] Read more
The fated rival holds up his end of the bargain. I’m not too surprised Yowamushi Pedal chose to fill in the backstory of Manami Sangaku. He has a crucial role to play in the story – with Onoda’s two co-leads effectively paired off from a sports standpoint (at least) and […] Read more
That sure didn’t smell like a penultimate episode. Boy, having Kingdom end next week is seriously going to suck. You could hardly ask for a more open-ended “resolution” – we have plates spinning everywhere. The military and political situations have never been more in flux, Qian Lei is whereabouts unknown, […] Read more
For a show where things repeat themselves so often, Space Dandy is proving stubbornly unpredictable. Well, Cowboy Bebop fans should certainly get off Watanabe-sensei’s case now. Not only has he given them an episode that had a complete Bebop feel (#5) but now he’s referenced the show directly by including […] Read more
Another week, another rock-solid episode of Noragami. This continues to be the most consistent series of the season in more ways than one, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily easy to figure out. Starting with the fact that I’m not yet 100% sure if this is a full-fledged dark story […] Read more
Now the real drama begins. As soon as I saw this week’s episode title (“Emergency”) this was one of the possibilities I considered that it might refer to. Ultimately this is the story of the duel between Eijun and Furuya for the ace number, and while the third-years have been […] Read more
It seems likely that the endgame – for now – has begun. There’s still no announcement about the fate of this series, which seems odd given that barely a month from now it’s going to give up its timeslot and seems very likely to go on a long hiatus at […] Read more
Spring is in the air. My fellow Tokyo expat blogger Rurousha said of plum blossoms that they’re “the shy girls hiding in the library while the cherry blossom cheerleaders are prancing about on the football field”. No question, it’s the sakura that are the belle of the ball – they’re […] Read more
Another Saturday, another Natsume Yuujinchou OVA. As I said last time, any day with Natsume Yuujinchou in it is a good day. And while this OAD may not rank with the elite chapters in the anime’s history, it’s still Natsume – and that’s enough to put a smile on my […] Read more