Hooray for Diamond no freakin’ Ace, dammit… Another carryover, another anime with no moe and no idols and no badly written romance and ecchi comedy. Uchuu Kyoudai and Diamond no Ace have hit me like a B-12 shot, and it couldn’t have come at a better time – one more […] Read more
After the week we’ve had, Uchuu Kyoudai has never seemed more out-of-place on the anime schedule. Thank goodness for carryovers? You bet – and while Uchuu Kyoudai may not be coming off its strongest couple of months, it still blows through like a blast of fresh air clearing the stink […] Read more
Since this was in my preview, I thought I should address the series briefly. I watched the premiere and yes, it isn’t as terrible as it sounds. In fact, it might be more not terrible than a couple of shows I did First Impressions posts on. But this season has […] Read more
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Take a mediocre WSJ manga, add potentially the most annoying director in anime and what do you get? It’s become the mantra for this nightmare of an anime season, but it’s not as bad as it sounds. Nisekoi isn’t going to change […] Read more
Carrie came closest to guessing my 2013 Top 10, so congrats Carrie – here’s your prize! Carrie asked for a haiku on the general topic of what makes anime great, which stymied me for quite a while – even before this awful week of premieres played out. “Ganbare!” Yeah, this […] Read more
Turns out all series set in agricultural high schools are not created equal. The worst first week of any anime season since I’ve been a fan is winding down, and we can scratch another series off the list of possibilities to really impress. Truthfully I never expected Nourin to be […] Read more
Oh, well. No reason not to hope for a miracle right up to the last moment, but this isn’t working any better for me than it was the last few weeks, so I’m out. No need to rehash all the reasons why, as I’ve made them pretty plain by now […] Read more
Time heals all wounds, so the old saying goes. I only wish that were true. OP2: “The♡World’s♡End” by Yui Horie Two weeks ago I said that the long winter’s break with Golden Time was indeed a golden time for me – I needed a chance to refresh myself with this […] Read more
Some things never change. And thank goodness for that. OP: “Life” by Fujifabric I’ll be honest, that premiere came just in the nick of time. There have been some good moments among the first episodes, but so far no new series has been as good as several of the carry-overs […] Read more
In the immortal words of Jerry Seinfeld, this is going to be a shame. Pupa – 01 I can’t imagine this is what Mochzuki Tomomi had in mind when he signed on to direct Pupa for DEEN. We’re talking about one of the most respected directors in anime, doing what […] Read more