Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. To be honest, I’m pretty much of the opinion that if I never see another “He was a normal high school boy living a normal life until she showed up…” anime it’ll be too soon for me. It’s probably not much of […] Read more
How about a little trip back in time? Author’s Note: Recently VVV tweeted me about Cross Game, which got me thinking about this show for the first time in a while. He made reference to the soundtrack, which got me thinking about “Koi Kogarete Mita Yume” (the first ED), which […] Read more
Four words I never thought I’d say pertaining to anime – thank goodness for summer. As I speculated in the 2012 edition of this post, 2013 didn’t turn out to be quite the year 2012 was. But thanks to a better second half than first, it recovered from looking like […] Read more
Well, what do you know – that almost felt like an actual ending. I won’t pretend for a moment that Yozakura Quartet is anything profound or brilliant, but there’s a certain charm to this series that usually manages to put a smile on my face. It drifts and sputters sometimes, […] Read more
Well – mostly. Hard to believe it’s my second New Year’s in Tokyo already. I actually have a TV this time, so I decided to start out with the classic Japanese New Year’s Eve tradition – the Kouhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Competition) on NTV. It would be […] Read more
This was one brutally hard list to compile. Without a doubt, the cuts for this list were even harder this year than the ones for the Top 10. Looking at the first 10 as compared to last year, I think they come up short as a group. The second 10 […] Read more
A mecha anime from Sunrise? Now that’s a stretch. OP: “UNISONIA” by TRUE New year, new season – and thanks to a pre-airing, the first episode of Buddy Complex is the first full-length first impression of the season. At first glance this indeed seems like a very safe choice by […] Read more
There’s really only one thing wrong with this year’s #1 series. Once Shin Sekai Yori was revealed as my #2 anime for 2013, there certainly wasn’t much mystery left about the last entry on the list. It could only be Coppelion. Or… not. #1 – Hunter X Hunter 2011 Believe […] Read more
When it comes to war epics, it’s probably a good idea never to get too attached to anyone… I knew this moment was coming – it’s been obvious for a couple of months, in fact – so it was really just a question of when the axe would fall, and […] Read more
So you know that whole sports anime thing? That’s how you do it, right there. As I’ve said already, we’re extremely lucky to have two sports series as great as Yowapeda and Daiya no A airing in the same season (along with Hajime no Ippo and Kurobas). I love Yowapeda […] Read more