Check and mate. The weight of history hangs heavily over every major arc in Kingdom. It’s the story of young men trying to secure their place in it, and old men watching their place in it slip into the past. There’s really a sad sort of vicious cycle that hangs […] Read more
We’re taking baby steps here, but I like the overall direction. Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta hasn’t closed the sale with me yet, but so far it’s looking like one of those shows where the whole is more than the sum of the parts. It’s hard to single out specific […] Read more
Context is everything I suppose – and Tonari no Seki-kun is looking a lot better than it did a week ago. Tonari no Seki-kun – 02 Since Tonari no Seki-kun is looking like the best comedy of the season even at 5 minutes (unless you consider Space Dandy a pure […] Read more
It finally feels as if the anime season has started, thanks to this week’s Space Dandy. We finally have the “wow” premiere that I’ve been waiting for since this carbuncle of an anime season started – except it wasn’t a premiere. I’ll reiterate what a shame it was that BONES […] Read more
So far, so good. But there are trials ahead for Noragami. After two episodes Noragami remains the best new series of the season for me (I haven’t watched Space Dandy #2 yet as I type this). It’s not doing it on the strength of innovation or invention – basically, […] Read more
I admit it – I watched WUG. That’s what this season has done to me. Yes, I blogged an idol show – get your potshots in now. They couldn’t make me feel any more soiled than I already do… This was one I really hadn’t planned to subject myself to, […] Read more
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