Wow – where did that masterpiece come from? It’s been one heck of a Thursday for anime, and I haven’t even made it through the backlog yet. But the shows that have become my Thursday A-list (a necessity since there are simply too many shows to cover in a day) […] Read more
Osha-Mambe Government, that was pure comedy gold. I don’t use the term “inspired” all that often with anime because, well – there are very few times when it’s actually merited. But this episode (along with the third) of Samurai Flamenco is definitely one such occasion. This was anime comedy at […] Read more
It’s early in the game yet, but my instincts are with Kouko-Papa on this one. There have been some bumps in the road for me as far as Golden Time is concerned. In effect the execution hasn’t, on the whole, been on par with the story. That hasn’t stopped me […] Read more
Meh. I’ll be honest, I don’t have much to say about this episode of Kyoukan, but I did cap it and it looked pretty good so enjoy some pics. I don’t much care for the Sakura side-story, I didn’t think the storytelling was especially interesting and as many have said, […] Read more
Updated info below the fold. Update: It’s Pierrot, 25 episodes. Of most interest to me was this quote: “Katsuki is collaborating on the creation of episodes with original stories not told in the manga.” My initial reaction to this is pretty negative, to be honest. Pierrot has access to some […] Read more
There are many remarkable things about this series, but it’s remarkable in and of itself that it can still surprise me after 104 episodes. I’m not at all surprised to see Togashi leave behind all of his main characters (it feels like it might be for a while) and […] Read more
That was an episode that put the “epic” in historical epic. Kingdom 2 – 23 Bad CGI and all, this last sequence of battles has been one of the best I’ve seen in anime for a long time. Admittedly that’s a pretty low bar since hardly anyone is doing this […] Read more
There are limits to how far a lot of plucky optimism can take a person… It’s a great time to be a sports anime fan, all the more so with this week’s announcement that tennis manga Baby Steps will be getting an anime adaptation next Spring. That’s one of the […] Read more
I won’t say I’m surprised at the winner here (I voted for it myself) but this was a much bigger whitewash than I expected. Specialist carries the day, with an almost 3-1 margin over the runner-up, Enhancer. The field was tightly packed except for Emitter, which trailed badly. Not much […] Read more
It’s hard to believe I ever had any doubts about Gingitsune given how I feel about it right now. The trajectory for this show has been unidirectional since the third episode, straight up. And so has been my affection for it. I went into this season solidly ranking it as […] Read more