Slipping back into one-word synopsis time again, the only one that suffices here is “intense”. The term “flawed gem” was created for shows like Golden Time. For me this show definitely has some significant flaws, but it’s undeniably a gem – it connects with me in a way very few […] Read more
The odds were pretty heavily stacked against this episode going in as far as I’m concerned. Taking everything into consideration, I think the surprise for me is that I didn’t really dislike this episode of KyouKan. It was a 100% comedic episode in a series that really struggles with comedy. […] Read more
Someone get that girl a tissue. To say this has been a busy few weeks for Hunter X Hunter would be an understatement. We had the milestone 100th episode, the demotion to late-night, and the leaked image that started a wildfire of speculation that the manga would – at long […] Read more
Shaka, when the walls fell. Update #3: ANN joins the “nothing to report in WSJ 50” parade, so it isn’t looking good. It looks like “I’ve seen false reports simply get recycled over and over until everyone just assumes it’s true” was more predictive than I’d hoped. There could still […] Read more
Like so many good sports anime, the problem with this one is that the episodes are too short. As I mentioned in my Diamond no Ace post on Sunday, one of the hallmarks of a good sports anime is that it always seems to end way too fast, the your […] Read more
Meng Tian has certainly been the conspicuously absent figure over the last few episodes of Kingdom, but it was always only a matter of time before he made his presence felt in a big way. Kingdom 2 – 22 I’ve had the feeling for a while that Meng Tian was […] Read more
OK, I admit it, that one got to me a little bit. I think it should be said up-front, Gingitsune is not a show for cynics. At least, it’s not for cynics who don’t welcome the opportunity to check their cynicism at the door once in a while and bask […] Read more
Damn – now that’s baseball anime right there. A multiple-award winning 37-volume (and counting) manga, Madhouse, Production I.G., a rock-solid veteran director – sometimes things just turn out like they should, and this adaptation is one of those times. It’t not as though Daiya no A is going to cross […] Read more
White Album 2 must surely be leading the pack this season for unintentionally ironic dialogue – though I suspect it’s only intentional on the part of the characters, not the script… WA2 continues to be a romance anime with a difference, though for me that difference was a little blurrier […] Read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same. If you watched the Hanasaku Iroha TV series you know pretty much what to expect from “Home Sweet Home”. In fact, the transition from the series is so seamless that it sort of has the effect of making it seem […] Read more