Never underestimate the power of bro-hood, ~degeso. It seems only fitting that Hunter X Hunter 101 should be a survey course in great anime. It’s all here – the ruthless, chilling and jet-black hilarious brilliance that makes H x H the masterpiece that it is. We also got a fair […] Read more
Yowamushi Pedal is the show than can makes sports anime fans out of muggles, if they’ll only let it. I said back when this series was announced that Yowapeda was going to prove a good test case for whether a sports anime could make inroads with a demographically broad Western […] Read more
Yozakura Quartet is, as ever, a hard show for me to categorize. I’ve long suspected that this season was going to be a tougher one than usual to settle on a blogging schedule for, because there seemed likely to be an inordinate number of shows bunched very close together in […] Read more
Well, that was certainly ugly. I’m not sure if Xuan Feng is a historical figure, or even strictly based on one – unlike most of the other big names in Kingdom, his is one I’m not familiar with. But he’s certainly effective, and in doing so he shows off that […] Read more
I’m finally on-board with this show but in truth, anyone who knows me would tell you I never really had a chance. I’ve been on the fence with Gingitsune, or at least that’s what I’ve been telling myself. But the thing is, there’s so much about this show that’s tailor-made […] Read more
The calendar says it’s autumn, but it feels like spring for sports anime. It hadn’t really occurred to me, but I wonder why the production committee behind Daiya no A decided to premiere it in the Fall 2013 season, just as the actual baseball season was coming to an end. […] Read more
In this case, the three-episode rule was just right. OK, I’m in. I was somewhat unsure after last week’s episode, which veered off course a couple of times, but this was another very good one. On balance White Album 2 is one of the better series of the Fall when […] Read more
I fear I may have spoken too soon – Space Brothers may be going there after all. This is what I wrote two weeks ago: “They can’t possibly be playing up a romance angle with a 15 year-old (though I would have said they can’t possibly portray an African-American as […] Read more
These are two series with some interesting parallels, but one of them is working considerably better for me than the other. Outbreak Company – 03 Outbreak Company is definitely a better show than I figured it would be going in, though I’m at the three-episode cutoff and it’s still right […] Read more
Conspiracy-wise, I think this was the episode where the gloves finally came off. We got some interesting news today when the home video schedule for Refrain was finally released. Apparently Refrain is going to be 13 episodes, with EX being 8 BD/DVD eps (the final volume will have two EX […] Read more