This week’s entry in “Hachi-kun’s Wisdom From the Farm”: it’s better to be a horse than a calf. Silver Spoon is nothing if not resolutely sure of its self-identity. This is the obvious product of a writer who’s not out to prove anything to anyone, but has full confidence that […] Read more
It doesn’t always get there, but boy, when this show clicks it’s really a blast. So pretty much everything I said in last week’s post, about Servant X Service having two orbits and the success of the series depending on which mode it’s in? I’m doubling down on that, because […] Read more
This is the pose for wishing for more Minami-ke. This is familiar territory for fans of Minami-ke: wondering if the latest anime is going to be the last, and hoping there’s more to come. It’s almost always a question with OVA releases but even more so with this series, as […] Read more
I’m going to need the thesaurus to do justice to how freakishly brilliant (and freakish) this episode of Watamote was. This series has been an emotional roller-coaster from the very beginning (except it would have to be a roller-coaster where you’re going up, down and upside-down all at the same […] Read more
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Keep playing with fire, and you’re going to get burned. I’ve mostly enjoyed Kaminai so far, occasionally very much indeed. The show has some of the best world-building of any this year, and while the animation itself is only decent, the art is truly beautiful. The narrative tack has been […] Read more
The blood is really going to start flowing now. Kingdom 2 – 11 Kingdom is well and truly being staged on two fronts now, with this episode evenly split between the political battle at the capital and the military one on the front lines in the State of Wei. And […] Read more
The first H x H – Last Mission trailers are out. See below. Trailer 1: Trailer2: Read more
Literally and figuratively, this episode of Uchouten Kazoku didn’t take flight quite as much as some have. In some ways, this felt like the most conventional episode of Uchouten Kazoku to me. And that’s saying something about the show in general, as it was still pretty unorthodox in terms of […] Read more
When it comes to Blood Lad, Dear Reader, you and I have been down this road before. If not much seems to change with my posts on Blood Lad, it’s because not much seems to change with Blood Lad. I’m hard-pressed to think of an anime that’s been more consistent […] Read more