Change is the air, finally. This was probably the most interesting episode of Arata Kangatari so far – both in its own terms, and because it’s where we’re finally seeing some deviation from the manga. The anime is half over – as for the manga who knows (it’s about to […] Read more
The slow and steady climb up the season rankings continues for Red Data Girl. RDG is a pretty good representative of the old “Tortoise and the Hare” fable – the tortoise half, anyway. It was definitely a little slow out of gate, but where shows with flashier (and better, to […] Read more
I don’t think I reacted to this development in Haiyore! as I was intended to. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W – 06 I don’t tend to think much of the episodes where Haiyore! Nyaruko-san tries to get serious, but this is one of the better examples so far. It certainly isn’t thanks […] Read more
Back on track, thank goodness, but I can’t help but be a little frustrated with Suisei no Gargantia. I’m somewhat torn after watching this episode. It was good, don’t get me wrong – not quite as good as the superb first 4 episodes of the series, but very good indeed. […] Read more
There are definitely times when watching Oreimo where I really wonder what the heck it’s thinking. A few random observations on the back of another frustrating episode: Tachiki Fumihiko really specializes in playing bad, bad Dads. The Kousaka family is seriously fucked up. I mean – seriously. I suppose the […] Read more
This was really the first episode of Shingeki no Kyojin that played exactly like what I was expecting before the series premiered. I’ve made a point not to look at any reactions to this week’s episode of Attack on Titan before posting, but if I’m going to guess, it’d be […] Read more
If there was any doubt, this episode proves Uchuu Kyoudai is back on-form. This was definitely my favorite episode of Space Brothers since the schedule change, and quite possibly since Mutta received the news that he’d passed the JAXA exam from Hoshika-sensei and shared the aftermath with his teammates (those […] Read more
I just want to reiterate – this is airing at 10:55 in the morning… I was mentally prepared for the kind of sea change that was coming to Hunter X Hunter after the “Greed island” arc ended – I’d certainly read enough about it. But knowing it and experiencing are […] Read more
An interesting side-effect of the change in focus is that it’s made Chihayafuru a much more difficult show to blog this season. If you’ve been watching, you know pretty much what to expect out of Chihayafuru this week – another intense, riveting episode spent entirely following events on the tatami. […] Read more
Valvrave the Liberator has definitely lapped loopy, and jumped straight to batshit nuts. As I watched this episode and the sheer bakayaroucity (Minami Chiaki’s word – it fits perfectly, but she gets the credit) gathered momentum like a boulder rolling down a ski jump, one thought kept playing in my […] Read more