Has that long-awaited moment family come? It’s always been pretty obvious that Bakuman is as much as anything a love story, but an unconventional one – a chronicle of the authors’ undying love for the art of manga, and the people who dedicate their lives to it. That’s a noble […] Read more
There’s something to be said for finishing a season with your best material ever. I’m very much divided about Kingdom. On the one hand, I can’t help but think with regret about what might have been. If this series had been animated in grand style by Production I.G. or BONES, […] Read more
Any way you slice it, a high-school dude chasing after a girl shouting “Eat my fresh vegetable stick!” is just plain wrong. It’s glorious to have Minami-ke back at the height of its powers again, because it’s a reminder that this is one of the titans of anime comedy. Frankly […] Read more
Time for one last diversion before we likely stick to “route” episodes until the end of the first season, but this stand-alone episode might just have been more relevant that it first appears. These sidebar eps of Little Busters! have been a mixed bag in terms of quality, though I […] Read more
One-word review: Wang-Qi. That is all. Read more
Congratulations, Mutta Nanba – today is the first day of the rest of your life. The sense of new beginnings is strong with Space Brothers this week. This is what I’ve been asking for all along – the story of Mutta as an astronaut, being brought to our screens at […] Read more
No matter how great Hunter X Hunter is, it can always be made just a little better by adding a little Hisoka to the mix. Sorry to bore you, but I just have no choice but to lavish some more praise on Togashi Yoshihiro. This episode (which apparently consisted of […] Read more
Some may have been surprised at the events this week on Zetsuen no Tempest, but I think they were actually fairly predictable. I confess I’m kind of torn about the non-event (not the sort of event it might have been, anyway) the revelation of the truth between Yoshino and Mahiro […] Read more
What a remarkable and brutal series Shin Sekai Yori really is. We’re presented constantly with shows that struggle with the mechanics of plot and character dynamics – the current schedule is littered with examples of good shows that can’t quite get the balance right. There’s too much mystery and not […] Read more
Every time Taichi gets kicked in the gut, I have to fight the urge to double over myself. Here I was thinking this was going to be an episode that was relatively light on the dramatic side, and “Boom!” – that was one hell of a broadside the ending delivered. […] Read more