I fear next Thursday evening isn’t going to be pretty for me… It can’t really be any surprise that an episode featuring the double-bill of Grizzly-kun and Llama-san would be a winner. In a show full of hilarious and totally endearing supporting characters, these two may just be the best. […] Read more
When it comes to drama, emotional honesty can overcome an awful lot. I’ll be very honest – I had some serious reservations once it became clear which way this episode was headed. Bakuman set itself a pretty high hurdle to leap with the public audition storyline, and to say I […] Read more
It seems as if you can always count on Christmas for an appearance by Hosaka. After Makoto’s star turn last week, Minami-ke trotted out its other outlandish male supporting character this week, and two characters more different you could hardly find. Yet there are commonalities between the two of them […] Read more
Ah, Kud-o – superficially you may seem like a moeblob at first glance, but there’s no one else quite like you. Kudryavka strike box!! I had some forewarning (not through any choice of my own, mind you) that the Kud arc was going to be a pretty dramatic tonal shift […] Read more
Uchuu Kyoudai continues to make this annoying cliffhanger weekend. I still suspect that how viewers enjoyed the JAXA exam arc – especially the isolation pod sequence – is a pretty good barometer of how they’re likely the current one. I know that exam phase wasn’t a hit with everyone – […] Read more
It’s just not fair for a show to be this good for this long. How am I supposed to keep thinking of new things to say? If the format or style of my Hunter X Hunter posts changes at all, it’s not because my affection for the show has diminished […] Read more
The calendar says it’s winter for another 4 days, but as far as anime is concerned this is the first day of spring. OP: “Small worldrop (スモルワールドロップ)” by Annabel The new season kicks off with a special preview of one of the more hotly anticipated shows of Spring, Red Data […] Read more
I’ve spent a lifetime railing against the cruel cliffhanger, but that was definitely one of the Top 10 for sheer torture. Two quick thoughts for starters… I actually muted the sound and played Wareta Ringo over the ED animation. Wish I’d thought of it weeks ago. I was sure there […] Read more
Well, Team Chihayafuru managed to drag out the much-anticipated meeting at least one more week. I’m guessing (though maybe not) that I’ll be in the minority in saying Arata should be suspended for the individual tournament. And I give him full credit for saying so himself – Arata is nothing […] Read more
Just because you know something is coming doesn’t mean it can’t have an emotional impact. That pretty much sums up this episode of Psycho-Pass, and doesn’t do a bad job of summing up everything its author has written. Urobuchi Gen is a purposeful writer. That can be a powerful thing, […] Read more