Among the many things I like about Kotoura-san, I have to give it full credit for this one – it continues to surprise me. As I mentioned last week, the thing I was really worried about in this edition of Kotoura-san is what was going to happen with Kumiko (Haruka’s […] Read more
There was drama both on-screen and off this week in the world of Psycho-Pass. There were two pretty big strikes against this episode of Psycho-Pass. First, the animation quality was absolutely horrendous. And second, it featured no Makishima whatsoever. Yet, in spite of that, I liked it a lot. In […] Read more
You just don’t get enough good sophistry jokes in anime these days. After last week’s uncharacteristically heavy and somber Shirokuma Cafe, it’s nice to get back into a more conventional humorous mode this week. That said, we still had an appearance from probably the creepiest character in anime, the pandacon […] Read more
There’s no one quite like Shinkai Makoto when it comes to visual impact. Let’s see – based on the trailer it looks like a Shinkai Makoto love story, we have Miyu Irino as the male lead (and KanaHana as the female lead, if that floats your boat), and Kyoto scenery? […] Read more
Yup, still here. Sadly, my schedule just hasn’t allowed me to jump back and watch all the episodes of Hyouge Mono that are starting to release subbed with some regularity, much less do justice to them via blogging. Nevertheless, I am still watching when time allows and yes, this is […] Read more
The big Hunter X Hunter announcement (I think the “shocking” was just a bad ANN translation) turned out to be not much of an announcement at all, though it’s good news – “Chimera Ant” is going to be animated. This can’t be any surprise, though given the supposedly rough content […] Read more
Once again it’s two eps or the price of one. There are lots of very interesting things going on in this episode of Bakuman, though none of them can trump the explosive potential of the last few seconds of the episode and the preview. I think we’re in for a […] Read more
I’m sure you’ve heard me say this before, but blogging anime comedies can be really really hard. See, here’s the thing: I loved this episode of Minami-ke. But I’m somewhat flummoxed as to how to talk about it. In a show like Working!! that’s plot and character-driven despite being a […] Read more
It was always going to be hard for this episode to live up to a preview that consisted of Kud saying “I AM A JAPANESE STUPID”, but on the whole I think this one did pretty well. I’ve come to the conclusion that I really need to blog LB! differently […] Read more
If I were to pick an album that suits Zetsuen no Tempest perfectly, it would be “Strange and Beautiful” by Aqualung. It fits too – not that many people bought the album, either. I’ve said many times about both this series and the studio that produced it that not only […] Read more