The only thing that tempers the sheer joy of watching a new Ginga e Kickoff episode is the knowledge that each one brings us closer to the end of the series. It would be silly to question the judgment of TYO and the creative team behind GeK now, because they […] Read more
Look out, Hosoka – there’s a new superfreak in town. We’re five eps in, we’ve had only one appearance each by Makoto/-chan and Hosaka (and no sign of either in the preview), and yet things are still humming along at a fine pace. It’s a testament to how deep the […] Read more
Well now, that was certainly an eye-opening ending. Forgive me if I work backwards a bit when looking at this episode of Little Busters. It was an interesting ep generally, but it’s hard not to start with the finish, because it makes me call into question so much of what […] Read more
This was a pretty damn good week to be Madhouse Studios, that’s for sure. I apologize, but I fear I really am running out of good things to say about Hunter X Hunter 2011. It’s just so damn good, week after week after week – I think we’re getting into […] Read more
So – anything much happen on Space Brothers this week? I can’t help but feel something like the Grinch on a bad day for what I’m about to do, but if I’m going to be honest I wasn’t completely thrilled with this episode as a wrap to the current arc. […] Read more
Bless you, BONES, for continuing to not give a damn about the flavor of the week. Zetsuen no Tempest is yet another Fall series of sterling quality that’s a complete commercial flop, which is something of a recurring (and depressing) theme. I can understand it to some extent, because Zetsuen […] Read more
There’s no more running from the future, it seems. I must confess there were times in this episode when I had absolutely no idea what was happening. Given the fact that I probably wasn’t supposed to, that may not be such a bad thing – but for the first time […] Read more
There’s no need to mince words – that was utterly fantastic. Chihayafuru firing on all cylinders. I swear, when I wrote last week’s post I had no idea that Tsuboguchi Hiroshi was going to have by far his most screen time in this episode. Hell, Madhouse even used the same […] Read more
I wonder if Urobuchi Gen has heard the criticism that Psycho-Pass isn’t exactly an original idea. There’s no doubt that having Makishima compare the Tokyo of the series’ creation to Gibson, Orwell and Philip K. Dick had the feeling of a wink at the audience – and I’ll give him […] Read more
There’s an effortless quality to Robotics;Notes that belies just how many good things it accomplishes every week. I’m not going to bemoan the commercial failure of Robotics;Notes anymore, I promise (the first volume did about as poorly as expected) but I am going to keep singing the praises of the […] Read more