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
Robotics;Notes has got the mystery part down pretty much pat. I’ll give credit to R;N for continuing to do something well (I seem to be doing that a lot with shows lately), and that’s create an interesting set of questions. But you know, even though I knew there were only […] Read more
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