Now there’s one that’s significantly more intriguing than I expected… OP: “Girlish Lover” by Chinatsu Akasaki, Yukari Tamura, Hisako Kanemoto and Ai Kayano At first glance, Oreshura seems like a series that could hardly be more formulaic. To be honest, at second and third-glance too, and maybe after staring at […] Read more
That was an interesting mix of the conventional and the not-so-much. OP: “Mukaikaze (向かい風; Headwind)” by YOHKO I don’t think there’s any question that Maoyuu Mao Yuusha goes into the season with extremely high expectations. In a schedule mostly lacking in really interesting new shows (though heavy on good carry-overs […] Read more
This is the sort of series for which the phrase “The plot thickens” was invented. I’ve lavished a lot of praise on this series over the first 13 episodes, which is fine because I think it’s deserved all of it. But I’m still finding myself struck by new things that […] Read more
In reading my series review of Kokoro Connect, I’m struck by how little my mind has been changed by anything in “Michi Random”. The first thought that pops into my mind after watching the first episode of “Michi Random” is “Random, my ass” – because more so than with any […] Read more
Without a doubt, 2012 was a very good year to be an anime fan. A while back I made a post about what I consider the best anime season ever, Spring of 2007. In that post (which was right about the beginning of Spring 2012) I speculated that the coming […] Read more
That was an ending that matched the character of the series perfectly. Two series by Akitarou Daichi ended this week, and that’s a sad thing. I’ve argued here on many occasions that the director is an absolutely critical part of an anime’s success or failure, and probably the least understood […] Read more
Now that’s what I call a digest post. I’ve finally caught up with Kingdom, though it took a while. There’s absolutely no way I could hope to write anything intelligible about 19 episodes worth of material, but I did say I’d check back in with this show when noteworthy events […] Read more
A new year means in with the new poll, out with the old… The Lost in America 2012 Favorite Series Poll is now live in the sidebar. Please choose up to 5 series. Yes, I know it’s not a complete list – I didn’t want to have a 200 series […] Read more
All in all, this is a pretty darn impressive group of series. In some ways, the shows that don’t make a Top 10 list may be as good a measure of a year as the ones that do. Certainly, they’re a better measure for depth in terms of quality series. […] Read more
I wouldn’t exactly call attending Comiket fun, per se, but in a way I do think it’s sort of (stay with me here) inspirational. I think I played up the sheer terror of Comiket in my mind so much that in the actuality of the thing, it really wasn’t all […] Read more