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
Kotoura-san is still the best non-sequel of the season, but it’s pretty clear that the issues that keep it from reaching greatness aren’t going away anytime soon. It’s a shame the folks at AIC don’t have some paranormal abilities themselves, because if they’d known how well this series would be […] Read more
For a minute there I thought I was watching “Bears on the Slope”. There are many relationships in Shirokuma Café that pack plenty of charm, but the one between Shirokuma-san and Grizzly-san may just be my favorite of the lot. It sounds funny to say considering the premise of this […] Read more
I can’t say this news surprises me all that much, but it’s still absolutely wonderful to hear that Space Brothers has been renewed, and not only that, will move to a coveted Saturday evening timeslot to share a block with Detective Conan. This is further proof that there’s more to […] Read more
Yep, still damn good. I pretty much said what I wanted to see about Sankarea and how sadly underappreciated it is in the Episode 14 post, but this was certainly a fine episode in its own right. It’s become something of a tradition for series to do OVA episodes about […] Read more
In a sense, all of Bakuman up to this point has been a prelude to what happened this week. It’s interesting that we ended up getting an episode about arguably the two least likable major characters in Bakuman, Iwase and Sasaki. And it worked damn well, too – half of […] Read more
He’s baaaaaaaaaack… First off, let me apologize for false advertising in last week’s post – Yoshino and Mako-chan look a lot alike in a nun’s habit. In principle I’d say that one episode in 4 is not nearly enough for Makoto/-chan (though in point of fact, he’s actually not in […] Read more
Playtime’s over. Again. For now. One thing that’s interesting about Little Busters (and something I don’t always love about it) is that it tends to be very much all-or-nothing in terms of drama. It’s either full-on serious mode or full-on silliness, and there isn’t a whole lot of in-between. Apart […] Read more
Damn, Togashi is really a geek. I never realized it before now, but Jan-Ken-Pon is actually rather important in the mythology of Hunter X Hunter. In a funny sort of way, I think Janken is symbolic of the series itself – seemingly straightforward and simple, but actually quite intense and […] Read more