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
I don’t know what the hell that was, but it sure was fun. I have to hand it to BONES – they’re continually surprising me with Zetsuen no Tempest. I wasn’t thrilled with the direction the series seemed to be headed in last week, and while this was hardly a […] Read more
As much as I love Space Brothers, there are definitely times when I wish it had a neck so I could strangle it. And this is one of them. Damn it, this is a series that seriously knows how to milk a cliffhanger. That’s certainly something that requires a lot […] Read more
Right in the Golden Carp I can’t even begin to list all the ways that this third episode was completely, dangerously insane. And wrong. And insane. Honestly, you just have to watch it – no attempt to recount it could do it justice. But seriously, if there was any doubt […] Read more
The more things change, the more they… well – get worse. Even by Shin Sekai Yori standards, the events of this week’s episode have “disaster” written all over them. We really don’t need voice-over Saki’s occasional reminders about how the mistakes she and her friends made had tragic consequences – […] Read more
There are many anime of recent vintage that I love, but there’s nothing that feels quite like the experience of watching Chihayafuru. There was an episode during the first season of Chihayfuru – in fact, it was episode 23, the penultimate Master/Queen qualifier ep – that nearly brought me to […] Read more
Forgive the pun, but things are heating up on Robotics;Notes in every way. I’ll resist the urge to say “I told you do”, because we’re probably too late in the game for any large number of viewers to be won over by R;N (or to admit to it, anyway, with […] Read more
It’s always been obvious that the Emperor had no clothes, but this week Psycho-Pass paraded him around naked in front of the world. We’re about two-thirds of the way through this series, and things are beginning to crystalize, mostly along the lines I’ve been suspecting for quite a while. While […] Read more
After three episodes it’s safe to conclude that Kotoura-san is a series that isn’t going to pull many punches. This is going to be another mostly glowing review, so let me get my one quibble out of the way first to clear the decks for happier things. I have a […] Read more
“Slice of Life” may just be the most overused word in anime, but Shirokuma Café really owns it when it wants to. I’ve said it before, but Shirokuma can be a confounding series to blog sometimes. How do I go about trying to convey why I enjoyed these two chapters […] Read more