There was never really any question in my mind what my #1 anime of 2012 would be, once I started seriously considering it. #1 – Tsuritama I expected the decision about my best anime of the year between my top 2 series to be an agonizing one. I didn’t start […] Read more
I’m going to cut back on my blogging schedule this season. I really mean it this time. Traditionally, Spring and Fall are the most varied and deepest anime seasons in terms of quality shows. 2012 was no different – Spring was the clear #1, and Fall was the clear #2. […] Read more
It’s hard to believe based on pacing that the Bakuman of episode 12 is the same series that gave us the first season. There are times when things being a bit rushed isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The Nanamine story arc started out in fairly promising fashion, seeming to promise […] Read more
Meanwhile, back in the 16th Century… Yeah, it’s been a long time since I blogged Hyouge Mono. So long, in fact, that I had a bit of a hard time remembering what was happening, and as I didn’t have time for a rewatch of the eps leading up to this […] Read more
Perhaps it’s clear now why it was so hard for me to write about Jormungand these last few weeks. I feel as though I can predict how the reaction to this ending is going to play out. Truth be told, there’s no why I can spin this in my head […] Read more
Animemiz is featuring Hikaru no Go in the “Manga Movable Feast” this month, a venture to which I’ve been privileged to contribute an article. If you love HnG like I do – or need a good reason to read a great manga – it’s well worth checking out. Read more
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say, but mine was already pretty fond of this series before the latest information blackout. I’ll be honest – I’d already watched these episodes (and the next two) raw a while ago. So as a result I had a pretty good idea of […] Read more
Oklahoma isn’t the only place where the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye. Sakurasou is another series that probably had one more week to make up my mind for me one way or the other – and darned if it didn’t do a pretty good job of it. […] Read more
Since this is the last time I’m going to be able to say it about a TV episode, I’m going to repeat myself one more time – I love Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun. Brains Base just delivers. They deliver with original series, they deliver with adaptations, and they even deliver with […] Read more
Are those the unmistakable strains of magical realism I hear coming from the background? Well, it’s arrived at last – a “serious” episode, and the start of another character arc. Interestingly enough this was actually quite a funny episode in addition to that – arguably the most well-balanced and one […] Read more