Raise your hand if you didn’t see that cliffhanger coming. The decline of public interest in the space program has been the source of a lot of sadness for me over the years. There was once a time when Americans were glued to their TV screens every time anything NASA-related […] Read more
This edition is all about Tokyo conspiring to keep me from getting too comfortable. We had an earthquake here yesterday, one of about 4 or 5 since I’ve been here that have been strong enough to really feel. This one, though, was the first one that’s really caught my attention. […] Read more
Shin Sekai Yori is once again comfortably the best series of the season. There’s a sense of foreboding that runs through “From the New World” that makes it much scarier and more unsettling that most shows with more violence and conventional horror trappings. It’s tempting to say the relatively idyllic […] Read more
Crappy internet and too much to do have severely constrained my ability to consistently update, especially with the non-anime stuff. I have a ton of pics and video, but the latter especially may end up not getting posted until I finally get a stable and non-throttled connection. I made a […] Read more
The art of the conversation – there’s no one in anime who does it quite like Urobuchi Gen. There are very few writers in anime whose stature is such that they effectively become the centerpiece of any any series they’re involved in – and often, it’s for the wrong reasons. […] Read more
So, yeah – remember that whole end of the solar system thing? Still happening. Robotics;Notes has definitely been a slow build, but I certainly don’t hold that against it. It’s an excellent series, and I suspect it’s only when it’s complete that viewers will realize just how well-written and expertly-directed […] Read more
This was a very effective follow-up to last week’s game-changer episode, and I can offer Chuunibyou no more straightforward compliment than that. I still find the writing with this show a little clumsy at times – and given the experience of the anime staff I assume that’s a function of […] Read more
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice – it certainly hasn’t escaped mine – but Yoshida Kouji really is a terrible person. There’s a line in Woody Allen’s “Deconstructing Harry” where Woody as the title character says “Do you smell sulfur?” when his best friend runs into he and his wife […] Read more
Don’t mess with Team Koko. Just don’t. I think it’s safe to say that there are very few series that would even try an episode like this one, never mind actually pull it off. I’ve always felt that Jormungand was at its very best when the focus was on the […] Read more
Only one thing was certain about these last two eps of Eureka Seven AO – they were going to be controversial. It’s a real shame that the idiocy of TV scheduling caused these final two episodes to be delayed for close to two months, because irrespective of how you feel […] Read more