The cliffhanger of episode 11 left me wondering – was Haiyore! going to stick to its insane guns for the season finale, or sell out and go the conventional route? The answer, I guess, is somewhere in between. There are definitely screwball comedies where warmth is a big part of […] Read more
I never thought all that much about Kimi to Boku during its run, but now that it’s ending I’ve become aware that I’m really going to miss it. Fittingly for a show that never worried too much about plot, KtB leaves the airwaves forever with an episode as thoughtful and […] Read more
At long last – for an episode at least – Gundam AGE has fulfilled its potential and become the series I always hoped it would be. This episode of AGE faced an obstacle for me that none of its predecessors had – high expectations. For the first time in 36 […] Read more
That definitely would not have been my guess about who that guy was… Before we blog episode 11, a brief word about an interesting poll from Sankaku Complex. I normally don’t put a lot of stock in the particular site but then ran a poll this week – “Top 20 […] Read more
Well, they still didn’t answer the question in this arc’s title… All things considered I’d call this episode a considerable step up from last week’s effort, which left me pretty disinterested in the end. I usually find with Hyouka that it’s hard to say just exactly why some episodes work […] Read more
For my entire life I’ve tried hard to be a 3D ant. I just didn’t realize it until now. On some level I always knew that Space Brothers was an extended argument for manned space flight on its merits, but it was never as obvious as it was this week. […] Read more
The question here was always whether Hunter X Hunter could possibly follow up the tour de force display of episode 35. The answer, unequivocally, is yes. A resounding yes. Here’s how good the fight scenes in this episode were: I forgot to take sceencaps for several minutes because I was […] Read more
Two words for that episode: “absolutely fantastic”. I feel as if I’ve said just about all there is to be said about MGX, which by its nature lends itself to some pretty high-level (if not high-quality) analysis. It continues to surprise and delight me just about every week, with very few exceptions. […] Read more
Nothing Urobuchi Gen does is ever less than fascinating, and Fate/Zero is no exception. But I find myself questioning whether there was any lasting meaning to the whole experience. In the end I think F/Z couldn’t escape the prison of Fate/Stay Night. Whatever else Urobuchi wanted to do with this […] Read more
“And they lived happily ever after…” So, in the end, all of the villains in Fate/Zero walked away pretty much in the pink – except Kiritsugu. Though to be honest, I wasn’t entirely thrilled he got off as easy as he did, given the amount of death and misery he […] Read more