What is first shall be… First. What – is it summer already? OP: “Pride” by Nothing’s Carved in Stone Seems like every anime season lately has a series that debuts a month before the rest of them. This time around, it’s Kingdom, from Studio Pierrot. There are several reasons this […] Read more
Parents – don’t swing your kids by the arms like that, it’s very bad for them. The more you know. Well, they left it in for a change – Jonah’s voice-over narration that is. This was one of his more critical internal monologues, sort of the acid test of whether […] Read more
The most unassuming of the Triplets reveals his true colors at last… We’ve definitely seen two of the Furuya Brothers carve out their own identity already. Kouta is a sullen genius, the spoiled diva. Ryuuji is the smiling front man for the group, the voice of “reason” such as it […] Read more
For once, I’m glad I wasn’t invited. Unfortunately, this is one of those eps where the extreme compression ratio of this adaptation becomes clear. While I got the basic gist of what was happening, there were certain elements that never quite clicked, and left me a little unsure as to […] Read more
Here’s a very funny short video shot for Yoyogi Anime Academy, featuring the star of Thermae Romae. I wonder now if NoitaminA wishes they’d contracted for a full season, given how popular the franchise seems to have become, mostly thanks to the live-action. Read more
Come on Girls, just admit it – you’d do the same thing, if given half a chance… Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – 34 The moment we’ve all been waiting for is upon us – Asemu (Toriumi Kousuke) is indeed back, but you can call him “Captain Ash”. He’s leading a […] Read more
Why do I get the feeling that every Hyou-ka planning meeting starts with “You know what would look really cool?” So help me, I’ve really come to like this show a lot, but it’s devilishly hard to blog about. It’s hard to even say why I like it, apart from […] Read more
I suppose if nothing else, Kuroko no Basuke must stand as an inspirational tale about the endless rewards possible through hard work and practice. I should probably have my head examined for ever thinking about realism in a SJ sports series, I know. I guess I’m just too much of […] Read more
Over the weekend Lost in America hit a nice little milestone – one million visits. It happened a hell of a lot faster than I expected, that’s for sure. Numbers like that are hard to wrap your head around, but it means someone out there is enjoying what I’m doing […] Read more
All things considered, that ended up being a lot more like Hunter X Hunter than I expected… Given how exhaustively mangaka Kouyama Chuuya has researched space travel and the extent of the geekery for anything space-related, I can’t help but wonder if the components of the Hunter JAXA exam are […] Read more