Possession: Barcelona 72% Chelsea 28% Shots: Barcelona 25 Chelsea 7 Aggregate: Barcelona 2, Chelsea 3 Football is a funny game. Area no Kishi – 16 I’m still not quite sold on this whole Kakeru-Suguru possession side of the story. This time Kakeru hits his head (we saw that last week) […] Read more
If you didn’t believe what’s old-school is new again, who would have suspected that in 2012 we’d have an anime introduced with “Oh, Shounen, burn the cosmo of your hearts!”? Ozma – 05 Well, the great Dick mystery is solved – it is him, and it isn’t. Gido took Dick’s […] Read more
Old school is definitely making a comeback in 2012 – where anime is concerned, anyway. Area no Kishi – 14 In some ways this might have been the most interesting episode of Area no Kishi so far, both on and off the pitch. I was pleased to see a little […] Read more
I’d have to check the archives carefully, but this may be the first ever case of an indirect kiss using an alien mask. Smart thinking, Nana! I’m enjoying Area no Kishi for the most part, but it feels as if the series has stagnated somewhat in dramatic terms. I’m still […] Read more
I’m sort of hoping that the medical profession in Japan isn’t using Area no Kishi as a reference, because some of the stuff that happens to human bodies in this series seems a little hinky to me. So here’s the 411 on Araki as explained by Coach Iwaki – because […] Read more
I sort of get the idea I’m siding with the wrong group (and this isn’t even Shakugan no Shana) but I was pretty much in agreement with the FC boys this episode. It was a two-pronged plot on Area no Kishi this week, and one of them wasn’t Nana and the Nadeshiko […] Read more
I had pretty well convinced myself that Area no Kishi wasn’t going to have the depth I thought it would going in, but there were signs this week that I may have given up too soon. I promised myself that I wasn’t going to keep obsessing on the unrealistic side of Nana’s […] Read more
Yes, this is an excellent idea – scare the crap out of the kid who had the heart transplant. I’m very much of two minds about this episode of Area no Kishi. On the one hand, it’s nice to see Nana in action on the pitch at last, and she […] Read more
Those who have lost, shall regain again… This was a pretty eventful episode on Area no Kishi, as the landscape of the series was reshaped in pretty much every way. The highlight for me was the return of seiyuu legends Mitsuya Yuuji and Hidaka Noriko, who played arguably the most […] Read more
It’s pretty clear that neither the mangaka or the director of this adaptation was too worried about unrealistically building up Araki Ryuuichi, but the shaft of light from the heavens as he walked (floated?) onto the pitch may just have been a bit much… I suppose I’m just going to […] Read more