Yowza! The producers over at A-1 sure like to give us glimpses of Maya’s zettai ryouki every week. And I’m not complaining – it’s easy on the eyes. As for the episode itself, unpredictable as ever, Seikimatsu goes in a fairly new direction this week with a story focused on […] Read more
It would be hard to call any episode of this show “serious”, but after the extreme silliness of the last few weeks this one qualifies. The ecchi quotient was turned down quite a bit (though not all the way) and the episode focused mostly on the relationships between the major […] Read more
We finally got to see a long-teased watershed moment in Major – Gibson vs. Gibson. While GAR Joe Sr. was toiling in the minors trying to work his way up to the Chicago Bisons, his son was scuffling. Now, Junior is white-hot and Senior is back – and strikes out […] Read more
Well, as I expected this episode played out almost in real-time. We’re about 20 minutes into the Osaka match, which means we’re looking at about 3-4 more eps to wrap it up if we keep to that pacing. Which would take us almost to the end of the series. I […] Read more
Wow – after a very silly start, episode 7 of Kuroshitsuji certainly got intense. While still generally maintaining the more absurdist and less gritty tone of the second season, we definitely saw some of the grisly violence and bleak view of human nature from the first. Seems to me that […] Read more
“PAN-TSU!! PAN-TSU!! PAN-TSU!!” It’s official – Mitsudomoe is bloody brilliant. Pure genius. There was so much that clicked in episode 7 that I hardly know where to start. Serious Squad Gachi Rangers! The old cleaning lady lusting after Shinya. Chiba’s jealousy of Shinya’s fame. It was all spot-on. No series […] Read more
This series continues to be a fun, campy exercise. While the obvious vampire hypothesis appears to be proving out, there are a few nice secondary mystery elements creeping in. Of course, lots more people died this week – young people, old people. Dr. Leg-twitch is revealed to have a complex […] Read more
Just what are you doing, Nii-Nii? We had no kissing in odd places in episode 7 – just a fairly straightforward relationship building episode. Kaoru is having problems at home, and misses a couple days of school – which sets Junichi off on a desperate quest to find out what’s […] Read more
I’m liking where this series is going. The last couple of episodes have been the strongest so far, with 5 triumphing on great atmospherics. 6 was the best-paced episode of the series, solidly involving from start to finish with a nice mix of humor and suspense. We continue where we […] Read more
Remarkably, Asobi ni Ikuyo continues to get sillier. Aoi and Manami in thong bikinis on a speedboat. Kio wearing Eris’ jumpsuit. A giant AssistDroid suit with a loli inside it. Combat maids battling dog-eared aliens in the name of a nekomimi worship cult. Yes, this is certainly odd stuff. We […] Read more