Mitsudomoe’s multiple personality disorder continues this week, as the series takes a fairly radical tonal departure (for the better, IMO) from the second episode. This week’s themes are panties and misunderstandings, and we return to the better elements of the first episode, where we get situation comedy based on some […] Read more
Puppies… And kittens. I see a problem developing with this show for me. I’m liking this first relationship so much that it may close my mind to the other girls’ arcs. It’s a nice worry to have, but still a worry. Junichi, proving himself the clever lad, has clearly learned […] Read more
Two episodes in, and this one is solidly in the rotation for the summer. Not much new ground is being broken, but Shiki is succeeding thus far in the tradition of Higurashi, one of the better recent examples of its genre. As expected, the body count continues to grow alarmingly […] Read more
This is obviously the most discussed series of the summer, so I don’t think I need to add a whole lot in terms of recap. Frankly, I’m not sure how much can even be served by blogging a series so thoroughly covered already, but it’s certainly an interesting series so […] Read more
I have a confession to make – I’m in love with Horie Yui. I guess I have been, ever since she gave one of my top-5 all-time seiyuu performances in “Kanon” (Uguu!). She certainly isn’t all that I’m enjoying about Nurarihiyon no Mago, but her Yuki-onna (“call me Tsurara”)is a […] Read more
A two-episode review this week, thanks to the subbing schedule. 144 deals mostly with the resolution of the Murdoch fiasco – at least for now. Goro, being a bit of a hothead himself, seems to understand “Mad Dog” better than any of his teammates. With the team struggling and badly […] Read more
Episode two pretty much confirmed what I suspected after the first one – this is the best series of the summer. Perfect? No – but we’ll get to that in a minute. What Occult Gakuin has in droves is style. The animation, the BGM, the ED – this is clearly […] Read more
It appears that we were sold a bill of good with regards to this season of Kuroshitsuji. I give everyone involved a lot of credit – not only were they tight-lipped about what the future held and kept Sebby and Ciel out of all the previews and stills, they even […] Read more
Although the entire pre-OP sequence is yet another recap, the pacing continues to pick up somewhat. On the day of the World Cup final, we get a new episode of Giant Killing, and an easy win by ETU. Revenging their earlier defeat at the hands of Nagoya, our heroes net […] Read more
This series has something of a split personality. As a sketch series, I suppose that makes sense – we’ve really had 7 mini-episodes in the first 2 weeks, and so far, we’re batting about .500. As with the premiere, the final sketch was far and away the best. Mitsuba’s dilemma […] Read more