Well now, this is getting rather interesting. I must confess things took rather a different turn in this episode than I expected, though it was certainly a fascinating and tense one. Rather than a full-on focus on Eijun and Chris, they were merely the sideshow – the real story was […] Read more
Talk about arriving just in the nick of time… Update: To my not at all surprise, Diamond no Ace had a sequel announced today. No word on length, but it appears to be starting in April so no interruption. This episode of Diamond no Ace begs the question – is […] Read more
This is getting seriously depressing. I pretty much know where Daiya no A is going with this arc, and it’s not fundamentally different from a very standard theme we see in a lot of sports anime. But damn, it’s frustrating to watch. Eijun deserves better than he’s getting from his […] Read more
Brutal, just brutal. This episode of Diamond no Ace was a painful one, but it certainly wasn’t surprising. The handwriting has been on the wall for a while that Eijun’s appearance in this game was going to be a disaster, and indeed that’s exactly what happened. But it must be […] Read more
This is starting to look very much like a coup. Ace of Diamond continues to be among the worst offenders when it comes to long pre-credit recaps – an annoying money-saving tactic that’s common with long-running sports anime. But despite that it’s quietly on perhaps its best run of episodes, […] Read more
I wonder if Haruichi was born with those bangs? At long last I’ve found a little time to catch up on the OVA backlog, and we start out with the Daiya no A OVA (the first of a planned three, though I expect the TV series itself will likely continue […] Read more
Diamond no Ace has a way of making you pay for taking it for granted. I’d say the lack of recent comments on Daiya no A is a sign a lot of folks have lost interest, but the truth is I’ve never gotten many comments for this series. I certainly […] Read more
When it comes to sports shounen, you gotta lose some to win some. The long odyssey of Inashiro’s quest for Koushien comes to an end at last, and I think you’d have to say it did so more or less as expected. In terms of Diamond no Ace’s story it […] Read more
I think we can consider the torch officially passed. The pain of losing is a fertile ground for sports series – in fact it probably yields considerably more opportunity for character development and plot advancement than having the protagonists win (for obvious reasons). I think Ace of Diamond is doing […] Read more
You’d think I’d know better than to watch sports anime EDs at this point… The sixth and theoretically final cour of Diamond no Ace kicks off with a very solid transitional episode, though I would strongly advise against watching the new ED (listening is fine) unless you want to be […] Read more