One stays, one goes. Kyoukai no Kanata – 05 It’s funny, but somewhere along the line KyouKan has leveled up a little and it’s hard to say exactly why. The last two eps have certainly been the best – it’s a bit more self-apparent with #4, which was simply the […] Read more
It’s nice to see than anime can still tell stories like the one Kingdom is telling. Kingdom 2 – 21 It’s not as if the field is crowded with nominees, but it’s pretty hard to think of an anime in the last several years that does better at depicting large […] Read more
Now that’s lycanthropy with a capital “like”. Outbreak Company – 04 I’m still pretty much right on the fence with Outbreak Company. It’s just a little better than you expect it to be – a little smarter, a little more self-aware, a little funnier. Is it brilliant? No, but it […] Read more
Breaking up is hard to do… Tokyo Ravens – 03 Tokyo Ravens is still a series I want to like – and there are parts of it I do like – but it has two huge flaws that are proving hard for me to overcome: too much bad CGI and […] Read more
These are two series with some interesting parallels, but one of them is working considerably better for me than the other. Outbreak Company – 03 Outbreak Company is definitely a better show than I figured it would be going in, though I’m at the three-episode cutoff and it’s still right […] Read more
Mecha and Onmyouji is a pretty unusual pairing for anime. Tokyo Ravens – 02 I place this show is the same broad category as Kyoukai no Kanata in terms of overall quality (perhaps a little better), but the two make an interesting contrast in terms of the reasons why. Whereas […] Read more
Just for fun I thought I’d pair up two of the most mismatched shows ever. Gingitsune – 02 Gingitsune is certainly a steak without a whole lot of sizzle. While the art is quite attractive the animation itself is quite basic, even rough. Plot-wise the focus so far has been […] Read more
Outbreak Company continues to walk a very fine line, but so far pretty effectively. Outbreak Company – 02 I see a lot to like in this series – in fact I enjoyed the second episode more than the first – but I’m not sure that’s going to hold. There’s a […] Read more
No, I’m not typing out that whole damn name. NouKome – 01 I wasn’t originally planning to do a post on this series, but the reactions to it were amusing enough that I figured I might as well give it a watch. It’s certainly one of the weirdest series of […] Read more
So that’s one “maybe” and one “no”. Tokyo Ravens – 01 Tokyo Ravens was solidly in the middle of my expectations range. It’s a story about Onmyoudo, which I like, but it’s a LN adaptation from a studio without a long list of accomplishments. Pretty good but not great staff […] Read more