Here’s a little piece I put together for MAL. “Action” means different things to different fans, but these are some series that exemplify great action for me. Read more
Fate/Zero
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 25 (End) and Series Review
How fitting that a Fate/Zero character best sums up my feelings about the last arc of UBW. But why rub it in? I can’t say it any better than Waver did, so I won’t beat it into the ground. And truth be told I said pretty much everything I needed […] Read more
Weekly Digest 6/22/15 – Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki
Confirmed : this is turning into one of the strangest harems ever. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 24 I guess when a series delivers up a perfectly competent, attractively produced and well-paced conclusion (though not finale) that wraps up the major storylines in exactly the manner it’s built up […] Read more
Weekly Digest 6/14/15 – Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki
UBW is one of those stories where the bad guys are a lot easier to root for than the heroes. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 23 Much, much better. I mean, obviously. It would be difficult to list all the ways this episode of Unlimited Blade Works surpassed the […] Read more
Weekly Digest 6/7/15 – Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
In the name of all that’s holy, Gil, please blow it up. Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki – 09 This has been kind of an odd season for Sidonia no Kishi. Compared to the first the story really hasn’t progressed all that much – partly because of an increased […] Read more
Weekly Digest 5/31/15 – Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
Sidonia no Kishi is starting to resemble one of the strangest reality shows you’ll ever see. Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki – 08 On the face of it, not a whole lot of ink need be spilled over this episode of Sidonia no Kishi. It was a sitcom ep […] Read more
Weekly Digest 5/23/15 – Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
I’ve heard of self-loathing, but this is ridiculous. Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki – 07 For a Sidonia episode with this much comedy in it, this week’s effort was surprisingly good. In fact I’d wager to say it was about the best yet in terms of humor, though parts […] Read more
Weekly Digest 5/17/15 – Owari no Seraph, Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
Sidonia is developing one of the weirdest love triangles in recent anime history. Owari no Seraph – 07 If Owari no Seraph were a one-cour show I obviously would have committed one way or the other by now, but because it’s a split-cour I’ve let this drag out longer […] Read more
Weekly Digest 5/4/15 – Owari no Seraph, Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki, Fate stay/night: Unlimited Blade Works
Look out – it’s got a gun! Owari no Seraph – 05 There are some strikes against this series that would normally be large enough to be insurmountable, but I’m going to give it yet one more episode. Why? Two reasons, the first being that it looks as if it’s […] Read more
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 16
And off we go into the minefield one more time… One might be forgiven for thinking that blogging Fate is a damned if you do, damned if you don’t proposition. On the one hand, if those at both extremes think you’re wrong maybe you’re doing something right. But one unassailable […] Read more