I think people are talking about the wrong things with this series, but I guess that’s to be expected. Even though it galls me to lead with it, there’s really no point in going anywhere with Haruchika until I acknowledge what happened at the end of the episode. Yes, the […] Read more
Retro, throwback – whatever adjectives you got, I don’t think they do the experience justice. What’s this – a First Impressions post in November? And for Digimon, yet? Yes, it’s odd, but here we are. This Digimon revival has been in development since forever, and the announcement that it would […] Read more
Now that’s NoitaminA… OP: “talking” by KANA-BOON I find it almost hard to believe that Manglobe didn’t produce Subete ga F ni Naru, so perfectly does it seem designed to be unpopular. But it also seems perfectly suited for NoitaminA – the middle-aged NoitaminA of the 2009-2012 era, when it […] Read more
Mystery edition? Yeah – but these two shows sure don’t have much in common beyond a genre tag. Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note – 01 I was rather disappointed to learn that Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note wasn’t a full-length series, though at almost 10 minutes it has long enough […] Read more
Well – that was a hot mess… BONES, Mizushima, Aikawa… As much of a confusing trainwreck as the first episode of Concrete Revolutio was, there’s just no way I can do a First Impressions post on a show with that pedigree in digest form. But that doesn’t make it any […] Read more
Osomatsu-san may put your conventional ideas of how comedy works to the test. Osomatsu-san is the first of my sleeper picks this season (well – I only had two, and one of them turned out to be a short), and it delivers the goods with the funniest episode of the […] Read more
The exclamation points are back!! OP: “I’m A Believer (アイム・ア・ビリーバー)” by SPYAIR I’ll say this for Haikyuu – this is one series that knows how to make an entrance. It blew onto the scene with one of the best premieres of the year in 2014, and it returns with another […] Read more
Sorry, but with nine shows in the queue, brevity is the soul of wit. Comet Lucifer – 01 This series comes from 8bit, not BONES, but as much as anything the premiere of Comet Lucifer played like a low-rent Eureka Seven. You’ve got a middle-school-aged male lead living with a […] Read more
Whatever one might think this series will ultimately become, it’s not one to be dismissed easily. This series probably has more baggage than any other this season. There are so many eponymous words attached to it – Gundam, Sunrise, Nagai, Okada – that it’s impossible to go into it with […] Read more
The return of Noragami feels like getting together with an old friend. OP: “Kyouran Hey Kids!! (狂乱Hey Kids!!)” by THE ORAL CIGARETTES Any anime weekend that gives you premieres by both Madhouse and BONES (there are actually two of those) has a chance to be a pretty good one, and […] Read more