OK, the season can officially start now. OP: “THE HERO !! ~Okoreru Kobushi ni Hi wo Tsukero~ (～怒れる拳に火をつけろ～)” by JAM Project Naturally the first weekend of the new season is a traveling one for me, and I’m now hopelessly buried and reduced to short posts to try and catch up. […] Read more
Once again, let’s start this dance… The parade of the new starts with something old – or at least, something new based on something really old. That would be Tezuka Osamu’s Black Jack, the story of a patchwork quilt of a rogue surgeon named Hazama Kuroo, which Tezuka began in […] Read more
Delayed a week, was God Eater worth the buildup? God Eater was a series where the peripherals interested me more than the story itself. Frankly, it sounded pretty much like a generic game adaptation – dystopian future (2071) with mysterious monsters wiping out humanity, new technology that lets teens act […] Read more
How can Prison School be exactly what I was expecting when I had no idea what to expect? Having watched that utterly preposterous and offensive premiere, I’m beginning to understand why so many people seem to have a hard time explaining just what this series is. Is it satire? Is […] Read more
That put a big smile on my face. Here’s another of the shows on my sleeper list headed into the season – the B-list, at least. And this time around I’m very happy, because based on one episode it feels like the positive inkling I had going in was justified. […] Read more
Expectations are funny things. The giant ball of suck that is Funimation finally decided to release Joukamachi no Dandelion, almost a week after it aired in Japan. I’m not sure just when Funi decided its calling was to make the lives of English-speaking anime fans generally and bloggers especially a […] Read more
“And they lived happily ever after.” Wait – what? Here’s a couple things I’m feeling thankful for: 1. Shoujo Fantasy adaptations 2. Bones It would perhaps be hyperbolic to raise the “Where would anime be?” argument around shoujo fantasy – there’s still great stuff in other demographics and genres (especially […] Read more
Uwah. I confess it’s not a coincidence that Charlotte sat in my queue a little longer than the other shows released this weekend. I’ve tried to go into it with an open mind, but stuff kept getting thrown at me that made me highly cautious (including being told directly “You’ll […] Read more
That was a journey back in time, in more ways than one. OP: “Mazeru na Kiken (混ぜるな危険)” by Kinniku Shoujo Tai You’d be forgiven if you thought the premise for Ushio and Tora sounded like a cross between Inuyasha and Nurarihyon no Mago, but the fact is that Fujita Kazuhiro’s […] Read more
When you look at a batch of shows like this, the best one on screen isn’t always the best-looking one on paper. Rokka no Yuusha – 01 There might have been a time when I found Rokka no Yuusha engaging, but to be honest this light novel adaptation left me […] Read more