Take my hand, won’t you, as we journey back in time… OP: “Golden Time” by Yui Horie One of the fundamental precepts of my anime fandom is “more Hochan is never a bad thing”, so let’s put that to the test. So much Hochan! OP, ED (I prefer the latter), […] Read more
Oh, well – let the drama begin. And I don’t mean on-screen… OP: “lull ~Soshite Bokura wa~” by ray This intensely front-loaded anime season continues with another of the most hotly-anticipated premieres, P.A. Works Nagi no Asukara. Let’s be clear up-front – this show features three elements that tend to […] Read more
Please, won’t someone think of the children? Considering that the studio is for all intents and purposes defunct, the first two days of the Fall season have a remarkably Gainax feel to them. The influences their work had on Kyusogiga are obvious (and there are a few staff crossovers as […] Read more
I hope you got all that. OP: “Koko (Here)” by Tamura Pan There’s nothing much new in Kyousogiga for those of us that have seen the ONA that started a bit of an underground obsession with this series. Still, it’s well-worth watching even for those folks, because the material has […] Read more
Fall 2013, start! OP: “Kyoukai no Kanata (境界の彼方)” by Minori Chihara This is always my favorite week of any anime season. First impression posts are more fun to write than series reviews, for starters – they’re easier, and there’s always a measure of sadness in saying goodbye to a show […] Read more
Short impressions for a short show. This series was on my sleeper list, but that was before I realized it was going to be a 5-minute anime. I’ve enjoyed some short form series a lot, but developing strong characters is basically an impossibility in this format, and this premise – […] Read more
So this gets streamed, and no one even translates Super Seisyun Brothers? I can’t say Diabolik Lovers was one of my most-anticipated shows of the season, but it does represent something new, at least – it’s the first time I’ve ever blogged a series because an anime character liked it. […] Read more
The more things change… I’m probably not going to blog Korra this time around, but for now at least I’ll watch it and hope it surpasses my expectations, and I wanted to at least check in with some quick impressions of the opening double episode. In short, about the same. […] Read more
Let the raging begin. There are obviously reasons to be interested in Kimi no iru Machi above and beyond the series itself. It’s hard to think of another manga that inspires the level of sheer venom from the readers – yet something keeps them coming back for more. Above and […] Read more
That was every bit as random as I expected. OP: “Crowds” by WHITE ASH I’ve long held the suspicion that Nakamura Kenji has experimented with augmented reality in his own way. At the very least, as a director he seems incapable of producing anything with a conventional look – from the […] Read more