It’s safe to say that premiere was substantially different than I expected. I’m not sure what I thought Cuticle Detective Inaba was going to be, given that I don’t know the source material, but this was definitely way zanier than I expected from the promo materials. This series is a […] Read more
Now there’s one that’s significantly more intriguing than I expected… OP: “Girlish Lover” by Chinatsu Akasaki, Yukari Tamura, Hisako Kanemoto and Ai Kayano At first glance, Oreshura seems like a series that could hardly be more formulaic. To be honest, at second and third-glance too, and maybe after staring at […] Read more
That was an interesting mix of the conventional and the not-so-much. OP: “Mukaikaze (向かい風; Headwind)” by YOHKO I don’t think there’s any question that Maoyuu Mao Yuusha goes into the season with extremely high expectations. In a schedule mostly lacking in really interesting new shows (though heavy on good carry-overs […] Read more
Or, “Giant Robots and the Children Who Love Them” OP: “Junjō Spectra” by Zwei For me it would be hard to top the anticipation I felt going into the Spring season for NoitaminA. You had two series from auteur directors, one of whom had been absent from TV for many […] Read more
For a change, a NoitaminA show is the most anticipated series of the season, Did it deliver? There’s an awful lot that stands out in the pedigree for Psycho-Pass. It’s NotiaminA. It’s Gen Urobuchi, and it’s Production I;.G.(though that doesn’t mean what it once did). So there’s really nothing surprising […] Read more
Not that it should come as any great surprise, but Jormungand returns to the battlefield with a taut, gripping and near-perfect episode. OP: “UNDER/SHAFT” by Maon Kurosaki There are more cases where the opposite is true, but with Jormungand I’m glad I’ve read the manga before seeing the anime. Not […] Read more
Here’s some romantic Yin and Yang for you. To Love-Ru: Darkness – 01 Poor Rito. Crayola just doesn’t make a color blue enough. You pretty much know what to expect here. There’s a new girl in town, Kurosaki Mea (Iguchi Yuka), who I’m sure will be sitting on Rito’s face […] Read more
The effort at catching up continues… Kamisama Hajimemashita – 01 Kamisama Hajimemashita certainly didn’t come into the season with a lot of fanfare, but it’s definitely a show I’d have covered sooner if it hadn’t been for the enormous backlog due to the move. Just the presence of Daichi Akitaro […] Read more
I don’t think there can be any question that Little Busters! is one of the most anticipated, debated, pre-judged and agonized over anime adaptations in recent years. Now comes the only question that really matters: It it any good? OP: “Little Busters!” by Rita Greetings from sunny (for the first […] Read more
Put Shakespeare and BONES together and you’re probably not going to get something low-key – and Zetsuen no Tempest doesn’t disappoint. It’s been an awfully long time since I read “The Tempest” and I’ve never read the manga this series is based on, but it seems as if we’re in […] Read more