At long last the action in Ginga e Kickoff catches up to the OP – and to where I’ve stopped watching the raws. I suppose watching this episode of GeK is good practice for later tonight, when I expect to become an emotional wreck after watching the finale of Shirokuma […] Read more

As I watch these last episodes of Ginga e Kickoff, the thought that stands out is a very simple one – I’m constantly impressed by just how damn great this show really is. Ginga e Kickoff is over – episode 39 aired last week (as far as I know with […] Read more

The show hasn’t lost a step, but I admit my heart is a little heavy writing about it. Disclaimer: I’ve seen through episode 37 of Ginga e Kickoff raw, though 35 just came out in subtitled form this week. I’m quite conflicted about what to do from here, because the […] Read more

The only thing that tempers the sheer joy of watching a new Ginga e Kickoff episode is the knowledge that each one brings us closer to the end of the series. It would be silly to question the judgment of TYO and the creative team behind GeK now, because they […] Read more

Not since Tsuritama ended have I seen such an expression of pure joy communicated so brilliantly in anime. If I had to pick a favorite part of the three-episode match with Amarillo, it would be incredibly difficult.  This is pretty much as good a depiction of youth sports as anime […] Read more

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say, but mine was already pretty fond of this series before the latest information blackout. I’ll be honest – I’d already watched these episodes (and the next two) raw a while ago.  So as a result I had a pretty good idea of […] Read more

This ep was definitely a gift for the soccer geeks in the audience. I’m going to risk repeating myself now that we’re 28 episodes into Ginga e Kickoff, but for a serious fan of sports anime, what it offers is so rare that it’s hard not to keep talking about […] Read more