Forget Code Geass – in episode 14 Guilty Crown decided it was “Lord of the Flies”. And on balance, that was a pretty good thing. After last week’s mediocre affair, this was one of the strongest episodes to date, mainly because it focused on what this show is pretty good […] Read more
I keep hoping Guilty Crown is going to do something to make me really like it and to bring some excitement to this NoitaminA block, but every time it seems to get a little momentum going it shoots itself in the foot. OP2: “The Everlasting Guilty Crown” by EGOIST To […] Read more
Was this the best episode of Guilty Crown so far? That’s subjective, but it was certainly right up there. After more false deaths than Takakura Himari, I think Gai finally bought the farm for real this week. But dammit, they robbed me of the satisfaction of taking glee in […] Read more
Not a whole lot to say here, as our first GC in two weeks is a one-hour recap of the first cour with no new footage. As some raw watchers have pointed out, it might say something about the writing here that a one-hour special was probably a better telling […] Read more
It’s mid-series break time on Guilty Crown, so you knew something serious was gonna happen. And when the ED gets used as an insert song, you really know it’s all hit the fan. Before I continue, let me affirm that yes, I do see the drop in animation quality in […] Read more
Whatever else you might think about this episode, there’s no denying it was eventful. And I think it’s one that’s going to polarize the fans quite a bit. As anyone in P.R. will tell you, that’s better than having them not care one way or the other. I’ve mentioned in the […] Read more
What do you know – a conventionally good episode of Guilty Crown this week. It’s nice to be able to praise this series without being ironic for a change. While the exposition was a bit muddier than it should have been and we had no shortage of clichés added to […] Read more
In terms of narrative, this might have been the most polished episode of any so far for Guilty Crown. Still, it lacked some of the charm that the sillier moments have somehow tended to impart. If you like a series because of its flaws rather than in spite of them, […] Read more
I don’t know what’s more remarkable – that Guilty Crown keeps finding ways to get stupider, or that it continues to by oddly entertaining in spite of it. After a little break, the anti-internationalism is back in full force this week – more specifically anti-Americanism in this case. It arrives […] Read more
Guilty Crown still inhabits that vast middle ground between mediocrity and genuine quality, with only its sublime visuals to set it apart from the crowd. The best thing about the sixth episode was probably that Gai’s “death” wasn’t milked for false drama – it was literally revealed in the first […] Read more