It was a pretty damn great Sunday for sports anime. Diamond no Ace – 41 Ace of Diamond isn’t wasting any time cranking up the next rival on the chopping block, but that’s the way Koushien and its qualifying are in real life – games every couple of days in […] Read more
This one goes out to the losers, wherever you are. Diamond no Ace – 40 If there’s one thing Daiya no A gets right, it’s the losing moments – this is about the third time I’ve come pretty close to tearing up. And that’s a might important element for a […] Read more
Let’s give this format a shot and see how it turns out… Diamond no Ace – 39 In the never-ending quest to try and survive Sundays, I thought I’d combine two sports shows this week, as they certainly make sense as a thematic pairing for a digest post. I definitely […] Read more
When it comes to anime blogging, weekends are survival of the fittest. Haikyuu!! – 14 The new season has me in a bit of a pinch, schedule-wise. Sundays were (as usual) the busiest day of the week last season, and that problem has only gotten worse with most of my […] Read more
Sasuga. Haikyuu!! simply delivers. I’m not the world’s biggest volleyball fan, but in today’s highly-competitive environment for sports anime where everyone can claim some element that they do best, there’s no question in my mind that Haikyuu’s is this: it does the finest job of actually making the sports itself […] Read more
There’s more than one way to skin a crow. The action begins in probably the biggest match in Haikyuu so far, at least given the historical implications of the rivalry. It seems pretty clear that this aspect is an important part of the story – not only are we given […] Read more
Fated rival, check. This was very much a form check episode for Haikyuu. Check the boxes for fated rival (team and individual), training camp, and Kaji Yuuki. None of them were too surprising, but surprises aren’t really the fuel that powers the car with Haikyuu anyway. This is very much […] Read more
This ep was as if Haikyuu was shotuing “Don’t forget about me!”, and ignoring it would be like kicking a puppy. The sports anime field is a pretty crowded space right now, which is obviously a very good thing. But it does mean Haikyuu had sort of slipped behind the […] Read more
Straightforward to a fault… So it looks as if my instincts as of last week were right, and the crisis involving Asahi was exactly as it appeared to be. That’s probably for the best, as Haikyuu just doesn’t seem to be cut out for manufactured drama. To be honest the […] Read more
If there was ever a WYSIWYG sports anime, Haikyuu!! is it. This is one of those series where I could almost employ a copy-paste methodology, because what I say about one episode seems to apply to pretty much all of them. That’s not a dig, it’s a compliment – but […] Read more