Meng Tian has certainly been the conspicuously absent figure over the last few episodes of Kingdom, but it was always only a matter of time before he made his presence felt in a big way. Kingdom 2 – 22 I’ve had the feeling for a while that Meng Tian was […] Read more
It’s nice to see than anime can still tell stories like the one Kingdom is telling. Kingdom 2 – 21 It’s not as if the field is crowded with nominees, but it’s pretty hard to think of an anime in the last several years that does better at depicting large […] Read more
Well, that was certainly ugly. I’m not sure if Xuan Feng is a historical figure, or even strictly based on one – unlike most of the other big names in Kingdom, his is one I’m not familiar with. But he’s certainly effective, and in doing so he shows off that […] Read more
Just for fun I thought I’d pair up two of the most mismatched shows ever. Gingitsune – 02 Gingitsune is certainly a steak without a whole lot of sizzle. While the art is quite attractive the animation itself is quite basic, even rough. Plot-wise the focus so far has been […] Read more
Enter the vice squad… Anyone who’s stuck with Kingdom from the beginning had to be a bit unnerved by some of the battle sequences this week. They were, in a word, fugly – a clear reminder of some of the shockingly bad CGI that was the scourge of the first […] Read more
I didn’t think Kingdom was that sort of show, but now I’m only about 95% convinced instead of 99%. With everything that’s going on in Kingdom – and it’s enough that important characters and plot threads disappear for weeks at a time – one of the last things I would […] Read more
Mengs are breaking out all over. Last week marked the first time we’d received confirmation (via a rather offhand “Grandfather” from Meng Tian) that the While Elder, Meng Ao, was part of the same immediate family. So it’s only logical that the middle generation should show up this week in […] Read more
Come on, Mushibugyou – you almost got the eyecatch after the ED this week. I know you can do it! Kingdom 2 – 15 One of the interesting things that’s emerged over two seasons of Kingdom is the sense that great military commanders form a kind of unofficial brotherhood. And […] Read more
It’s not the size of the force that matters, it’s the man commanding it. Kingdom 2 – 14 As befitting the historical epic that it is, the scope and scale of Kingdom just keep getting more and more impressive. It’s a cutting reminder of just what a loss it is […] Read more
An eyecatch in the middle of the episode? How conventional… Kingdom 2 – 13 What’s really striking in watching the last few episodes of Kingdom is just what a huge gap exists between Xin and both his 300-man General rivals. For all their stylistic and personality differences – and they […] Read more