Surely, referring to your own species in the third person can’t be a good sign. Kiseijuu is certainly taking an interesting route to get where it’s going.  While the larger story is in fact expanding, with the parasites becoming organized and the government beginning to take counter-measures against them, the […] Read more

Impending disaster is hanging thick in the air here. The line between the suspense/thriller and the tragedy is always an interesting topic to ponder when it comes to anime, especially those in the sci-fi horror family.  With some shows it’s pretty obvious from the start on which side of the […] Read more

I wouldn’t change a frame of that episode, but boy – was it hard to watch. Merry Christmas from everyone at Madhouse! There’s a kind of leapfrog going on this season between Kiseijuu and Akatsuki no Yona for the top spot in my non-Mushishi list.  One of them will tend […] Read more

This all certainly has the makings of a colossal disaster. Bloodlines certainly do show through, don’t they?  Put one of the most critically acclaimed manga in decades in the hands of a studio that knows what they’re doing when it comes to adapting great manga and you get this sort […] Read more

Forget Jon Lester – that’s the kid the Cubs should be trying to sign.  What a kaibutsu! I would say that, on the whole, this episode of Kiseijuu made a pretty big impact.  But I think it’s worth pointing out that when the story was originally published, the world was […] Read more

Twice the Parasyte?  I’ll take that over Doublemint gum any day. Episode 8 I’m not sure of the reason for the double dose of Kiseijuu this week, though promoting the upcoming live-action film seems like as good a guess as any.  In any event, given how consistently excellent this show […] Read more

There’s no doubt where the cream of this season’s crop lies, but it is an unusual one in one sense at least. Kiseijuu is great again this week, for the record, though that should come as no surprise to anyone.  There’s no question that it and Akatsuki no Yona are […] Read more

This episode of Parasyte was a level-up in every way. Periodically you get an anime episode that simply gets everything right, from the first frame to the last.  Some are more ambitious than others but a perfectly executed ep is a unicorn indeed, and something to be marvelled at and […] Read more

Kiseijuu was Being Human before there was Being Human. One out of two ain’t bad – or ain’t good, depending on how you look at it.  If Akatsuki no Yona surprised me by deferring a tragedy I was expecting by at least an episode, Fall’s other top new series delivered […] Read more

mortally wounding him, but I think a lot of the misguided criticism of his character would be allayed by simply trying to put oneself in his position – killing someone who looks like a person surely isn’t an easy thing to do.  With no such qualms, of course, is Tamiya-san, […] Read more