There were definitely some highly amusing moments in the 12 week-run of Majikoi, but not too many of them were in the finale. This series started out with a bang, giving us one of the most random and frenetic anime episodes I’ve seen and explaining pretty much none of it. […] Read more
Shakugan no Shana III – 10 After what was a pretty slow buildup, Shana III is certainly dispensing the action fast and furious now. Crimson Lords are kicking it fast and furious, with Fecor apparently eliminated last week and Purson being killed by Rebecca and Uvall by Shana this week. […] Read more
Shakugan no Shana III – 09 Alas, poor Fecor – we knew him well. It appears as if our goatish friend (who frankly always seemed a bit of a bumbler to me, and was generally dissed by The Trinity) was offed by Tenroku, the mystes who created the Nietono no […] Read more
Kimi to Boku – 09 Kimi to Boku has really turned into a pretty decent slice-of-life series. I don’t know why I didn’t realize it sooner, but Kaname is almost a perfect tsundere – I guess even a group of guys is allowed to have one, but he really […] Read more
OK, you can start the series now – Khamsin has arrived. Shakugan no Shana III – 07 No question, this was the best Shana episode of the season so far for me. I’m that rare specimen that actually likes Yoshida, so it was nice to see her get some development […] Read more
Tamayura Hitotose – 07 When I hear a phrase like “Road of Aspiration” I always think there must be no proper English translation for what was intended in the original Japanese. In any case, the matter in question is a local festival in Takehara, not dissimilar to other matsuri we’ve […] Read more
Before it got all serious in the second half (sort of) this episode of Majikoi was a phallus-shaped arrow fired directly at the heart of Ishihara Shintaro. I haven’t blogged this show in a stand-alone post for a while, but as this episode was noteworthy for a few reasons, most […] Read more
Aces wild! Kimi to Boku – 05 Chizuru is one weird kid. Of course they’re all sort of weird with this show, but he’s the weirdest – and also remains the only really interesting character on the show. I’ve seen the Matsuri episode done a hundred times, of course, and […] Read more
Gundame AGE – 03 Nothing terribly groundbreaking in this week’s episode of Gundam AGE. Just about everything one might have predicted would happen did. Commander Bruzar sacrificed himself for the colony, though the specifics were interesting. Thank goodness there happened to be an extra command center after the first one […] Read more
I’m going to try something new this week, given all the series that are sort of hanging around on the edge of being blogworthy. We’ll see if it works. Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! – 03 The best thing Majikoi has going for it is random. None of the […] Read more