Well, what do you know – in the end, Moshidora was an anime after all, not a lecture series. First of all, it was a safety bunt – Kawashima was bunting for a base hit. That was a nice way of dodging around the whole strategy/integrity issue, I guess. Given […] Read more
No real surprises in episode 9, except perhaps that the entire ep has a morose and depressing air that exceeded even what might have been expected given all the foreshadowing. No surprise that poor Yuki died, as it was the most flagged anime death since Sayaka’s. This episode was really […] Read more
There’s an interesting sort of transition happening with Moshidora as it reaches the late innings. Maybe it was inevitable, but Drucker is becoming less and less important as the show focuses on the drama – there is an imperative to have some sort of dramatic conclusion after all. The problem […] Read more
Well, what do you know? My little management seminar went and turned into a drama in the 7th episode. There was a little bit of Drucker here, mostly focused on his directive the the focus needs to be on the results achieved, and not the process. It was used in […] Read more
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m watching Oofuri at times with this series. At the very least Production I.G. appears not to have gotten the memo from Jimmy Dugan, because there’s plenty of tears in Moshidara. Today’s focus is on “top management” – your basic division of labor among the […] Read more
Moshidara concludes its first week with probably the two most interesting episodes to date. The subject of both episodes was more or less innovation, one of the key elements of Drucker’s management theories. For starters, Nikai – the glasses-boy who always shows up for practice but isn’t very good – […] Read more
Are there problems with Moshidora dramatically? Er, ah – hai. At this point it seems as if this just isn’t an especially good show when viewed as an entertainment. The humor – such as the aforementioned catch phrase – falls kind of flat. The BGM in the dramatic scenes is […] Read more
After the first half of this episode, I was beginning to really wonder if Moshidora was for me. At that point it seemed to me more an academic exercise than anything else – interesting but dry and frankly, a little boring. But things did pick up a bit after the […] Read more
Only in Japan. To say the subject matter of Moshidora is unusual in the world of anime is something of an understatement. Peter Drucker’s “Management” – while one of the best-selling and most influential business books ever – hardly seems like an interesting subject for an animated series. And applying […] Read more