This is one franchise that isn’t going anywhere for a long, long time. Hard to believe I know, but if you didn’t hear, a second season of Shingeki no Kyojin was announced (it and Kamisama Hajimemashita – equally surprising sequels?) for 2016. And of course, it’s already had several semi-canon […] Read more
Here’s hoping this isn’t the last post I write about Hunter X Hunter, the anime. I already have one entry about Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission – a little less than a year ago I checked in after seeing it in the theater on its opening weekend. And the […] Read more
“You can stay with us.” Giovanni said, unable to contain himself. “We’ve got a ticket that goes on forever!” It’s not as though a movie that takes Miyazawa Kenji’s Night on the Galactic Railroad as its spiritual inspiration being heartbreaking comes as a surprise. Still, Production I.G.’s Giovanni’s Island is […] Read more
It’s ironic, but I never appreciate Gen Urobuchi so much as when he’s not around to remind me of his annoying habits. First things first: Meguro Kouro, Haruka is a perfectly enjoyable double-episode of Suisei no Gargantia (it’s the first of a two-part OVA, with the second arriving in May). […] Read more
That went just about as I expected, and about that I have no complaints. If there was ever a show that was custom-built to translate well to an OVA, it’s Gokukoku no Brynhildr. Most OVAs are more irreverent versions of the parent series, and Brynhildr was a screwball comedy passing […] Read more
Fittingly enough, the experience of watching this OVA was an avalanche of mixed emotions. First things first – Watamote is still great. The OVA doesn’t miss a beat – it’s every bit as smart, hilarious and gut-wrenching as the TV series, and plays much like a regular episode with a […] Read more
This is one series I can never get enough of. OP: “Kisetsu no Shutter (季節のシャッター)” by Ray I can see where some might be disappointed with this special, which reunites us with the cast of Ano Natsu de Matteru some two years after the events of the TV series. It […] Read more
You know, I’ve never had anything that was supposed to taste like chicken that actually tasted like chicken. It’s not easy to muster up much emotion at the prospect of more Shingeki no Kyojin, because it never gives you much of a chance to miss it. Predictably we’ve being inundated […] Read more
This turned out to be a happier occasion than I expected. I was all set to mention yet again that reviewing OVAs for series we’ll never again see in anime form is kind of depressing, but there was a very happy surprise at the end of this one – an […] Read more
A small world, indeed. I don’t think there’s any question Sasasegawa Sasami’s arc is one of the simpler and more straightforward in the Little Busters anime repertoire. And in the end, it’s probably one that depends on the audience having had a familial relationship with a pet – preferably a […] Read more