Say this for Madhouse – they sure know how to do epic. It occurred to me watching this week’s episode of One Punch Man that it would really, really suck if the anime were to end here.  It’s a truism for one-cour adaptations anyway, but rarely do I recall a […] Read more

What a waste of a great voice actor… It strikes me, not for the first time, that there’s a fundamental contradiction at the heart of One Punch Man.  Every time the protagonist gets into a fight it’s an anti-climax, which would normally be a huge narrative problem – but that […] Read more

Oh yes, One Punch Man has ascended to full-blown awesome now. As is my usual preference when I’m writing a generally positive post (and this one is going to be extremely positive) with one negative element, I’ll get the negative out of the way.  I didn’t especially like the way […] Read more

At least once a season I have the urge to open with the words of Jerry Seinfeld – “It’s so nice when it happens good.” Predictably, Wanpanman is quickly rising in the Stalker rankings, starting to take on the air of the commercial success so many (including me) assumed it […] Read more

One Punch Man seems to have found its stride. It sounds funny to say about a show I’ve been enjoying as much as One Punch Man, but the last two episodes have felt like a real turning point.  For the first month that enjoyment was mostly superficial – laughing at […] Read more

“Oppai” hoodies?  That may be the next fashion craze in Akiba. It seems sort of appropriate to cover One Punch Man and Concrete Revolutio on the same day, as I think there is a bit of thematic overlap between these two A-list studio action series.  And one thing they definitely […] Read more

OPM delivers the Christmas ballet a few months early this year… One Punch Man continues to be one of the most fun shows of the season, though I keep searching for that other layer I thought I was picking up in the manga chapters I read.  I see it sometimes, […] Read more

It’s easy to laugh if you’ve never lived through a Tokyo summer… I saw the Andes today for the first time.  That took me quite a while to wrap my head around, to be honest, and made it pretty hard to focus on anything else.  That includes anime, of course.  […] Read more

Let the parade of Hunter X Hunter graduates begin! The second episode of One Punch Man was a bit more conventionally action-driven than the first, but make no mistake – it’s still the humor that stands out with this series.  It’s a black comedy for sure, and there’s not as […] Read more