What a remarkable story this show is turning out to be. OP2: Zenryoku Batankyuu” by AŌP There’s not much I could say in criticism of this episode of Osomatsu-san, which kicks off the second of what I assume will be many, many cours of anime in spectacularly funny and disturbing […] Read more

The world would be a better place if every anime episode ended with a simple, heartfelt “Dayon!” If you listened to the most recent RC podcast, you know that one of the far-reaching topics we covered was anime Christmas episodes – and to be honest it was a bit of […] Read more

It’s just so wrong, yet so right. And just like that, we’re squarely back in the realm of discomfort comedy that Osomatsu-san seems most comfortable inhabiting.  The thing about this series is that it isn’t just a bunch of dick jokes and sight gags – though it does have plenty […] Read more

As Christopher Fry once said, comedy is an escape – not from truth, but from despair. In my world, there are few loftier words of praise for any comedy than “fearless”.  It’s pretty damn close to a requirement for a comedy to be considered great in my book, and pretty […] Read more

Holy mackerel! I think it’s inevitable that a series that goes for volume laughs the way Osomatsu-san does is going to have some ups and downs, and for me this episode was a bit of a valley.  There have been mostly peaks so far so the occasional letdown isn’t remotely […] Read more

Nope, not my imagination – it’s definitely getting weirder. If you’d told me two months ago that Osomatsu-san was going to be a bigger hit than Haikyuu’s second season, I would have laughed almost as hard as I laughed watching this episode.  But impossibly enough that’s exactly what Stalker is […] Read more