In the end, Ozma remains what it always was – not quite a move and not quite a series, and never quite able to achieve the heights possible had it been one or the other. It seems odd, I admit, to be blogging a season finale a day after doing […] Read more
If you didn’t believe what’s old-school is new again, who would have suspected that in 2012 we’d have an anime introduced with “Oh, Shounen, burn the cosmo of your hearts!”? Ozma – 05 Well, the great Dick mystery is solved – it is him, and it isn’t. Gido took Dick’s […] Read more
Old school is definitely making a comeback in 2012 – where anime is concerned, anyway. Area no Kishi – 14 In some ways this might have been the most interesting episode of Area no Kishi so far, both on and off the pitch. I was pleased to see a little […] Read more
Ozma – 02 All in all, I enjoyed that second episode of Ozma very much. The animation is very obviously done on the cheap here, and that’s not a strength of the series, but I could just sit and stare at Matsumoto Leiji’s character designs and ship interiors all day […] Read more
When it comes to anime and manga, when you place Matsumoto Leiji on the “old school” spectrum, it’s pretty simple – you have Tezuka on the one side, and pretty much everyone in the world on the other. OP: “Neverland” by FTISLAND It’s a funny thing when I look […] Read more