I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a tad disappointed with the way this is turning out. Read more

I’m kind of struggling with what to make of the last couple of episodes. Read more

OK, I’m stumped. Read more

Planet With is revealing itself to be a TARDIS of mecha anime. Read more

I don’t know if it’s possible to stage an epic science-fiction series in 12 episodes, but that seems to be what Mizukami Satoshi is trying to do here. Read more

I think sometimes we use “expectations” and “hopes” interchangeably when their meaning is very different. Read more

Anime of significance don’t exist in a vacuum – and rather than view them as if they did, it makes more sense to view them in the context in which they were created. Read more

There’s been a real sense of gleeful abandon to Planet With right from the beginning – none of Mizukami’s series are restrained by any means, but this one is especially exuberant. Read more

This show is amazing to watch, but kind of a bear to write about. Read more