So far Tekketsu no Orphans is sticking pretty close to the template, but it seems to be working. I had a chance to see Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun da (Anthem of the Heart) this weekend, which I bring up here because like Iron-Blooded Orphans, it’s a collaboration between Nagai Tatsuyuki and […] Read more
I give up – more or less. You know, the truth is I still can’t make sense out of Concrete Revolutio. It’s not so much that the narrative is confusing – though it certainly is – but the series itself. I like to find the rationale in things, and in […] 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
I’m always ready to go back to Chichibu… As usual with theatrical releases, I’m going to defer my main writeup until I have a chance to sit down with the subtitled version of Anthem of the Heart on Blu-ray. But as always I think it’s important to share a few […] Read more
The old crow finally returns to the nest. This was a rather low-key episode of Haikyuu, and quite consciously I think. After the flash introduction of Yachi and the most intense acrimony since the earliest days of the series between Hinata and Kageyama, it was time to step off the […] Read more
All in all, that arc was certainly worth waiting for. So the Bishamon arc comes to a close, halfway through the second season of Noragami. I have a few issues with that way the final act played out, but on the whole the play was a rousing success. It was […] Read more
Well, that certainly got intense pretty fast. This was a pretty big week on Ushio & Tora – the kind of week that can often lead to a letdown. Payoffs after long built-up events have a way of disappointing, and expectations a way of becoming a curse. When you allow […] Read more
I can only imagine the polarization of the audience for Subete ga F ni Naru is going to get wider after an episode like that. Thank goodness for Subete ga F no Naru, you know? It has its flaws I won’t deny, but it’s really the only series this season […] Read more
“Duo Derby” It’s been a pretty good stretch for anime announcements for manga I want to see adapted, most of which I mentioned in this article a few months back. One of them, Boku no Hero Academia, was a lock to happen of course, and there’s still no word on […] Read more
“Slack-jawed” is not a self-description I use too often when watching anime. But this show… Did that episode really just happen? I mean – damn. Osomatsu-san had already stamped itself as a dark comedy, but holy crap, that ep just grabbed the audience by the back of the head and […] Read more