Daiya no A is a series that rally knows how to stick to the basics. Diamond no Ace is a bit of a time-crunch casualty this week, given that Sunday (my time) was already the craziest day of the season and most of its shows carried over, and now we […] Read more
Another heavy hitter steps up to the plate… OP: “Rashisa (らしさ)” by SUPER BEAVER This is obviously a critical long weekend for the Summer 2014 anime season, with several of the series I was placing my highest expectations in making their debuts. That’s a nervous time – while schedules usually […] Read more
If the role of a premiere is to capture your attention, this one certainly did the trick. There were a number of interesting questions going into the premiere of Aldnoah.Zero. Most obviously, what would be the extent of Urobuchi Gen’s involvement? Many Gen series (like Madoka Magica) featured him writing […] Read more
Yup, that was Sailor Moon all right. Rarely have I felt so unqualified to post on an anime as I do about Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal. I have nothing against the franchise by any means – in fact I bear a certain fondness for it given that it was created […] Read more
Here’s a couple of premieres from substantially farther down the expectations list. Rail Wars! – 01 It’s fair to say I didn’t come into Rail Wars! with huge expectations, but as someone who loves trains and generally dislikes privatization, the idea of a series where JR was still government-owned and […] Read more
Rarely will you see an anime which so obviously displays its pedigree as Glasslip does. OP: “Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe (夏の日と君の声)” by ChouCho I run a certain risk with blogging Glasslip, because my impressions after the first episode so perfectly match my expectations going into it that […] Read more
OK, first sigh of relief of the season. It isn’t that often that my anime season starts off with one of the very best hopes for an exceptional series (I did actually watch the Bakumatsu Rock premiere first, but didn’t even make it all the way to the end) but […] Read more
In which Suetsugu Yuki displays an unprecedented level of sadism. In my last Chihayafuru post I alluded to the 2009 British Open as a model for what was playing out. For those of you not sports fans, that was the event in which Tom Watson was one hole – one […] Read more
With Hunter X Hunter, it’s impossible to look back without looking forward. I don’t really know how to start this post, because I don’t really know exactly how to classify this episode. Was it the end of “Chimera Ant”, the beginning of the Election Arc, or something else altogether – […] Read more
If you were pissed the moment the ED started, just remember – it could have been a whole lot worse. Yowamushi Pedal finishes off an excellent three-cour season with an excellent finale, but it certainly raises some interesting questions: did the production committee know along that a second season would […] Read more