Variety is indeed the spice of life. Sports anime are like snowflakes – no two alike. So are sports manga leads and tennis players, and thank goodness for that. I suppose such a series would be boring if the main character wasn’t exceptional, but the thing is that there are […] Read more
Straightforward to a fault… So it looks as if my instincts as of last week were right, and the crisis involving Asahi was exactly as it appeared to be. That’s probably for the best, as Haikyuu just doesn’t seem to be cut out for manufactured drama. To be honest the […] Read more
If you’re looking for Ogone energy in Tokyo, Shinjuku (Kabuki-cho specifically) is probably as good a place as any… If only science could put Captain Earth and Sidonia no Kishi together, like human and gauna – combining their best elements into one super-being. Well – maybe not a super-being – […] Read more
This certainly has the makings of a very interesting battle. Baseball has often been described as an individual sport played on teams – quite true I think, and something that separates it from the likes of basketball and football (both kinds). I think that element is very much on display […] Read more
And just like that, we’re solidly back on-track. As we take the measure of Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii, I think it’s becoming more and more clear that it approaches telling a story from a quite different perspective than the traditional manga-based anime adaptation (yes, even shoujo). Of course the haters […] Read more
Damn – is this show really only 12 episodes? I’ve said all along that my biggest worry with Sidonia no Kishi wasn’t the complete reliance on CGI (that is what it is) but the length. I think this show is about 25% Yamato, 25% Evangelion, 25% Shingeki and 25% Star […] Read more
In case anyone forgets, Ping Pong steps up to remind us that yes, this is in fact a sports anime. If there’s a drawback to populating a series mostly with interesting and likeable people – especially a sports series – it’s that it can be an avalanche of mixed emotions. […] Read more
The waters feel as if they’re stagnating a bit here. I closed last week’s Hitsugi no Chaika post by using the words “perfunctory and oddly incomplete” to describe the story of Simon Scania, and they could just as easily apply to this week’s episode. For the second straight week we […] Read more
Dammit, Key – you have to make him look good in a skirt and give him Hochan’s voice? I suppose I should really have seen this coming – but in terms of the plot twist and the general tone. Saya’s arc in EX plays out a lot like Little Busters […] Read more
Well, now – that certainly was a thing, wasn’t it. Before I begin, a confession: I was partially spoiled as to what was going to happen in today’s episode. First by an intentional troll comment on RC two weeks ago, and then by images on my Twitter. I managed to […] Read more