As sports anime this season go, Haikyuu!! was definitely the appetizer for me. But damn if it isn’t making its case to be a main course. OP: “Imagination” by SPYAIR Seven series covered in one day… That ties a record for me, I think (maybe even breaks it) but after […] Read more
This one is a bit of a head scratcher for me. No question about it, Mahou Koukou no Rettousei has serious buzz. It’s topping the reader poll at RC, generating lots of discussion, and looks to be a series Madhouse hopes will be a standard-bearer for them. Sometimes I watch […] Read more
Spring 2014 has hit the ground running, and I’m just trying to keep up. Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou – 03 I can’t remember the last time Brains Base had three shows in a single season. This Spring one of them (Isshuukan Friends) is a no-brainer, another (Kamigami ga Asobi) is […] Read more
Yep, things have finally gotten serious. OP2: Perfect Hero” by Tom-H@ck featuring Masayoshi Ooishi Not to be lost in the cavalcade of premieres today, Diamond no Ace leads off its third inning with a new OP and ED, and remains a refreshingly realistic take on anime baseball. And as it […] Read more
That was more BONES than BONES. The trickle has become a flood – Spring season has kicked in with extreme prejudice, and my backlog has become enormous. Still, a new mecha sci-fi original from BONES is always going to jump the queue for me, even if – as I mentioned […] Read more
God’s in his Heaven, and all’s right with the world. Mushishi’s back. OP: “Shiver” by Lucy Rose Mushishi is back – and it’s still the same masterpiece it ever was. How can you put something like that into words? It’s rare enough in anime to get a sequel almost a […] Read more
That was almost a perfect finale for a terrific series. It was really only missing one thing. The last series review post of the Winter is for arguably its best series. For me it was pretty much a photo-finish between Space Dandy and Hoozuki no Reitetsu as the outstanding new […] Read more
How could Nagi no Asukara have possibly finished with an episode that was anything but a mixed bag? So, there are two thoughts running through my mind as I reflect on this series. Sucks to be Kaname, huh? Let me get this straight – the showcase hug we get in […] Read more
In the annals of anime fandom, no words so often unjustly doom a series as “That’s a kid’s show, right?” Spring is finally here with the first official LIA premiere of the season (unless you count the Anime Japan Mushishi screening) and it’s a show that wasn’t prominent on my […] Read more
Anime is starting to get the kinks worked out of this short-format anime thing… In honor of Tonari no Seki-kun ending (for now) I ate dinner at Tonari Ramen last night (a local tanmen chain – very delicious). Happily this isn’t really the end, as the DVDs are going to […] Read more