That was mostly predictable, but mostly in a good way. Mostly. Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta could be a poster child for any number of phrases: a mixed bag. Scratching the surface. Leaving a lot on the table. In sum, there’s an awful lot that can be picked apart with […] Read more
“Chimera Ant” has nothing on Yowamushi Pedal. Forgive the briefness of this post, as it’s pushing Midnight here already and tomorrow is another full day of travel. Time is a theme here, because this episode of Yowapeda continues the presentation of perhaps the longest 400 meters in sports history. The […] Read more
Space Dandy finishes its first season pretty much where I expected it to back when it all started. There were definitely some peaks and valleys in the first cour of Space Dandy, which are inherent in the style with which it chose to tell its story. But in the end […] Read more
Let the torture begin. In today’s anime reality one-cour series are the norm, but sports manga adaptations are a different animal. They’re a throwback in that way – a series like Daiya no A effectively takes two full cours just to exposit the prologue, and is only now getting down […] Read more
Here’s some good news – a bonus episode of Hoozuki no Reitetsu. It had been widely reported – at least in every source I saw – that Hoozuki no Reitetsu was going to be 12 episodes long. Happily, there’s going to be a 13th next week (one which I assume […] Read more
That was a stellar ending – but surely, we had no reason to expect anything less. Final episodes of really good anime can inspire a wade range of emotions in me. But I know I’ve experienced a truly special series when the dominant feeling is gratitude – only the very […] Read more
Oh, dear… My experience with anime has been that it’s usually far easier to drop shows earlier than later, at least from a blogging perspective. Once shows have an established fanbase and viewers feel pot-committed, they often get very hostile towards anyone who criticizes that series – we certainly saw […] Read more
It might seem to be damning with faint praise to see that the best thing about a series was its ending theme, but this was a damn fine ED… I just can’t muster the motivation to write a long series review post on Witch Craft Works, and judging by the […] Read more
Time is definitely an elastic concept with Hunter X Hunter. Among the many things I must credit Togashi and Koujina-sensei with, it seems one is temporal manipulation, because there’s no way in hell that was 22 minutes. In terms of real-time it seems as if this might have been one […] Read more
This just in: both of Izumida’s pecs have been suspended for blood doping. Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs! This was definitely the week Yowamushi Pedal got its freak on. It was certainly entertaining, but I confess this isn’t the side of the series I like best – with guys talking to […] Read more