Low-key, that was not. Fall 2013’s twin titans of sports anime continue to be in lock-step, as Yowamushi Pedal begins its Inter-High arc on the same week Diamond no Ace starts its Koushien Arc. The similarities end there, for the most part – these two series are taking very different […] Read more
I don’t mean to turn this into a full-on “gender roles in anime” post, but – wow. Just wow. More and more it seems that Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta is turning into one of those shows I like in spite of itself – or in spite of myself, depending […] Read more
The cream, as it usually does, is rising to the top. The welcome news that Space Dandy will indeed be 26 episodes (split cour, with the second presumably coming in the Summer or Autumn) couldn’t have come at a better time, because the series is on a serious roll at […] Read more
History tells us that the road Noragami started down this week is a dangerous one indeed, but so far it’s safe travels. I don’t know whether that sound was the manga readers breathing a sigh of relief or just sighing, but for this anime-only viewer Noragami’s original ending started off […] Read more
Truth be told, not every game is about winning or losing. The first thing any team has to do is take care of winning the games they’re supposed to win. But just as with every other collection of academic sports teams, a tier system definitely exists in Japanese high school […] Read more
What a sad couple of days it’s been in the world of anime with aspirations towards realism. If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that there’s a Seinfeld reference for every situation in life. Watching Uchuu Kyoudai of late I can’t help but be reminded of the “Opposite” scenario, […] Read more
Nothing in fiction is quite so heartbreaking as that which is completely believable and realistic. There are definitely times where I feel as if I’m doing a series a disservice by writing about it, because an episode does such a perfect job of speaking for itself. And that’s something of […] Read more
Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes? The second episode of Little Busters! EX is very much more of the same. The same as the first episode, that is, which is quite a bit different than either season of LitBus the TV series. There still isn’t much of the original […] Read more
It’s another tough week for the translators. In a sense, this episode of Hoozuki no Reitetsu seemed a lot closer in spirit to the first couple of episodes than the last few. The difference is that I’m so wrapped up in the sensibility of the series now that it doesn’t […] Read more
Dear me, this emotional morass is just getting deeper and deeper. Uroko-sama may have detected the scent of a woman in the air this week (Hoo-ah!) but what I’m catching more than a whiff of is impending heartbreak. As we crawl inch by inch towards the conclusion of Nagi no […] Read more