This has to be the easiest money of Shimono Hiro’s career. I haven’t blogged any short anime that I can remember, not beyond the first episode anyway. There have been some I’ve really liked – especially Poyopoyo and Chi’s Sweet Home among the three-minute class, Boku no Imouto wa Osaka […] Read more
BONES Monday, phase two. OP: “Goya no Machiawase (午夜の待ち合わせ)” by Hello Sleepwalkers Gods, but it’s good to have BONES back. They were uncharacteristically silent in 2013 – nothing on TV after Zetsuen no Tempest ended – but they were apparently marshalling for a big 2014, with at least five TV […] Read more
So – is anime saved? For now, the jury is out and the bag is mixed. OP: “Viva Namida” (ビバナミダ “Viva Teardrops”) by Yasuyuki Okamura There are many unusual things about Space Dandy, but perhaps the weirdest for me is this: it’s definitely the first time I’ve seen a TV […] Read more
“Timeless” is a good word for Mushishi, in more ways than one. Various year-end anime polls like to include a category for “world-building” or some such description, and it’s hard to imagine Mushishi not coming out on top any time it’s eligible to compete. It’s truly remarkable how seamlessly I […] Read more
The end is surely in sight now, and maybe in more ways than one. We’ve reached the endgame stage of the Qin-Wei war now, and whichever side is going to emerge victorious is going to do so in very short order. There are lots of interesting storylines emerging here (just […] Read more
That episode was a long time coming, and not because of the New Year’s break. OP 8: “B.B.” by The Yatou 2014 starts off on a very strong front for Uchuu Kyoudai, which is nice to see because it’s 2013 was a step down from the first three cours. This […] Read more
Yep, Blood Lad still entertains the heck out of me. Blood Lad is a sadly under-appreciated series, and something of a poster child for what’s wrong with the anime industry these days. It only got 10 episodes from Brains Base, which was just barely enough time to scratch the surface […] Read more
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. To be honest, I’m pretty much of the opinion that if I never see another “He was a normal high school boy living a normal life until she showed up…” anime it’ll be too soon for me. It’s probably not much of […] Read more
Four words I never thought I’d say pertaining to anime – thank goodness for summer. As I speculated in the 2012 edition of this post, 2013 didn’t turn out to be quite the year 2012 was. But thanks to a better second half than first, it recovered from looking like […] Read more
Well, what do you know – that almost felt like an actual ending. I won’t pretend for a moment that Yozakura Quartet is anything profound or brilliant, but there’s a certain charm to this series that usually manages to put a smile on my face. It drifts and sputters sometimes, […] Read more