Well, you have to admit he’s a lot cuter than Dick Cheney. It’s quite remarkable how little attention this series gets in English-language forums. I get very few comments at either place I cover it, and it seems to have a relatively tiny following in places like ASF and MAL. […] Read more
All the weirdness and twice the laughs in the second episode of Hoozuki no Reitetsu. This is one now definitely in the keeper list for Winter, though I doubt it’s going to generate much of a following among the English-language anime fanbase. I loved the second episode and as I […] Read more
As good as last week’s episode was, getting its best character back really makes a difference for Nagi no Asukara. After a really strong episode, I normally have a good amount of scribbles on the notepad I keep with me when watching anime I plan to blog. But right now […] Read more
Two episodes in, I’m still not sure if there’s a reason this season of Chuunibyou exists apart from the obvious commercial one. Chuunibyou 2 – 02 I remain on the fence about blogging this season of Chuunibyou. There was nothing especially wrong with this week’s episode, just as there was […] Read more
Last chance to save a lost season? No pressure, Inari Konkon… OP: “Kyou ni Koiiro (今日に恋色)” by May’n Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha was really the last show of the season that I had a reasonably high level of expectations for going on. It certainly isn’t because of the staff – […] Read more
I suppose if Togashi-sensei can turn one minute into an entire episode, I can get a few paragraphs out of it – but boy, he sure doesn’t make it easy to describe what he – and Madhouse – are accomplishing here. Where does one even begin to try and break […] Read more
What a long, strange trip it’s been. Sometimes in our anime lives, we have our own fated meetings, just like the characters do – meetings that are destined to change our lives together. This was the first paragraph I wrote about the Chihayafuru anime, back in 2011: It’s always a […] Read more
Fated rivalry (at least) is now official. There was a little shortage of Onoda last week as the focus of Yowamushi Pedal broadened significantly for the first time, but the main character was very much back in the spotlight here. And 2014’s version of the Tireless Terrier seems to have […] Read more
Check and mate. The weight of history hangs heavily over every major arc in Kingdom. It’s the story of young men trying to secure their place in it, and old men watching their place in it slip into the past. There’s really a sad sort of vicious cycle that hangs […] Read more
We’re taking baby steps here, but I like the overall direction. Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta hasn’t closed the sale with me yet, but so far it’s looking like one of those shows where the whole is more than the sum of the parts. It’s hard to single out specific […] Read more