In reading my series review of Kokoro Connect, I’m struck by how little my mind has been changed by anything in “Michi Random”. The first thought that pops into my mind after watching the first episode of “Michi Random” is “Random, my ass” – because more so than with any […] Read more
Without a doubt, 2012 was a very good year to be an anime fan. A while back I made a post about what I consider the best anime season ever, Spring of 2007. In that post (which was right about the beginning of Spring 2012) I speculated that the coming […] Read more
That was an ending that matched the character of the series perfectly. Two series by Akitarou Daichi ended this week, and that’s a sad thing. I’ve argued here on many occasions that the director is an absolutely critical part of an anime’s success or failure, and probably the least understood […] Read more
Now that’s what I call a digest post. I’ve finally caught up with Kingdom, though it took a while. There’s absolutely no way I could hope to write anything intelligible about 19 episodes worth of material, but I did say I’d check back in with this show when noteworthy events […] Read more
All in all, this is a pretty darn impressive group of series. In some ways, the shows that don’t make a Top 10 list may be as good a measure of a year as the ones that do. Certainly, they’re a better measure for depth in terms of quality series. […] Read more
There was never really any question in my mind what my #1 anime of 2012 would be, once I started seriously considering it. #1 – Tsuritama I expected the decision about my best anime of the year between my top 2 series to be an agonizing one. I didn’t start […] Read more
It’s hard to believe based on pacing that the Bakuman of episode 12 is the same series that gave us the first season. There are times when things being a bit rushed isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The Nanamine story arc started out in fairly promising fashion, seeming to promise […] Read more
Meanwhile, back in the 16th Century… Yeah, it’s been a long time since I blogged Hyouge Mono. So long, in fact, that I had a bit of a hard time remembering what was happening, and as I didn’t have time for a rewatch of the eps leading up to this […] Read more
Perhaps it’s clear now why it was so hard for me to write about Jormungand these last few weeks. I feel as though I can predict how the reaction to this ending is going to play out. Truth be told, there’s no why I can spin this in my head […] Read more
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say, but mine was already pretty fond of this series before the latest information blackout. I’ll be honest – I’d already watched these episodes (and the next two) raw a while ago. So as a result I had a pretty good idea of […] Read more