The art of the conversation – there’s no one in anime who does it quite like Urobuchi Gen. There are very few writers in anime whose stature is such that they effectively become the centerpiece of any any series they’re involved in – and often, it’s for the wrong reasons. […] Read more
So, yeah – remember that whole end of the solar system thing? Still happening. Robotics;Notes has definitely been a slow build, but I certainly don’t hold that against it. It’s an excellent series, and I suspect it’s only when it’s complete that viewers will realize just how well-written and expertly-directed […] Read more
This was a very effective follow-up to last week’s game-changer episode, and I can offer Chuunibyou no more straightforward compliment than that. I still find the writing with this show a little clumsy at times – and given the experience of the anime staff I assume that’s a function of […] Read more
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice – it certainly hasn’t escaped mine – but Yoshida Kouji really is a terrible person. There’s a line in Woody Allen’s “Deconstructing Harry” where Woody as the title character says “Do you smell sulfur?” when his best friend runs into he and his wife […] Read more
Don’t mess with Team Koko. Just don’t. I think it’s safe to say that there are very few series that would even try an episode like this one, never mind actually pull it off. I’ve always felt that Jormungand was at its very best when the focus was on the […] Read more
Only one thing was certain about these last two eps of Eureka Seven AO – they were going to be controversial. It’s a real shame that the idiocy of TV scheduling caused these final two episodes to be delayed for close to two months, because irrespective of how you feel […] Read more
Alas, sunk by my own words… The waters the series is sailing into with that character are riddled with some very obvious mines, but I’m not going to assume the worst – Sakurasou is certainly well-written enough at its best to avoid most of them. Well, it was a nice […] Read more
“Suki Tokimeki to Kisu” I’m not sure what’s more impressive – the fact that Hourou Musuko has run for ten years, or the fact that it still feels so fresh and creatively alive after all that time. It’s not unfair to say that I tend to have a soft spot […] Read more
We have a situation in the two shoujo romances this season where the lead couple probably shouldn’t be together, but for entirely different reasons. This is a series that really cries out for a longer adaptation, because it’s hard to see any way that four more episodes are going to do it […] Read more
I really only had one problem with this excellent episode, but it’s a fairly big one. Overall, I continue to be impressed with Sukitte Ii na yo as a pretty realistic, unsentimental and sometimes brutal look at teen romance. It does something few such shows – either shoujo or harem […] Read more