Harem end! Sometimes a comedy tries to shed light on reality through absurdity, and that’s often true with Shirokuma Café – by highlighting ridiculous situations they remind us how ridiculous our real-life counterparts are, and that was certainly the case with the second chapter this week. But first we had […] Read more
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later – Chuunibyou gives us what by its standards is a serious episode. So – was it any good? As I’ve said, I think Chuunibyou – at least in theory – wants to work as both a completely frivolous screwball comedy and as a […] Read more
This second season of Jormungand possesses a quiet confidence that’s exuded from every frame. I can nit-pick one thing about this episode, so I may as well get it out of the way early – too much recap. I don’t think we really needed to see five full minutes of […] Read more
They’re gonna have to invent some new kinds of awesome for sports anime, because the 11 kinds they have just weren’t enough for how good this episode of Ginga e Kickoff was. Pretty much a perfect episode of a sports anime this week, one of the best of an already […] Read more
Well, that was out first strong series finale of the season. Wait – it’s still October?? Sakurasou is a lot of things, most simply a very good anime. But it’s also an interesting mass of contradictions and an intriguing mix of genres. It really strikes me that this is a […] Read more
I’m finding this series strangely difficult to talk about considering how much I’m enjoying it. I really, really like Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun. But somehow, as a blogger it’s almost too spot-on – the show has rarely put a foot wrong so far, and Brains Base is doing their usual bang-up […] Read more
It’s a good sign that Bakuman can come up with one of its best episodes ever without using its flashiest character. I love Eiji, but there’s no doubt that he’s a bit of a crutch for Bakuman sometimes. It’s almost impossible to write a scene with Eiji where he isn’t […] Read more
When I said Maeda Jun series always have at least one moemoe character “or two” – I didn’t think I’d be proven right quite so quickly. Liking a series and having no real idea how to explain why isn’t an easy position for a blogger to be in. If I’m […] Read more
I can honestly say that almost none of that went as I expected. Before I launch into my usual weekly praise for H x H – I’ll warn you, it’s coming – I want to single out Sawashiro Miyuki for some praise here. Not because I don’t still have issues […] Read more
Having scene the Space Brothers live-action film I sort of knew what to expect this week, but the anime version definitely exceeded the film – and my expectations. In some ways, this is the moment Uchuu Kyoudai has been building up to for 30 episodes. It sounds funny to say […] Read more