In high school, sex is one of the most widely traded forms of currency. It’s rare to see an anime portray that reality as plainly and openly as Sukitte does. I like how honest Sukitte Ii na yo is in presenting the sometimes ugly reality of teenaged social life without […] Read more
If I had to write a one-word of that episode, for me it would be pretty easy: “Intense”. The first thing you may have noticed about this episode was the rather significant visual shift that took place. This was due to the presence of episode director Yamauchi Shigeasu, a very […] Read more
These two series present a marked contrast – one lyrical and almost graceful, and the other a display of narrative brute force. Zetsuen no Tempest – 04 This was certainly a change of pace episode for Zetsuen, a look back at the meeting of Yoshino and Mahiro. It comes at […] Read more
Love it or hate it (or both), there’s no one else who does this sort of thing like KyoAni can do it. I’m of the classic “two minds” dilemma with Chuunibyou. There are times when it really makes me laugh, and there are times when I just want to slip […] Read more
I was pretty worried after the first episode, but talent seems to be winning the day with Psycho-Pass. I’m not sure Urobuchi Gen is capable of writing a series that’s less than interesting, but as the disjointed first episode showed, it takes more than interesting ideas to make an anime […] Read more
I’ve liked Robotics;Notes since the premiere, but I suspect this episode is going to win over a lot of viewers that might have been on the fence. I have no doubt R;N is going to get a lot more serious and dark given who created it – the hints are […] Read more
When you can say a show as good as Jormungand already was is hitting its stride and still be guilty of massive understatement, you know just how incredible “Perfect Order” has been so far. In a way, I look at Jormungand as a kind of jigsaw puzzle. The first season […] Read more
Myself and the other 11 people in the English-speaking world actually watching Ginga e Kickoff were treated to another stellar episode. It’s a measure of how invested I’ve become in the characters here that when they show signs of real growth, I sometimes feel as proud of them as if […] Read more
Sometimes there’s just no substitute for experience. Kamisama Hajimemashita certainly isn’t doing anything radical, or truth be told even anything different. This is a very tried and true formula, but it all comes down to execution. I’m sure the manga is charming, but I think the reason this is succeeding […] Read more
It’s always nice to welcome an old friend back into the fold. I’ve been a big fan of Minami-ke since long before I was blogging. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years (the incredible anime year of 2007) since the first and best season aired. I wasn’t as down […] Read more