Or, “Giant Robots and the Children Who Love Them” OP: “Junjō Spectra” by Zwei For me it would be hard to top the anticipation I felt going into the Spring season for NoitaminA. You had two series from auteur directors, one of whom had been absent from TV for many […] Read more
For a change, a NoitaminA show is the most anticipated series of the season, Did it deliver? There’s an awful lot that stands out in the pedigree for Psycho-Pass. It’s NotiaminA. It’s Gen Urobuchi, and it’s Production I;.G.(though that doesn’t mean what it once did). So there’s really nothing surprising […] Read more
I’m probably going to be swimming against the current with this show. My instant reaction after the second episode of Chuunibyou is about the same as the first: that this is a very good execution of a series that isn’t my cup of tea. Some have compared it to Denpa […] Read more
Not that it should come as any great surprise, but Jormungand returns to the battlefield with a taut, gripping and near-perfect episode. OP: “UNDER/SHAFT” by Maon Kurosaki There are more cases where the opposite is true, but with Jormungand I’m glad I’ve read the manga before seeing the anime. Not […] Read more
I know some folks were offended by the premiere, but I can’t deny it – I really like Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun. There’s a lot to praise in this series, but I can cherry pick a couple of things I think most people would agree on. First, it’s a beautiful-looking show, […] Read more
Bakuman is back, it still rocks, and it’s still almost entirely ignored. It’s almost comforting in a way. OP: “Moshimo no Hanashi” by nano.RIPE After four cours spread over two years, the anime from the manga about manga is back for two more. The big difference this time, of course, […] Read more
Here’s some romantic Yin and Yang for you. To Love-Ru: Darkness – 01 Poor Rito. Crayola just doesn’t make a color blue enough. You pretty much know what to expect here. There’s a new girl in town, Kurosaki Mea (Iguchi Yuka), who I’m sure will be sitting on Rito’s face […] Read more
The effort at catching up continues… Kamisama Hajimemashita – 01 Kamisama Hajimemashita certainly didn’t come into the season with a lot of fanfare, but it’s definitely a show I’d have covered sooner if it hadn’t been for the enormous backlog due to the move. Just the presence of Daichi Akitaro […] Read more
Picked a bad week to be late with the SAO post… So – anything happen while I was away? I have a lot of reactions to that episode, which is more often than not a good sign. I certainly wouldn’t say my reaction is overwhelmingly positive, but rather this: how […] Read more
Like Hunter X Hunter, Space Brothers is a series that’s easy to take for granted – it just keeps delivering. OP3: “Yume Miru Sekai (夢見る世界)” by DOES As I briefly mentioned, I saw the live-action version on the flight over (as well as Thermae Romae, interesting as I saw the […] Read more