“A Town Called Mercy” After three episodes, it’s pretty clear that balance has been restored to the Who-niverse at last. Apologies for the late review, but I actually didn’t even get a chance to watch “Mercy” until today. It was worth the wait – another rock-solid episode that cements the […] Read more
I think the overriding message of Utakoi is, “You know – maybe people just aren’t meant to get together.” Utakoi took a slightly different tack this week, offering the same series of events from two different perspectives, and fancifully imagining that two poems in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu referenced that […] Read more
There were some very important firsts in this episode of Ginga, but all the good stuff that’s been a constant since day one didn’t take the week off. I’ll admit the payoff of this episode wasn’t a huge surprise, given the title of the ep – “First Goal”. But that doesn’t lessen the impact […] Read more
That was a pretty impressive display of character deaths, both in terms of volume and importance. I’m certainly no closer to knowing how next week’s episode is going to end all this, though whether that’s a good or a bad thing I’m not sure. This week seemed for a while […] Read more
There are plenty of things I could say to try and explain what’s so magical about Hyouka, but I’ll start with this – it makes me feel things no other anime ever has. Simply put, this was a superb and completely satisfying end to a series that wound up captivating […] Read more
If the last couple of episodes have been croque monsieur, I suspect the finale is going to be a triple-decker ham and Swiss on rye (hold the mustard). Tari Tari continues to chart what looks like an extremely predictable course as it nears the finish line. In contrast to Kokoro […] Read more
The only thing that was predictable about this ending is that it wouldn’t be a predictable ending. It would certainly be fair to say I have conflicted feelings over the way Kishi Seiji and Uezu Makoto decided to end Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita. Make no mistake, it was a very […] Read more
Wow – that was an overdose of pug porn. Uchuu Kyoudai is many things, but one of them is a chronicle of how Mutta’s seemingly bad luck ends up being good in the end. So I have no doubt that drawing Azuma Takio (the stalwart Nomura Kenji) as one of […] Read more
Maybe Kurapika should have listened to his Nen master a little better… This episode reunited the team who gave us the monstrously epic Gon x Hisoka fight (part I) from episode 35, director Matsumura Masaki and animation director Mori Tomoko, and it’s easy to see the results. #35 remains the […] Read more