It’s the small, almost unnoticed moments that make Hyouka stand apart from the crowd. After five episodes I can’t honestly say there’s any single element of Hyouka that blows me away in terms of plot or character. The characters are all more or less safely within the constraints of their […] Read more
100% of his shots go in? Sign that kid up! OK, full Shounen Jump goggles are definitely on with Kuroko no Basuke. The Generation of Miracles is aptly named if one of their members never misses a shot – and the laws of shounen being what they are, he’s likely […] Read more
If the whole astronaut thing fizzles out, maybe Mutta can turn to Karuta. There’s an old, old saying – “It’s better to be lucky than good”. In my experience it’s true more often than not, but for someone like Mutta who’s spent his whole life trying (with some success) to […] Read more
I’m beginning to have my doubts as to just who the title of this series refers to… MGX continues to be strange and wonderful, quite difficult to pin down (what genre is this, for example?) but with quite a feeling of universality despite that. Ueshiba-san has clearly figured out – […] Read more
How can Hisoka be so bad, but still be so good? This was a very different sort of episode for H x H, I think. Virtually no Gon or Killua, for starters. In many ways it almost seemed to play out in slow motion at times, which is actually pretty […] Read more
I’m beginning to wonder if my luck with Fate/Zero is starting to run out. I knew going in that I was in the minority with this series in having never read the LNs, and not having managed to stay with through F/SN to the finish. But for a season and […] Read more
“The Aftermath” Bryke have always been able to mine their own mythology for humor with considerable skill, but “No – not my Cabbage Corp!” was probably my biggest laugh line of “Korra” so far. You had to figure the Cabbage Merchant was going to make his appearance sooner or later, […] Read more
A pig and a ferret walk into a café… I’m still wondering about Aqua Current, who seems to be hiding a lot more than she’s revealing. I feel as if subtle hints are being dropped here – Haru “barely felt” her breast when he grabbed her. Her clothing – both […] Read more
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Let’s put last week’s unfortunate trainwreck behind us and move on, because Lupin III was pretty much back in its usual groove this week. Which is to say, it was sexy, stylish and funny while spinning an utterly preposterous story – this time […] Read more
Warning: Detour ahead. Sankarea has always been a show that wielded its many personalities like a billy club, but never more literally than this week. It transformed into a first-person narrated rumination by Wanko on the nature of the osananjimi relationship, with most of the episode spent in the distant […] Read more