Gar G·A·R See: “Yashio, Kaitou” Honestly, my feeling at the moment is that if someone isn’t satisfied with this episode of Robotics;Notes, they’re probably hopelessly beyond the series’ reach at this point.  While there were over-reaches (Sister Centipede’s “death” as a snowburst for one) in the first act I can […] Read more

Robotics;Notes was always going to have to go big at the end if it had any chance to tie the loose ends together, but now that we’re in the moment the change is still a bit shocking. This is what is looks like when you try and do 22 episodes […] Read more

In a way, this ep of Robotics;Notes has the feeling of a sort of “Take that!” to the show’s countless critics. I haven’t watched this week’s Psycho-Pass yet, but it’s undeniably interesting that after it offered us a reflective and character-driven ep last week, R;N chimes in with a supremely […] Read more

Robotics;Notes has got the mystery part down pretty much pat. I’ll give credit to R;N for continuing to do something well (I seem to be doing that a lot with shows lately), and that’s create an interesting set of questions.  But you know, even though I knew there were only […] Read more

Wait a minute, let me check something… Yep, still love this series. Well, here’s the thing.  Last week was definitely the first time that Robotics;Notes has generated more discussion than its flashier stablemate, Psycho-Pass (both here and elsewhere).  That it did so with an episode that generated a lot of […] Read more

There aren’t many anime episodes about which I’d use the term “brutal” in a good way, but this was definitely one of them. When you consider how many times Robotics;Notes has actually raised the ante already, it’s clear this is a series that has the potential to go extremely dark […] Read more

There’s an effortless quality to Robotics;Notes that belies just how many good things it accomplishes every week. I’m not going to bemoan the commercial failure of Robotics;Notes anymore, I promise (the first volume did about as poorly as expected) but I am going to keep singing the praises of the […] Read more

Forgive the pun, but things are heating up on Robotics;Notes in every way. I’ll resist the urge to say “I told you do”, because we’re probably too late in the game for any large number of viewers to be won over by R;N (or to admit to it, anyway, with […] Read more

This series is the epitome of “under the radar”, but it just keeps delivering – and while the pacing may not be priority overnight, service is as reliable as it gets. It looks as if Robotics;Notes is on schedule to be a full-fledged bust on BD/DVD, which I’m sure will […] Read more