Oh, well. No reason not to hope for a miracle right up to the last moment, but this isn’t working any better for me than it was the last few weeks, so I’m out. No need to rehash all the reasons why, as I’ve made them pretty plain by now […] Read more
I’m kind of running out of things to say about Samumenco, and that’s never a good sign. NoitaminA is going into its normal winter hibernation and Samurai Flamenco will be back on the 9th of January, but I’m not so sure I’ll be back with it. For all the on-screen […] Read more
Man, this series really is tripping balls… I’ll just say up front, this conclusion – or whatever it is – to this arc (or whatever it is) really didn’t work for me. I think I sort of understand where Kurata is going with it, but for me it’s a failed […] Read more
Thursday has definitely become my anime WTF day this season. Between Samurai Flamenco and Golden Time I confess I’m thoroughly bewitched, bothered and bewildered – but I guess the first one of those three is the most important because it means I’m still watching. More than that, still invested in […] Read more
To sum up my feelings about Samumenco, I can do no better than the words of Crazy-Eyez Killa. OK, so if that was bad coke or some kind of dream sequence happening at the end of last week’s episode, this week gave no indication of it. If anything the weirdness […] Read more
OK, raise your hand if you saw that coming. Under normal circumstances you don’s start an episode post by talking about the end of the episode, obviously. But it seems to me that it would be pretty silly to even attempt to focus on anything else first when all anyone […] Read more
Osha-Mambe Government, that was pure comedy gold. I don’t use the term “inspired” all that often with anime because, well – there are very few times when it’s actually merited. But this episode (along with the third) of Samurai Flamenco is definitely one such occasion. This was anime comedy at […] Read more
The crazy is spreading. While Samurai Flamenco has not yet equalled the exhilarating lunacy of the third episode, it remains one of the more energetic and fun series we’ve seen for a while. The mix of fantasy and reality here is quite interesting, and I think we’re seeing a serious […] Read more
That was a pretty good example of how a series can turn on a dime. If you want a dramatic shift, Samurai Flamenco could be just the show you’re looking for. We went from last week’s unequalled (this season) explosion of pure fun to a sometimes pretty ugly and even […] Read more
There’s a rumor flying around that Manglobe is about to go broke, to which I can only ask: what’s taken so long? Manglobe has a long and august history of producing fascinating and offbeat anime that absolutely crater commercially (not least in NoitaminA, where it did so with Sarai-ya Goyou). […] Read more