Summer 2013 made history, and for the right reasons. Can 2014 follow suit? By the time Summer 2014 begins, anime’s year will be half-over. And with a few weeks left in Spring, it’s looking like we’re on track for a pretty mediocre year. I’d call 2013 roughly average (2012 was […] Read more
Mushishi wins it wire-to-wire. Mushishi Zoku Shou never trailed in this season’s poll, and won by a quite comfortable margin. I think it was a fait accompli as soon as the series was announced, though it’s always interesting to see how LiA’s readership differs from Random Curiosity’s (their poll is […] Read more
The Winter of our discontent is drawing to a close, and it looks as if Spring is going to be a considerably better season for anime fans. Even by Winter’s normally low standards, 2014 was a rough one for anime. A few strong carryovers and a few very good shows […] Read more
Is it Spring yet? Mushishi, Baby Steps, Isshukan Friends, maybe Hi Score Girl… Spring hovers at the edge of the horizon like a mirage, promising an oasis of cool, clear water to soothe our throats, parched from the sand that is the Winter 2014 season. But this post isn’t about […] Read more
There’s just no stopping moepigs. I actually thought Space Dandy might come out on top in this poll, but Gin no Saji sniped the lead from it on the second day and never looked back. Despite a relatively weak season on paper, this poll broke the record for most votes […] Read more
The Winter 2014 season promises some very good second cours of Fall 2013 shows – and thank goodness for that. Winter isn’t normally one of the highlights of the anime year – it and summer are pretty much a crapshoot. You get fewer series to begin with, which cuts down […] Read more
There’s a decidedly retro look to Fall 2013 – if you ignore the avalanche of bad CGI, anyway. More so than in most seasons, Fall 2013 has played out largely as I expected – so far anyway. There are a lot of shows that fall into the broad “good” category, […] Read more
Kyoto Animation carries the day. There are a couple of milestones in this poll – first, it was the closest preview poll in LiA history. And second, it received the most votes ever. Thanks very much to all who voted. I can’t say I’m surprised that Kyoukai no Kanata and […] Read more
I wish anime seasons synched up with the Tokyo weather. Summer in Japan rolls on, unbearably hot and humid, but it’s time to turn our attention to the Fall anime season. It’s been a pretty odd year for anime – Summer has proved to be a better season than Spring […] Read more
It’s a bit tough on me as a blogger, but by Summer’s usually low standards this season looks quite good so far. After what can only be called a fairly disappointing Spring, Summer 2013 has a chance to make up some of the lost ground. Spring tends to be anime’s […] Read more