The accolades just keep rolling in. The results at the top of the LiA favorite series poll are far from surprising, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some interesting numbers here. Starting off with the fact that the 2014 poll had the exact same number of votes as the 2013 […] Read more
2014 is in the books – time for you to weigh in… Here’s the 2014 LiA reader poll – please choose your 5 favorite series of 2014. It’s a huge list, obviously, so I’m going to pin this post to the top for a week during voting rather than hijack […] Read more
There’s good in every anime year, and 2014 was certainly no exception. Another anime year is in the books, and let’s be honest – in anime terms, it sucked. If it weren’t for a show that started in 2011 and a sequel to a 2005 series, for my money it […] Read more
These shows also ran in 2014, but that doesn’t make them also-rans… Sorry, just wanted to work that one in somehow. In many ways this list is more telling about the quality of a year than the Top 10 – certainly in terms of depth. I find 2014 to be […] Read more
And so, at last, to the least suspenseful announcement in LiA history. #1 – Hunter x Hunter 2011 How in the world do I find anything new to say about Hunter X Hunter? I’ve blogged 148 episodes, two movies and several miscellaneous H x H-related events. It was a fixture […] Read more
This season is a lot like a Chicago stuffed pizza – tasty on top, soft in the middle, and extra-thick underneath. My expectations heading into the Fall Season were pretty low – probably as low as for any season since I’ve been blogging. So when I say the season hasn’t […] Read more
Summer is no longer an afterthought on the anime calendar. 2013 marked the first time since I became an anime fan that Summer was the strongest season of the year. It’s too early to tell if that will be true in 2014 – in fact it’s too early to tell […] Read more
Spring 2014 has behaved pretty predictably thus far, and that’s mostly a good thing. After the disappointment that was Winter 2014, anime really needed a good season both artistically and commercially. And while it will obviously be a while before we know how it fared on the latter score, this […] 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
It’s “Oscar” season, and again time to pay tribute to the best anime had to offer in 2013. And my earnest congratulations to Miyazaki Hayao and Studio Ghibli for representing anime at the Academy Awards this year. This year’s winners: Best Song: “Yokan” by Itou Masumi – Red Data Girl ED […] Read more