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
You guys didn’t do me any favors with this close vote, though the final order wasn’t too surprising. Thanks for participating! Non-binding Straw Poll: Which Series Would You Like to Continue to See Covered at LiA This Season (choose up to 3)? 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
Three weeks in, Spring 2013 looks pretty good. My take going into this season was that it looked solid – much better than Winter, but not as loaded with intriguing series as Spring of 2012* (the best season in five years, probably). At this point that’s still where I stand, […] Read more
It’s “Oscar” season, once again time to look back and single out the best of the year in anime. And the winners are… Best Song: “”Above Your Hand” by Annabel – Sankarea ED I absolutely loved this ED, both for the song itself and the animation sequence. Honorable Mention: […] Read more
Without a doubt, 2012 was a very good year to be an anime fan. A while back I made a post about what I consider the best anime season ever, Spring of 2007. In that post (which was right about the beginning of Spring 2012) I speculated that the coming […] Read more
A new year means in with the new poll, out with the old… The Lost in America 2012 Favorite Series Poll is now live in the sidebar. Please choose up to 5 series. Yes, I know it’s not a complete list – I didn’t want to have a 200 series […] Read more
All in all, this is a pretty darn impressive group of series. In some ways, the shows that don’t make a Top 10 list may be as good a measure of a year as the ones that do. Certainly, they’re a better measure for depth in terms of quality series. […] Read more
There was never really any question in my mind what my #1 anime of 2012 would be, once I started seriously considering it. #1 – Tsuritama I expected the decision about my best anime of the year between my top 2 series to be an agonizing one. I didn’t start […] Read more
Somewhat tardy, here’s the Fall 2012 check-in – and a pretty solid season it is, on the whole. My read on Fall 2012 going in was that it was deep in potentially good shows, while lacking candidates for real greatness. On balance I’d say that expectation has largely been met […] Read more