About the best I can say about Summer 2012 is that it’s probably no worse than I feared, and offers the potential to at least be represented in the year-end Top 10 list. Once again I’m forced to ask myself whether I’m pre-judging too much, because the two shows I […] Read more
The short version – pretty damn great. Long version is after the jump. I’ve been touting this season as a good one since the first tentative schedules began to appear months ago, and that’s turned out to be the case. I think a strong case can be made that this […] Read more
How does the season look now that we’re about a month in? About like most of them have lately – pretty good but not great. And why do all four of my favorite new shows have to air on the same damn day? There are a couple of trends I’m […] Read more
It’s awards season, and a good time to finish my look back on 2011 with our own “Oscars” for the year in anime. And the winners are… Best Song: “Cras numquam scire” by Yucca – Dantalian no Shoka OP It’s hard to top “Secret Base” from AnoHana, but this gorgeous […] Read more
What kind of a year was it in anime? To sum it up in a word – well, two – pretty good. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my favorite movie or OVA of 2011, and maybe my favorite anime of the year – Colorful. I reviewed it […] Read more
As I mentioned in my top 10 post, the top 5 spots were pretty easy to identify this year (though not the order). By contrast, the last few spots on that list were brutally difficult, as there were at least 9 or 10 shows that were neck-and-neck and could easily […] Read more
After long and careful consideration, there was only one show that I could place at the top of the list for 2011. So without further ado, the #1 one ranked series for 2011 is: Blood-C! No, just kidding…. #1: Ikoku Meiro no Croisee Fundamentally, lists like these are always personal […] Read more
That time again – we’re about a month into Fall and things are starting to become clearer about what’s great, what’s good and what’s forgettable among the series that premiered this season. As usual this year Wednesday is a black hole, so the only time I’ll have to put this […] Read more
While we still have a few series waiting to finish up, I thought I’d just give a quick recap of my thoughts on this Summer’s series. On balance, I’d say this was a good to very good season – especially for traditionally weak summer. There was an above-average quantity of […] Read more
A quick rundown on where things stand almost a month in: The Top Tier: Natsume Yuujinchou San Episodes Watched: 3 Rating: A Comments: No loss of quality here at all. Great director, great studio, great manga = great anime. Ikoku Meiro no Croisee Episodes Watched: 3 Rating: A Comments: Magnificent. […] Read more