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
Season Reviews
2011 Anime Year in Review, Part II: #11-20
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
2011 Anime Year in Review – The Top 10
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
Fall 2011 – Check-in
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
Summer 2011 Season Review
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
Summer 2011 – Check-in
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
Spring 2011 – Check-in
A brief look at where things stand with a month or so to go in the Spring season: Dororon Enma-kun Meerameera: A. Go Nagai updated for the 21st Century with a killer soundtrack and incredibly filthy humor. A cast full of industry legends having great fun with bizarre and silly […] Read more
Best of the Best
In the spirit of the Oscars, here are my picks for the best of the best this year. I’m going to bend my rules for this one and allow series that began airing in 2009 for this one, just because I really want to give Cross Game some of the […] Read more
2010 in Review – The Top 11
It’s that time of year again – namely – the end of it – where we look back and take stock of what transpired over the last twelve months. In that spirit, here’s my “Top Eleven” of 2010. A couple of notes: – Why 11? Honestly, the last few shows […] Read more
Fall Season Reviews
We’re a month into the fall season of 2010, so taking a cue from the forums at AnimeSuki I thought I’d post my grades so far. I don’t normally like to attach number grades to reviews, but for these kinds of summaries I think it’s helpful. Bakuman (4 episodes watched): […] Read more