So how does Summer 1995 2015 stack up so far? Summer doesn’t tend to be the best anime season by any means, but that’s been changing somewhat over the past few years. Summer 2013 being the best season of the year was certainly an aberration, but 2014 had its share […] Read more
Fittingly, I think this season marks progress – but via baby steps. As always, Spring is a critical lynchpin for any anime year. It’s the busiest season of the year, and in good years it tends to be the best. That wasn’t true in 2014, and given the nature of […] Read more
If one is determined to look for bright sides, this generally dismal season at least provides a couple of them. In a vacuum, the Winter 2015 season wouldn’t be too concerning – merely disappointing. But coming on the heels of one of the weakest seasons in years and one of […] Read more
It’s “Oscar” season, and again time to pay tribute to the best anime had to offer in 2014. And once again my earnest congratulations to Studio Ghibli for representing anime at the Academy Awards this year – this time (at long last) in the person of Takahata Isao. And the […] Read more
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