Boy, does this show ever have a way of sneaking up on you. There’s never, at any time, been a moment when Kamisama Hajimemashita was my favorite anime airing. Yet it always seem to add up to more than you realize when you’re watching it, and it grows tremendously the […] Read more
For all that there are myriad qualities that can make an anime great, there’s just no substitute for sincerity. I’ll say up-front that I expected this finale to be an emotional one. Expectations can be a pretty big burden to carry, but I had faith that Watanabe-sensei and TMS could […] Read more
Fair or not, anime are always graded on a curve. And it’s a tough week for Aldnoah.Zero. Let me start out by saying I really didn’t this this was a bad finale. Technically it was solid, the action sequences were (as ever) terrific, and the pacing was fine. It was […] Read more
Did you really expect anything less from Death Parade? This is one of those shows that imposes the risk of having already said too much for me as a blogger. I mean, over the course of eleven episodes (and Death Billiards) I’ve laid out my feelings about this series and […] Read more
I don’t know what stunned me more – that final episode, or the reaction to it. Author’s Note: Given the obvious gap between anime and manga events, please refrain from posting manga spoilers in the comments even if the anime has concluded. Many of us plan to read it in […] Read more
Things that make you go “Hmm…” for $1000 please, Alex. Kiseijuu is a fascinating series in more ways than I can count – in pretty much every way, in fact. It’s wholly deserving of the outstanding ratings it’s received at places like Anime Planet and MAL (where it’s in all-time […] Read more
It seems someone brought a crate of Red Bull to the writers’ room for this episode. It’s always nice when a series finishes with its best episode, and for my money Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! definitely did that – it was more better than any of the rest. That […] Read more
As I said recently in another post, hope can be the cruelest thing of all… As finales go, Akatsuki no Yona’s delivered just about everything I would think any fan of the series would want. Yet there’s no denying that what most of us were hoping for was the one […] Read more
I’m still struggling mightily to wrap my thoughts – and feelings – around that ending. OK, was anyone besides me thinking, “For God”s sake Riki, don’t get in the van!”? It’s finally over (apart from EX and hopefully Kud Wafter, anyway) – after 39 episodes and a veritable avalanche of […] Read more
Servant X Service closes with an excellent finale that amounts to a celebration of small victories. This is another one of those Summer series that ended up being quite a bit different than my initial impressions, but generally succeeded in what it set out to do. No question Servant X […] Read more