As soon as Inari Konkon was announced as 10 episodes, I should have known Jerry Seinfeld’s “This is going to be a shame” would have fit perfectly. A few weeks back I compared Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha to a meal where the side dishes were excellent, but the main course […] Read more
Well, I was right – ending here seriously sucks. If you (like me) were hoping for an announcement at the end of this episode of Kingdom, then you were just as disappointed that all we got was “END”. Of course hoping isn’t the same as expecting, and it figured to […] Read more
Well, what do you know – that almost felt like an actual ending. I won’t pretend for a moment that Yozakura Quartet is anything profound or brilliant, but there’s a certain charm to this series that usually manages to put a smile on my face. It drifts and sputters sometimes, […] Read more
Sometimes we find gems where we least expect them. This is what I said way back in October, when I blogged the premiere of this series: “This might be that golden unicorn – a high school romance that avoids getting so bogged down in the usual bullshit that it offers […] Read more
Thanks for the memories, Kyousougiga. There hasn’t been much that’s orthodox about the way Kyousougiga has been structured. It started with an ONA, then added five short web episodes, and then more than a year later finally came the TV series. Putting a travelogue episode in the middle and a […] Read more
Having left themselves so much to do in 22 minutes, it really couldn’t have been expected that Sunrise would ace the final. But I’d certainly give them a passing grade. Where does one begin to go in describing that episode? I can’t imagine the bulk of the viewership is going […] Read more
That was the simple and profound ending that Gingitsune richly deserved. I was deeply moved by the last moments of this episode, and when a show can do that to me without anything overtly emotional happening, I know the writing is top-notch. It’s obvious enough why someone might be moved […] Read more
How can you not like an anime where the hero spends part of the finale in an “All Your Base are Belong to Us” T-shirt? I’m not going to pretend for a moment that Outbreak Company was especially brilliant or profound, but given that I covered a few episodes and […] Read more
The worst thing about any great series is obvious – that it ends. Kyousougiga hasn’t been a conventional anime series in any way, shape or form since the very beginning – not in terms of medium, narrative structure, themes or sheer quality – so it’s no surprise that the ending […] Read more
And so ends, more or less officially, the Summer 2013 season. And happily, it ends on a high note thanks to one of this year’s truly underrated anime. 26 episodes was pretty much the standard for anime back when I first became a huge fan. I’d guess (no, I haven’t […] Read more