Oh my – where in the world can I possibly begin? First things first. Kanade, you sweet, wonderful, kind, perceptive girl – I adore you. You have a heart as big as all outdoors and a soul that’s always reaching for the Heavens. What a shame we didn’t see more […] Read more
Hataraku Maou-sama ends its first season in low-key fashion, and that feels about right. Hataraku is this season’s proof that excellence in anime comes from unexpected places sometimes (and thank goodness, given how weak this season was overall). It hasn’t escaped my notice that the first three Series Review posts […] Read more
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge is a series that was always true to itself, and the finale is no exception. The best series of Spring 2013 comes to an end, and it really shouldn’t be any surprise that it did so in brilliant fashion. We see so many misfires in […] Read more
Since RDG never acted like a normal series I suppose it’s fitting that it didn’t end like one either. Even in a medium full of non-ending endings, Red Data Girl’s felt like no ending at all. “Go read the novels” is pretty much the message I expected to get at […] Read more
The frozen time will start to move. And that is when everything will begin… I’ve puzzled a bit over how to approach this post – a series review that isn’t really a series review, for a show that doesn’t neatly fit into the box anyone (new viewer or veteran Buster) […] Read more
Series like Ginga e Kickoff are a reminder of just how much an anime can come to mean to you after a while. I was looking forward very much to this finale, long-delayed from the original airing as it is – and yet, dreading it too. To be honest I […] Read more
After 3 seasons and 75 episodes, Bakuman got the glorious and happy conclusion it so richly deserved. For a series that’s offered up a fair bit of tension and suspense over its long run, there actually wasn’t a whole lot left for the finale. It was pretty clear what was […] Read more
This is just between us, but that was a great finale to a great season. It seems fitting that the two best comedies airing this season should end with a full cast O-hanami – it’s hard to overstate just how much this annual ritual means to the Japanese. This finale […] Read more
At the rate things are going, this season is in danger of doing a little damage to anime’s reputation for utterly crap endings. I’ve seen it remarked that it’s sad how underappreciated Zetsuen no Tempest has been, and how quickly it’s going to be forgotten. I certainly don’t disagree with […] Read more
Kotoura-san goes the “full circle” route with its finale, and all in all pulls it off pretty well. I said last week that I was glad Kotoura-san didn’t end with episode 11. It was easily the weakest of the season and certainly not how I want to remember this series, […] Read more