In all of my blogging career, there may be no other show with so great a gap between how much I love it and how much I can write about it as there is with this one. For the second time today, I’m blogging a series with a truly […] Read more
Series Reviews
Shin Sekai Yori – 25 (End) and Series Review
There are a lot of things I want to say about this series, but I think it’s best to start with a simple one: a sincere thank you to the people who created it. With a series as great as Shin Sekai Yori, endings are very, very hard. This was […] Read more
Psycho-Pass – 22 (End) and Series Review
The two Production I.G. NoitaminA shows this season both delivered eminently predictable endings, but it’s illustrative of their natures that they chose such different ways of going about it. As I look back on Psycho-Pass, my impressions of the series highlight two fundamental truths I see in Gen Urabuchi as […] Read more
Robotics;Notes – 22 (End) and Series Review
Robotics;Notes closes with an ending that may not have been everything I wanted, but was everything I expected. And that seems just about right. It’s the first series review post of the season, and this is always a taxing week. I don’t especially like series review posts, not just because […] Read more
Kingdom – 38 (Season Finale)
There’s something to be said for finishing a season with your best material ever. I’m very much divided about Kingdom. On the one hand, I can’t help but think with regret about what might have been. If this series had been animated in grand style by Production I.G. or BONES, […] Read more
Poyopoyo – Series Review
Here’s a short review of a short show. If you have two hours to spare, you could do far worse than spending them with the cast of Poyopoyo, DEEN’s wonderful little anime about a round yellow cat and the family who adopts him. Each episode is 2:50 long, and the […] Read more
Kamisama Hajimemashita – 13 (End) and Series Review
That was an ending that matched the character of the series perfectly. Two series by Akitarou Daichi ended this week, and that’s a sad thing. I’ve argued here on many occasions that the director is an absolutely critical part of an anime’s success or failure, and probably the least understood […] Read more
Jormungand: Perfect Order – 12 (End) and Series Review
Perhaps it’s clear now why it was so hard for me to write about Jormungand these last few weeks. I feel as though I can predict how the reaction to this ending is going to play out. Truth be told, there’s no why I can spin this in my head […] Read more
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun – 13 (End) and Series Review
Since this is the last time I’m going to be able to say it about a TV episode, I’m going to repeat myself one more time – I love Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun. Brains Base just delivers. They deliver with original series, they deliver with adaptations, and they even deliver with […] Read more
Btooom! – 12 (End) and Series Review
All in all Madhouse does a pretty good job here, delivering a non-ending that serves the purpose with few surprises. Certainly, there were multiple challenges facing the anime staff in crafting this episode. Not only is this a one-cour anime adapting a manga that covers nine volumes, but it’s an […] Read more