I really want to thank Sunrise for producing this series, because I honestly have no idea what they were thinking. There’s a very interesting difference in the way the studio and director Takamatsu Shinji elected to adapt Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, as opposed to the way other popular 4-koma comedies […] Read more
To say Ano Natsu was an easy series to like is an understatement. For me, it was impossible not to love. Mondays have been bizarrely good for anime this season, but this Monday is a tough one – I feel a real tug at the heartstrings saying goodbye to so […] Read more
There’s not another manga writer out there with the emotional accuracy of Midorikawa Yuki, and no director better suited to communicate her vision than Omori Takahiro. I’ve already written a series review for Natsume Yuujinchou, and a lot of the same things I felt when I wrote that one apply here. […] Read more
There’s little doubt in my mind that Another will stand as a great series for me, but it will be as one with serious flaws as well. I can start to list the things that were exceptional here and go on for far longer than I should. It’s P.A. Works, […] Read more
For a show that was so far off my radar screen that I forgot it was even on the schedule until the first episode aired, Brave 10 turned out to be pretty good. There wasn’t too much unpredictable about this series, and that applies to the finale, which pretty much […] Read more
So in the end, Shana III was true to its grandiose, bloated, histrionic, frustrating and oversized self. But I guess that’s not all a bad thing. Given that this entire season on “Shana” has pretty much been one giant fan wank, I’m not too surprised to see the ending pander […] Read more
Where do I begin trying to summarize the unique experience that was watching Guilty Crown… Back when I did my Fall Preview last year, I made note of the fact that Guilty Crown was easily the most hyped series of the season. I also mentioned that my gut was telling […] Read more
Even for a series as fond of recap episodes as Nurarihyon, ending on one is pretty darn lame. Yes, recap episodes suck and this was a totally anti-climactic climax, with no new footage of any consequence. So I’ll proceed as if the series ended at episode 24 and treat this […] Read more
If I had to sum up my feelings for the adorable squid girl and her superb supporting cast in one word, it would be “affection”. As I look back on the second season of Shinryaku!? Ika Musume, an honest assessment forces me to admit that it wasn’t as good as […] Read more
For a series I really liked a lot for a long time, it’s amazing how little I cared about what happened in the final episode of Ben-To. I’m not sure just exactly where things went wrong with this series. Having some experience with the half-priced bento wars at my local […] Read more