Just so’s no one can accuse me of burying the headline, I’m dropping it. For now, at least.  But given how much virtual ink I’ve spilled over Shigatsu’s first four eps, I didn’t think it was right to do so without at least a final summation. In short, if you’ve […] Read more

Two cours of this?  I don’t think I could take it. I could cite few examples of a series that has me as conflicted as this one.  Perhaps it’s true that if a show can make you feel anything intensely than it’s doing something right, even if what you’re feeling […] Read more

This show has covered the full spectrum of reaction for me in the last two weeks. I made no secret of my affection for last week’s episode of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso.  In fact at the time I watched it I thought it was the best episode of the […] Read more

Wow. There are some anime episodes for which that’s the only above the fold comment that really fits, and this is one of them.  To call it impressive would be an understatement – it was staggering.  Interestingly enough even as I was in awe I was still noting things which […] Read more