Index is an odd series. For starters, the title character is about the 4th most important character, and often disappears for entire episodes as a time. I love Index but I know she’s not a fan favorite. She reminds me of one of those characters that appears with a splash, […] Read more
That was about as close to an un-ending as I’ve seen a series have in a while. While some of the hallmarks of a final episode were there – the lack of an OP and ED sequence, the coda where we touch base with all the characters in the end […] Read more
Due to the particular timing, this series may just have had the longest layoff of any series due to the disaster in Japan. Maybe that’s why the transition from episode 22 felt so jarring to me – my memory is of things ending in the midst of chaos, but it’s […] Read more
Based on the way things look, there might not be much new anime to blog about for a while – things are still on edge in Japan, to say the least. As of now I still plan to fly in next week, but that could still change. For now, we […] Read more
There was lots of cool stuff happening in that episode, but to be honest I think an anime-only watcher really wouldn’t have much of a chance of understanding what was going on most of the time. I had to read a lot of spoilers after the fact just to give […] Read more
Things are pretty rough all over. Academy City is being invaded on multiple fronts, Accelerator has gone all psycho big-time, and the streets are running deep with blood. There wasn’t a lot of humor in this week’s episode, that’s for sure. As things start out, Touma and Accelerator are continuing […] Read more
I’m the first to admit I don’t know nearly as much about this mythology as some folk do. My exposure is limited to the TV adaptations, and at that I only managed about three episodes of “Railgun” before I couldn’t take any more. So I’m more or less content to […] Read more
What do you know – that was an absolutely delightful episode where not much happened. Lots of Misaka and Last Order hi-jinks, Index cuteness, Accelerator tsundere-ness and best of all, no Kuroko whatsoever! I had forgotten just how amusing the clones could be, though they’ve made brief appearances this season. […] Read more
This week’s theme was definitely middle-school skirt-lifting – no doubt about it. Unfortunately it was one of those “Index” episodes that felt a lot more like a Railgun episode so for me, the appeal was limited. That’s not to say there weren’t a few amusing moments. As expected just about […] Read more
The “Queen of the Adriatic” arc concludes with a lot of very substantial-feeling direction, music and dialogue – if not all that much Earth-shattering in terms of actual events. The arc was a lot of fun, but I see it as empty calories to an extent – it seems less […] Read more