It seems fitting that Uchuu Kyoudai embraces an uncertain future with a look back to the past. The official Space Brothers Twitter account has confirmed that next week’s episode – the 99th – will be the finale of the TV adaptation.  I thought they might go for an even 100, […] Read more

What a sad couple of days it’s been in the world of anime with aspirations towards realism. If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that there’s a Seinfeld reference for every situation in life.  Watching Uchuu Kyoudai of late I can’t help but be reminded of the “Opposite” scenario, […] Read more

I’m more confused than ever about what’s happening with this series, but that was pleasant enough I suppose. Absent any announcement to the contrary I’m still assuming Uchuu Kyoudai is ending (for now) after its 100th episode later this month – it’s certainly the most Occam’s Razor friendly scenario.  It […] Read more

It seems likely that the endgame – for now – has begun. There’s still no announcement about the fate of this series, which seems odd given that barely a month from now it’s going to give up its timeslot and seems very likely to go on a long hiatus at […] Read more

Thank goodness for Eddie Jay. Interesting news this week – a new series (Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, so technically a new old series) will be taking over Uchuu Kyoudai’s timeslot in April.  There’s been no announcement that Space Brothers will be ending, but a timeslot change seems unlikely at this […] Read more

I keep recycling the quote from Jerry Seinfeld, but nothing else feels so right for situations like this: it’s so nice when it happens good… This was, for me, by far the best Space Brothers episode among all the ones that have omitted Mutta (or almost omitted, in this case).  […] Read more

This episode had more danger signs that the perimeter of Area 51. Let’s dispense with last week’s controversy over Hibito’s test – it’s a done deal (though I will say that if nothing else, it was the only thing able to generate any comments on an Uchuu Kyoudai post in […] Read more

What do you know, we have another “good news, bad news” situation this week – but Uchuu Kyoudai has completely flipped them around this time. Sometimes it makes sense to start a post by referencing the last one – specifically, the very end of it: This is an interesting dilemma […] Read more

For the second time in a day I’m forced to ask – do you want the good news or the bad news first? This was well on its way to being my favorite episode of Space Brothers in a long, long time – maybe as much as six months.  It […] Read more