Before I rave again about how great this week’s Usagi Drop was, I think it’s worth pointing out yet again what a marvel NoitaminA is.  They’ve given us so many great shows over the last few years – Sarai-ya Goyou, Shiki, AnoHana, Hourou Musuko…  The list just goes on an […] Read more

It’s pretty rare for a show to make me feel genuinely emotional this early on, without doing anything especially dramatic. Usagi Drop just gets it right, somehow – there’s a feeling of truth that pervades the material and gives seemingly mundane events weight. The headline event of the week was […] Read more

Usagi Drop continues to hit almost all the right notes, providing a thoroughly enjoyable and heartwarming experience every week without laying it on too thick. A couple of legendary manga characters made their first appearance this week, starting with Rin’s Kindergarten classmate Kouki (Sakai Noa). As with all the child […] Read more

It’s rare that I say this, but I think the key to success for Usagi Drop is going to be a lack of ambition on the part of it’s creative team. That’s not a criticism of what they’ve done so far – I like this series very much. Most of […] Read more

Simplicity is certainly the watchword of the day with this series after two episodes. But sometimes simplicity is a very underrated quality, in anime as elsewhere. I think it would take a fairly hard heart not to feel some sort of emotional connection to what takes place in Usagi Drop […] Read more