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Plastic Memories Ep. 8: What a cool girl
So Tsukasa and Isla are at some old lady’s home to retrieve her android. The old lady surprises our hero by picking the third option: replacing her android with a new personality, then returning it...
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Arslan Senki Ep. 8: Long live the king
When we last left off, Arslan intends to confront Kharlan. Meanwhile, a priestess is looking for our prince, but she seems to have found an annoying pest instead. — I suppose all men have their...
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Gunslinger Stratos Ep. 8: Faces of anime
I don’t want to get too mired in Gunslinger Stratos’ super-complicated plot. I really just want to admire the effort that has gone into making this anime. — I always like how when something bad...
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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo Ep. 7: Burn the house down
We kick things off with a burning school building. I don’t care so much that it’s burning, because would you just look at the size of that thing? And it’s the old school building, too. — Anyway, this...
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Ore Monogatari!! Ep. 8: Sedated
Not sure what to make of this episode. As you can probably tell from the screenshot above, trouble is brewing for Makoto. — Lately, Takeo’s best friend has been acting a little off, which hasn’t gone...
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Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? Ep. 9: Levels mean squat
There’s all this hemming and hawing about how Bellri was really only level one until this week’s episode. So suuuuuure, he’s still weak on magical fantasy paper… but the proof is in the pudding. Here,...
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Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? Ep. 10: What sort of hero needs a...
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. First things first, Bellri is about to head down into the middle floors, and somehow, that dark red cloak is “flashy.” — Remember those sad-looking ogres on… the...
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Shokugeki no Soma Ep. 9 & 10: Oeuf…
Time for Soma to deliver the goods. — That’s a pretty sorry-looking sign. Anyway, we get some backstory on the blond kid from Italy. Nothing too interesting, though. He needs a rival, he needs...
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Fate Something or Other Ep. 21 & 22: Almost done
Well, he’s not wrong… And to be honest, I don’t even want to get too much into the final leg of the duel between Shirou and Archer. Yes, Shirou eventually manages to defeat Archer, which is supposed...
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Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? Ep. 11: Safe and sound
Those poor animals. What if they’re just trying to level up, too? What if they need to harvest human organs for money? It’s a dog eat dog world out there, son. So we’re back with yet another...
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Fate Something or Other Ep. 23: Is it over yet?
Maybe we should talk about it. That joke’s pretty much a meme now, though. Fate Something or Other is what it is: an over wordy mess that can’t really engage my emotions. — I thought we had discussed...
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Shokugeki no Soma Ep. 11: Takiawase
So the jerk’s name is Shinomiya, and his first inclination is to not accept Soma’s challenge. For a guy who talks such a big game, I don’t know why he wouldn’t just stomp these annoying kids and be...
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Ranpo Kitan – Game of Laplace: Ep. 1: This is my design
Just kidding. If only I could like this show as much as Hannibal, and the truth is, I don’t even like Hannibal all that much. I mean, it’s okay. I do enjoy stories about serial killers. It’s just no...
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Gangsta. Ep. 1: Cool cats and unlucky tramps
What’s this? A show that doesn’t take place in Japan? And the main characters aren’t high school kids? Finally, we are far removed from the world of battling schoolchildren and state-of-the-art...
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Fall 2015 Anime Preview: As fair and balanced as cable news
It’s been a while since I blogged anything anime-related, huh? Well, let’s ease back into it. I’m going to start off by separating the wheat from the chaff, then in later posts, I’ll take closer looks...
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Lance N’ Masques Ep. 1: God, I’m bored already…
I’m really, really bored already. F-fine, we’ll watch one episode. Just one, though. But if any of you expected a great returning post from me, I’d turn back now. This… this is the all-important girl...
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Young Black Jack Ep. 1: I just want to save lives!!!
He’s so young! But he’s so fast! He’s so mysterious! It’s his first surgery ever! The whole thing kicks off like some generic shounen. As Hazama prepares for the time-critical operation, he sheds his...
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First Impressions: Prince of Stride, Haruchika, and Musaigen no Phantom World
I really don’t want to bite off more than I can chew, so I’m aiming to blog maybe just 7 to 10 shows this season. This means I’ll have to pare down the list of this season’s shows by quite a bit....
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First Impressions: Active Raid and Erased
Here’s another 1000-word post about this season’s anime… don’t worry, I’ll get to all of them eventually. And luckily, it seems that I’ve found at least one show to follow earnestly this season....
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First Impressions: Girls Beyond the Wasteland, Divine Gate, and Norn9
Yeah, I know people are recommending that Rakugo show, but yeesh, a fifty-minute episode. No, I don’t have anything against an anime episode of that length, but I don’t have time to watch it tonight....
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