They’re still rocks. Impressions: As I weed down the hojillion Sunday shows, I don’t think this is doing enough to hold my attention to make it any further. They look for stuff, find fool’s gold, learn about fool’s gold, then look for gold, learn about gold, learn about weird pressed gold. My eyes were …
That was what I’d call a classic iteration of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun. Right in the series’ sweet spot – fairy tale surrealism, Shinto mythology with a touch of creepy horror, Hanako vamping for the camera. His absence for most of the season premiere wasn’t an issue, but it is a reminder of how much the …
Kimi to Ame to – 02 With You and the Rain is a vibe, that’s for sure. And I’m definitely enjoying it. But the whole “dog” thing is vexing me a little. Why is it that everyone (with one exception) looks at “Kimi” and says “Oh, a dog”? Because look, it couldn’t be any more …
While it has been better than three years since the first season ended , the vibe here is a bit different than what I remember. The silliness factor is ramped way up. And this is reflected in the visual style (which I’m not the first person to point out). Things have gotten sort of Gainax-y …
OP: “Saikai (Reunion)” by Vaundy Another two-chapter episode this week, which strongly indicates that this season is going to adapt the first half (five volumes) of Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu. Because this series is pretty to-the-point, that still means a lot is happening in any given week. But the pacing feels organic because that’s just …
If you say so. I have family in town until Wednesday, which means brunches and other non-standard things, so stuff may be delayed a bit. Impressions: That was certainly different, though by the middle where it was revealed that he was the one drunk girl’s dad, things re-took their turn back to nonsense. Almost …
