One thing about Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid – it doesn’t have a lot of peaks and valleys. There are exceptional episodes and some arcs are better than others, but in the main this series is extremely consistent. It does what it does with minimal fanfare (the budget makes sure of that), and makes the …
Going by the season preview – lots of series with very few sure things – Spring 2024 figured to be very crowded around the middle of the pack. Bubble territory. I wouldn’t say The Fable was one I had ticketed for that, but it was far from a lock just the same. The premiere more …
The trend with this season’s early bubble candidates has been a positive one. Second episodes (Astro Note and Bartender for example) have tended to be better than their premieres. That certainly applies to Tonari no Youkai-san, which I probably liked the best of those three to begin with. The mythology was expanded nicely, and there …
Like that’s rare in anime. Impressions: I was really hoping at least one of the shounen shows would be tolerable, but optimism is running thin. Both share a lot of problems. Wildly inconsistent and inappropriate tone. Nonsensical settings. Violence that it can’t seem to decide whether or not is serious or on the level …
Never has a series been more aptly-named when you’re in my line of work. Trying to spot the next kaijuu animanga franchise is an ongoing enterprise for me. And one certainly doesn’t have to squint too hard to see Kaiju No. 8 as filling the bill. There’s no doubt whatsoever that this anime is going …
OP: “poi” by Saucy Dog If I had to pick the most underrated studio in anime, I’m pretty sure it would be Pierrot. The general attitude towards them seems to range from ignored to derided. But Pierrot has had more series in my yearly Top 10 lists than any other studio, and there’s a reason …
