No question about it, Ooi Tonbo has taken quite a turn. A perfectly logical one given the nature of the premise, and one it’s navigated very well so far. Nevertheless a whiplash-inducing hairpin worthy of Big Sur to be sure. It would be hard to imagine anything more different from the first season and still …
I’ve made no false claims to be a neutral on Hina. You may disagree with my take on her (it ain’t positive) but I’ve never been anything less that totally honest about it. I find her in a word, annoying. In many more words irritating, selfish, and cliched. Unfortunately all of the aspects of Blue …
Congrats to Negaposi Angler for winning the Fall 2024 Patron poll. It was a clear win, though a competitive race. Honesty compels me to admit I might very well have covered it anyway, even airing on the busiest day of the season. And at that, I’m still kind of on the fence about the series …
Occasionally a song will run through my head when I’m watching a show. This time around I kept hearing “Peaceful Easy Feeling” by The Eagles (written by folkie Jack Tempchin). It’s not like it’s one of my favorite songs or anything, so I basically never think about it. But the vibe of Kekkon suru tte, …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I announce with some degree of trepidation that we are returning to Uzumaki, the recent adaptation of Junji Ito’s famed horror manga. Though the first episode of this adaptation was actually phenomenal, there were apparently some catastrophic production breakdowns in the course of this series’ …
There’s a definite divide in manga adaptations. Well, there are several – you get outright dogs like the Biscuit Hammer fiasco and some that are just generally subpar. But broadly speaking I’m talking about the difference between those that simply transfer the story to the screen and those that genuinely adapt it. Anime is not …
