Like most films by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster begins quietly, tracking the shoes of a child as they silently navigate a grassy embankment. The movement is furtive, hesitant; the boy we are following seems uncertain of his destination, yet cordoned in his wandering by fear of reprisal. Beyond him, electric lights glimmer in reflection upon a …
It’s a big week in manga, as Boku no Hero Academia officially ended today after a glorious ten-year run. Samu and I wanted to share our thoughts on this landmark series as close as we could get to real-time, so we recorded a retrospective podcast this past weekend. The two of us have a long …
Without any animation, this gets immeasurable worse real fast. Impressions: Boy, that week off certainly didn’t help the script, or animation for that matter. What a tedious, awfully paced episode. The first half may as well have been on a loop explaining the following two factoids. 1.) There is a magic festival, where it …
After a one-week Olympic break, Shoushimin Series returns both to the airwaves and LiA. It won the Patron Pick vote, which consisted of Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san, Shoushimin Series, Giji Harem, and Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan. To be honest I was expecting Alya-san to win, but it wasn’t even close – Shoushimin …
Boy, this is turning into a hot mess now. There is a lot if plot armor where Akira is concerned – he’s so strong that you never really feel like he could be in danger himself. But you do feel for a guy just trying to quietly exist who trouble always seeks out, even if …
If what you’re chasing in the anime experience is to have your expectations defied in a good way, Makeine is pretty hard to beat. It may be time to admit this series is a unicorn. But I have a lot of scar tissue with LN adaptations. Whenever I let myself really like one, it hurts …
