Ranma ½ is definitely clicking for me in a way Urusei Yatsura didn’t. Which isn’t a huge surprise, given that I hold the manga in higher regard. I’d forgotten that director Uda Kounosuke did Ginga e Kickoff among his many other credits, but he’s doing a great job capturing the zaniness of the original without …
There’s plenty to talk about with this episode of Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite. Starting with the fact that it’s the best new series of the season so far, and by a pretty healthy margin too. What I hoped would happen – that in making the transition to anime the things that bothered me …
We would like to interrupt whatever it is you’re doing today to let you something important. And it’s about Dragon Ball. Paying attention now? Good. Earlier this month, Dragon Ball Daima, the newest chapter in the long-running franchise and the final contribution of its late creator, Akira Toriyama, premiered in Japan and on Crunchyroll worldwide. …
Yeah, I really don’t get this one at all. In the final analysis who’s directing a show doesn’t matter of course. What matters is whether it works for you, and Kimi wa Meido-sama really doesn’t. But I’m fascinated by mysteries, and why the top director in TV anime ended up on a series about which …
Come on, it’s cyberpunk. Impressions: The most appealing part of this episode was the titular overlord staring blankly whenever people would ramble incoherently about hacking or their favoite mascot characters. And rambling incoherently was the name of the game here. The episode was about twenty straight minutes of exposition. I guess at least it …
Another season of Boku no Hero Academia is in the books. An odd time for a finale, two weeks into the fall season – but 21 is an odd number of episodes (and not just literally). The announcement of an eighth – and final – season coinciding with the finale seems like it should have …
