They say you always remember your first. The first time you kissed someone, the first time you got behind the wheel of a car, and the day your first kid was born. But for anime fans, one of the biggest firsts is our first anime crush. For me, I am not ashamed to admit that it was Misty from the …
Loser Ranger #06 — Excessive Fire Safety
Exactly how many extinguishers are there? Impressions: And why does a single one have enough gas in it to obscure an entire parking garage for five minutes? I’m very certain that would be exceptionally bad for the lungs, and likely make breathing outright impossible. Why are we even fighting in a parking garage anyway? …
The Fable – 07
Setting aside the blandness of the production, The Fable has pretty much won me over. There are a few quite good yakuza anime to be found from the past few years, but they tend to run pretty hard towards the fairy tale side of the equation. The Fable is theoretically a comedy, but it’s an …
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 07
Trust is a huge theme in Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai, the best show of the season and one that will be deeply embedded in the year-end reckoning posts. And not to come over all X-Files, but with very few exceptions “trust no one” seems to be the order of the day. I’m starting to …
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 06
As a series, Black Butler has an extremely wide tonal range. It can go from extremely dark and tragic (like much of Circus-hen) to very lighthearted and goofy – too much so with certain characters. But it can also take the middle path with extremely good effect, and that’s what it’s doing with Kishuku Gakkou-hen …