The Blue Wolves of Mibu (for once the more liberal English title is better than the literal translation) is an outlier for me in many ways. I mean it started very late, sure but that’s no big. Rather, my expectations for it were higher than I could easily justify. Not a hugely-praised manga, and Days …
Don’t let the store move TOO fast. Impressions: What gets me is that they clearly know what would be exciting. Just do what’s being advertised and teased in the OP. Women on fire. Magic fights. Robots with laser cannons. Instead, the episode is… the main character wandering around aimlessly, lamenting that he doesn’t really …
This is why children hate you, grandpa. Impressions: I love the attempted framing device of an old man telling some whining kids a heroic story and instead getting this episode. Gather round, children, and listen to the tale of a bland kid going about his business for twenty minutes, then some ruffians appear, get beaten up, …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am eager to continue our journey aboard the Galaxy Express, and see what wonders the cosmos have to offer us. Well, I say that like I’m expecting anything good to happen, when in truth Tetsuro’s journeys have mostly centered on veneers of exotic beauty …
If ever a series were bubblicious, it’s Trillion Game. It doesn’t have anything about it that especially stands out. But it does deliver what it promises. Even when Madhouse isn’t trotting out their A game their shows have a look, and Trillion Game has it. And while nothing here is flamboyantly exceptional, everything here is …
I continue to be pretty impressed by 365 Days to the Wedding. Even in a crowded season’s crowded-est day it stands out as intelligently written and distinctive. I haven’t been a huge fan of any of Wakaki Tamiki’s prior series, which was really my only qualifier when I identified this series as a sleeper. But …
