In some ways I feel like there was progress here. But all the things that annoy me about Yubisaki to Renren were still present, and a whole bunch of new mines got laid down on top of them. And I continue to be bothered by what I can only call the Shigatsu Effect. Does the …
This week sees three new releases from Anime Limited, including To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts which seems to have been released a week earlier this previously expected. Out This Week: 22nd January 2024 Akame Ga Kill! – Complete Series (Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray) Flowers of Evil – Complete Series (Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray) To the Abandoned Sacred …
We’re still early in the season. The bubbles are still forming, and there’s the Patron Pick balloting to consider. But I have to say, Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san is working for me. I recognize that this is a “horses for courses” thing, more fit than anything (as many shows which fill this niche are). But if …
The fact that Kingdom weekly looses a barrage of Chinese names at me like arrows at an army climbing a hill is rough enough. The fact that it does so on Japanese Sunday when I’ve got like 27 other shows on the docket compounds the problem. I’m going to have to give myself a break …
Man, Bucchigiri?! is something else altogether. It leaves the driveway at 80 MPH and never slows down or looks back. “Unhinged” is the word that kept popping through my head watching this ep. It’s kind of a free-association sensation, as we pinball from one absurdity to the next. Everything is connected and it all sort …
The thick plottens. A pretty straightforward mystery episode for The Apothecary Diaries here, without a lot of obvious character-focused material for the main cast. I’m not convinced there wasn’t a bit snuck in there though at the end of the episode, though that’s strictly my speculation. As I understand it fans of the LN/manga are …
