Definitely not a guy you want to face in hand-to-hand combat. Gachiakuta is a funny one. By most measures it’s a hit. And the anime is doing very well – hopefully well enough for more seasons. Volume sales have basically doubled off pre-anime numbers (though those were down substantially from their peak). And for the …
How do you half-ass or mess up a montage? Impressions: Another one of this show’s utterly baffling episodes. It starts out acting like it’s going to be about summer vacation stuff, and instead gets sidetracked into a ten minute meet-cute with some random 12 year old. There’s no jokes here. Just him blushing about her …
Pay your artists. Quasi-Impressions: There’s nothing worth talking about in the episode itself. It was a beach episode. They went through the checklist and everybody made their one obligatory joke, often at odds with previous ‘lore’, such as it is. Now she’s bad with salty things, after spending every episode wolfing down salty snacks. …
Spy X Family Season 3 – 09 The frustrations of watching Spy X Family are different from Fumetsu no Anata e, though almost as vexing. Fumetsu is a tropical cyclone of weirdness, capable of higher highs and wildly unpredictable. With SpyFam I pretty much know from an episode preview whether it’s going to suck (like …
Kingdom is in one of those patches where I really need a scorecard to remember the names. That’s realistic – in a battle this size the number of commanders who play vital roles is astronomical. And the fact that the subtitles never match the voice track because each name has two readings makes a bigger …
At some point you just have to give credit where it’s due. The ability of Fumetsu no Anata e to actually keep getting weirder, in spite of the seeming impossibility of the task, is truly impressive. Every time you think it’s topped out it moves the goal posts. In all seriousness, it takes real talent …
