I noted last week how strange it was that Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun seems to draw very little commentary, despite being both popular and well-reviewed. Another notable thing about it – it’s extremely difficult to screencap. From a blogging perspective this show is brutal, because simply put I just want to screenshot everything. It’s an extraordinarily …
Let me start by saying this: I love Okitsura. Love, love, love it. This series has as much heart as anything I’ve watched in ages. No question about it, Okitsura is a rarity for me. I almost never write-up shows I didn’t cover at all, even in a First Impressions post. I picked it up …
To paraphrase George Costanza, I could use the break. First off, no – we didn’t get an official Season 2 announcement here. So technically this post should have been labeled as a “Finale and Series Review”. But we all know it’s going to happen. Ao no Hako is a commercial hit and a WSJ property, …
Wooper: Last season, I couldn’t even scrape together 10 shows to preview, but this time we’re doing more than 20. The number one reason for that is variety, since there are fewer fantasy anime on offer this spring, leaving room for a bit more of everything else. Mystery fans will be pleased to learn that …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. We report to you now from the first round of the summer tournament, where the top-seeded team and last year’s winners Tosei are facing off against the largely unknown Nishiura, whose roster appears to consist of largely freshmen players. Predictions weren’t calling for much of a …
One couldn’t help note that veterans of the Kusuriya no Hitorigoto LN/manga were looking forward to this episode rather gleefully (the word “frog” popped up over and over). It’s easy enough to see why now that it’s over, though whatever happened is still very much a work in progress. It was a meaningful episode to …
