Fun fact – the seiyuu playing Kawamata Sanae is named Osanai. Unfortunately that may just be my favorite part of this episode. Honestly compels me to admit that Shoushimin Series really hasn’t worked for me on the whole. But even within that context, I think I liked it better when it was about nothing. Because …
Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid (88/100)
Hey kids! Remember back in the 90s-2000s, people were convinced that video games made people violent? Or believed that video games were only violent shooters, and stuff like D&D and Pokemon were Satanic? These days, actual studies have shown video games by themselves don’t cause people to become violent or engage in violent acts, and …
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction – 5-9
The countdown to August 32nd has begun, but Dead Dead Demon remains fiercely committed to its coming of age story. I don’t know if I’ll ever return to weekly blogging, but these five episodes certainly made a case for the practice. When you write about an anime every week, there’s a lot less to …
Wistoria #09 — Show Vs Tell
It’s not supposed to be a battle royal between show and tell, guys. Impressions: Certainly a budget saving episode, and I guess we’re starting with the wind elf dude’s schtick, which is that he actually sucks compared to other elves, and has decided to be just like the people that he resents and made …
The Fable – 22
Maybe more than any series I know, The Fable strikes a believable balance in its depiction of the Japanese mafia as I roughly guess it to be like. Some of the people here are smart, some pretty dumb. There are those evil in a calculating way, rabid violence-addicted dogs, power seekers. Most of them are …
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 18
Holy plot twist. There are certainly some very good shows airing this season (most of them on Sunday, sadly for me). One can argue which is the best overall (or not – it’s this one). But I don’t think there’s much of a case to dispute that Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is the best-written. …