A double-episode on a Sunday is just cruel, what with the schedule being what it is. Seriously, could there be anything more Japanese than a guy coming into a house, pointing a gun at you, and saying “somebody walked into your house without taking off their shoes. Can’t you be more surprised?” But then, this …
Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) – 07
I think the fundamental problem with the cast of Makeine is pretty straightforward. Imagine relationships were skiing – though perhaps snowboarding is a better analogy given the age of these characters. If you show up at the resort with no experience, the first thing you really ought to do is take lessons. But if there’s …
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 16
For all the other things Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai does well, it has a curious effect on me. I would almost describe it as “cleansing” – I feel refreshed and invigorated after watching an episode. There’s such a purity and timelessness to the storytelling here. It’s something anime can do extremely well, but does …
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 08
I’ll stipulate to the fact that there were a couple of clunky CGI moments here. Nothing like this horsey stuff – this was mercifully brief, just enough to be a mild annoyance. But I gotta say, the evidence of how good a job this adaptation is doing is the way it’s depicting Shoukan. He was …
YenPress Announcement Round-up from Anime NYC 2024
At Anime NYC the North American based localisation studio and book publisher YenPress announced a large selection of new titles that will be coming to readers in the near future. A rundown of these announcements, of which were made on the companies social media profiles, can be found below: Light Novel: Did You Think My Yuri …
The Elusive Samurai #08 — Squaring Up Very, Very Gradually
The mid-season doldrums are striking hard. Impressions: The battle starts, after all the setup, and then the entire rest ofthe episode is spent on even more setup. Possibly the most interesting part of this episode is entirely on a technical level, where their CGI blending got a bit sloppy and awkward. The whole episode …