As a companion piece to the Takahashi Rumiko retrospective, here’s a look at my top 5 Rumiko series. And an added bonus, top 5 Rumiko characters. As usual these are listed in no particular order. Series: Inuyasha – No particular order indeed, but it has to start here with me. Inuyasha is a series that …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I figured we’d stop back with Rentaro and the gang, and see how his sacred quest to acquire one hundred girlfriends is proceeding. Though this production has normally managed to combine preposterous farce with some unexpectedly thoughtful reflections on communication and healthy partnerships, I have …
You wouldn’t think a schoolgirl golf tournament (with a few adult women, albeit) would be this exciting. But then, you’d have had a hard time convincing me Go or karuta or a koto competition would be either. Storytelling has that power, if it’s in the right hands. If you happen to be a fan of …
You know, considering how much Goku and Luffy eat, it feels appropriate that they’re balloons at the Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, though it’s only the 98th. It got canceled from 1942-44 because they needed the rubber for World War II. In that time, countless …
This was a pretty frustrating episode of Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka. But it must be said, that resonated with me because I got the frustration. That didn’t make it any easier to watch, but at least it was coming from a valid place. But if you’re not someone who’s been frustrated for the …
Ao no Hako is not doing any reinvention here. No doubt about it, this is a series very much grounded in formula. I wouldn’t say that’s a strength, but with genre series it’s not necessarily a weakness either. If anything, maybe it’s a restrictor plate (NASCAR reference, sorry). It’s possible that a formula series can …
