This has certainly developed into one of the more interesting and even thought-provoking series of the season. By anime (less so manga) standards The Fable is pretty unsparing in its depiction of the yakuza and those who people it. There’s an element of fantasy here, no doubt, but not a lot of whitewashing. As I’ve …
Wakamiya may just be entering magnificent bastard territory. Though some of you are surely tired of my repeating it by now, Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is really great. It’s great because it doesn’t just do one thing well, but a bunch – and exceptionally, too. It’s clear that Abe Chisato’s writing is spectacular – …
Maybe stop giving speeches for fifteen seconds. Impressions: The writing’s not getting any more cohesive at any point. Whether it’s a dude getting his lungs evaporated and then sitting up a couple minutes later to give a speech about how he was still in on the big distraction plan, to an exceptionally long flashback …
For many series, one might find it unusual to dedicate the entire finale to matters that had almost nothing to do with the seasonal plot. But Kuroshitsuji marches to its own drummer, of that there can be no doubt. It’s always taken unconventional turns when it comes to narrative structure, and its story arcs almost …
Question: With the passage of time and changing circumstances, do you believe certain disliked anime have been vindicated? Answer: Less than two generations ago anime was such an unknown and unheard of medium in the United States that fans who were aware of it called it “Japanimation,” as a means of straightforwardly defining what it …
It’s glory days for golf anime. And pretty good for Netflix anime too. Their track record this past year or so is pretty solid. They’re often working with big studios, and getting a lot of big-name directors as well. I’m enjoying T.P. Bon a lot, which as a Bones series directed by Andou Masahiro certainly …
