I think Mission: Yozakura Family is pretty much the definition of a mid-tier Weekly Shounen Jump property. Middle of the rankings (usually), middle of the ToC (usually), middling volume sales, middling reviews. Of course mid for WSJ is still pretty big for anybody else. As such it’s a surprise it took this long for Yozakura-san …
We sure have been talking about “that” niche a lot around here lately (I really do need to come up with an official name for it). And boy, if any show ever looked like central casting for it, Tonari no Yokai-san is that show. Honestly it almost seemed too on the money, a concern I …
In terms of pre-season expectations, The Fable is the biggest premiere of the season so far. There have been qualifiers all along with me – the studio, the fact that I don’t know the source material, a director that hasn’t done much work in three decades. Add to that now we’re looking at a 25-episode …
Existential Angst: The Anime. This isn’t the crow show. That one’s about a royal crow court. Again, NHK-only with no online streams, so apparently just in the wind right now, and I’ve got other things to do with my day. Like play Unicorn Overlord. Impressions: Not even good drama over it either. I suddenly …
A lot of those gun hiding places seem incredibly suspect. I’m not sure what the deal with the crow show is, but it’s an NHK-only show, and I get the impression that the old-school rippers no longer exist with just downloading streams being so much easier, so it may be in the void for …
The most negative depiction of idols I’ve seen in years. Impressions: The production side is certainly putting in some genuine effort. The direction in particular. The Scrubs-like fantasy scenes, uncommon as they are, are at least an interesting way to show what the protagonist is thinking rather than have her simply announce and explain …
