I can already tell Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru is going to be a complicated series for me (and, I think, generally). The response to last week’s episode – which I consider something of a dumpster fire – reflects that. A lot of people had problems with it, mostly but not entirely for …
The second season premiere of Vanitas no Carte has an interesting distinction at LiA (and with well over 8000 posts, that’s saying something). It’s generated the most traffic of any post that didn’t get a single comment. Why? I’m honestly not sure. There are certain series that tend to generate fewer comments than their hits …
Welcome everyone to another (late) post about The Vision of Escaflowne! Where last week was a great example of Escaflowne’smoment to moment storytelling, this week is one of the issues with that approach to narrative. What do I mean? Lets dive in and find out! To start off, what do I mean by the weaknesses …
I must confess there are times where I wonder if I’m watching the same show as most other people, and this season’s Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san is one of them. There were a lot of complaints about the first chapter from last week, “Presence”. Complaints which looped in the dream sequences from the first ep, …
Alright, now we’re getting into some shit. Based on the legendary epic novel, the OVA series The Hakkenden is known as one of the great classics of anime history, an “animator’s masterpiece” that is as revered among Japanese animators as it is unknown to international audiences. It is widely regarded as one of the great …
I was kind of surprised by the fairly negative reaction last week’s episode of Ousama Ranking received in certain quarters. In part of course because the zeitgeist about the series has been almost universally positive since its premiere, but mostly because I thought it was good. Maybe not the series’ best, but I didn’t have …
