There are actually times I debate whether I should continue to cover Kingdom, at least as a weekly. As a rule I avoid letting popularity dictate my blogging decisions, but Kingdom is so singularly anonymous that I genuinely do feel as if I’m writing these posts for myself. I usually get a couple of comments …
Undead Unluck – 21 [Memento Mori] It’s simultaneously fantastic and depressing just how good Undead Unluck is when it’s not poorly paced. Seriously, this episode was brilliant. Spending 20 minutes with a young Andy who doesn’t know about his powers? Watching him go from this dour person unable to find joy in life to one …
If I’ve learned anything in following this series for five months, it’s not let its moods deceive me. Light-hearted eps usually end up heavy and dark, and seemingly random developments usually turn out to be plot-critical. Even knowing this intellectually, it’s hard not to slip. I certainly found myself musing on how the recent serious …
Five more chapters. Chapters of wondrousness, it must be said – this was another tremendous adaptation. I wonder what Akagi Hiroaki is cooking up here, though. We (hardcores) thought we knew where this was ending – Chapter 113, the last of volume 8. It was utterly inevitable. But here we are at Chapter 99, with …
Why does his head look pasted on to a wax body? Impressions: I just want this season to end to provide a clean break. Well, and I want it to not be suddenly blizzarding in March for some goddamned reason, but I don’t think OLM is going to be reversing climate change any time soon. …
Channel 4 continues to add [Adult Swim] related content to its streaming platform, as late last year it added FLCL Shoegaze and more recently Ninja Kamui has become available to Stream on the service. According to the Channel 4 website all three episodes of FLCL Shoegaze are available to stream in English Dubbed format, with …
