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Did You Just “Realize” That?
Steampunk is a genre that I genuinely do not fully understand. I can grasp bits and pieces of it and I have seen a few steampunk-themed shows. I…
“Apartment” To Let
There is always a problem with having a large cast in an anime, in that everyone needs to be there all the time. However, for this show, “Yōkai…
“12” Angry People
At its core, this show is no different than “Future Diary” or “Eden of the East”, where a group of people (in this case, twelve) are brought together…
“Head” for the Hills
Calloo callay! Our favorite demon bureaucratic wonk is back for a second season of marvelous mayhem in “Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 2” (“Hōzuki no Reitetsu”). You know, Hell is not…
I Come From a “Land” Down Under
This is the oddest looking show I have seen in some time. And I don’t mean wild and crazy as with “Dead Leaves”; I mean it more like…
“Blend” Into the Crowd
Another Japanese obsession I cannot wrap my noggin around is the theme café/maid café fetish. OK, I have never been to Japan and I don’t even do the…
“Ballroom” Dancing Made a Man of Me
I caught this delightful entry at AX 17, where we were the first to see it, which also spurred me to eschew a couple of other offerings to…
Short Run Series XXII: – It’s a “Wonderful” Life
It has sadly gotten to the point where I am tired of NEETs or hihikimoris or shut-ins or whatever you want to call those people who willingly shut…
A New World “Record”
One of the freedoms you get with doing an Alternate History/Universe series is that you are untethered by anything concrete in the real world to tell your tale.…
Home “Made”
Another trend that I am seeing is what I call the Cutely Brutal show. The artwork is more along a cartoony, slightly exaggerated approach, but the story itself…
Songs of the “Whales”
This is one of those stories that drops you in the middle of things and tries to explain some aspects of this odd and strange life that you…
Sneak “Attack”
OK, if you did not know that there was going to be a second season of “Attack on Titan”, you go stand in the corner with the other…
Girls Will Be “Girls”
Do not let the rather casual, almost cartoon-like animation fool you; this is a rather cruel and heartless show. “Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō”, (“Girls’ Last Tour”) tells the tale…
COMMENTARY – Keeping Abreast of the Times
If you have watched anime for any length of time, you have been presented with the city of Akihabara. Just after WWII, it was Akihabara Electric Town, a…
“In This Corner”….
I feel that I will never understand the magnitude on the Japanese psyche regarding WWII and the dropping of the bombs. It permeates every fiber of their being…
Here Comes the “Bride”
I could have seen this at AX 17, but they mooked with the scheduling so it passed me by. I had to wait for it to come online…
The “Bane” of My Existence
I wuz robbed! Someone call the anime police! What a crock of crap! Please excuse my histrionics, but never have I felt so cheated by a show as…
“Lies” We Tell Ourselves
I will never understand the Japanese mind, especially in the anime way. It’s that a lot of shows I see tend to reinforce the idea that the government…
For Me and My “Gal”
When you were in high school, there was a ton of stuff to worry about: getting into college, being popular, seeing your name in the school newspaper. But…
COMMENTARY – Land of the Lost
There is a scene from the movie “A Fish Called Wanda”, where Kevin Kline cracks open a safe, hoping to find a ton of pelf within, but is…
Short Pull Series XXVII: “Girl” Power
Slapstick is a harder genre to master than one thinks, as you have to balance the mayhem with the results. It doesn’t succeed as well as it should,…
Attack of the OVA #20 – “Rescue” Mission
Untethered OVAs, for me, are a bother, in that I end up getting plunked into the middle of something and since there is not going to be anything…
“Collection” Agency
As with any movie that comes from a successful series, I am leery that it might be just might be a recap of the series, put in movie…
Not Drawn to “Scale”
“Sword Art Online” has been one of the more interesting series (and now franchises) of the past half-dozen years. As with any movie that comes from a successful…
Where the “Battle” Rages
Well, well, lookie here. Another “Girls Who Save the World” show. I. Did. Not. See. That. Coming. Although one can compare it to the “Symphogear” series or even…
“Cheer”, Cheer, The Gang’s All Here
More Japanese weirdness. OK, sure, this is another “Girls Who Save the World” tale, but what they are doing is saving their city from neglect. Huh? Wha? Eh?…
Short-Pull Series XXVII: – Your “Children” Know
In one sense, this reminded me of “Daily Lives of High School Boys”, in that it is a series of events and actions where, at the end of…
Such is “Life”
This was heavily promoted at AX 17, but I could never find any episodes scheduled for viewing while I was there, so I had to wait for the…
Who’s On “First”?
I have often stated that they will do an anime on practically anything, so I was surprised to see a College Bowl caliber of show, where brains and…
“Freak” Out
Many of you might be going, “Wait, he’s reviewing a sports anime. He’s not a big fan of those shows.” And, yes, you are correct, but this is…
I Met Up with the “Gambler”
And here is the ‘two’ of the one-two punch. Another of those very harsh private academies animes, this one is truly a classroom of the elite, but that’s…
“Elite” Interests
This is part of a one-two punch review in regards to Japanese schools and their educational system. Most animes use the schools as a jumping-off point to look…
Lord, It’s a “Miracle”
A trope in and of itself, members of faith are usually portrayed as a caliber of charlatan or deceiver and are potentially as evil as the evil they…
The “Principal” Cause
This first came up as an offering at AX 17, but since there was zero description in the handbook about it, my initial thought that it was going…
Do You Want to Play a “Game”?
We are heaved back into the seething cauldron of uncertainty and panic, better known as high school, where the slightest misstep or errant statement can doom you to…
It’s All “New” to Me
When the show “New Game!” came out, I had two big problems with it. The first was the overwhelming female cast in it (men were there, but certainly…
Ne “Plus Ultra”
Latin is a funny language, in that it is used mostly in the scientific naming of things and in any column from George Will. There are useful phrases,…
The Halls of “Academia”
The biggest problem with any show that deals in magic is that it is all going to be referred back to ‘Harry Potter’ and how they did it.…
Too “Smart” By Half
A harem comedy. Wow, I haven’t seen one of those in about 20….minutes. Still, this one brings along a great deal of charm and heart…despite the rather capacious…
Welcome to My “World”
As much as I like “Food Wars!”, it can get too much for its own good, with those foodgasms and the overweening prats that infest the school. So…
Mortal “Sin”
Since I have really committed to anime, I notice trend after trend. This one is the “Envelope Push”. How far can we take ecchi and not have it…
“Sword” Play
This was a second season approach that I did not see coming, but it was fully welcomed, as it is something that is rarely put out there and…
Fly Me to the “Moon”
Do you remember when you first fell in love? Awash in all those giddy, uncertain emotions that were swirling about you in a kaleidoscope of feelings and sensations?…
I Call a “Redo”
I must be the dumbest sack of doorknobs out there. Why do I torture myself? I have potentially been chasing this franchise down longer than “Code Geass: Akito”,…
I’ll Take the “Blame”
It’s an anime movie. I am at least finding them a bit more often than in the past, but they still come out in a dribble, compared to…
Let’s Start At the Very “Beginning”
I am starting to notice another trend cropping up and that is the throwback style in anime. I have seen a few shows that are trying to…
Help Me, “Obi” Wan
Japan has a rich tradition of ghosts and hauntings and possession. It is almost part and parcel of their culture, right up to the present days. It’s that…
You Might Want To Sing It Note For “Note”
OK, this is a squealing girl anime, where a grouping of divergent female types somehow get together to help each other with their particular struggles, one in another…
Wonder “Twin” Powers, Activate!
How should I refer to these shows? Estrogen-heavy? X chromosome only? Ladies Night Out? I am seeing a larger-than-normal amount of these female-centric shows, not just in the…
Acting On It
Animes about the arts are a high abundance genre. Having just completed one about rakugo, I was interested in kabuki. I do not know if this is the…