Somehow Bones just seems to have an instinct for this sort of material. Read more
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SK∞ – 03
This is the skateboarding anime the world needed, whether it knew it or not. Read more
SK∞ – 04
Best eyecatches of the season, no contest. Read more
SK∞ – 05
Adam is the sort of character that will drag any series into the nether reaches of ridiculousness, that's for sure. Read more
SK∞ – 07
Often when shows like this go serious it takes them too far out of their comfort zone, but this pretty much worked for me. Read more
SK∞ – 11
Where's Graham Chapman when you need him? Read more
SK∞ – 10
That was a bit of a slam... Read more
SK∞ – 09
Geez, just get a room already. Read more
SK∞ (First Impression)
“Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters…
Second Impressions – SK∞
So far I think SK∞ is succeeding very handsomely at being exactly what it's setting out to be. Read more
First Impressions – SK∞
Yes, abandon counts for a lot. Read more
Anime Taste Testing: SK∞
Fast and Furious: Okinawa Drift.
SK∞ #02 — Training Not-Montage
Aren't we already past the bit where he can't skate? I see Funimation quite randomly put up Cells at Work Black's third and fourth episode today and…
SK∞ #01 — Skateboard Fight Club
I like how the episode preview is just listing off corny Canadian stereotypes. Impressions: The weirdest thing about this show is not that there's a secret society of…
SK∞ – 12 (End) and Series Review
We always give more chances to shows that have it and lose it than ones that never had it in the first place. Read more
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SK∞ has a lot of skating but not a lot of dying
Safety equipment only slows you down. This is canon.
Noblesse – 06
It's status quo for Noblesse after this episode, which is mostly a good thing. Read more
Sakugan – 06
"JUSTICE FOR VILLAINS" Society is inherently corrupt, powerful people are two-faced liars, the only path to justice is one you carve yourself.
Beastars – 06
Trying to get inside the author's head is often a bad idea, but I don't see any way to watch Beastars without doing so. Read more The post…
Overtake! – 06
「鈴鹿, 雨 -I don`t want you to race.-」 (Suzuka, Ame: I Don`t Want You to Race.) "Suzuka, Rain -I don`t want you to race.-" When it rains, it pours.
Horimiya – 06
You take the bitter with the sweet, I suppose. Read more
Overtake! – 06
If I had a kid I don't think there's any way I could let him or her race cars - the stress would be unbearable.
Jigokuraku – 06
「心とことわり」 (Kokoro to Kotowari) "Heart and Reason" I'd say that was pretty disturbing on multiple levels
Helck – 06
「襲来」 (Shuurai) "Invasion" Wait until Vamirio learns about fishing with explosives
Horimiya – 06
「今年の夏は、あついから。」 (Kotoshi no natsu wa, atsuikara.) "It's Hot This Summer" You take the bitter with the sweet, I suppose.
SSSS.Dynazenon – 06
「この切なさって、なに？」 (Kono setsuna-sa tte, nani?) "What is This Sadness?" With so many shows suffering from a sort of identity crisis that hinders their upside, SSSS.Dynazenon’s directness is especially refreshing.
Gleipnir – 06
「収集者」 (Shuushuusha) "Gatherers" Not Safe for Web Conferences.
Pluto – 06
Pluto as a whole is Urasawa Naoki's creation, but of course the roots of it are in Tezuka Osamu's creation.
Listeners – 06
「グッバイ・ブルー・スカイ (Goodbye Blue Sky)」 (Gubbai Burū Sukai) "Goodbye Blue Sky" Poor, poor Echo.
Plunderer – 06
「勘」 (Kan) "Hunch" Now those are some smiles worth protecting.
Oooku – 06
"Episode 06" Oooku raises the question of "What is gender?"
Revenger – 06
This ep was among the most unadorned so far, if I were to put a label on it. Read more
Deaimon – 06
「芋名月」 (Imo Meigetsu) "Autumn's Potato Moon" Ohana means family and family means no one get’s left behind or forgotten.
Pet – 06
In Pet there's some sense of consequence for deeds done, but it has it occasions where it makes me strain to find a reason to care. Read more…
BNA – 06
「Fox Waltz」 “Perhaps the same could be said of ALL religions!”
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Sengoku Youko – 06
We're so very much at the early stages of Sengoku Youko that it's hard to believe how much has already happened.
Dungeon Meshi – 06
This episode is an impressive piece of work, full of clever little visual details and a cheeky sense of visual humor.
Mieruko-chan – 06
This adaptation is proving very popular and I get why. Read more
Heike Monogatari – 06
Heike Monogatari returned this week to the more character-oriented stories of its first two episodes. The renewed focus on Shigemori’s children saw Biwa come back in a major…
Engage Kiss – 06
「悪魔殺しの第三者」 (Akuma-goroshi no Daisansha) "Third-Party Demon Killer" Third partied in the cutest way possible.
Lycoris Recoil – 06
"Opposites attract" I take two steps forward. I take two steps back.
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! – 06
「戦闘員、派遣します！」 (Sentouin, Haken Shimasu!) "Combatants Will Be Dispatched!" Now that's what I call a rejection.
Mieruko-chan – 06
「スゴいの見える」 (Sugoi no Mieru) "She Sees Real Crazy Ones" My Neighbor Totoro 2: The God of Death
Tengoku Daimakyou – 06
「100%安全水」 (Hyaku Paasento Anzen Mizu) "100% Safe Water" The best anime double-bill in years chalks up another flawless Saturday, as Heavenly Delusion once again holds up its end of the…
Ryman’s Club – 06
Because of the nature of its premise, Ryman's Club is in a rather unique niche among sports anime. Read more
Super Cub – 06
「私のカブ」 (Watashi no Cub) "My Cub" If Reiko is like a racing horse wearing blinkers. Koguma is like your neighbor's fat cat that likes to stroll around town getting treats…
Heike Monogatari – 06
If nothing else something of the pathos of this series can be salvaged if the narration slows down enough to give it a chance to express itself. Read…