3,625 days. 87,000 hours. 5,220,000 minutes. Two moves to Japan. That's how much time has passed since I started blogging Hyouge Mono. Read more
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Hyouge Mono – 20
It's hard to overstate how important the way of tea and aesthetics generally were in court life at the end of the 16th-century. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 35
I'm not sure I've ever used Google more for a show than I do for this one. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 21
He may see it as mainly a way to supplement his considerable expenses as an aesthete, but Sasuke still has to succeed as a warrior to get by…
Hyouge Mono – 29
I think this is the first time in 29 episodes that we've seen Rikyu truly rattled, and with good reason. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 27
Over the years I've often pondered who the true protagonist of Hyouge Mono is, and whether it matters. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 26
Hyouge Mono would never be normal. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 19
I won't swear to it, but I may have skipped a week with this series. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 34
The gloves are off now... Read more
Hyouge Mono – 22
Sasuke plays the fool rather a lot in this series, but that shouldn't gloss over the fact that he's both ruthless and clever. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 25
More than enough is too much. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 36
When they compile the list of the greatest anime almost nobody knows about, I imagine Hyouge Mono will be pretty highly placed. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 28
The aesthetes' world was a battleground of its own, in a sense. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 37
Fiction or no, this is history we're watching here. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 32
It's worth mentioning over and over - Hyouge Mono is a masterpiece. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 33
Rikyu speaks of his eye for detail here, but this series' eye for detail is remarkable. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 30
The wheels of fate continue to turn, drawing us closer to the events we know are coming. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 38
Even if things didn't actually happen this way, it makes one hell of a poetic story. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 23
"Esoteric" is a word you don't get much chance to use when talking about anime these days. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 31
Writing fictionalized history is a fascinating exercise. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 24
I suspect this series appears to be much more far-fetched than it actually is. Read more
OtakuGeneration (Show #414) Hyouge Mono
Shownotes :: (show 414) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Hyouge Mono, recorded live May 12th, 2013. This week we talked about…
K-ON!, K-ON!: The Movie, My Bride is a Mermaid, My Neighbor Totoro, Colorful
Hyouge Mono 03: Stairway to the Heavens
It turns out that we do not get to see Kinkakuji in this episode, but rather Nobunaga’s rebuilt Azuchi castle – built not only to be a defensive…
Hyouge Mono 02 – “Fantasy of the Tea Room”
Episode 2 begins by introducing us to Sen no Soeki, who seems to be standing in for Nobunaga`s historical tea master Sen no Rikyū. The writers likely have…
Helck – 24 (End) and Series Review
I guess it's better to go out on a high, though that just makes the way this ended that much more frustrating.
Noblesse – 13 (End) and Series Review
Noblesse kind of limped across the line if we're being honest. Read more
SSSS.Dynazenon – 12 (End) and Series Review
Perhaps more than any art form I know, anime is at its best when crafted by people who truly love it. Read more
Overtake! – 12 (End) and Series Review
Like all good sports anime, Overtake excels at both the competition and the story of the people taking part in it.
Revenger – 12 (End) and Series Review
In an era where original anime are rarely worthy of the name, Revenger was a breath of fresh air and a welcome outlier. Read more
Oooku – 10 (End) and Series Review
As good fantasy often does, Oooku uses the pretext of its premise to shed light on reality in ways a less fanciful series would struggle to do. Read…
Mononogatari – 24 (End) and Series Review
Mononogatari is a show that's always been in the middle for me. Read more
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
Pet – 13 (End) and Series Review
That was certainly a suitably WTF ending for this series - anything less would have been a letdown I suppose. Read more The post Pet – 13 (End)…
Pluto – 08 (End) and Series Review
These robots are humanity's children, and if they gain sentience it's our responsibility to educate them on what to do with it.
Horimiya – 13 (End) and Series Review
Horimiya is a series with a big spread of options, but Ishihama loaded up on too much dry chicken and stale bread and left the carving station and…
Hyouge Mono 01 – “Would You Die for a Teakettle?” (with introduction and notes)
Boy, this show is rich. Incredibly rich. Hyouge Mono is a 13 episode series being produced by Bee Train – and more importantly, Japan’s public broadcasting station NHK…
Baccano! – 14-16 (End) and Series Review
There are certain series where you just can't help but bemoan the lack of a sequel, and Baccano is definitely one. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 13 (End) and Series Review
If there was ever a show that qualified as a tweener, it's Appare-Ranman!. Read more
Summertime Render – 25 (End) and Series Review
I’ve been waiting for a show like Summertime Render for a long, long time. Read more
Ao Ashi – 24 (End) and Series Review
Not the title I was hoping to use. Read more
Ousama Ranking – 23 (End) and Series Review
This is going to be complicated... Read more
Vinland Saga – 24 (End) and Series Review
"End of the Prologue" indeed. Read more The post Vinland Saga – 24 (End) and Series Review appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mieruko-chan – 12 (End) and Series Review
Mieruko-chan has some big blemishes but the stuff it has to get right in order to work, it generally does. Read more
The Fable – 25 (End) and Series Review
For the material at hand this adaptation worked very well, and probably deserves more credit than it's been getting.
Odd Taxi – 13 (End) and Series Review
Well, that was certainly something. Read more
Tonikaku Cawaii – 12 (End) and Series Review
The euphoria of being close to someone you're in love with is a feeling quite unlike anything else in the human condition, and rarely do you see it…
Mars Red – 13 (End) and Series Review
Mars Red was a great series and its finale was an abject masterpiece, and it doesn't really matter who believes that and who doesn't. Read more
Kemono Jihen – 12 (End) and Series Review
Mixed emotions doesn't even begin to cover it. Read more
Blue Period – 12 (End) and Series Review
This last run of episodes has been really spectacular, and the finale more than held up its end of the bargain. Read more
Sabikui Bisco – 12 (End) and Series Review
I wouldn’t say it was a whimper, but I was hoping for a bigger bang. Read more
Paripi Koumei – 12 (End) and Series Review
Looking back, there’s just not much “there” there for me. Read more