Category Archives: Assorted Anime Reviews

I am surprised by the number of shows that have caught my interest this summer, usually this is the slowest part of the year but Tari Tari has managed to stand out a bit for me. It looks to be a more laid back slice of life series and while I feared that Wakana would [...]

I have to hand it to Satelight they pulled a Halo Reach scenario in that I was left hoping somehow some way enough of them would make it out. Even as casulaties mounted I thought that Yui, Yamshiro, and Izumi would have survived and would soon begin the long road to crazed BETA hunters Alas in the grim future [...]

Another season another slim crop of mecha series to follow and with the dreadful lack of new Real Robot all that is left is ML Total Eclipse. I have to be honest as a spin-off of a spin-off things can get completely out of hand, but it will be fun to have no spoilers even [...]

Obvious – if you happen to be proficient in both Japanese and English. I don’t even think the original Sherlock Holmes could have seen through that one.

Impressions! Once again I shall rank my picks based on entertainment value: 1) Rather-crawl-through-a-mile-of-barbed-wire 2) As-absorbing-as-the-average-screensaver 3) Would-distract-me-from-Youtube 4) Possibly-critically-acclaimed-but-not-my-cup-of-tea 5) New-episode-puts-smile-on-my-face 6) Refreshing-all-day-every-day-platinum-hype Generally, 1) & 2) are anime that I’ve dropped, 3) is anime I’d watch if I had nothing else, and 5) & 6) should be obvious. You might notice the new [...]

The Gods have been good and while this show will be ignored by the unenlightened it is very intent on being a nerd’s show and you better not blink for you will miss plenty if you so much as sneeze. The journey to R’lyeh was rather unexpected I thought that Dagon were vile creatures that [...]

Through Miya, all things are possible. The series comes to a close with a fanservice episode that ended up not being all that fanservicey, thankfully. While it was set in an onsen spa and there was fanservice, it actually wasn’t too bad for the most part. That said, it wasn’t quite the first Haruka or [...]