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12 Days of Something V: Genuinely Bringing Happiness to People All Over the...
Last week it was a certain mangaka’s birthday. Okayado is best known for being the creator of Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou, a series that has a surprising level of popularity outside of Japan...
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12 Days of Something V: Sumo Wrestling a Copier
Originally a Youtube sketch comedy short series, Peeping Life made its first full-length TV series appearance this past season. Using CG rendered characters and characters from various Tatsunoko Pro...
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12 Days of Something V: Actually I Am…Certain This Isn’t As Good As I Hoped
It’s rather cliche at this point to watch an anime after reading the manga and come out disappointed with the former. Last year it was Trinity Seven which I was slightly hyped up for and the adaptation...
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12 Days of Something V: It’s Just People Talking About Nothing
Like Peeping Life that would air late in the year, Tesagure! Bukatsumono had a third season that was the first to be broadcast to a larger audience. The show itself is part of a trend of series that...
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Secret Santa Anime Review: The Legend of Black Heaven
The late-90s were an interesting time for anime. This wasn’t an era when everything that was airing and all that came before it were bad. This was near the end of a period in Japan that would be called...
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12 Days of Something V: The One Where I Went to Japan
I thought this was a nice plant to take a picture of. Back in late-August/early-September (the International Date Line messes with things), I finally did the journey to Japan that a lot of people would...
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30 Things I Like About My 30 Favorite Anime: High School DxD
I think this gif is required for all DxD posts. (If you are seeing this post, then I am celebrating Leicester City winning the Premier League. That dumb superstition is why there haven’t been any posts...
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Super Lovers: A Show From This Season That I Like
I wish I could look that good after a car accident From time to time, I like to use my blog to highlight some unconventional titles that I like watching. The back of your mind is now screaming “That’s...
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Revisiting Dropped Anime 1: Shirobako
Where I last left off on Shirobako. Exodus was leaving the screens forever. It’s time for a new feature on this blog, and I have decided that I will go back periodically and revisit anime that I have...
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30 Things I Like About My 30 Favorite Anime: Akira
In this edition of 30 Things, I discuss an aspect of my 26th favorite anime, Akira. This film has been well known to Western fandom for over a quarter century now. I even remember seeing the ads that...
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Revisiting Dropped Anime 2: Monogatari Second Season
When I last left off I was bored watching the end of Mayoi. Welcome back for the 2nd edition of the feature where I revisit shows that I dropped and see if my opinion of them changed. This time I go...
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12 Days of Something VI: Partying Way Too Hard
This is not the best fighting technique. Airing back in January was one of those fabled Isekai shows I talked about earlier in Konosuba. This was a very enjoyable series from start to finish with...
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12 Days of Something VI: I Finally, Finally Finished Toradora
Where I last left off, a little over a month into the history of this blog. I’m using the occasion of 12 Days to finally get to the 3rd edition of Revisiting Dropped Anime. This effort goes back to a...
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12 Days of Something VI: An 8 Minute Lesson In Taking Care of a Sick Person
A valid description of this particular episode. My Wife is the Student Council President! (or Okusama ga Seitokaichou! for those who prefer those sorts of titles) is rarely anything but the most classy...
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12 Days of Something VI: A Very Bad Idea
This is always how good ideas start. Picking up from last year, Aeroblip and I have continued our quest to drink through every good ecchi and/or harem anime that has ever been made. Highlights from...
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12 Days of Something VI: Making Friends With Similar Interests
“Really J? This show?” Last week, I spent a bunch of time basically lying in bed for entire days because strep throat and sinus infection. So to kill some time I would occasionally load up a streaming...
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12 Days of Something VI: Looking Ahead to 2017
Since this post will be coming on the last Sunday of one of the worst years I have never known, I think this final post of this year’s 12 Days series will look ahead to the year 2017 in anime. Believe...
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Youjo Senki and Free Will
A journey begins with a shove off of a train platform. The series I started the most on a whim this season was Youjo Senki (or The Saga of Tanya the Evil for those who like clumsy official names). The...
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