| 10:57am | Kuchuu Buranko - 04 | | | | This time: a baseball player. It’s interesting how every episode of Kuchuu Buranko deals with the media of some sort. This formulaic format limits creativity: unlike Aoi Bungaku the variety isn’t really this series’ strong point. Instead, what it needs to do is make the whole series... |
| 10:22pm | Darker than Black - Ryuusei no Gemini - 05 | | | | Ah, so after the initial blast and fast pace, these few episodes take a step back in order to build up for the second half of this series. It’s a tried and true formula, and these episodes despire their quiet nature are still well written and make use of their time to develop and flesh out the... |
| 12:47pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni - 19 | | | | This episode takes a bit of a step back as it explains more about “Gretel”’s past. Her classmates were stereotypical to say the least, but at least it’s good to see a bit more attention for her, and a bit of a more detailed report of what happened to Eva after the massacre... |
| 9:37pm | Gasaraki Review - 87,5/100 | | | | Right now, I’m going to be saying something that I never would have thought to claim a year and a half ago: Sunrise Mecha-series rock! Of course, I’m not talking about their cheesy Gundam or Code Geass series, but their lesser known works: I’ve seen quite a few of them by now, and... |
| 10:46am | Kimi ni Todoke - 05 | | | | Every time I watch this show I get reminded of how utterly bland Kazehaya is/ He doesn’t feel like a character, and much more like a bunch of plot devices to get to Sawako’s development and the author’s view on morals and values. Fortunately, he only appeared in the first quarter... |
| 6:04pm | Full Metal Alchemist - The Blind Alchemist OVA | | | | Okay, as requested: an entry about the recently released OVA of Full Metal Alchemist called the Blind Alchemist. It’s going to be a short entry because it’s a pretty straightforward episode, but it’s interesting to mention it nonetheless. So basically Ed and Al meet an alchemist... |
| 1:01pm | Konnichiwa Anne - 31 | | | | The episodes in this series have really ranged from incredibly bad to incredibly good. This episode was another gem for this anime. A unique episode that really closes off Anne’s development. Ah, screw Mr Hammond’s death. This guy was too one-dimensional to really have an impact. What... |
| 8:45pm | Aoi Bungaku - 04 | | | | What an amazing conclusion to the No Longer Human story. The past four episodes have really been storytelling at its finest. This episode yet again pushes the characters into an entirely different direction, and it’s really been character-development after character-development for the entire... |
| 6:45pm | Full Metal Alchemist - Brotherhood - 30 | | | | Whoa, an entire episode dedicated to the background of the Ishbal Massacre. It shows how Roy, Hawkeye and Hughes met and how their experiences in the war changed them into trying to find a way out of this endless violence. Usually in when a massacre in anime takes place, you get a bit of depth on... |
| 12:43pm | Cross Game - 31 | | | | What an amazing episode. It’s installments like this that really show why Cross Game is such an excellent slice of life series, it was constantly playing with the set-up of the arrival of Wakaba II (who turns out to be named Akane). The entire episode was one big tease. To start with, you know... |
| 11:56am | Kemono no Souja Erin - 42 | | | | An entire episode dedicated to the new queen, who just ascended the throne in one of the worst possible times, just when the stability between the two halves of the country is beginning to waver. And what an intense episode it was. Of course, the sons of the grand duke aren’t stupid enough... |
| 10:15pm | Letter Bee - 05 | | | | This episode was actually pretty good. It’s still the kind of drama we’re used to from this series: simple and emotional, and on top of that this episode simply showed the story of a random person who happened to cross Lag’s path at an unfortunate time. However, the way in which... |
| 3:42pm | Armed Librarians - The Book of Bantorra - 05 | | | | Okay, so this episode was meant to be a step back: an intermezzo to flesh out the characters between the action. And even here this series sets itself apart by avoiding and subverting so many tropes that it almost gets scary. I’m pleasantly surprised to see that this series can be really funny... |
| 2:44pm | White Album - 18 | | | | Touya Touya Touya. What the heck do you think you’re doing? Every time you think this bastard couldn’t possibly surpass himself he does. WTF. In any case, let me start with summarizing the major flaws that made the first season so unbearable: - The set-up itself: how the heck do all these... |
| 1:45pm | Kuchuu Buranko - 03 | | | | Ah, we get a look into the authors of cheap romance novels. Again, it had a very simple conclusion: just start writing good novels! The fun in this episode yet again came from exploring the life and carreer of this guy. As I’m also somewhat a writer, I can identify with him a bit: so you’ve... |
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