Summer 2009 Anime Season First Impressions
This may be the weakest season ever (or rather, since I started paying attention to such things.) The recession is probably a factor. Fewer anime series are being produced (though… Read more »
Category: Anime
New Inuyasha Series
About a year ago, when Rumiko Takahashi finally ended the Inuyasha manga, I speculated about whether they would ever do a new anime series to finish up the story. I… Read more »
Kyoto Animation Jumps the Shark
Part of the appeal of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as it was originally broadcast was in the uniquely confusing way that it was presented. It created a sort of meta-story… Read more »
Shakugan no Shana S
It seems that the supposed third season of Shana will actually be an OVA, probably with just one short story. Which actually makes me feel more optimistic about the project…. Read more »
Clannad Season 1–Anime Review
Clannad is the third in a series of shows from Kyoto Animation adapted from visual novels from Key/Visual Art’s. (The other two were Air and Kanon (2006).) Kanon is my… Read more »
K-ON no Naku Koro ni
A horrible shock awaits K-ON! fans as Atarashii Prelude reveals the awful truth: How To Deal With A Jealous Ritsu The Fall Of Hirasawa Yui
My Neighbor Totoro–Anime Review
This may not be Hayao Miyazaki’s most profitable film, but it is probably the most beloved. Totoro toys and memorabilia are perennial favorites, and his image appears on the Studio… Read more »
New Shakugan no Shana Series
Apparently they are working on a third SnS series. (Probably for 2010. Unless they have been working on it for quite a while in secret, they can’t possibly have it… Read more »
Polite Speech in Anime
I’ve argued in previous posts that you as a non-Japanese-speaker can pick up a lot of information by listening to the Japanese sound track while watching anime with subtitles–nuances that… Read more »
Kemono no Souja Erin
Kemono no Souja Erin (Erin the Beast-Player) premiered last January, and initially I wasn’t too impressed. Recently I revisited it and it’s really starting to grow on me. It’s an… Read more »