ERASED Ends
For me ERASED (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) (Crunchyroll) was far and away the best anime of the season. I’m sure that it’s not to everyone’s taste. The subject matter… Read more »
Category: Anime
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju–Anime Early Impressions
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (Crunchyroll) is the second most impressive new anime of this season, after ERASED. Both are serious dramas but with very different tones. ERASED begins on such… Read more »
ERASED–Anime Early Impressions
The Winter 2016 anime season has several enjoyable shows but only a couple that might qualify as classics. The leading contender is ERASED (Crunchyroll). (I prefer the Japanese title: Boku… Read more »
Winter 2016 Anime First Impressions
At this point I’ve had a chance to see at least one episode of all the shows I think I might be interested in. That really isn’t enough to tell… Read more »
Wallpaper for Princess Mononoke Fans
At Pixiv. Thanks to wara zashi.
2015 Anime Year in Review
2016 was not a blockbuster year for anime but it was still a potentially good year for anyone willing to look for small gems. I noticed two interesting and generally… Read more »
Noragami Aragoto Ends
I didn’t bother to do an “Early Impressions” post for the second season of Noragami (Hulu) because I didn’t feel that I had much to add. I had already praised… Read more »
Utawarerumono The False Faces–Midseason Impressions
So far this show has been one of the year’s biggest disappointments. When I wrote my initial review it seemed like a charming and fun fantasy adventure. But once the… Read more »
Dance with Devils Ends
Dance with Devils (Hulu) is not a show that I can wholeheartedly recommend, but it might serve as a guilty pleasure for someone. This looks at first glance like a… Read more »
Beautiful Bones Ends
Usually when a show confounds my expectations it does it in a bad way. Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation (Crunchyroll) was the opposite: I initially thought it was pretty good but… Read more »