Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (Japanese title: Tasogare Otome × Amnesia) (Crunchyroll link) is an interesting mixture. It is a Comedy/Horror/Mystery/Romance that maintains a delicate balance between the charming and the… Read more »
I’m not usually a great fan of shounen fighting anime. Endless combat sequences tend to wear thin pretty quickly. But sometimes one comes along with such interesting characters and such… Read more »
There’s a lot that’s praiseworthy about Natsuiro Kiseki (“Summer-colored Miracle”) but my feelings are rather mixed. Let’s start with the good part. This is a bright, cheerful and upbeat mix… Read more »
Polar Bear Cafe (Crunchyroll link) is a gag anime featuring a kind of low-key offbeat humor that I find hilarious. This sort of thing is very much a matter of… Read more »
Space Brothers (Uchuu Kyoudai) (Crunchyroll link) reminds me a lot of Planetes, a show that I liked a great deal. Both are high-quality high-minded seinen stories about near-future space exploration…. Read more »
The Hunger Games is a gripping film that combines science fiction, adventure and social satire. The premise may not seem terribly original but it is flawlessly executed and makes a… Read more »
Folktales from Japan (Furusato Saisei Nippon no Mukashi Banashi) (Crunchyroll link) is an anime series that is probably not to everyone’s taste. This is a kodomo anime–intended for elementary or… Read more »
Steven says that though the show doesn’t pass the refrigerator test he likes it anyway. That sounds about right to me. I found that I was able to relax and… Read more »
Bakuman, an anime based on a shounen manga about the making of a shounen manga, just finished its second season. I recommended the first season for anyone interested in the… Read more »
It seems that most of the Winter 2012 anime series that I’ve had kind words for have been continuations or sequels–but here’s an exception, a self-contained single-cour series. Initially I… Read more »
