Anime roundup 3/24/2016: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
In this week’s viewing: BBK/BRNK gets fuzzy about heroism and villainy, ERASED turns the screws again, and more!
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Anime roundup 3/17/2016: Players at the Game of People
In this week’s viewing: master manipulators on display in Erased, Active Raid, and Gundam, and more!
Anime roundup 3/7/2016: Pass the Idiot Ball
In this week’s viewing: Active Raid gets a lot of entertainment out of a stupid villain, ERASED gets it from a less-than-intelligent hero, and more!
Anime roundup 3/3/2016: X Marks the Plot
In this week’s viewing: ERASED and Iron-Blooded Orphans are in a race to see who can give away the plot first, and more!
Anime roundup 2/25/2016: Suspicious
In this week’s viewing: ERASED ratchets up the mystery and tension, Active Raid develops a worrying pattern, and more!
Anime roundup 2/18/2016: Taking a Level In Awesome
In this week’s viewing: Iron-Blooded Orphans announces that it’s officially time to be awesome, BBK/BRNK and Active Raid agree, and more!
Anime roundup 2/11/2016: Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30
In this week’s viewing: BBK/BRNK and ERASED join Gundam in showing that adults are a bunch of double-crossing creeps, and more!
Anime roundup 2/4/2016: To Each Their Own
In this week’s viewing: A lot of variety, from an infodump in Utawarerumono to an epic battle in Iron-Blooded Orphans, and more!
Anime roundup 1/28/2016: Full House
In this week’s viewing: Three of the new shows are good enough to be followed for the rest of the season, and one… is not.
Anime roundup 1/21/2016: The Undercard
In this week’s viewing: The remainder of premiere week makes its case; should you bother paying attention?
Anime roundup 1/14/2016: Next Sunday, A.D.
In this week’s viewing: The first batch of premieres has something of a theme…
Anime roundup 1/7/2016: Best of 2015
As the anime world takes its end-of-year holiday, it’s time to look back on the best that 2015 brought us.
Anime Roundup 12/31/2015: Shadow Play
In this week’s viewing: Kagewani has a suitably horrifying ending, Concrete Revolutio drops a huge bomb, and more!
Anime roundup 12/24/2015: Sad Tidings
In this week’s viewing: Gundam kills people off, Concrete Revolutio digs up wartime atrocities, and more! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Anime roundup 12/17/2015: About Time
In this week’s viewing: Catching up means a double dose of flashbacks, a sudden improvement in Utawarerumono, and more!
Anime roundup 12/10/2015: Shirobako (White Box)
In this week’s viewing: While your correspondent is travelling, a special look at show every anime fan should watch.
Cosplay vs. Inspirations, Side-by-side Comparisons
Being a member of several groups that enjoy cosplay, costuming, etc., does give access to a world of lively discussions. One recent discussion which came about on a Facebook group for the UK-based con, MCM, […]
Anime roundup 12/3/2015: Family Ties
In this week’s viewing: Gundam says family is a necessity, Utawarerumono says it’s embarrassing, and more!
Anime roundup 11/26/2015: Getting Warmer
In this week’s viewing: Concrete Revolutio fills in more puzzle pieces, Utawarerumono finds its way back to a plot, and more!
Anime roundup 11/13/2015: Free As a Bird
In this week’s viewing: Concrete Revolutio uncovers the marvelous truth about the Beatles, and more!
Anime roundup 11/6/2015: The Color Out Of Space
In this week’s viewing: Concrete Revolutio mixes it up further with Martian monsters, Iron-Blooded Orphans makes it into orbit, and more!
Anime roundup 10/29/2015: Misfits of Science
In this week’s viewing: Kagewani gets down to business, Concrete Revolutio has barely begun to complicate, and more!
MCM Comic Con Fall Edition
Where do Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Batman, Boba Fett, the Borg, and Captain Jack Sparrow hang out?
Anime roundup 10/22/2015: Military-Entertainment Complex
In this week’s viewing: The final commentary lineup for the season is whittled down, but not by much!
Anime roundup 10/15/2015: Tragicomedy
In this week’s viewing: The remainder of premiere week serves up attempted humor, unintentional humor, and Garo. And a dancing android.
Anime roundup 10/9/2015: I Need a Hero
In this week’s viewing: The start of fall premiere week runs the usual gamut from tired formulas to fascinating experiments.
Anime roundup 10/1/2015: Pomp and Circumstance
In this week’s viewing: Three terrific shows come to a close.
Fall 2015 SF Anime Preview
If there’s one trend that really has me smiling this season, it’s the unusually high number of anime-original shows.
Anime roundup 9/25/2015: At Loose Ends
In this week’s viewing: Rokka sort of ends, and more!
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