Anime roundup 4/28/2016: Who’s the Boss
In this week’s viewing: Kagewani gets around to updating us on the title character, The Lost Village is cagey about its protagonist, and more!
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Anime roundup 4/21/2016: And This Is Where the Story Really Starts
In this week’s viewing: Two more premieres, and then the final lineup for the rest of the season!
Anime roundup 4/14/2016: Shock and Awww
In this week’s viewing: Another batch of premieres with a lot of surprises (good and bad), plus big news for the British Isles!
Anime roundup 4/7/2016: On Your Marks
In this week’s viewing: The starting gun fires for the spring season! What’s taking the early lead?
Anime roundup 3/31/2016: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
In this week’s viewing: ERASED goes out on top, another show has a suprise extra helping coming, and more!
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!
Review: MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN VOL. 1
Mandrake the Magician Vol. 1 brings back 80 years of memories and reminds us what real superheroes are supposed to be like.
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 2/11/2016: 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!
“THE POWER”—THREE MOVIES ABOUT POWERS
This week, Steve examines how differently powers, like telekinesis, can be handled by Hollywood. Some movies do it well, and some less well.
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 1/7/2016: 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!
Winter 2016 SF Anime Preview
A winter blast of new anime series is coming your way in January!
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!
Review: The Troop
The Troop is an imaginative new comic of mutant heroes from Titan Comics by Noel Clarke and J. Cassara that will draw you in and not let go.
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 11/19/2015: Same Ol’ Same Ol’
In this week’s viewing: Kagewani is still scary, Gundam is still fighty, 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!
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!
Review: MONO Vol. 1 by Sharp, Wolstenholme, and Cramb
Readers will be taken back as they discover a new kind of old hero in the graphic novel collection MONO Vol. 1 by Liam Sharp, Ben Wolstenholme, and Fin Cramb.
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.
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