To celebrate a year of blogging inactivity, I interrupt my record-breaking hiatus with a post. While much as happened anime-wise in the past year, some elements of the fandom stay unchanged. For [...]
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“What’s with the textbook tsundere reaction?” Tomoya on Eriri’s strong denial that she’s concerned about him (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata episode 03) Instead of a regular post on my thoughts on [...]
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If Megumi was my classmate back in high school, I’d confess within a week of knowing her. Despite how the series paints her, she’s anything but boring. Shadowy and ninja-esque but not boring. Her [...]
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Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata feels like an anime dream come true. It’s a confluence of my favourite 2D creators – A-1 pictures, Oreshura director, Misaski Kurehito character designs and lastly but [...]
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With the addition of a new member in my household, my anime activities was bumped out by baby-burping and diaper-duties (my official excuse for this dormant blog XD). However, thanks to Aniplus HD, a [...]
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“Who would have thought good siscon is possible without sister-fawning/pawing brothers.” This was just one of the several pleasant surprises Mikakunin sprang on me. I had gone into the show with mixed [...]
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“Ah, so Noragami is targeted at the Josei/Shoujo audience…” This illuminating thought flashed across my mind only in the final moments of the series. Now it all made sense - the mollycoddling of Yuki, [...]
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If Noragami gets a less than average score from me, it’s due to Yukine and his arc. Having just finished his tale at episode 9, I lament how exasperatingly long it took for this unsympathetic, [...]
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After the initial misfire, I believe I’m back on track to enjoy the best of anime ending in Winter 2014. Here’s my picks based on peer reviews and Amazon blu-ray sale rankings 1. Kill La Kill (Seen 15 [...]
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One aspect of anime that never ceases to amaze me (as a visual medium) is the superior quality of its music. Not just the OP and ED songs (which I often deemed better than mainstream Japanese pop) but [...]
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