Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Surrealism, Romane, Fish Episodes: 13 Studio: Shaft When we last left Arakawa and its assortment of wacky residents, it was a silly place that was at times warm and welcoming and at times slightly pointless. So much has changed since then. Now… There’s an Amazon that visits occasionally....
It’s good writing not to just give away the punch line right from the start. I’ve tried to become a better blogger by reading a number of writing guides and essays for post format. They suggest vague titles that give you a good idea of the content but don’t give away too much. Your posts...
This was a long episode. Technically or rather literally. The story completely dispensed of the OP and went on right through the credits to the very last available second. At witch time, I could have sworn only 10 minutes had passed. It’s too early to call anything but a quarter of the season in and...
Genre : Slice of adventure, surrealism, drama Episodes: 12 Studio: Lerche The world is full of pain. The ground eternally bloodstained from endless generations of violence, conflict and disasters. Even at their very best, humans are flawed creatures. Petty and scared, prone to cruelty. The world is a cold, lonely place and if you...
This week plunged us right back, head first, into the story of an old god of destruction, the ghost of an evil man and fifteen year old Chuuya and Dazai chasing after them. Almost immediately, I prefered this episode to the last. And that’s saying something because I quite liked the last one. Do you...
Up until an hour ago, I still didn’t know if I would be doing a seasonal roundup post tonight. Cutting it real cose, I know. Actually, I was pretty sure I would. I figured I’d get home, watch a few episodes of anime and start the consuming process of hunting down every current season episode...
Here we are again, one last time. At least one last time for the foreseeable future. Even as I write this, I’m already missing The Morose Mononokean a little. I have no way of properly explaining it, but this season just grew on me like wildflowers. I thought it amusing, and familiar then interesting and...
Genre : Comedy, political intrigue, slice of life, bishonen banquet Episodes: 1 movie Studio: What’s better than a bevy of blonde bishies? It’s a trick question. Nothing is better. The human brain isn’t equipped to handle more joy than what implied by that first sentence. But you know what’s not worse than that? Those same adorable...
It’s still snowing. Yesterday was a pretty nice day. A bit grey but warm and pleasant. Today it’s snowing wet snow and there’s this biting cold wind blowing everything about. Once again, it’s a great day for Mononokean. I’m going to miss this little show after next week. I hope they make more. While we’re...
Genre: Mecha, adventure, comedy, short Episodes: 13 + 4 Studio: Gonzo Two brothers torn apart by the storms of war are nevertheless tied together by the thread of fate. Destined to meet and save each other at the most crucial times but doomed to live separated by space and cultural chasms. They might be...
