En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 2: Anyone For Tennis?

En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 2: Anyone For Tennis?

Apparently Ryuuko’s outfit is not a Goku Uniform, it’s actually something called a Kamui. Please forgive my ignorance when writing last week’s article. Episode 2: So Sexy She Might Pass Out or So Sexy I’m Going To Faint or whatever the hell Going into this second installment, I was somewhat worried that Studio Trigger would not be able to keep up the sheer amount of energy, humor, and badassery that characterized the series premiere, but thankfully those fears were unfounded….

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Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold – Issue #1

Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold – Issue #1

  Issue #1 or “The Case of the Gentle Ghost Man!”   The earliest episode in this feature is from the first half of the first season and was chosen specifically because it was the first episode to show the full potential of the series. While the six episodes before it are all good episodes well worthy of watching, it was really with “Dawn of the Dead Man!” that the show came into its own with much more going on…

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En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 1: About That Elephant…

En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 1: About That Elephant…

So it’s come to this… weekly blogging about episodes of an anime. Well, if Dalek and Marquis can do it, then so can I definitely probably maybe! By the way, sorry if my gratuitous Spanish title makes no sense – I just like the way it rolls off the tongue. It took less than 90 seconds for me to fall in love with Kill la Kill. By the end of the first episode, I was infatuated. It’s probably unhealthy. But…

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Fall Anime 2013 Clusterfuck, Part 1: Week The First

Fall Anime 2013 Clusterfuck, Part 1: Week The First

And so begins the first real part of this season’s Clusterfuck. There will probably only be one more unless an anime gets delayed or something. Beyond The Boundary So a guy saves a girl from falling down a school, and then he gets attacked for his efforts. Also, he has a not-love interest who hangs out with him out of some sort of pity. But the guy can regenerate his wounds due to being a fusion between a human and…

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Crowds-Sourcing Epilogue: Earth Destruction Plan 2013

Crowds-Sourcing Epilogue: Earth Destruction Plan 2013

Last June, Gatchaman Crowds rolled onto our screens with a potentially interesting if… somewhat bizarre concept and execution. By September it had rolled off my screen leaving me so bloody angry and frustrated with one of the most choppy, inept finales since Flowers of Evil. In between there were several ups and downs. Some episodes were pretty good, others were utter shite. So for this final (and I mean final) edition of Crowds-Sourcing, I’ll be looking at what the show…

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Legend of Korra Episode 5: Makorra on the Rocks

Legend of Korra Episode 5: Makorra on the Rocks

Well, this was a 180 from Civil Wars. Cool characters like Lin and General Iroh come back, while a political side is thrown into the conflict between Korra and Unalaq. Plenty of different perspectives are thrown into the fire so don’t we get saddled with teenagers who argue more than they actually bend. I know conflict is the soul of good storytelling, but conflict for conflict’s sake only adds to the tedium instead of avoids it. Thank the Gods that…

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Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold (An Introduction)

Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold (An Introduction)

In many ways the Silver Age is looked down upon these days as a time when comics were moronic, sophomoric, and thought of as lesser entertainment. It was a time when unbelievable heroics and impossible villainy clashed together on an epic scale and when “comic book logic” became fully formed into what it is known today. But the one thing that held the Silver Age above any other era to this writer is that it was straightforward and it never…

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Kore wa Zombie desu ka?: Season Two

Kore wa Zombie desu ka?: Season Two

The start of season two gets off to one doozy of a beginning as Ayumu breaks Haruna’s magic chainsaw which could previous transform him into a magical girl who could conjure massive amounts of magic and exposes his fondness for pretty pink dresses to the entire school of students! Next, there’s an incident with a dreadful dance of doom that turns out to be an unfortunate curse – and an embarrassing trip which does Ayumu no positive favors at all…

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Legend of Korra Episode 4: Unalaq is Such a Cool Guy

Legend of Korra Episode 4: Unalaq is Such a Cool Guy

At least Bryke didn’t prolong the Unalaq charade for half of the season. We still don’t see much motive for being a backstabber other than how he wants power over all of the Water Tribe. What’s he up to? Why’s he evil? Why does he let his daughter claim ownership over Bolin? Those are things the show should be in the cusp of uncovering. Also, why did he want Korra to stay by his side while admitting a few minutes…

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Crowds-Sourcing XII: Tipperary

Crowds-Sourcing XII: Tipperary

Well folks, this is it. The final episode of Gatchaman Crowds and the penultimate edition of Crowds-Sourcing. Its being a bumpy three months for me and this show but its my hope that Crowds ends on a high note… Alas. With the new, additional Crowds only managing to cause a minor raucus and not doing anything productive, it looks like Katze’s finally won… until he gets called out by his old nemesis O.D. Yes we finally get to see O.D…

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