Studio: Starchild Records, Viz Media, GoHands Genre(s): Action, Supernatural Episodes: 13 Notable Seiyuu(s): Namikawa Daisuke, Ono Daisuke, Komatsu Mikako, Sawashiro Miyuki OP: “KINGS” by angela ED: “Tsumetai Heya, Hitori” by Komatsu...

Well, it’s time to get back to writing after a week off from the grind. Can’t say I miss the looming deadlines I set for myself (and break most of the time…like now XD), but the weekly episode analysis is a welcome break from a barrage of studying. With that said, here’s a first look...

  It’s rare that you hear a piece of news quite as damaging to your notion of how reality works then the announcement that Lychie Hikari Club, the prominent Guro-Horror-Comedy Manga by Usamaru Furuya, was getting an anime adaption. That simply is now how things are. Shitty harem manga and shonen jump manga get anime adaptations, artsy tounge...

I’ll admit, I’m having trouble coming up with something decent to write about this episode, so apologies for that. So let’s start off with the shit I didn’t like: Yoshino’s inner monologues – “She’s pointing a gun at my head. This is so surreal!” Pffffffft. I don’t think ‘surreal’ is the correct word here. But...

  A good horror anime can at times be very hard to come by without swimming through the backlogs. Just look at the relative failure of Another. The urge that most anime directors in the past five years seem to have when making horror shows is to attempt the kind of things that work in...

Studio: Silver Link Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, School-life, Slice-of-life Episodes: 12 Notable Seiyuu(s): Toyosaki Aki, Sawashiro Miyuki, Terashima Takuma, Kanemoto Hisako, Keiji Fijiwara OP: “Paradigm” by eufonius ED: “Kokoro no Kara” by Team. Nekokan [Neko] feat. Junca...

So Asch is back and here I go with some first impressions of Sword Art Online, this seasons .hack-esque MMORPG anime. First off though a quick synopsis: The only way to escape is to ‘clear’ the game. Death in game means actual ‘death’ —- The ten thousand who have logged onto the as of yet...

Studio: Arms Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Drama, Romance Episodes: Unknown Notable Seiyuu(s): Hikasa Yoko, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Hanazawa Kana, Ueda Kana, Inoue Marina, Taketatsu Ayana OP: “Realization” by Faylan ED: “Ai no Sei de Nemurenai” by Aki...

Studio: Dogakobo Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Supernatural Episodes: 11 Notable Seiyuu(s): Nakamura Yuuichi, Fukuyama Jun, Ohara Sayaka, Touma Yumi OP: “Mune Kyun-kei no Ballad” by Yūya Matsushita ED: “Anata ni Deawanakereba ~Natsuyuki Fuyuhana~” by...

Studio: Sunrise Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Supernatural Episodes: 12 Notable Seiyuu(s): Hanazawa Kana, Uchiyama Yumi, Shimono Hiro, Tomotsu Haruka, Uchiyama Kouki OP: “Make my Day!” by Piko ED: “Love Riot” by HAPPY...