From the first episode and onward, Canaan has been a well animated, action-packed thrill ride that always kept me in suspense. Although I had some issues with the ending of the series, as a whole I think it was one of the best to come out this year…
Hayate no Gotoku!!: final thoughts
September 25, 2009 by 1 Comment
After the 52 episodes of the first Hayate no Gotoku! season, we have the 25-episode second season, Hayate no Gotoku!! (with two exclamation points). Despite the second season being shorter, I found that I enjoyed it more than the first…
Shangri-la: final thoughts
September 23, 2009 by 2 Comments
Yesterday I finished watching all 24 episodes of Shangri-la via Crunchyroll’s simulcast. Despite all the hype that the series received when it first came out, I can’t say that it lived up to expectation. I don’t think it was the worst series of the year, but it could have been better…
Nostalgia: Rewatching Digimon Adventure in Japanese
September 20, 2009 by 19 Comments
Back when I first became an anime fan about 10 years ago, I didn’t have cable TV or high-speed Internet, so I was stuck with watching mostly Americanized “kiddy” anime on local channels. Thinking back, many of these series were pretty dispensable. However, Digimon was one of my early favorites that I still enjoy even to this day…
The new Full Metal Alchemist anime so far…
September 17, 2009 by 4 Comments
I have never read the Full Metal Alchemist manga, but I did watch the original anime series that came out in 2003/04 and loved it. I heard that around the middle of the first series, the story took a completely different route than the ongoing manga. So now, about five years later, we finally have a new FMA anime series that is meant to follow the manga…
Interpreting Haibane Renmei
August 30, 2009 by 2 Comments
Rebelling against corrupt authority in One Piece
August 26, 2009 by 5 Comments
As I’m making my way through the concluding episodes of the Enies Lobby arc of One Piece, I’m continually intrigued by the series’ reoccurring theme of “rebelling against authority,” particularly how the heroes of the show are pirates, and the villains are often the Marines or other authoritative figures…
Spice and Wolf review
July 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I was a little late with watching Spice and Wolf, but better late than never for this excellent series…
Natsu no Arashi review
July 7, 2009 by 3 Comments
I finished watching Natsu no Arashi last night, the first series I’ve completed using Crunchyroll’s simulcasting…
K-ON! review
June 27, 2009 by 5 Comments
The most popular anime series of the spring 2009 season comes to an end, at least for now…