Fall 2025 – Premiers and First Impressions!

Welp, here we are.  After basically a single weekend, I’m pretty much done with my premiers.  Unfortunately, the season is just that thin.  But it’s not like there’s not anything good…  So, hit the jump and let’s dive in.

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Fall 2025 – Settling in and looking forward!

OK, as promised I’m back…  And <knock on wood, crossing fingers> things should be back to normal around here.  Though of course, “normal” is a word used advisedly any time I’m involved.  So, first up a bit of a catch up on what’s been going on in my life and then we’ll dive into the new season.

All this after the jump!

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Spring 2025 – Looking forward to warmer weather and new shows!

Aaah.. spring. The season of renewal, of hope. The sakura are blooming, the weather is warming, and the days are getting longer.

And it’s time to look forward and see what’s on the menu for anime for the next season!  Hit the jump and let’s take a look.

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Spring 2024 – Anticipating Opening Day!

SpringIt’s that time again!  Opening day for baseball was yesterday, opening day for anime is tomorrow, and that means it’s spring!  Time for a new anime season and anticipating what’s just around the corner.

Hit the jump and let’s look at what I have hopes for come the new season!

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Winter 2023 – First thoughts

Screenshot (513)My first thoughts on the Winter 2022 season!

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Fall 2022 – Catching Up…

Do It Yourself - Purin joins the DIY club.

Take a week off for the holiday, hit a writer’s block, and all the sudden I have four weeks to catch up on…  Which I have finally managed to do more-or-less.

You know the drill, hit the jump and let’s run ’em down!

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Fall 2022 – Week 7

Yama No Susume - New Year's sunriseSunrise on Mt Hiwada…  Such a darn good sequence.

Anyhow, time to wrap up the week.  Some good eps, some great eps, some otherwise.  All that and the last of the mid-season mini reviews after the jump.

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Fall 2022 – Week 6

Elan and Suletta - Gundam - Witch from Mercury

And now we’re into midseason, the time I traditionally give mini-reviews of what I’m watching and look to see if there’s any I really should drop.  (I have a bad habit of sticking with shows past where I enjoy them.)

And, yeah, I talk about that episode.

All that after the jump!

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Fall 2022 – Week 4/5

Bocchi The Rock = Ryou, Lyrics, and Bocchi

And…  I’m baaack!  Life went sideways and I missed a week, but save one show, all caught up now.  Hit the jump and let’s run ’em down!

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Fall 2022 – Week 3

Gundam Mercury - Guel proposes to SulettaThoughts on power and parenthood in Gundam Mercury…  And on poor Twice…

And now that we’re into week 3, it’s also time to see what’s making the grade and what isn’t.

All that and more after the jump.

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