Tag Archives: Bones

12 days of Navanimedad, olé!

The start of a wild ride Soul Eater has turned out to be a monumentally entertaining shounen action/adventure, with a minimum of the fillers and talk-through-battles syndrome that plague other series of the genre. The characters are good, the humor is silly but spot-on, and of course the action is rad. But when I first [...]

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The End (of Summer) is Nigh

So… what’s on? Lots of people do it, I suppose, but when I first started doing the “What’s on” posts, was I subconsciously copying Kabitzin? Probably, but then he went and got married just to copy me, so I hope we’re even. I haven’t seen a standout episode worth blogging in a while, so… what’s [...]

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Soul Eater (Preview)

In which I start down a bad path Ever wonder what pure execution looks like? People talked a lot last season about the obvious highlight, True Tears, being a victory for execution over brilliant ideas. And it’s true: believable characters, subtle interactions, and emphasis on mood and atmosphere made it more than a typical anime [...]

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Maybe a turkey sandwich, too

Up until today, my requirements for the week have been: A copy of Soul Eater episode 1. Words at the bottom of the screen that vaguely resemble English. I have never watched any of their subs before, but Anime Enlightenment Network seems to win. Frankly, I don’t care if Corky from Life Goes On does [...]

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RahXephon (Review)

A plea to all robot-haters I love those giant robots. Can’t get enough. Well, that’s not true. Currently, I’m thinking that by the end of Gundam 00 I’ll have had more than enough. But ever since the original Macross, mech shows have tackled the kind of big stories that satisfy something in me that even [...]

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Eureka Seven ends on Adult Swim

Starts again tonight I think this particular run of Eureka Seven was the first time I so faithfully kept up with a run of a show that long on Adult Swim. Probably a combination of the fact that I have a DVR now so I don’t have to stay up so freaking late, and the [...]

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