The Star of Cinderella Girls
I wrote about the original iDOLM@STER anime back when it first aired, but never came back to it when it finished. For the record, I thought it was all good–good enough to convince me to partake of other parts of the franchise, like the current TV adaptation of THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS....
Shiro Bako is the Story of Japanese Society
I shoulda known. Japanese animation studios are the same as any other Japanese company–filled with stupid politics, inefficiencies, and people who stay around until the wee hours of the night. Shiro Bako is a pretty accurate description of Japanese professional life in animated form, and boy is it heavy...
Spring 2014: Jojo, Ping Pong, Kagepro, DBKai, and Some Others
I don’t have particularly long things to say about what’s on this season, but I do have some short things to say, so here goes. Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders This is the hottest thing on the Japanese tube at the moment. I got on series one’s...