Chihayafuru 7, Bakuman II 7-8, iDOLM@STER 20, Guilty Crown 6, Horizon 8

Chihayafuru 7 brings us a new player, Tsutomu, or "Desktomu" as they say, because he never leaves his. One of those diligent people, "shaped like a jelly bean," who harbours resentment toward everyone because they're stupider than he is, but prettier. Sort of like Kohta, but without the zombies to take out his rage on. …

Episode dump: Guilty Crown, UN-GO, Kimi to Boku, etc etc etc

Guilty Crown 4-5 brings us Shu's indecision between following a repressive regime who thinks it's saving the world from evil viruses, and the rebels headed by a megamaniacal handsome guy who everyone claims is wonderful. He wonders if he's just jealous because of Gai's charisma and the fact that everyone follows him blindly and tells …

Ben-to 3, Guilty Crown 3, Working’!! 5 (whoops), C3 5

First, it's time catch up (by one episode) on the two shows I'm watching that have backlogs. The thing is with shows like these is that they're usually the ones I'm enjoying the most. I'll be about to click on one, but think "I think I'll save it for when I need to watch something …

Guilty Crown 2, Kimi to Boku 3, iDOLM@STER 16

After the second episode I'm still of two minds about Guilty Crown. There's nothing that really sets it apart from any other SF anime out there. All the gear and the standard plot bits are there. But they're oddly put together and I am not sure whether the creators are being inept or have something …

noitaminA premieres: Guilty Crown, UN-GO

NoitaminA has given us some wonderful shows in the past, like Trapeze, Kuragehime, Shiki, to name a few. But one thing they have not done well for some time is create a SF show that lives up to its standards of something different, for adults. Fractale and No.6 started well but fell victim to overused …