And the award for best fantasy / sci-fi series of the year goes to… *drumroll*…. Nichijou!
The first cube skit was epic. This could have been made into a stand-alone series. I’ll skip most of it and jump to the ending though. Continue reading Cubes to the Kingdom — Eleven Days of Advent and One Day of Christmas #11
The Kifuuken are a secret order of swordsmen dedicated to slaying flesh eating monsters. But Toshihiko, the heir apparent, has fallen in love with one of the flesh eaters. From the description, this might sound like some innocent story of star-crossed love. Nothing could be further from the truth. Continue reading Kemonozume Review — C
What a beautiful final episode! Everything is wrapped up nicely and there are no big loose threads, but it hasn’t spelled out too much directly either.
The ending they went with was very satisfying— it wasn’t a cop out; people died, but it was a happy ending all the same.
Recall how in the previous episode, Sanetoshi claimed that the world should be destroyed because people are trapped in their own boxes. At the beginning of this episode, Shouma and Kanba are trapped in their own boxes (quite literally). When Kanba finds an apple in his box, he shares it with Shouma, so they both can live. Continue reading Mawaru Penguindrum 24 — Sharing the Fruit of Fate
This is a third contender in the terribad category. Kamisama Dolls was utterly pointless and directionless, and this event really brought that home.
Utao has just finished baking her first batch of cookies as a loving big sister.
A tornado blows in a house Mahiru from Kansas, and the wicked witch is Utao’s cookies are crushed with her ruby purple slippers. Continue reading Ding-dong! The Cookies are Dead! — Eleven Days of Advent and One Day of Christmas #10
Since pointing out Guilty Crown’s obvious flaws every week was becoming a chore, and it’s almost Christmas…
Hark! Crystal Inori sings
“Glory to Shuu the void king! Continue reading Guilty Crown 11 — Hark! Crystal Inori Sings