The Knight in the Area — First Impression

Kakeru is a soccer team manager cheering on his brother Suguru, one of Japan’s greatest soccer players. But he onced nursed soccer-playing ambitions of his own…

Parts of this were really cheesy, including Kakeru repeating over and over again, “I like soccer,” the brother’s mad skills, all the girls chasing after him, and Kakeru and Nana’s relationship as childhood friends. Kakeru himself is not too likable. Somehow that grin just makes me want to punch him in the face. Oh, and the show’s title is retarded. Continue reading The Knight in the Area — First Impression →

2011: A Year in Review

It’s nice to look back occasionally and look at the previous year. How was 2011 in terms of anime?

Most Pleasant Surprise

Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
After the first episode’s panty flash from a little girl, I dropped the show and didn’t finish the episode. A few weeks later, I decided to give it another shot, and was pleasantly surprised. It’s setup with the “three” main characters gives a unique and much needed twist to the harem genre. Its jokes can be fairly witty, and the characters are not your straight-up harem tropes. And it’s pretty fun trying to figure out what’s going on. Continue reading 2011: A Year in Review →