Welcome, all, again. Today's discussion will focus upon The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, a quiet isekai offering one of the least flamboyant--yet one of the most solidly constructed--storylines ...
Welcome, all, again. Our last discussion concerned a dark plot by an abused healer to remake his world, so I thought a much lighter take on world conquest might ...
Welcome, all, again. 2020 was a rough year the world over, and almost everyone I know is feeling lingering effects in some way. I myself lost relatives, coworkers, ...
Welcome, all, again--and happy holidays(!), of whatever flavor you prefer. This time around, we'll be looking at I'm Standing on a Million Lives, a show that has me puzzled ...
Welcome, all, again. This last was a slow viewing season for me, with my favorite genre (slice-of-life) severely underrepresented. Only three new shows managed to catch my interest, ...
Welcome, all, again. Since last my last column appeared here, Corona-chan swung by briefly (I tested negative, thanks!); my profession has been even further vilified; and Memphis regressed from ...
Welcome, all, again. Today let's talk about Princess Connect! Re: Dive, a show that can be kind of hard to pin down: it's comedy; it's adventure; it's bodaciously harem! ...
Welcome, all, again. We are transitioning from a particularly bountiful viewing season, and one of my favorites was yet another anime about anime, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! ...
Welcome, all, again. I recently raided my backlog of series-to-be-watched and pulled out 2011's Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl--literally pulled it out of my DVD collection, where it's lingered ...
Welcome, all, again. A new viewing season is upon us, with generous offerings in a number of genres. Today's topic, Ascendance of a Bookworm, is an isekai story ...
Posted on Jun 15 2011
Howdy, and welcome to a slightly different edition of The Owl in the Rafters. Today I'm going to be reviewing a series of video games which I've had something of a personal affair with since the series first sneaked onto the Nintendo DS in '07: the three-part Etrian Odyssey series.
Posted on Nov 13 2010
With Episode 15, Shiki shows us that it's not afraid to be boring. How edgy! How mysterious! How dark! Also, how sick am I of these episode titles? Really, really sick.
Posted on Oct 30 2010
Hey, everybody, remember those sad, empty weeks when no episodes of Shiki aired? Turns out it was all a tricksy plan to have episode 13 release near Halloween - and even better: everyone is in costume!
Posted on Oct 25 2010
Caaaaaaarrrrlll! You can’t just eat hands Carrrrrrl! …Ahem, yeah…Anyways, as usual, I, Jubilee, am back for another week of fantastic news for all you fantastic fanatics out there in 91.8 the Fan –land. Fan, fanny, fan fan.
Posted on Oct 09 2010
Everyone, I have really sad news. You might want to sit down before you hear this. Okay? Ready? Here goes: Shiki is on hiatus until October 14. No new episodes, no new hair, no new developments in the Vampire Yuuki storyline. It's rough, I know. Believe me, I feel your pain.
Posted on Aug 28 2010
Hey everyone, DJ Christmas here. Hounddog was unable to do the Hound Blog for this week, so she asked me to instead, since I'm apparently the only other person who watches this series. For some reason, this episode title has three words, instead of just two. Strange, but not as strange as the plot of this show.
Posted on Aug 21 2010
I can't lie: this is the second boring episode in a row. It started out promising (Megumi? Yuuki? Anger? Dismemberment? Jerky film reel art style?), but then it didn't deliver. Well guess what, Shiki? If you won't do it for me, I'm forced to entertain myself.
Posted on Jul 24 2010
You know what I really like about Shiki so far? This series is obsessively organized. I mean, in Episode 2 we get an interactive map of town (not once, but twice!) and a slideshow of everyone who's died so far and they've continued introducing new characters with their names and occupations clearly spelled out.
