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 Sep 11 2019
Welcome, all, again. As regular readers will know, I tend to gravitate towards slice-of-life series. However, I might seem to some to be a bit generous with that designation, including series that obviously belong to other genres. My own position is that most living things--works of art included--have multiple facets to their being, thus enabling me to focus upon some aspect others might overlook.
Posted on Jan 04 2012
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Owl in the Rafters update of 2012! As I promised back in November, I am returning to my proper gimmick as of today! For those of you wandering in for the first time let me give a brief introduction:
Posted on Oct 02 2011
Some anime are quite merciless in killing off favorite characters. But it’s rare to deeply explore themes of death in anime: funerals, grave-sites and even the relevance of death deities. What we do see is absolutely bogging to Western audiences.
Posted on Nov 18 2010
Hope you all weren't scared away by my filler update. Assuming you're back and ready for more this week, we're finally getting back to the story.
Posted on Nov 03 2010
Welcome back! If you didn't get the chance, I'd like to direct you first to my previous article, A Tale of Two Kubos: Book The First, and ask that you read through it thoroughly before starting with this article, or else you may find yourself very, very lost. (Although I can't really promise you that you won't be lost anyway, even once you've read the first article.)
Posted on Jul 14 2010
If you wanna see some action. Gotta be the center of attraction. Make sure that they got their eyes on you, like the face that you see on every magazine. This week we dive into a Bleach theme for EagleEyes Weekly Round Table, so jump in and find just what this new edition has in store and what you, the 91.8 Fanatics have to say.
Posted on Jun 24 2010
John Swasey, the voice of Lord Death from Soul Eater dropped by the Korner this time. In addition to Soul Eater, John can be heard in a number of popular series right now, including One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Dragonball Z Kai. Make sure to check it out!
