OP/ED Op-Eds: The Best of Fall 2014

We’re back a bit earlier this season with that feature where I can pretend to write for Pitchfork again, and in grand music industry tradition, we’ll start picking the best song of the season already when the season’s still going on, just to get it out of the way before the yearly wrap-up content.

First Look: Yuna Yuki is a Heroine

Yuna Yuki a member of her middle school’s Hero Club, a rag-tag bunch of goody-two-shoes who offer their help to whomever needs it. When even the Gods of their world recruit the Hero Club girls to fight mysterious invaders named Vertex, Yuna refuses to budge from her desire to become a true heroine.

First Look: GARO – The Carved Seal of Flames

In a dark age of witchcraft and demons running amok, the sickly King of Valiante trusts his vizier Mendoza to rid the land of misery and disease by hunting down witches and warlocks. When a witch gives birth while burning on the stake, a mysterious armour-clad fiend saves the baby and gallops off into the dark. Seventeen years later, Germán Luis reveals the truth behind the inquisition to a particularly interested prostitute, while his son León is chased by the king’s guard.

The Wrap-Up: Summer 2014

If you go about doing a season preview, it is only obvious you also close off on a season review. In The Wrap-Up, all of our contributors get to shine a spotlight on the show they thought to be the very best of the past few weeks, as well as reflect back on the preview to see which shows let us down the most.

GLORIO Fall 2014 Anime Guide Part 2

Jel’s a bit busy, and because he hates you almost as much as he loves me, he put me in charge of handling the rest of our preview guide for the upcoming fall system. That means twice as much unfiltered vitriol and more unwarranted music references than you can shake a stick at, but you’ll be glad to hear that even to me, this line-up doesn’t look to be complete rubbish. We have some high-concept fantasy blockbusters in Garo and Rage of Bahamut, a couple of shounen juggernauts in the making, and the glorious return of the best kids’ show that doesn’t involve Tony Stark partying all over the world.

OP/ED Op-Eds: The Best of Summer 2014

Summer is generally the least interesting period of the year in the world of music, yet I must say I was pleasantly surprised at the sheer amount of enjoyable anime songs this season. I suppose the guy running many a voice actress’s lackluster soprano through Protools deserves a break as well. In any case, it’s time to select the best of the best as the season comes to its end.

Terror In Resonance Episode 9

Twelve rushes to Lisa’s rescue, while Nine heads out to retrieve the stolen plutonium from its secret location. Meanwhile, Shibazaki and Hamura finally get a key witness in the Athena scandal to talk.

Terror In Resonance Episode 8

When Five manages to blow up Sphinx’s hideout and Twelve starts to question his resolve, Lisa feels she’s overstayed her welcome. Meanwhile, Shibazaki uncovers an important lead and starts an investigation of his own.

Terror In Resonance Episode 7

Nine and Twelve continue their airport battle against a seemingly invincible Five. When Shibazaki and co. arrive at the scene and Lisa gets captured, Sphinx find themselves having to work together with their sworn enemy.