Samurai Flamenco episode 12 – Power Rangers

After the 3 week break, I get the feeling a whole lot of people will have jumped back into Samurai Flamenco and realised “holy crap I do not care about a single thing that is going on anymore”. Funnily enough that is what happens when you set fire to your original script a quarter of……

December Roundup

December was a crazy month. Between 12 days, secret santa reviews, and the final year in review, there’s been barely time to watch the anime before even getting the chance to write about it. I’ve got a Code Geass and Ghost in the Shell OVA sitting on my laptop as I write this. Come to……

Samurai Flamenco episode 10 – It’s OK because it’s meta

All right guys, it was fun while it lasted. The Guillotine Gorilla moment was genius in its complete unpredictability and I felt thoroughly entertained for a brief while. But I think I’m happy now to call it a Jump the Shark moment. A true, almost definitive shark jumping moment, to the point that I can’t……

November Roundup

Slightly late monthly roundup, but I’ve been on holiday and am now moving country to start a new job. It’s all very exciting and hectic. Don’t worry about the blog disappearing or anything. Hey, I got out that season preview on-time and as in-depth as always, didn’t I? What’s that? I missed Strange+, D-Frag and……

Samurai Flamenco episode 8 – Still waiting for the drop

I knew it. Of course the infamous Gorilla incident didn’t happen. As soon as the episode began we had the director shout out “aaaaand cut” as the camera pulled back slightly to reveal the set. A man in a gorilla costume with a guillotine in the middle took off the head and complained about how……