Azure Flame Reloaded

Masahiro is wandering around alone in the underworld. Masahiro: Where is everybody!? I’m only Level Seven- I can’t be expected to fight alone! Masahiro uses a locator spell to find Genbu, Rikugou and Taiin. Over in the distance they see Nagako. Taiin: She’s the one who created the curse- we should defeat her and see [...]

Reviewed this week: Aria 7, Clannad 18, Kaiji 19, Mai-Otome 0 S.ifr 1, Minami-ke Okawari 7, SaiMono II 36, Shigofumi 6-7, Shion no Ou 16, Shounen Onmyouji 20, Sketchbook 13, Sisters of Wellber 11, Zoku SZS 4 …and in manga: Doujin Work 1-19, Minami-ke 1-21

Seimei wanders around in a washed-out world, where he meets old friends Ryuusai and Wakana. Seimei: All right, my spin-off series begins here! Wait, these people are dead- it’s just a crappy dream sequence! They disappear, and he wakes up. (Seimei: I really thought I was on my way to being a main character that [...]

A normal day at Azure Flame. It’s been a year of ups and downs, of anime gems and utter disappointments- a year when I’ve alternated between craving more and feeling utterly fed up with the continuing deluge of episodes that take no account of the fact that people might have other things to do than [...]

Damn you anime, I want to live! Due to an unmanageable amount of releases this week, some titles have been postponed until next round-up. Reviewed this week: Baccano! 8, Doujin Work 8-12, ef- a tale of memories 1, Gundam 00 1, Kaiji 1, Koutetsu Sangokushi 14-15, MariMite OVA 5, Mokke 1, Mononoke 10-11, Oh! Edo [...]

Narrator: Last episode had absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the plot, so let’s forget it happened and show clips of some earlier episodes instead! In a cave somewhere, an evil force is plotting. Evil: Gwakaka, I must become king and rule this pathetic world! I’m not sure why, it’s just what we villains do! Masahiro [...]

Reviewed this week: Baccano! 6, Dennou Coil 15-16, El Cazador 23, Mononoke 8, Mushi-Uta 10, RxJ 20-1, SaiMono II 19, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 7, Seirei no Moribito 23, Shounen Onmyouji 18, Sisters of Wellber 9 …and in manga: Chokotto Sister 42-4, Tsubasa 167

Masahiro is working at the Onmyou dorms. Masahiro: This sort of thing is really boring and unworthy of a main character- especially one who’s just reached Level Seven. Yoshimasa summons Masahiro. Yoshimasa: Masahiro, there’s something I have to tell you- your previously unmentioned older brother Narichika has returned from the city and has started asking [...]

Masahiro has a flashback about the generic ghost’s life in Snow Town before waking up. Masahiro: Help, this guy is so generic and boring! He mustn’t be allowed to become the main character! Mokkun arrives. Mokkun: I can’t believe this! It’s all Takaokami no Kami’s fault that this generic ghost ended up in your body! [...]

This week, the new season continues to show little in the way of promise, whilst more and more swear themselves to the rising cult of Dennou Coil worship. Meanwhile, the world’s finest minds puzzle over how to get their cat to walk through a cat grooming ring. Reviewed this week: Cazador 14, Darker than Black [...]