Mysterious Girlfriend X
Two New OVAs Have Been Added to the Summer Retrospective!
Two new reviews have been added to the 2012 Summer Anime Season Retrospective:
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Alternative One – Kobayashi Opera and the Five Paintings
- Mysterious Girlfriend X – The Mysterious Summer Festival
They can both be found in the original 2012 summer retrospective post. This marks the end of the reviews from last season. We’ll be doing first-impression posts for the fall series starting next week.
2012 Summer Anime Season Retrospective
The 2012 summer anime season has ended and let’s face it – it wasn’t very good. But fear not, for I have found those shiny gold needles in the summer anime season haystack for you! There were one or two of those. I think… Continue reading
Spring 2012 Anime Season Digest – Half Point
The spring 2012 anime season is choked full of series. Some are good, some are bad and some are just ugly. Now that we got to the half point it’s time to see which are the keepers and which are the stinkers. Continue reading
Why Mysterious Girlfriend X Is Exactly The Romantic Story We Needed
Mysterious Girlfriend X (or Nazo no Kanojo X in Japanese) redefines how a romantic story can be depicted in anime. It strays miles away from your common love-comedy series, which is a good thing. Continue reading
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