It’s a new arc. The boring last arc has ended. All the people have been promising us that this gets better. I’m sure it will start now. We’ll no longer get Tatsuya being absolutely perfect at everything. No more lengthy explanations for how magic is done that bore the living shit out of everyone. No…… Continue reading Mahouka – Irregular at Magic High School episode 8 – He can fly too
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Irregular at Magic High School episode 3 – This probably won’t last long
Oh I don’t know, how about in every single way possible? After live-tweeting all three episodes of Irregular at Magic High School and having an amazing amount of fun with this poorly written pile, I ran a little informal poll to see if people were interested in hearing me blog this. The result for which…… Continue reading Irregular at Magic High School episode 3 – This probably won’t last long
Chaika the Coffin Princess episode 1 – Unicorn guts
While there are little niggly things about the first episode of Chaika that could only be called as “fucking anime bullshit”, I was quite impressed by the structure and storytelling capabilities of this episode. We establish our main character. He is a fighter of sorts who has fallen on rough times and is struggling to…… Continue reading Chaika the Coffin Princess episode 1 – Unicorn guts
Spring 2014 Anime Season Preview
Hey guess what The Cart Driver writers are excited for this season? I’ll give you a clue: It has the letters J and O in the title. It may even have each of those letters twice. A little bit later than usual, but welcome to The Cart Driver’s World Famous [citation needed] Anime Season Preview,…… Continue reading Spring 2014 Anime Season Preview
12 Days of Anime #10: A Fake Incestuous Wedding
The Oreimo Season 2 specials are beautifully hideous. In an hour and a half, they manage to completely bulldoze the meager foundation of joy that the series desperately clings to—by which I mean Kuroneko and Saori’s relevance to the plot. It plays out more like terrible fanfiction than an actual continuation of Oreimo’s story, with…… Continue reading 12 Days of Anime #10: A Fake Incestuous Wedding
Winter 2014 Anime Season Preview
Welcome to The Cart Driver’s World Famous Anime Season Preview: Winter 2014 edition. If you are a regular of these most prestigious of lengthy blog posts, you will know that I like to let my cynical side take over and run amok over Japan’s latest animated offerings. Not this season though. This season looks quite…… Continue reading Winter 2014 Anime Season Preview
Eccentric Family episode 11 – Sandman
Normally these two brothers are hard to take seriously as villains. Even when they’re locking little boys in garages to starve to death and capturing animals to be brutally slaughtered and devoured, I still can’t take them seriously. But turn one of them into the Sandman villain from Spiderman with the creepiest giant morphing head…… Continue reading Eccentric Family episode 11 – Sandman
5 Light Novel adaptations announced in one day – further analysis
The light novel publisher Media Factory, a subsidiary of the publishing conglomerate Kadokawa, announced anime adaptations of 5 of their light novel properties. Usually I cover this sort of stuff in the season preview, but the 5 titles in question all have very noticeable similarities and re-occurring traits. It would be remiss of me not…… Continue reading 5 Light Novel adaptations announced in one day – further analysis
Manga Driver: Don’t Cry Girl
Volumes: 1 (complete) This manga came with a strong recommendation from a friend. Even though it’s a shoujo manga and shoujo and I don’t get on particularly well, it’s only 1 volume long and is about nudists, so I figured it was at least worth a shot. “Don’t Cry Girl” is about a teenage girl…… Continue reading Manga Driver: Don’t Cry Girl
Summer 2013 Anime Season Preview
It’s summer! That means swimming and beaches and swimsuits and hot firm bodies under the sun with their chests and their abs sweating with the heat and exhaustion and oh those firm, firm bodies… *cough* where was I? Oh right yes, anime! That medium that has nothing to do with swimming at all. Wonder how that…… Continue reading Summer 2013 Anime Season Preview
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