Category: TV

Rascal Does Not Dream Of Wrapping Things Up

Hey! Do you remember that “bunny-girl show” from a few years back?

Yeah, that one. It’s based on a light novel series whose final main story installment saw print late last year in Japan, the English translation of which is due early next year. Last night I picked up the penultimate volume… and this morning I discovered that a continuation animated series (following from the first animated series and subsequent movie releases) aired over the course of this past summer.

(I’m annoyed that, as a fan of this property since the start of the first anime series, I didn’t even know the continuation series existed. Bad fan, no biscuit. I could’ve been watching the show all season long! Ah, well. Now I have something to catch up on.)

The story is close to wrapping up, and reading the “…Girlfriend” installment (volume 14) makes me wonder how well the author is going to “stick the landing.”
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30 September, 2025
Murderbot: All Systems Reread

Now that I’ve had a few weeks to let my feelings about the televised adaptation settle, I did a re-read of the novella which started it all: Martha Wells’ All Systems Red. Part of my motivation to do so was to put “faces” to characters, and another part was to consider the questions of adaptation. Mostly, though, I read it because it’s a damned good book. There’s a reason this series is so beloved, after all. And a lot of what hooked us with the first installment did, in fact, make it into the TV show.

Just, for the most part, not exactly as in the original text.
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9 August, 2025
Murderbot, The Prestige TV Show

It takes a lot to convince me to fork out for adding a streaming service to the roster nowadays, considering I long ago cut D+ and whatever they’re calling HBO’s service this week out of the budget. Especially when the service in question is tied to the “fruit logo” financial ecosystem.

But dagnabbit, I really love the Murderbot series of novels & novellas from Martha Wells. And everything I read & watched about the upcoming show convinced me to give it a try.

Am I happy with my purchase? Oh, goodness yes.
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17 June, 2025
Spring Anime 2025: A Mixed Bag of Nuts

I’m keeping up with a handful of shows this season, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm ranging from “I can’t wait for the next episode” to “well, I might as well see how this reaches a conclusion.” With a month and some-odd left to go in most of these show’s runs, it’s time for some thoughts.

(Note that I’m leaving out the long-running, continuing Apothecary Diaries, which remains one of the finest shows of this decade and looks destined for all-time-classic status. We love Maomao in this household.)

Let’s get into specifics.
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22 May, 2025
Random Bits: Mid-May 2025

I haven’t had enough to say about any specific thing to flesh out an entire post… though I suppose I could go back to my pre-Twitter use of this site to simply post very short status updates and minor thoughts… maybe. We’ll see. In the meantime, here are a few tidbits from my recent life:
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19 May, 2025
Winter Anime 2025 (Nearly Over)

A couple months ago I noted some shows that had caught my interest. Now that the season’s almost complete I have some additional thoughts to jot down about a few of them.

The news is mostly good. But only mostly.
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21 March, 2025