“SaiKano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet,” also known as “Saishu Heiki Kanojo” or “She, the Ultimate Weapon” is a dramatic, poignant story of true love. At least, it’s supposed to be. Chise and Shuji are two high school students in a relationship in Japan during a time of war, however their town [...]

When I first started watching “Hanasaku Iroha” (also known as Hanairo, and in English, “The ABCs of Blooming”), I wasn’t expecting much. With the recent influx of slice-of-life shows starring stereotypically cute girls with cliche character development, doing very cliche things, and meant to appeal to appeal to 18- to 30-year-old men (a genre of [...]