You ever see something so cute your teeth ache? Jelly bean dragon! I want one. Endro! is very. very. cute. It follows the attempts of a demon lord to change to future, where she gets defeated by a Hero, by... getting the Hero expelled from school. All of the former demon lord's attempts backfire, however, and she … Continue reading First Impressions: Endro!
Yay, romance. So fun. I love her. Kaguya-sama: Love is War is about idiots in love who refuse to admit it to each other until the other person admits it to them, and it's hilarious. The developing relationship between the main couple is played out and narrated like an ongoing war, with each sub-episode? chapter? … Continue reading First Impressions: Kaguya-sama: Love is War
I sense fairy tales... Copyright infringement? Grimms Notes the Animation is about a group of characters wandering through beloved fairy tales battling a corrupting influence and becoming closer as friends. Wait, isn't that the plot of Kingdom Hearts? It is! This is basically Kingdom Hearts: the anime! Only not nearly as fun. Or interesting. Or good. … Continue reading First Impressions: Grimms Notes the Animation
Oh, look a magical girl anime. Please don't be overly cutesy or grim-dark. So cute, yet so evil. Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka follows a magical girl with severe PTSD as she is brought out of retirement to join a newly formed spec-ops squad focusing on terrorist and other threats. And while that sounds like it's … Continue reading First Impression: Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka
Based on the title, I am going to assume this is about women who are pilots and kick butt and also possibly dress cute. Dog sighted! It is not. I mean, there are women-shaped pilots. And they do kick butt. But apparently they're not women? They're... robots, I think? And instead of focusing on them … Continue reading First Impressions: Girly Air Force
Cats are inspiring. Spoilers are evil. Being alone is great. If you have ever had any of these thoughts, have I got the anime protagonist for you! Mikazuki Subaru is an 'eccentric' author who loves being alone and hates spoilers. He hates them so much. Like, seriously though. He's currently trying to come up with … Continue reading First Impressions: My Roommate is a Cat
Oh, hey, an anime involving time travel and seeing ghosts. This should be interesting. Bunny sighted! Good bunny! Meiji Tokyo Renka is based on a visual novel that came out for the PSP a few years back. There's also a film adaptation that came out in 2016, but it's unclear at this point whether or … Continue reading First Impressions: Meiji Tokyo Renka
There is no light in this world, reader. There is no joy or happiness, and all talk of God's grace is a lie meant to distract us from the screaming entropy of existence. There is no meaning to this life, only the infinite cacaphony of chaotic bullshit which we as mortals can never be free … Continue reading First Impressions: WATATEN! An Angel Flew Down To Me
You ever watch a show that 1/4 of the way through turned into another kind of show? Disconcerting, right? Neat. Rinshi! Ekoda-chan is based on a 4-koma manga that follows the life of the author living and working in Tokyo. It, apparently, has a decently sized fanbase in Japan. The actual anime part of this … Continue reading First Impressions: Rinshi! Ekoda-chan
A new year, new anime season, and now a new isekai anime to do a first impressions review for. The Rising of the Shield Hero is a series I had never heard of at any point until it popped up on Crunchyroll yesterday, and I was initially planning to ignore it if only because the … Continue reading First Impressions: The Rising of the Shield Hero
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