I goddamn love baseball. I don't watch it very often, or follow it very closely, but I do like it a whole heck of a lot. I've been doing first impression reviews for a couple of years now, and this is the first baseball anime I've had cross my path, which is a shame because, … Continue reading First Impressions: Gurazeni: Money Pitch
The title of this anime is similar to the title of one of the Song of Ice and Fire books. ...that's all I got. Moving on. Trying to come up with some kind of bullshit science to explain magic ruins all the fun of magic. If you want magic, just have magic. If you want … Continue reading First Impressions: Dances with the Dragons
Ashita no Joe is something I've heard referenced in other anime a lot, but know nothing about aside from that it's a boxing manga. According to Wikipedia, this series is a reboot so I don't think I'd need any background knowledge, but if I knew more about Ashita no Joe I wouldn't have to do … Continue reading First Impressions: MEGALOBOX
I don't really have much opening comments for this one, aside from "So... It's like Bakuman with girls? Except less boring, hopefully?" except that the summary makes it seem like they're already working instead of just starting out, so... it's like All You Need is a Sister with manga instead of light novels? And with more … Continue reading First Impressions: Comic Girls
Oh, it's an Engrish pun. I get it. That's, uh... That's pretty clever. I guess. I don't really have any other opening comments, so let's just do the thing. This short has some pacing issues. It's surprisingly been awhile since we got a three-minute anime that tries to cram as much dialogue as the seiyuu … Continue reading First Impressions: Love To-LIE-Angle
Hold up a second; let me see that featured image. What the hell is that photorealistic tempura thing? Is... is this a parody? Our Hero's... squadmates, I guess? Well, whatever they are, they're assholes. I'd rather read nutrition information than listen to some jackass go on about fucking enemy pilots, too. Why does the sauce … Continue reading First Impressions: Space Battleship Tiramisu
Why do the generic pop song OPs always get subtitled, but the ones with the characters talking to and interacting with each other don't? It's discrimination is what it is. The summary says Our Hero is supposedly on her way to school, but she's dressed like she's on her way to work. Is she a … Continue reading First Impressions: Kakuriyo -Bed&Breakfast for Spirits-
Why. No, seriously, why. If you want to make an anime about racing girls, why not just make it about a track team? I guess points given for not wanting to go the generic route, but more points taken off by going for the obvious fetish material instead. I guess as far as anime-as-fuck premises … Continue reading First Impressions: Umamusume
This looks familiar. According to Wikipedia, it's a new adaptation of a manga from the 60's, so I've probably seen this kid around, but I feel like I've seen this exact image: somewhere, and I can't for the life of me think where. Oh, well. It doesn't matter. On to the thing. Oh, God it's … Continue reading First Impressions: GeGeGe no Kitaro
Isn't it still March? Why is there a premier already when it's still March?! And two episodes on the same day?! Who is responsible for this? HULK MUST SMASH. Oh, by the way, hi I'm doing these on Word Press now. Since this is my first time doing this on a different site, I'm going … Continue reading First Impressions: Magical Girl Ore
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