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First Impressions – Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé)
Having Ishida Akira play a teenaged yakuza S&M freak is an interesting choice.
First Impressions – Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi
Any time this franchise offers up a new incarnation I’m instantly transported to the person I was the last time I watched it.
Natsume's Book of Friends, Natsume's Book of Friends 4, Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7
“Oshi no Ko” Season 2 – 13 (Season Finale)
I think the key for me with OnK is to accept it - and its author - for what it and he are (and aren't).
First (and Second) Impressions – Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru. (If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student)
So far Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru plays as a sort of nuts & bolts “what if” premise, which is an interesting take on the reincarnation theme.
First Impressions – Ranma ½ (2024)
I enjoyed this premiere a lot more than I expected. And I wasn't sure I would.
First Impressions: Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth)
You can't talk about this series without acknowledging that it is, at heart, both academic and philosophical as much as entertainment for its own sake.
First Impressions – Kimi wa Meido-sama (You Are Ms. servant)
Nope, still no idea why he's doing it.
First Impressions – Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season
And they'll be brief ones, I can tell you that.
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 20
If this society sometimes blurs the lines between heroes and villains, it blurs the line between victims and villains too.
First Impressions – Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi
For me, the appeal of this premise was less in practice than in theory.
First (and Second) Impressions – Trillion Game
I guess I shouldn't ask where the foam weights came from.
First Impressions – Ao no Hako (Blue Box)
Chinatsu and Taiki are the reason to punch your ticket as far as I’m concerned.
First Impressions – Dandadan
The funny thing is, this is actually relatively tame for Dandadan.
First Impressions – NegaPosi Angler (Negative Positive Angler)
NegaPosi Angler is definitely one to keep an eye on, as seemed to be the case from the time it was announced.
First Impressions – Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran
We're revisiting what's probably (along with Evangelion) the single-most formative story in animanga for me as a fan.
First Impressions – Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka (365 Days to the Wedding)
Six premieres off my preview list on one day, including three big horses and probably my two main sleepers, is brutal.
First Impressions – Uzumaki
Here's the question that keeps running through my mind watching Uzumaki. Is this *supposed* to be funny?
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 16 – Oooku (Ooku: The Inner Chambers)
This series is definitely not a mass-produced model.
The Fable – 25 (End) and Series Review
For the material at hand this adaptation worked very well, and probably deserves more credit than it's been getting.
Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) – 12 (End) and Series Review
LN or no it's clear that Makeine is pretty damn smart.
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 12 (End) and Series Review
Anime has generally been unkind to Matsui Yuuseii, and while CloverWorks certainly did a wonderful cour, that doesn't seem to have changed.
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 19
Bottom line - every time BnHA needs to deliver the goods, it does.
LiA Bespoke Project – Pachinko: Balls Out
You may think you know pachinko, but you probably don't know the full story. I sure don't.
“Oshi no Ko” Season 2 – 12
It strikes me that Aqua’s trip down memory lane was dancing pretty close to revealing everything to Akane.
Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita. – 12 (End) and Series Review
Unfinished tales like this are always a bit sad, but a writer's words live on in the impression they make on their audience.
Protected: Lost in Anime Industry Newsletter #1
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The Fable – 24
What a singularly bizarre creation Akira is, but undeniably a memorable one.
Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) – 11
I have an image in my head of Nuk-kun roaming the streets of Toyohashi at dusk, searching for depressed girls to lean on railings next to until they…
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 20 (End) and Series Review
Series which thrill our imagination like this are why I was drawn to anime in the first place.
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 11
What Tokiyuki (and Yorishige) are trying to do is subversive in a very literal sense.
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 18
Talk about a massive downgrade.
Ramen Akaneko (Red Cat Ramen) – 12 (End) and Series Review
This is a series for people who love cats.
“Oshi no Ko” Season 2 – 11
Tune into this week’s OnK for the latest shipping news.
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 10
In a sense, Mizukami can write plot-driven stories that act like character-driven stories (and that's a unicorn-caliber talent).
Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita. – 11
How can they wrap up the story in 10 minutes when they haven't even started really telling it?
Fall 2024 Season Preview and Video Companion
I confess, Fall 2024 kind of snuck up on me.
Summer 2024 Preview Poll
Not an easy season to predict once you got past the no-brainers.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 10 (Season Finale)
Ironically given the series' title and theoretically its central theme, Shoushimin suffered from nothing about it really being extraordinary.
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 15 – Yugami-kun wa Tomodachi ga Inai (Yugami Doesn’t Have Any Friends)
Just how much does that guy want to be alone?
The Fable – 23
As much as anything, for me this is a series for viewers who appreciate acting.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 19
The phrase "never a dull moment" could have been invented for Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai.
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi – 10
Matsui Yuusei is a genius but a very peculiar one, and this series needed an adaptation that conveyed that as well as this one does.
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 17
There's no question that massive, climactic fights like this one are a challenge for big battle shounen.
Ramen Akaneko – 11
Red Cat Ramen is probably the closest to the Shirokuma Cafe experience of any series since that one ended.
“Oshi no Ko” Season 2 – 10
I’m out of alignment with Akasaka on almost every level, and I always fear one of these times our luck is going to run out.
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 09
Senya's lot in life is a cruel one - every fated fight always seems to find him.
Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita. – 10
I kind of think Familiar-san is more talk than action.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 09
Fun fact - the seiyuu playing Kawamata Sanae is named Osanai.
The Fable – 22
None of these people have any idea what they're up against with Akira.
Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) – 09
I think it's because Kazuhiko is himself an introvert that he can see what Komari is going through with such clarity.