I'm sorry. Did you build your city ON TOP of a doomsday monster and expect it to go well? Impressions: Ah, gratuitousness. Seems to be the theme for the day. In this case, purely of the violence nature, though it's not like it really built up the girl being gruesomely ripped apart. Though that […]
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「死神ゲーム」 (Shinigami Game) "Reapers’ Game" “You have 23 minutes. Fail, and face English synth-pop duo Erasure.” - The Reapers
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Deep Insanity: The Lost Child – 01
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The God of High School – 01
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Deaimon – 01
「和と一果」 (Nagomu to Itsuka) "Nagomu and Itsuka" A sweet story with a tinge of comedy in all the right places.
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「神隠し」 (Kamikakushi) "Spirited Away" "GiBiA-VIIIIIRUS!"
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「カイマン」 (Caiman) "Caiman" I was prepared for this premiere to be great, appalling, or anything in between.
Orient – 01
「武蔵と小次郎」 (Musashi to Kojiro) "Musashi & Kojiro" That thicc Bushi poppin’.
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Nekopara – 01
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Listeners – 01
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Horimiya – 01
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「FATHERS&DAUGHTERS」 A father-daughter story about traversing the unexplored labyrinth.