If I write “part 1” in the title of this post, it not only encourages my loyal readerbase to come back for the second part, but it also forces me to write a second post. My genius is tr…
Jan 17, 2024 • Subscribe
More like this
Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions Part 1
If I write “part 1” in the title of this post, it not only encourages my loyal readerbase to come back for the second part, but it also…
Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions Part 2
I have limited love in my heart, or indeed enthusiasm. All of that enthusiasm shall be directed towards Bravern. There will be no enthusiasm left for anything else…
Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions Part 2
I have limited love in my heart, or indeed enthusiasm. All of that enthusiasm shall be directed towards Bravern. There will be no enthusiasm left for anything else…
Winter 2023 Anime First Impressions part 1
When I first watched Vinland Saga, it was after having multiple wisdom teeth taken out. I was drugged up on painkillers and feeling sorry for myself, looking much…
Winter 2024 – First impressions – Part II
Other than the late announced Brave Bang Bravern!, all the premiers have aired… So it’s time to run down last week’s batch and then take a look at…
Winter 2024 – First impressions – Part I
Well, Tuesday is a bit of a break between waves of premieres, so it’s the perfect day to look at what I’ve checked out so far. (Not to…
Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions
The winter anime season begins just as the new year does, getting into high gear starting on January 3rd—and we’ve got you covered for the approximately 50 anime…
Winter 2024 Anime: First Impressions
2024 brings along with it the start of a new anime season, and though I’m only watching a handful of shows this time around, I shall be sharing…
Gushing Over Magical Girls, Metallic Rouge, The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
Winter 2021 – First Impressions – Part 1
Just a few quick impressions of the shows I’ve seen so far… Mostly because I need to get ready for the busy few days ahead. Both IRL (have…
Winter 2021 First Impressions Part 1
So much anime, so little time…
First Impressions Winter 2020 Part 1
Winter is upon us once more, but while the nights are long and the winds are cold there’s also a whole smorgasbord of new anime for us to…
Summer 2024: Seasonal Anime First Impressions Part 1
First impressions include the middling Isekai Suicide Squad, the unsettling wish fulfillment of My Wife Has No Emotion, and the genre shortcomings of Twilight Out of Focus.
Suicide Squad ISEKAI, My Wife Has No Emotion, Twilight Out of Focus
Winter 2023 Anime First Impressions part 2
My expression as I sit through more isekai anime before I finally have enough episodes of Vinland Saga stacked up to watch in one big cosy sitting. Except…
Winter 2024 Anime Week 12: Winter 2024 Awards Part 1
March 23rd, 2024 What an incredible Winter 2024 anime season it has been so far! I was a bit skeptical going into this season. We were coming off…
Seasonal Anime Impressions - Winter 2021 - Part 1
Seasonal Anime ImpressionsWinter 2021Part 1Hi and welcome to "this thing with the title above", the only series of blog posts where I give my impressions of the first…
The Promised Neverland Season 2, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, The Promised Neverland, Otherside Picnic, Steins;Gate
Winter 2020 – First Impressions – Part II
Well, here we are the second (and final) batch of first impressions for this season… and it’s a really mixed bunch. Some good, some… not so much. You…
Winter 2020 First Impressions, Part One
Preview week has begun, and 2020 is starting off strong! I’m currently still riding the high of Masaaki Yuasa’s Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, a premiere I watched…
Winter 2021 – First Impressions – Part 2
Just a few quick impressions of the shows I’ve seen so far… And I swear it’s completely happenstance that Part 2 is basically sequels… It’s not many shows,…
Winter 2020 – First Impressions – Part I
What is it they say… New Year, New Me? Meh, not so much. Still the same ol’ me, tendency to procrastinate and all. But we do have a…
First Impressions Winter 2020 Part 2
And we’re back, no preamble, let’s just get straight to this! Somali and the Forest Spirit Humanity is nearly extinct. After a devastating war with the rest of…
First Impressions: Winter 2016 – Part 4
Alright! Final post of first impressions~! Was waiting for decent Ajin subs, but they never materialised, so just watched the terrible engrish subbed version so I could get…
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 3, AJIN: Demi-Human, Snow White with the Red Hair, AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue
First Impressions: Winter 2016 – Part 2
Okay moving on – can’t say I’m massive fan of the majority of these, but whatever. Divine Gate Koukaku no Pandora (Pandora in the Crimson Shell) Sekkou Boys…
Dagashi Kashi, Divine Gate, Gate, Pandora in the Crimson Shell Ghost Urn, Please Tell Me! Galko Chan
Winter 2021 First Impressions Part 2
So much anime, so little time…
First Impressions: Winter 2016 – Part 3
Yeah…..weekdays just don’t happen for me – long live the weekends! So I’m a bit late with these first impressions since 2nd episodes are coming out, but whatever…
BBK/BRNK, Dimension W, Durarara!!, Rainbow Days, Nurse Witch Komugi
Summer 2024: Seasonal Anime First Impressions Part 2
Second part of the Summer 2024 Seasonal First Impressions, including premieres of the life-affirming Elusive Samurai, the quietly storming Shoushimin Series, the sleeper hit Sakuna of Rice and…
Spring 2021 Anime First Impressions part 1
You’re here to read my first impressions of the anime that came out this season, not to read an intro, so let’s just get right to it. Mars…
Fall 2023 Anime First Impressions Part 1
Ron Kamonohasi used the geass in the first episode of that show, so obviously I’m going to watch all of it. Guys, I think this deranged detective might…
Fall 2023 Anime First Impressions Part 1
Ron Kamonohasi used the geass in the first episode of that show, so obviously I’m going to watch all of it. Guys, I think this deranged detective might…
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Ep. 139 — First Impressions Winter 2024
There are a lot of good shows this season!
Chained Soldier, Delusional Monthly Magazine, Pon no Michi, Snack Basue
Spring 2024 – First Impressions – Part I
And… we’re off! The first shows of the new season have shown us what they’ve got to offer. Am I buying what they’re selling, or looking elsewhere for…
Summer 2024 – First Impressions – Part I
Crazy busy IRL last week and weekend, but finally getting caught up with shows and writing… So, here’s my thoughts on the shows I’ve watched so far. Some…
Spring 2024 – First Impressions – Part II
Euph returns with a banger premiere, plus Jellyfish (WOW!) and much more both good and bad. Hit the jump and let’s run ’em down!
Winter 2023 Anime: First Impressions
The first episode of every show I have chosen to watch during this season of anime has now aired, so I shall be sharing my initial impressions of…
D4DJ All Mix, NieR:Automata Ver1.1a, NIJIYON ANIMATION, Spy Classroom, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
Winter 2023 Anime First Impressions
Does anyone remember how disappointed viewers were with the summer 2022 anime season? It’s a dim memory now in light of the acclaimed fall season that just finished…
Winter 2022 Anime: First Impressions
A new year has arrived, and so too has a new season of anime. With the first episode of each show I wanted to watch now aired, I…
In the Land of Leadale, Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department, Police in a Pod, Attack on Titan, CUE!
Winter 2022 Anime First Impressions
After the absolute barrage of new series in the fall season—somewhere around 50, including a few that made our Best of 2021 list—winter 2022 brings about 2/3 that…
Winter 2021 Anime First Impressions
The winter 2021 anime season feels a bit like life in general: Things are starting to get back to normal. Many delayed series are finally airing both among…
Winter 2021 Anime: First Impressions
Bit late with this one for reasons, but here we go: my first “First Impressions” post of 2021. Without any further ado, here are my initial impressions of…
Cells at Work!, Show By Rock!!, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, World Witches Take Off!, Cells at Work!!
Winter 2021 First Impressions – Junko #1
I took a season off from First Impressions due to the general overwhelming-ness of the world, but I’m back and ready to watch some terrible and hopefully not-so-terrible…
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team, Gekidol, Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town?
Winter 2022 First Impressions #1 – Ariana
Visit the post for more.
Musashi, The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest, Slow Loop
Winter 2022 First Impressions #1 – Moeronpan
Another year of anime awaits! As for the last years worth of anime, the annual awards post will go up after we’re done with the new season first…
Sasaki and Miyano, Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, My Dress-Up Darling
Winter 2024 Anime Week 13: Winter 2024 Anime Awards Part 2
March 30th, 2024 And now, we have finally reached the end of the Winter 2024 season! This felt like a very long season for me, but I’m really…
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 139 – Winter 2024 Anime Season First Impressions
0:00:00 Intro 0:02:00 Chained Soldier 0:05:05 Delusional Monthly Magazine 0:07:09 Mr. Villain’s Day Off 0:08:05 Pon no Michi 0:08:42 Snack Basue 0:10:11 The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth R…
Shangri-La Frontier, Solo Leveling, The Apothecary Diaries, The Fire Hunter, Delicious in Dungeon
First Impressions Matter – Spring 2022 – Week 1 / First impressions Part 1
And we’re off to the races (metaphorically speaking)! It’s a brand new season and we have a ton of new shows to talk about… Some good, some bad,…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 154: Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions
New year, new season, new anime for us to love (or hate). Sengoku Youko is good, we promise!
Spring 2024 Anime First Impressions
More than 60 anime will be competing for your attention this spring, and a whole host of them are highly anticipated sequels, with a number of new series…
Autumn 2024 Anime: First Impressions
As we enter the last quarter of the year, a new season of anime starts. That means plenty of new shows to watch, and here are my initial…
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3, Sword Art Online, The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians, Tonbo!, BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War
Fall 2024 Anime First Impressions
Grab your Pumpkin Spice Latte, breathe in the cooler air, and hit the thrift stores for your Halloween costume, but don’t book that trip to see the autumnal…
Summer 2024 Anime First Impressions
While the spring 2024 season had its expected triumphs like Sound Euphonium and Laid-Back Camp S3, there were perhaps a higher percentage of positive surprises than in recent…
Spring 2024 Anime: First Impressions
The spring 2024 season of anime is now in full swing, so here are my initial thoughts on each of the shows I decided to watch. Lots of…
Laid-Back Camp, Tonbo!, Whisper Me a Love Song, NIJIYON ANIMATION 2, The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio