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First Impression: Shakunetsu Kabaddi
After an opening full of flames, darkness and jumps, we meet Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a white-haired, red-eyed, muscular student with a dangerous vibe who happens to hate sports. Once…
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 08
Having new members is an important development opportunity for Tatsuya. Read more
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 10
There's a reason series like this were never designed to run for one cour. Read more
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 07
I really appreciate a series that takes the time time really explore the nuances of its sport, even if it's one I know little about. Read more
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 06
Shakunetsu Kabaddi is a survivor, the tortoise amongst the hares this season, and it's still here. Read more
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 09
There's a kind of catch-22 with less than captivating characters, especially this far into a series. Read more
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 11
"Read the manga" is fine for what it is, but it has limits. Read more
Shakunetsu Kabaddi – 12
Considering that Shakunetsu Kabaddi has to use a practice match as its "climax" and that three team members basically never got onto the court, I think it did…
Spring 2021 First Impressions: Shakunetsu Kabaddi, Mashiro no Oto, Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
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Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-, Those Snow White Notes, Burning Kabaddi
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Decaf Fukuyama-san, decaf. Read more
Spring 2021 First Impressions – Burning Kabaddi
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Story Summary: Tatsuya thought he’d left sports behind after middle school. Irritated by the cliquish-ness he encountered as a soccer player,…
Weekly Digest 5/1/21 – Bakuten!!, Shakunetsu Kabaddi
The mystery of Azemichi's head deepens. Read more
Weekly Digest 4/25/21 – Shadows House, Shakunetsu Kabaddi
Anime giveth with one hand, and taketh with the other. Read more
Weekly Digest 04/18/21 – Shakunetsu Kabaddi, Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
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First Look: Burning Kabaddi
Yoigoshi Tatsuya used to be a big football (soccer) player, but he’s had enough and, when entering high school, became a livestreamer and shunned all sports. Members of…
BURNING KABADDI – Episode 1
Burning Kabaddi seems crafted entirely to combat the sport’s status as a punchline in Japanese media, going so far as to have Yoigoshi call out the trend before…
First episodes run, first impressions.
I usually don’t like talking about an anime series or making an opinion about an anime until I’ve watched the first season or at least 12 episodes of…
First Impressions: Bakuten!
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! Today, we’re going to be talking about–no–not a new anime from summer season, but about spring 2021 anime–because there’s jus…
First Impressions – Helck
Helck is another in a spate of somewhat puzzling manga adaptations. Read more
Kakegurui First Impressions!
Next stop on the first impressions train is Kakegurui! This. damn. show. To say that I’m impressed with this one so far is an understatement. It has a…
First Impressions: Arcanium
This card game rogue like presents a lot of opportunity for fun and engaging gameplay.
First Impressions – Pet
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Hyouka First Impressions
It’s not just a slice-of-life any more, it’s literally real life. No, I don’t mean that in a good way.
First Impressions – Arte
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First Impressions – SSSS.Dynazenon
It's such a treat to hop in this time capsule and go for a ride. Read more
First Impressions – Pluto
For Pluto to have been worth the wait when the wait was as long it was is the sort of success story we almost never see.
First Impressions – SK∞
Yes, abandon counts for a lot. Read more
First Impressions – redux
There were quite a few anime that stood out to me last year, which gave me much enjoyment and entertainment, plus impressive production values, but I’m too lazy…
First Impressions: Gekidol
It’s been six years since the horrible disaster that wiped out huge swaths of land in the city of Ikebukuro. Still, science continues to advance, and the newest…
First Impressions: Griftlands
Griftlands manages to be both fun mechanically and rewarding on a story level.
First Impressions – Kakushigoto
This premiere did a lot of things right, but a problem for me is that the whole premise is highly dubious - just how much of a problem…
First Impressions – Medalist
Medalist ended up being about as good as I expected, but took an unexpected route to get there.
First Impressions: Kakushigoto
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First Impressions – 86
Aptly named, for me at least. Read more
First Impressions – Noblesse
While I admit my expectations were relatively modest, I liked Noblesse more than I thought I would. Read more
First Impressions – Jigokuraku
I had a tickle in my brain telling me this one was going to be good. Read more
First Impressions: OreImo
Fall 2010 is a particularly strong season. A lot of studios are putting their best foot forward and producing shows of suprisingly high quality. However, the show that…
First Impressions: Swordgai
This story definitely isn’t where I thought this story was going to go. At first, I thought this was about one sword. But in fact, it’s about many.…
First Impressions – Dandadan
The funny thing is, this is actually relatively tame for Dandadan.
First Impressions – Revenger
As Baloo said to Kit Cloudkicker, "Take-offs are easy - it's the landings that are hard". Read more
Tsurekano | First Impressions
A certain boy and girl in middle school became lovers, flirted with each other, disagreed on trivial things, became more frequently irritated with each other rather than excited...…
First Impressions – PET
I can’t tell if this anime is kinky or trippy. Both? Possibly both So recently as I’ve been going through this season’s anime, I’ve come across a title…
Heroman - First Impressions
Japan, thank you. Studio Bones, thank you. And Stan Lee, thank you, thank you, thank you! Aside from an ill-advised comeback attempt, Tai...
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First Impressions – Mononogatari
No, it isn't part of that franchise. Read more
First Impressions – Bucchigire!
Anime needs series that gives creative people a chance to express themselves, and this one clearly does. Read more
First Impressions – Sakugan
Sakugan has the aura of a roughly-sewn together quilt of different influences, without anything of itself to anchor it. Read more
First Impressions – Uzumaki
Here's the question that keeps running through my mind watching Uzumaki. Is this *supposed* to be funny?
REVENGER — FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Hello friends, how are you today? I personally have some adulting to do today so I’m not exactly enthusiastic, but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?…
First Impressions – Zenshu
I have much the same problem with anime about making anime that I do with anime about the idol industry.