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RE-MAIN – 01
「ごめんなさい、誰ですか」 ("Gomennasai, Dare Desu ka?) "Sorry, Who Are You?" I guarantee you will REMAIN intrigued.
RE-MAIN – 06
「 はい、こっち向いて」 (Hai, Kotchi Muite) "Yes, Look Over Here" We are stronger when we lift each other up.
RE-MAIN – 02
「僕は天才じゃない」 (Boku wa Tensai ja nai) "I'm No Prodigy" It's finally happened, our boy joined the water polo club!
RE-MAIN – 04
「なんかヤバいかも……」 (Nanka Yabai ka mo......) "This Ain't Looking Good..." When you're struggling against little kids, you know it ain't looking good...
RE-MAIN – 03
「でもへんでくでせ」 (De mo Hen Deku Dese) "But, Give Us a Hendy" The quest to recruit the 7th and final member has begun, but the ever-stoic Shuugo Amihama is a tough…
RE-MAIN – 05
「いや怖いわ！！！」 (Iya Kowai wa!!!) "Ew, That's Scary!!!" Sometimes, the best person to look to for inspiration is...you!
Re-Main (First Impression)
“The story centers on Minato Kiyoumizu, a boy who quit playing water polo after an incident during the winter of his third year of junior high school. After…
RE-MAIN – 12 (END)
「 さぁ、始めようぜ」 (Sā, Hajimeyō ze) "C'mon, Let's Get Started" This series needs a season 2 ASAP!
First Impressions – RE-MAIN
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First Impression: Re-Main
Minato wakes at the hospital, vaguely remembering a ball floating over water and surrounded by light. A girl, his younger sister, is telling him of his day. She…
RE-MAIN – Episode 1
Kiyomizu Minato was a junior high school water polo national champion who unfortunately got into a car accident and can't remember his love for water polo.
First Look: RE-MAIN
In junior high, Minato Kiyomizu was a water polo ace who was part of a quartet of nationally recognised players. However, a car accident leaves him in a…
Second Impressions – RE-MAIN
On the evidence of the first two episodes, RE-MAIN is perfectly happy to color inside the lines. Read more
Re-Main Review (Spoiler Free)
We’re almost done with the genre reviews, this time we’ve got the Sports genre and Re-Main. This was an interesting one for me, because I can count the…
Lost Highway and RE-MAIN
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Lost Highway and RE-MAIN
Been watching a lot of mechanical keyboard related things, and bought one for my work setup (currently,...
Anime Series Like Re-Main
Minato Kiyoumizu was once a rockstar among rockstars on his junior high water polo team. However, when a car accident put him into a coma for several months,…
Summer 2021 First Impressions – Re-Main
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Half a year ago, Minato was on top of the world. He and his middle school water polo team were…
A Memory in Speedos – First Impressions: Re-Main
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! The sun is shining, the weather is warm, thankfully nobody has started any large forest fires this year, and we’re back…
Cooling Down and Starting Over with RE-MAIN
Water polo champion Minato wakes from a coma with amnesia. Will he fight his way back to being the best? or remain on the edges of the pool?
Re-Main Review: Does MAPPA Sink or Swim?
Studio: MAPPA Director: Masafumi Nishida Streaming on: Funimation For better or worse, MAPPA has become one of the most dominant studios in the anime studio, and a household…
Anime Taste Testing: Re-Main and Kageki Shoujo!!
This season’s not off to an amazing start. That said, looking over what seems to be the dozen or so male gaze-centric isekai/power fantasy shows and the ton…
“Re-Main” And “Oblivion Battery” – Same Same, But Different
Oblivion Battery and Re-Main revolve around two first-year high schoolers, Minato and Kaname, who suffered from amnesia and therefore forgot their incredible athletic abilities and their former personalities.…
RE-MAIN – I still can’t figure out how I feel
RE-MAIN was a frustrating anime for me to watch. It could have been great. Heck it could have been one of the greatest. Let me tell you why!
Summer 2021 First Impressions: Vanitas no Carte, Kanojo mo Kanojo, Re-Main
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This Week in Anime - Is Water Polo Anime RE-MAIN Worth Watching?
This MAPPA-animated series follows the typical sports series formula with an added mix of amnesia thrown in. Is there anything unique about it its Speedo-wearing cast?
“FU-RE-FU-RE-FU-RE! One More Time: FU-RE- FU-RE-FU-RE!!”
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Re: ZERO ~Starting Life in Another World~, Vol. 11
By Tappei Nagatsuki and Shinichirou Otsuka. Released in Japan by MF Bunko J. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Jeremiah Borque. I was sort of…
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「死の味」 (Shi no Aji) "The Taste of Death" First kisses have never been stranger.
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #11 — “I Want to Re-Kill Her!”
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Princess Connect! Re: Dive Season 2 Episode 11: The shadows close in. Can Kokkoro and Yuuki reach Pecorine in time? Can Pecorine hold out?
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The Value of (Re)watching and (Re)reading
How often do you revisit an anime or a book? With new anime and books coming out at all times, we can get stuck on the new-and-shiny. But…
When You Become The Main Character
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The Anime With No Main Character
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Top 5 Female Anime Main Characters
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Chainsaw Minute: Chapter 128: Main Dish
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Re: Generative AI
If we strip the buzz, the latest hubbub and media attention on generative AI are large scale data models used to generate youtube video scripts and images that…
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Most Legendary Main Character Entrances in Anime
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