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 impressions, so stay tuned. Another year, anot…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions #2 – Moeronpan
Wonky art in the first episode – it’s the anime part of a mixed media project alright!
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Winter 2021 First Impressions – Moeronpan #2
Cute and friendly platelets? What did you think this was, Cells at Work?
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Winter 2021 First Impressions – Moeronpan #3
Just a short one this time! That wraps up the first impressions I can be bothered doing for 2021 anyway, stay tuned for the 2020 awards post hopefully…
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Spring 2022 First Impressions – Moeronpan 2
Sorry for the slight wait on these. Anyway, that concludes the shows I voluntarily checked out this season!
Autumn 2022 First Impressions: Moeronpan 2
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Winter 2021 First Impression – Moeronpan #1
And we’re back at the start of another year!The thing about 2020 was that it was…different and challenging, so although I do still want to do a Moeronpan…
Autumn 2020 First Impressions – Moeronpan #1
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Spring 2021 First Impressions – Moeronpan #1
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Summer 2021 First Impressions – Moeronpan #1
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Like I said before, it’s a smaller season this time so I wanted to do all my shows in one hit. Let’s dive in and see if I…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Cue!
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 24 Source: Game Episode Summary: AiRBLUE is a newly-established voice acting agency whose primary claim to fame is that it’s starting from the ground up…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Orient
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: The land of Hinomoto was a peaceful one, until the Oni arrived and began to rule over the human population.…
Winter 2022 Anime First Impressions
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – FreakAngels
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 9 Source: Webcomic Episode Summary: 6 years after the apocalypse, Britain’s citizens live out a hardscrabble existence amongst the rubble and ruin. While most…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Junko
Happy 2022, everyone! Time for some anime! I’ve got four shows to First Impression, so let’s get going! Happy 2022!
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Spring 2021 First Impressions – Moeronpan #3
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Sabikui Bisco
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: After a disaster destroys Tokyo and turns it into an inhospitable desert, people begin to die from…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Slow Loop
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Girls’ Frontline
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Winter 2022 First Impressions #2 – Ariana
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Tribe Nine
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Mixed media (also includes a smartphone game and webtoon) Episode Summary: In Neo Tokyo, battles between youth gangs steadily got out of hand…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Futsal Boys!!!!!
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Mixed Media Project (including a smartphone game and live-action matches). Episode Summary: Haru Yamato couldn’t have cared less about Futsal, until…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Rusted Armors
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Multimedia project, including a stage play and Manga Episode Summary: As war rages amongst the feudal lords all around them, the expert gunsmiths…
Winter 2021 First Impressions – Junko #1
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – World’s End Harem
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 11 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Five years ago, Reito went into cryogenic sleep in order to wait out a cure for Cellular Sclerosis, a currently…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Sasaki and Miyano
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Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Note: episode 1 is double-length. Tokyo’s Far Eastern Special Administrative Region, also known as ward 24…
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