You know my Seasonal Impressions Archive? This is that, but for Manga. Enjoy! 2022 Ruri Dragon Wanna talk to other Magic Planet Anime readers? Consider joining my Discord server! Also con…
Jun 18, 2022 • Subscribe
More like this
New Manga First Impressions: RURI DRAGON
In its first chapter, Ruri Dragon fires up with a surprisingly dry sense of humor and a real sense of emotional resonance.
New Manga First Impressions: CHAINSAW MAN Revs Again
Chainsaw Man returns with the first chapter of Part 2, a chapter just as off-the-wall, gory, and impactful as any in Part 1.
New Manga First Impressions: Forging a Myth in KAGURABACHI
The swordplay and sorcery manga has picked up a half-jokey cult following with just one chapter published, but is there more to the story or is this just…
New Manga First Impressions: Cracking the Code on CIPHER ACADEMY
New Manga First Impressions is a column where I detail my thoughts, however brief or long, about the first chapter or so of a newly-available-in-English manga. “μεμέ(τρηκεν)() ἰς̣() τὸ…
Inktober 2022 Archive: My First Time!
After years of hemming and hawing, I decided to actually do Inktober this past October. The results were, well, results. Especially with the state of Twitter being extremely…
First Impressions – BNA: Brand New Animal
What, already? Read more The post First Impressions – BNA: Brand New Animal appeared first on Lost in Anime.
First Impressions: Nintendo Manga Mania
Super Mario-kun and Hoshi no Kirby have been re-released under the Manga Mania label. Here's our first impressions of these Nintendo manga!
First Episode Impression: Blue Archive the Animation
This show is made near-exclusively for existing fans of the mobile game and the YouTube presentation isn't ideal.
New Manga First Impressions: You Are Not Immune to MAID TO SKATE
Three words: maids on skateboards.
First Impressions: Arcade Spirits The New Challengers
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019’s Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an…
Digimon Manga and Other Digimon Archive 15.02.24
A quick post with a link to everything I have access to / have been involved with scanning, scanlating etc. The only 2 rules of the blog are:1)…
New Manga First Impressions: The Iron Eyes and Human Heart of DEEP RAPUTA
The new MangaPlus serial bills itself as a “state-of-the-art bildungsroman” for the present day, but is this just a romcom with a sci-fi twist, or is there more…
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (Demo) | First Impressions
‘Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers’ is a colourful visual novel about friendship and romance in the world of e-sports and arcades…
Summer 2022 First Impressions: Tokyo Mew Mew New
I had my reservations about this series, but since it’s a reboot and not a sequel (…so far…), it should be safe…right…?
Summer 2022 First Impressions – Tokyo Mew Mew New
Streaming: HIDIVE Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Now that Ichigo Momomiya has entered high school, she’s become completely boy-crazy. With the help of her friends, she hopes…
Two First Impressions of Two Psychological Manga
I initially come off as someone who only likes happy, fluffy stuff. And while that is generally what I gravitate toward, I do get that variety is the…
Digimon Chronicle Archive
Main PostPendulum XV-JumpCard Game IntroductionBackground InformationDigimon Pendulum X BookletsV-Jump EpisodesDigital Monster Card Game – Digimon ChronicleReferences Introduction As of the w…
Digimon Staff Archive
Introduction Digimon is a media-mix franchise with stories and settings told across basically every type of existing media. There are Digimon anime, manga, webcomics, games, novels, web novels,…
Weekly Orbit Archive
Here you’ll find an archive of every series I’ve written about in the Weekly Orbit. These are listed alphabetically—by the English title if available, by the most common…
Digimon Biology Archive
IntroductionArchiveDigimon BiologyDigimon Biology 2Digimon Biology 3 Introduction Work-in-progress (As of now, only this main post is made. Future updates featuring the profiles will be added at a …
Anime Orbit Archive
Here you’ll find a simple list of every Anime Orbit article, from most to least recent, top to bottom. 2022 FallSeasonal Check-in: Hell is Other Vampires in CALL…
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – 01 (First Impressions) – New Show, New Foe
After a brief scene with 12th Squad Captain Kurotsuchi observing hollow movements from his giant lab, two Shinigami from the 13th Squad, Shino and Yuki, arrive in Karakura…
Autumn 2020 First Impressions: Higurashi: When They Cry – New
A totally normal story set in a totally normal town… or is it? Streaming: Funimation Episodes: TBA (at least 14) Source: Visual Novel (re-make of 2006 TV anime)…
Manga First Impressions: High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku
The first two chapters of High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku dropped this week on Shonen Jump. This new series is from the mind of Ryou Nakama, the mangaka…
BL Metamorphosis: A Blossoming Relationship || Manga First Impressions
A 75-year-old woman catches her second wind with BL manga.
Super Cub – 01 (Belated First Impressions) – Kickstarting a New Journey
Koguma has no family, no friends, no goals or hobbies, and not much in the way of money. She gets by living on her own in a near-monastic…
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song – 01 (First Impressions) – Her New Mission
We begin at the end, and I immediately deem it hilarious that “music” is one of the two genres MAL lists under this show, the other being “sci-fi”.…
Vintage Yamato doujinshi archive
The importance of doujinshi (fanzines) in the early years of Space Battleship Yamato cannot be underestimated. Thanks to a handful of fans who visited the Office Academy animation…
#120.5 A Manga about Game Design?! Hakutaku First Impressions
Does this series have game? David and Jordan give their first thoughts on Shonen Jump manga Hakutaku. Listen in as they give an overview of the first…
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 – Dorohedoro
I was prepared for this premiere to be great, appalling, or anything in between. Read more The post First Impressions – Dorohedoro appeared first on Lost in Anime.
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
My assumption is that we're supposed to be somewhat in the dark about what's really going on here. Read more The post First Impressions – Pet appeared first…
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
The hope of this anime season lies in the spate of seinen manga adaptations on the schedule. Read more The post First Impressions – Arte appeared first on…
First Impressions – SSSS.Dynazenon
It's such a treat to hop in this time capsule and go for a ride. Read more
First Impressions – number24
I've yet to find a rugby anime that I've liked. Read more The post First Impressions – number24 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
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
I swear to goddess that if this ends up big sad, I’m gonna be pissed. Welcome back to Otaku Thursday! Today I’m here with another First Impressions for…
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