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Oooku – 07
"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality
Oooku – 04
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Oooku – 06
"Episode 06" Oooku raises the question of "What is gender?"
Oooku – 02
This version is effectively an extended teaser trailer for the manga. Read more
Oooku – 09
Kasuga is lucky that Arikoto is as kind as he is, but that applies to pretty much everybody. Read more
Oooku – 10
"Episode 10" Japanese society as presented in this final episode is in a transition state in the process of evolving from the old creature it was into a new…
Oooku – 04
"Episode 4" Kyoto vs. Edo
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"Episode 2" The prologue over, we now start with an unexpected beginning
Oooku – 03
Oooku's vision of how the country would change under these circumstances is very believable. Read more
Oooku – 07
On some level this is a story of how even the most extraordinary things eventually seem ordinary to those living with them. Read more
Oooku – 05
"Episode 5" At heart, this is a tale about identity
Oooku – 03
"Episode 3" Politics and sustaining a nation are truly a dog-eat-dog world.
Oooku – 09
"Episode 9" How ironic that Arikoto is the one to take care of Kasuga
Oooku – 08
One of the things that stands out to me about Oooku is how much is plays like a historical reenactment. Read more
Oooku – 01
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Oooku – 08
"Episode 8" The times they are a-changing
Oooku – 05-06
Oooku blurs the line between victim and victimizer quite intentionally, because that's what the sort if world it depicts does. Read more
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 – Mononogatari
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First Impressions – Dorohedoro
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Haven – First Impressions
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First Impressions – Helck
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First Impressions – Bakuten!!
It's very clear what series this one is trying to piggyback on, right down to the two exclamation points. Read more
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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 – Bucchigiri?!
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First Impressions – SK∞
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First Impressions – SSSS.Dynazenon
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First Impressions – Sakugan
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First Impressions – Overtake!
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First Impressions – Noblesse
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Hyouka First Impressions
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Horimiya | First Impressions
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First Impressions – Pet
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First Impressions: OreImo
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First Impressions 2
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First Impressions – Gibiate
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First Impressions – Revenger
As Baloo said to Kit Cloudkicker, "Take-offs are easy - it's the landings that are hard". Read more
First Impressions – Listeners
I can't help but feel a certain nostalgic fondness for Listeners. Read more The post First Impressions – Listeners appeared first on Lost in Anime.
First Impressions – Jigokuraku
I had a tickle in my brain telling me this one was going to be good. Read more
Tsurekano | First Impressions
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What was my first impression? After watching the first three episodes of Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. (Higehiro), I’d say my first impressions through the three…
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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 – Bucchigire!
Anime needs series that gives creative people a chance to express themselves, and this one clearly does. 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.