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Oooku – 03
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Oooku – 05
"Episode 5" At heart, this is a tale about identity
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"Episode 4" Kyoto vs. Edo
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"Episode 3" Politics and sustaining a nation are truly a dog-eat-dog world.
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 – 08
"Episode 8" The times they are a-changing
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 – 02
"Episode 2" The prologue over, we now start with an unexpected beginning
Oooku – 06
"Episode 06" Oooku raises the question of "What is gender?"
Oooku – 04
I'm starting to wonder if Oooku isn't at heart a clever means of circumventing the Chrysanthemum Taboo. Read more
Oooku – 07
"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality
Oooku – 02
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Oooku – 01
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Oooku – 09
"Episode 9" How ironic that Arikoto is the one to take care of Kasuga
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: Gekidol
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First Impressions – Dandadan
The funny thing is, this is actually relatively tame for Dandadan.
First Impressions – Gibiate
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First Impressions – Bucchigiri?!
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First Impressions – PET
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So, here we are again: round 2 of my rundown of the first episodes of the newly aired TV anime this fall season. I haven’t watched all of…
REVENGER — FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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First Impressions: Arcanium
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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 – Jigokuraku
I had a tickle in my brain telling me this one was going to be good. Read more
First Impressions – Uzumaki
Here's the question that keeps running through my mind watching Uzumaki. Is this *supposed* to be funny?
First Impressions: Griftlands
Griftlands manages to be both fun mechanically and rewarding on a story level.
First Impressions – Arte
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First Impressions – Overtake!
Our first look at Fall's other auto racing anime, Overtake! - the one I had much higher hopes for. And for good reason, as it turns out.
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
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 – Pet
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First Impressions – Bucchigire!
Anime needs series that gives creative people a chance to express themselves, and this one clearly does. Read more
First Impressions: OreImo
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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: Bakuten!
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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…
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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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 – 86
Aptly named, for me at least. Read more
First Impressions – SK∞
Yes, abandon counts for a lot. Read more
First Impressions – Lazarus
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First Impressions – Helck
Helck is another in a spate of somewhat puzzling manga adaptations. Read more
First Impressions – SSSS.Dynazenon
It's such a treat to hop in this time capsule and go for a ride. Read more
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.…
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