Astra Lost in Space – Episode 1
Minor costume design complaints aside, Astra Lost in Space is the first good anime to air this summer season. Hopefully these good boys and girls can find their way home.
Posts by Caitlin Moore
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7 SEEDS – Episode 1
I want 7 SEEDS to be good so badly that I can almost taste it, but the terrible animation and direction doesn’t make it easy.
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Wise Man’s Grandchild – Episode 1
Wise Man’s Grandchild is proof that isekai series have, by and large, gotten so foul that pleasant blandness is a welcome relief.
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Cinderella Nine – Episode 1
Cinderella Nine isn’t a touchdown, but I didn’t want to spike it into the dumpster either.
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AFTERLOST – Episode 1
In a season swimming with mediocrity, AFTERLOST is the first true stinker of the bunch.
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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life – Episode 1
This is a perfectly serviceable shounen melodrama, but it moves a bit too quickly for its emotional beats to fully land.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Episode 1
I’m calling it now: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is going to be this season’s big hit.
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Mix – Episode 1
It’s too early to tell a lot about this one, honestly.
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Fruits Basket (2019) – Episode 1
The long-awaited re-adaptation is here at last.
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YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World – Episode 1
YU-NO’s mystery plot has potential, but that doesn’t really matter when its protagonist is insufferable.
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My Fave is Problematic: Persona 4
No video game has ever hit me quite as hard as Persona 4 did. From Chie Satonaka’s very first moment on-screen, I related to everything about her.
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ENDRO! – Episode 1
Who’s ready for a pastel-shaded “cute girls doing cute things” show? The audience for ENDRO sure is!
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Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Episode 1
I may not agree with the characters’ beliefs about relationships… but to be honest, I don’t think the writers do either.
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Grimms Notes the Animation – Episode 1
I’ve probably put more thought into this show’s fairy-tale themes and contexts than is really there.
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Domestic Girlfriend – Episode 1
With a plot that would be right at home on the CW network, Domestic Girlfriend promises lots of scandalized gasps and cries of, “No, don’t do that!”
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Meiji Tokyo Renka – Episode 1
Just like the song in Gypsy says, “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna have a chance.” And while otome anime aren’t quite the same thing as old-timey burlesque, the old rule holds true.
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My Roommate is a Cat – Episode 1
Of the two primary characters of My Roommate is a Cat, one is likable. The other is not. Can you guess which is which?
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The Rising of the Shield Hero – Episode 1
Rather than holler about a premiere that hinges on false rape accusations and slavery apologism and bring more attention to a bad series, we’re going to give that visibility to some organizations dedicated to helping survivors of rape and human trafficking.
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W’z – Episode 1
I spent a bit of time hemming and hawing over whether to write this review or let it go as a sequel, since it technically is one. On the one hand, I don’t get paid if I don’t write it. On the other hand, this show is really really ugly and bad.
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Boogiepop and Others – Episodes 1-2
Boogiepop and Others is a show that requires active viewing. Either way, I’m interested to see what it’ll do.
