Tribe Nine – Episode 1
If you’ve ever asked the question, “How do I make baseball more dangerous, more exciting, and also, a contact sport?” then Tribe Nine might just be the over-the-top, absolutely goofy series for you.
Posts by Meru Clewis
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Cue! – Episode 1
Cue is a perfectly fine anime that offers up a solid enough premiere that’s well-executed, mildly memorable, and promises more in the coming weeks as the plot finds its legs.
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In the Land of Leadale – Episode 1
A simple, laidback isekai that never touches on the ableism of the actual isekai-ing of its protagonist.
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Police in a Pod – Episode 1
Police in a Pod is copaganda dressed up to look nicely animated and “funny”, but remains copaganda nonetheless.
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The Sound of Depression: Liminal spaces, sound design, and Super Cub
Ruminations on everyone’s favorite motorbike anime, the pandemic, and my favorite topic: liminal spaces.
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 1
Blade Runner: Black Lotus offers up a gorgeous premiere that has a somewhat go-nowhere premiere filled with tidbits that built the world, but don’t feel compelling.
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Komi Can’t Communicate – Episode 1
A cute normal boy meets anxious girl comedy that’s definitely gonna be a romcom that will satisfy folks looking for a charming slice of life this season, with a few issues and concerns regarding Netflix’s handling of the subtitles.
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Deep Insanity THE LOST CHILD – Episode 1
Deep Insanity: The Lost Child tries to be something more than the sum of its parts, but never quite reaches the realm of “good action anime”, despite trying its level best to do so.
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SHIKIZAKURA – Episode 1
If you’re in the mood for a very safe, very standard, CGI shonen anime that tackles every trope in the genre, than look no further than SHIKIZAKURA, a show with the potential for potential… I think.
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VISUAL PRISON – Episode 1
Embrace the darkness, entities of the night: Visual Prison is all fangs, a few bites, and loads of visual-kei idol boys, all mashed together into a premiere that certainly has appeal, but definitely not in the plot department.
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Muv-Luv Alternative – Episode 1
While it’s not spectacular, it’s fair enough fodder for anyone looking for a wartime story against a cosmic enemy in 2021.
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Tesla Note – Episode 1
EX-ARM walked so Tesla Note could fly, and wow, what a brief, ugly flight this premiere is.
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Selection Project – Episode 1
Come for the idols, stay for the idols because Selection Project is wholly a show about idols, and while things don’t completely go to plan for protag Suzune, the premiere had a lot of building blocks that hint at a dynamic series… if it can stick the landing.
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Night Head 2041 – Episode 1
Night Head 2041 was intersting, but the fact that I kept thinking of other sereis I’d rather be watching bodes ill for this cyberpunk-meets-psychics SFF premiere.
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The Dungeon of Black Company – Episode 1
The Dungeon of Black Compnay is a tedious premiere that makes me wish I could punt protagonist Ninomiya Kinji into the sun.
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Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- — Episode 1
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- plays around with tropes of the isekai genre well enough to wrangle a few laughs out of this low-stakes premiere about a boy who gets unexpectedly yeeted into another world.
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Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan – Episode 1
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan is one part ennui, one part millennial crisis, and has the potential to be utterly funny… though it’s important to remember that comedy is subjective, and this misanthrope with too many hard cuts to his very real internal depression might not be the one for you.
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The Honor Student at Magic High School – Episode 1
The Honor Student at Magic High School comes with the stipulation that you’re invest in the main franchise, Miyuki’s desire for her literal brother, and the world itself.
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Remake Our Life! – Episode 1
The simple premise of “a man gets a second chance by traveling back in time” isn’t enough to carry a fifty-minute episode, even if you can sympathize and empathize with Kyoya’s desire to change one single decision that might have led him to success.
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Yasuke – Episode 1
Yasuke is the Black, SFF historical anime we all needed, but didn’t expect to get in such a gorgeously animated package.
