citrus – Episode 1
Give me a minute to strap in, because I feel like I’m wading into a pit of snakes with this one.
Posts by Vrai Kaiser
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Slow Start – Episode 1
I would like to state for the record that this is the first premiere of the season to leave me feeling slightly unclean afterward, as if I had seen someone’s fetish without asking. And the last show I reviewed was DEVILMAN Crybaby.
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DEVILMAN crybaby – Episode 1
Devilman Crybaby is not for everyone. It’s got a list of content warnings as long as my arm. That said, I’ll definitely be bingeing the rest—they had me at “body horror.”
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Junji Ito Collection – Episode 1
Junji Ito’s talent for disturbing atmosphere and slow burns has rightfully cemented his status as a household name. The downside is that it means this adaptation comes with enormous expectations, and it’s arguably impossible to live up to what everyone wants. Still, I think this one is off to a pretty good start.
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Katana Maidens ~Toji no Miko – Episode 1
Katana Maidens is in a hurry to get you on board. To that end, it’s willing to throw as many things at the wall as possible in the name of finding something that sticks.
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Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles – Episode 1
Are you into food porn shows? I hope so, because otherwise Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles doesn’t really have anything for you. I say that with a certain level of respect, mind: like its titular character, this is a gag show with a focus, and it dedicates itself to diving deep into its subject matter.
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A Place Further Than the Universe – Episode 1
2018 is putting its best foot forward with this one.
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Land of the Lustrous, singular “they,” and the politics of subtitles
Land of the Lustrous made minor waves by deciding to refer to almost the entire cast with neutral “they/them” pronouns. In an industry that has historically chosen binary pronouns for characters who aren’t gendered or are gendered ambiguously in the original text, this marks a small but important—and most crucially, conscious—shift.
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My Girlfriend is a Shobitch – Episode 1
Well, I’m mad. Not for the reasons I was expecting, though (well, not just for those reasons).
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A Sister’s All You Need – Episode 1
By the laws of common decency, I’m guessing you know this show is not good, and that you’re actually here to watch me suffer. And you know what? I’m down for that. I’m here for you.
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Anime-Gataris – Episode 1
Club anime aren’t my thing, but Anime-Gataris is pretty good at being a club anime, with some potential to go in weird directions and only one thing that I absolutely hated.
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GARO -VANISHING LINE- Episode 1
Throwback series are supposed to maintain the best parts of an old series while updating the parts that have aged poorly, not transplant the genre as-is.
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Land of the Lustrous – Episode 1
I want you to know that the first draft of this review was written entirely in caps-lock. This anime, you see, was made for me.
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TWOCAR – Episode 1
The trick to the Obscure Sport genre is always in the passion with which the writing embraces its subject, and TWOCAR is on the right track in that regard.
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Girls’ Last Tour – Episode 1
The trouble with this premiere is that so very little happens in it. Not in the sense that “this is a mood piece and you’re meant to soak up the atmosphere” (although I think that might be what it’s aiming for), but in simple lack of coherence.
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Kino’s Journey – the Beautiful World – Episode 1
Curious newcomers might be excited to hear that Kino’s Journey – the Beautiful World – looks to be more remake than sequel.
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King’s Game – Episode 1
King’s Game isn’t just a murder dwindling story like Royale—it wants to be the classic guro manga so hard it hurts, down to stealing the gimmick of X-ing out dead students’ faces on a class photo.
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Just Because! – Episode 1
The little things are the best part of Just Because.
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TsukiPro the Animation – Episode 1
A uniformly bland singing show that would very much like your money and is about as raw and unvarnished as that time Justin Bieber put out a tour movie.
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Infini-T Force – Episodes 1-2
I’m sorry, Infiniti-T Force. I don’t get your 1970s superhero references.
