TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You – Episode 1
TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You skips dating and heads straight to marriage in a solid first episode that promises more as the story develops.
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Warlords of Sigrdrifa – Episode 1
Though not entirely free of pro-military political messaging, this is overall an entertaining premiere about four ace pilots fighting to save the earth.
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Episode 1
I never watched the original Dragon Quest in the early 1990’s so the nostalgia factor is completely lost on me, but so far it’s a fun show.
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King’s Raid: Successors of the Will – Episode 1
“Oh boy,” I thought as soon as the dark elf showed up and the townspeople all demanded that the knights kick him out of the city, “Fantasy Racism. What could possibly go wrong?”
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Jujutsu Kaisen – Episode 1
I’m definitely interested in seeing how the show will handle the psychological introspection Yuji will have with his new inner demon, but until then, let’s wait and see.
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I’m Standing on a Million Lives – Episode 1
I cannot tell you how refreshing it is just to come across a video game isekai that’s willing to let its newbie heroes suck at their job rather than automatically being level 99 death machines.
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HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima – Episode 1
Hypnosis Mic’s premiere exists in a world where women are either fascists, damsels, or fangirls, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. It’s a good thing, then, that it’s also absolute nonsense.
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Assault Lily: Bouquet – Episode 1
Assault Lily: Bouquet certainly has a fun, tried-and-true concept up its sleeve. The question will be whether or not it can power its engine on Cool Factor alone.
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Higurashi: When They Cry – NEW – Episode 1
Higurashi NEW is an almost absurdly faithful remake of the 2006 series’ first episode, from the scenes to the music, with a new coat of paint on top. Its comedy segments can be a tough sit, but its atmospheric ending still has the punch to hook you into its conspiracy. If it keeps being so faithful it’s going to hit some poorly aged bits, but it’s too soon to tell on that front.
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Healin’ Good Pretty Cure – Episode 1
As someone who’s only ever known PreCure by reputation and the occasional Twitter GIF, I was extremely curious to see how the series plays for a newcomer who’s also thoroughly outside the target age range. And the answer is…pretty (heh) good, honestly.
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Great Pretender – Episode 1
A small-time con-artist, Makoto Edamura meets a charismatic Frenchman named Laurent Thierry and together they travel the world living a life of thievery.
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2020 Summer Three-Episode Check-In
Summer might be a small season, but that only makes its standouts shine all the brighter. Some for their ingenuity, some for… other reasons.
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2020
Just because several spring shows were delayed to summer and fall doesn’t mean there wasn’t some absolutely dynamite anime this season!
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2020 Summer Premiere Digest
From delayed titles to unexpected twists, this is shaping up to be one unusual season.
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GIBIATE – Episode 1
Gibiate is not, how you might say, good. I can’t wait to watch more of it.
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Mr Love: Queen’s Choice – Episode 1
Mr Love looks, at this stage, to be a fairly standard sci-fi otome series with all the pacing and compression issues you might expect from a shift in mediums from game to anime. If nothing else, it certainly looks gorgeous, so if you want a night in with some schlocky sci-fi full of Handsome Boys you might be in luck.
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Japan Sinks: 2020 – Episodes 1-2
A brtual, viseral series that brutally looks at trauma and disaster in a time when the real world is coping with ongoing trauma. from a pandemic and disaster.
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Rent-a-Girlfriend – Episode 1
The power dynamic between the two leads is so far oddly and satisfyingly balanced (aside from the “girl kicks boy” slapstick), and there is a potentially really interesting undercurrent of character development and social themes amidst the corny comedy.
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Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – Episode 1
I feel like the writers have placed Sakurai as the “blank slate” sort of character that the audience is meant to project themselves onto, and they succeeded… with the perhaps unintended consequence that, in empathizing with Sakurai, I could not stand Uzaki.
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Deca-Dence – Episode 1
Deca-Dence is proof-positive that sufficiently powerful execution trumps novelty.
