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.
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The Misfit King of Demon King Academy – Episode 1
This premiere may not be of any use as entertainment, but as a narcotic? It’s the best thing on the market.
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The God of High School – Episode 1
The slapstick is top-notch, but the actual tournament part of this tournament fighter is a slog.
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SUPER HXEROS – Episode 1
I gotta say, if you’ve seen one anime scientist banging a desk and hollering about how humans lose their will to live if they lose their interest in sex, you’ve seen them all. That aside, I surprisingly didn’t hate this premiere. In fact… I kind of liked it.
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Monster Girl Doctor – Episode 1
Monster Girl Doctor is a show that I’m going to keep watching because I really want to see some character growth… and because I like monster girls, okay?
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Lapis Re:LiGHTs – Episode 1
A charming “magic meets idols” premiere that lays the foundation for a fantasy-themed idol anime that I hope to follow until the end. However, that does mean thinking about Japan’s own idol industry while watching.
