Demon Lord, Retry! – Episode 1
With all that can potentially go wrong, Demon Lord, Retry! faces a Sysphean challenge to being “a good anime” by my measure, so I’m not really going to stick around to see where it goes.
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How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? – Episode 1
The show takes less than five minutes to rocket past “frustrating fat-shaming” and straight into “likely to be triggering for anyone who’s ever struggled with disordered eating.”
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To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts – Episode 1
Y’know, once I stopped laughing, this wasn’t really a terrible premiere. It is possible I’ve sustained some serious neck damage from all the whiplash, though.
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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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2019 Spring Three-Episode Check-In
So far, this season has been all about quality over quantity.
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Winter 2019
A big new year comes with fresh new shows—and a few familiar faces. The team got together to pick their top recommendations for the Winter season.
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2019 Spring Premiere Digest
Another batch of premieres watched and reviewed! Now it’s time to gather ’em all together and take a look at what we’ve found.
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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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SARAZANMAI – Episode 1
I’m sorry in advance, because getting a levelheaded review of an Ikuhara anime from me is basically impossible
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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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The Helpful Fox Senko-san – Episode 1
Some people might not be bothered by the creepy dogwhistles and can still enjoy the nice stuff here, and that’s fine. But I’ve got better things to do with my Wednesdays.
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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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NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- – Episode 1
For a show ostensibly about Buddhism, there sure are a lot of worldly desires being catered to here.
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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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ROBIHACHI – Episode 1
What if someone put Tiger & Bunny and Space Dandy into a blender and then added a bunch of bright food coloring?
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Mix – Episode 1
It’s too early to tell a lot about this one, honestly.
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Midnight occult civil servants – Episode 1
I think I might’ve gotten hit by a DeLorean and woken up in 2006, because that’s the best explanation for what I just watched.
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Fruits Basket (2019) – Episode 1
The long-awaited re-adaptation is here at last.
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Fairy gone – Episode 1
This is a high-concept action-fantasy anime with a lot of balls in the air, but thankfully it has some engaging characters to help juggle them.
