Run With the Wind – Episode 1
Maybe Run with the Wind will be the inspiration I need to stick with my plan to get into running, because I’m certainly sticking with the show.
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – Episode 1
Recent series like How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord and Death March to the Parallel World Adventure make the generally-inoffensive nature of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime feel refreshing and innovative.
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The Girl in Twilight – Episode 1
A somewhat disorienting but still reasonably engaging sci-fantasy series that I’m willing to give a few more episodes to hook me.
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Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary – Episode 1
Xuan Yuan Sword offers likeable characters and a brewing drama that’s bound to get messy. Yin and Ning are resillient women and exhibit upstanding bravery in the face of danger. The story will no doubt raise them as heroes against Taibai while their friend Zhou will unknowingly rise against them.
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Forest of Piano – Episode 1
If the purpose of an opening scene is to put a series’ best foot forward, then Forest of Piano is a bit more second-stringer than prima ballerina.
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RErideD: Derrida, Who Leaps Through Time – Episode 1
You’d expect the first episode of an anime named after an influential philosopher to either be smug, pretentious pap or full of intriguing, thought-provoking questions about the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. However, RErideD isn’t really either of those things. It’s just kind of… there.
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Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan – Episode 1
Wow, what a cute, innocent little slice-of-life anime about a girl and her dragon. I’m sure it won’t go terribly awry in some way…
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Last Hope – Episode 1
The prognosis for Last Hope, frankly, is not good
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Frankenstein Family – Episodes 1-2
Watercolor and slightly melancholy, this is a quiet little slice-of-life series.
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Double Decker! Doug & Kirill – Episode 1
I tell you what, it was a bold decision to air the anime of the fall season so far ahead of everything else. Really makes a statement. Also, the rest of the summer season is now cancelled, as we will only be needing more of this.
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Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation – Episode 1
While it’s a perfectly watchable experience, I’m not sure I’d go so far as to call it a hidden gem.
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2018 Summer Three-Episode Check-In
The summer shows have had some time to stretch their wings, so let’s see how they’re shaping up!
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We Rent Tsukumogami – Episode 1
We Rent Tsukumogami is a historical fantasy based on Shinto-inspired Japanese mythology. It has cute spirits, a great aesthetic, and fun facts about daily life in Edo. It is so squarely in my wheelhouse I was halfway around the bases before I even pressed “play.” So why did this first episode leave me lukewarm?
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2018 Summer Premiere Digest
A new season is upon us, which means fresh new anime hot out the oven! There are still a few stragglers this season, but now that we’ve gone through the main premiere rush, it’s time to get them all in one room together.
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Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs – Episode 1
No, no, no. I refuse to be nostalgic for this.
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Revue Starlight – Episode 1
Theater is a harsh, competitive world. Revue Starlight takes that experience and makes it literal.
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Happy Sugar Life – Episode 1
We’ve entered what I like to call the “shame shadow” of premiere season.
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Grand Blue Dreaming – Episode 1
Take an American frat house movie. Combine it with a Japanese gag manga. Now make them both profoundly unfunny. If you can imagine that, then congratulations! You’ve just seen the premiere of Grand Blue Dreaming.
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Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King – Episode 1
This is an anime based on a Square Enix game. I suspect that will tell many of you, very quickly, whether or not to proceed further.
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Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion – Episode 1
I’ll level with you, readers: I’m always a little bit on my guard when war anime come across my desk. I’ve reached an age where I personally don’t have much time for Cool War Hero stories, and we’ve reached an age as a species (again) where it’s time to start being very critically aware of how our media paints nations with bloody, imperialist histories.
