2019 Winter Premiere Digest
Another batch of premieres watched and reviewed! Now that we’ve weathered the storm, it’s time to see what goodies have washed up on our shores.
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Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Episode 1
I may not agree with the characters’ beliefs about relationships… but to be honest, I don’t think the writers do either.
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Grimms Notes the Animation – Episode 1
I’ve probably put more thought into this show’s fairy-tale themes and contexts than is really there.
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The Magnificent KOTOBUKI – Episode 1
This looks to be a dazzling adventure series with major promise in its cast.
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Domestic Girlfriend – Episode 1
With a plot that would be right at home on the CW network, Domestic Girlfriend promises lots of scandalized gasps and cries of, “No, don’t do that!”
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Bermuda Triangle ~ Colorful Pastrale – Episode 1
This is the first premiere of the season where I left with absolutely no idea of what this show was going to be about.
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Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka – Episode 1
There’s something that sets me on edge about modern dark magical girl series.
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The Quintessential Quintuplets – Episode 1
Anyway, yeah, it’s a harem anime.
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Meiji Tokyo Renka – Episode 1
Just like the song in Gypsy says, “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna have a chance.” And while otome anime aren’t quite the same thing as old-timey burlesque, the old rule holds true.
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My Roommate is a Cat – Episode 1
Of the two primary characters of My Roommate is a Cat, one is likable. The other is not. Can you guess which is which?
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Dimension High School – Episode 1
For all the fanfare lent to Dimension High School being a show that transcends reality, it’s kinda boring how the fight for the fate of the 3-D world lies on a series of brain-teaser puzzles.
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Girly Air Force – Episode 1
I don’t think I’ve watched something with this much of a boner for the military since the last time I sat through a Michael Bay movie.
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kemurikusa. – Episode 1
I am not the target audience for this series, but I was still pleasantly surprised by how creative this premiere turned out to be.
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The Promised Neverland – Episode 1
The Promised Neverland might be the most excited I’ve been about a Shonen JUMP manga adaptation in years.
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WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me – Episode 1
“Lesbian pedophiles” has only barely become an established subgenre, and I’m already running out of energy for this shit.
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Dororo – Episode 1
The incredibly bleak undertones of this first episode don’t feel a bit out of place in 2019, and I’m excited to see what new ideas the crew will bring to such a well-known property. This might end up being a sleeper hit of the season.
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Pastel Memories – Episode 1
No source material is impossible to make into a good anime, but mobile games come with a distinctive set of challenges. This one seems to suffer from a good chunk of the same issues.
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The Rising of the Shield Hero – Episode 1
Rather than holler about a premiere that hinges on false rape accusations and slavery apologism and bring more attention to a bad series, we’re going to give that visibility to some organizations dedicated to helping survivors of rape and human trafficking.
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W’z – Episode 1
I spent a bit of time hemming and hawing over whether to write this review or let it go as a sequel, since it technically is one. On the one hand, I don’t get paid if I don’t write it. On the other hand, this show is really really ugly and bad.
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Boogiepop and Others – Episodes 1-2
Boogiepop and Others is a show that requires active viewing. Either way, I’m interested to see what it’ll do.
