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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2018
Spring has sprung, bloomed, and blossomed, which means it’s time for the staff to pluck out some favorites! From ragin’ red pandas to laid-back cafe boys, there’s a show for just about every mood in this season’s bouquet.
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FLCL Progressive – Episode 1
Few series have been less subtle about their metaphors vis a vis adolescent sexuality and the confusing terror thereof. We’ll have to wait and see if the subtitle “Progressive” actually means anything in the end.
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2018 Spring Three-Episode Check-In
It’s time to check up on the spring shows and see how they’re doing three(ish) weeks into their run!
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for an Otaku – Episode 1
I’m going to say it straight out: I loved this premiere. I love romances between functional adults with common interests. I love grounded stories about likable nerds. I love relatable characters, and my boyfriend more than once turned to me during the episode and said, “That’s you.” Wotakoi, it seems, was made for me.
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2018 Spring Premiere Digest
Another season is upon us, which means a new parade of premieres to watch and review! Now that we’ve gone through every available show, it’s time to gather them all together and see how they stack up.
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Doreiku the Animation – Episode 1
Mmmmm, you can just feel the shame wafting off this one.
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Butlers x Battlers – Episode 1
It’s been a few seasons since I laid eyes on something that felt this perfunctory and soulless.
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Last Period: the journey to the end of despair – Episode 1
So. Have any of you been missing Slayers?
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Yotsuiro Biyori – Episode 1
There are few fictional genres where “it made me sleepy” is considered high praise, but iyashikei (healing) anime and manga have made it one of their primary goals. So please know that, when I say I nearly dozed off halfway through Yotsuiro Biyori, I mean it in the most complimentary way possible.
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Golden Kamuy – Episode 1
Golden Kamuy has been the darling of certain anime-and-manga circles for a while, and this adaptation might be one of the most hotly anticipated premieres of the season. Given that, I feel a bit redundant as I nod my head and say, “Yup, it’s real good.”
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Caligula – Episode 1
Lord, save me from stories about singular male geniuses.
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Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS! – Episode 1
The creative team behind Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE is trying to turn their magical boy show into a bonafide franchise by launching this second series, HAPPY KISS. With a brand-new cast and Michiko Yokote no longer working as series composer, can Cute High rekindle the flame of clever stupidity that made LOVE so much fun?
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PERSONA5 the Animation – Episode 1
We did it, everyone. We did it! Persona5 the Animation looks absolutely incredible, while also remaining faithful to the source material.
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Cutie Honey Universe – Episode 1
Cutie Honey is a huge franchise with live-action films, both shounen and shoujo anime adaptations, and a recent OVA directed by Hideaki Anno. It’s one of those classics I’ve always wanted to check out… and I don’t think this was the way to do it.
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Libra of Nil Admirari – Episode 1
Libra of Nil Admirari is built atop a fascinating premise and stars a female protagonist trying to find her own path. That’s a solid recipe for a good series—the question is if Libra can effectively cook it.
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online – Episode 1
This show might be kind of cool! But I have no idea yet, because the first episode has nothing to do with the overall plot.
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Comic Girls – Episode 1
There are two kinds of “cute girls doing cute things” shows. Some are built on archetypes that bear little resemblance to how real girls act and think. Others portray more authentic relationships and emotions, with care to make them relatable and interesting. Comic Girls and its heroine Kaoruko fall somewhere in the middle, with moments of relatability mixed in with trope-driven comedy.
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MAJOR 2nd – Episode 1
The sports anime deluge continues! But where MEGALOBOX and Gurazeni were geared towards an older audience (albeit in very different ways), Major 2nd is targeted towards a younger crowd, with all the marks of a classic shounen—for better and for worse.
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Devils’ Line – Episode 1
It’s always disappointing to see potential go to waste. There are a few smart ideas in this premiere and some primo unintentional comedy, but it manages to shoot itself in the foot right before the credits roll. Which is a shame, because the central twist of the episode had me hooked at first.
