UNDER NINJA – Episode 1
UNDER NINJA, by proxy of its title, should be full of ninja doing ninja things but instead, it’s just…not. Oh yeah, and it’s definitely got an agenda.
Fall 2023 Tag
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16bit Sensation: Another Layer – Episode 1
16bit Sensation offers a time-travel story for viewers, new and old, who love bishoujo games and long to see the heyday of cute girls in passionate, creative narratives return.
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The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons – Episode 1
A sweet show about family and grief marred by unforgivably bad subtitling issues.
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Paradox Live THE ANIMATION – Episode 1
The weak music segments don’t quite stand up to the bombastic Hypnosis Mic, but the characters and (slightly) more grounded writing have appeal.
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KamiErabi GOD.app – Episode 1
Unless you are also someone with terminal Yoko Taro brainworms, this is not an anime for you.
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BULLBUSTER – Episode 1
A strong entry in the “fantastical infrastructure” subgenre, though the creative team raises a few eyebrows.
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I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness – Episode 1
The hilariously misleading title gives the impression that this’ll be a run of the mill ecchi anime, but it’s really about an outcast helping the heroine deal with her traumatic past and raise her self-esteem.
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A Playthrough of a Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life – Episode 1
A better title for this unimaginative take on VRMMO anime might have been, “A Really Boring Dude Plays an MMO Boringly.”
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SHY – Episode 1
Teru/Shy makes for an endearing protagonist and I hope we get to see her grow and develop beyond her constant embarrassment and awkwardness, and get to show some of that heroic pizzazz in her everyday life.
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The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy – Episode 1
A fairly unmemorable checklist of reincarnation fantasy tropes with a side of fanservice.
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Overtake! – Episode 1
Even if cars going zoom isn’t your thing, the intriguing characters and highlight of financial barriers to competing make a good hook.
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Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions – Episode 1
I was yearning for schlock, but the show utterly fails to live up to the camp it seems to promise.
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I’m In Love with the Villainess – Episode 1
A lot of your taste for this one will depend on how you feel about the tsundere and her attached tropes, but there’s a lot to hope for too.
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Migi&Dali – Episode 1
Strangely beautiful, compellingly weird, often funny, and a deserving tribute after its author’s tragically early passing.
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Shangri-La Frontier – Episode 1
Some beautiful background visuals are shackled to a VR setting and a fairly uninteresting protagonist.
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Berserk of Gluttony – Episode 1
Berserk of Gluttony brings a big appetite to the Fall season, but fails to offer up anything satisfying to devour.
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Ragna Crimson – Episode 1
A perfectly solid shounen that’s also basically a Fate/Unlimited Blade Works AU.
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MF GHOST – Episode 1
MF GHOST asks viwers to pump the brakes to setup a story about a young man searching for his long-lost father.
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The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch – Episode 1
The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch promises a fun family romp but instead, falls completely flat due to underage sexualization of it’s Black-coded lead.
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A Girl and Her Guard Dog – Episode 1
Leading up to its premiere, most of the chatter around this ~problematic shoujo~ adaptation was about its central relationship between a 15-year-old girl and her 26-year-old guardian. Now that the first episode is out, however, I can’t really see that happening. Not because it depicted the material in a nuanced or sensitive way, but because it was so dreadfully, agonizingly boring that I don’t imagine much of anyone is going to bother watching anything more.
