I would love to be able to recommend this show as a fantasy of domestic life for queer people, but it doesn’t even really function as that. Its portrait of queer domestic life has all of the depth of a Hallmark greeting card.
This coming-of-age drama is easily the stand-out of the season so far, barring a couple significant stumbles.
This definitely isn’t going to be a smash hit like Spy x Family, but if nothing else it’s a fun popcorn show.
Head to the course with Tonbo and Igarashi, a child golf prodigy and a man down on his luck who happen to meet when the latter leaves traditional society for quiet, island life. Too bad Amazon is who licensed this.
What a lovely and laid-back show about building community.
Likely to fall into obscurity on Disney+, Unless the casual young anime viewer has been secretly champing at the bit for tongue-in-cheek deadpan homage to the aesthetics of 70s hitman manga.
Will Astro Note stand on its own, or will the classic Takahashi Rumiko romance it loves to homage cast too long a shadow?
A Condition Called Love has some promise, although it remains to be seen whether it’ll live up to that.
The entire episode felt like I accidentally stumbled onto a random NASCAR race on TV with no context as to who these characters are.
If this premiere wasn’t so sodden with fanservice I’d be inclined to call this charming and be intrigued for more, but as it is I’m left a little wary and weary.
Sakura Haruka already seems like a great addition to the “teen gangster with a heart of gold” squad.
I liked Bartender: Glass of God well enough, but its lofty claims gave it an air of pretension that I couldn’t really get past.
Sometimes you experience a piece of media that’s just ideologically rancid all the way down, despite it loudly singing that that’s absolutely not so.
If it were a more competent production, I might feel slightly conflicted about how to respond to it. Luckily, it’s the kind of piss-poor execution that could ruin even the most brilliant, creative idea, so I can just kind of point and laugh.
Gatekeep, Grimoire, Guy Boss! We’ve got another protagonist centered on getting want they want with a commoner reincarnated as prince who just wants to read and study magic. Hip hip hurray!
The opening is impressively bad, and the rest of the episode has the gall to settle into mediocrity.
This is an anime-original project written by Yokote Michiko. With this one sentence, a non-insignificant number of you will be able to make up your minds about whether to check out this premiere.
Play a game with the gods and take a gamble on this just okay premiere about gods playing games and humans playing against gods that debuted with a day one dub in multiple languages.
It’s slow-going and softly-spoken, which means Spice and Wolf won’t be for everyone. But honestly, for me it’s a refreshing change of pace.
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