BanG Dream’s newest entry kicks off its premiere by bringing the band in proximity, though not together, setting the foundation for a music-focused series that seems to be taking its time on the rise to being pretty great.
I won’t lie to you: Liar, Liar is just okay, and based on its overall premise, will likely stay that way for viewers who aren’t already invested in the source novel series.
Dark Gathering is a fun horror comedy show with a lot of potential for creepy shenanigans and a somewhat alienated view of girls
There are two things that piqued my interest about The Gene of AI: its framing of technological progression and the relative restraint of its writing.
This was a treat–a show with thoughtful worldbuilding, a dose of self-awareness without dipping into edgelord irony, and compelling characters that were a source of great comedy.
Mark “ruining the opportunity for a perfectly serviceable cat-based iyashikei” down as yet another reason this season is shaping up cursed.
If the male-targeted market is saturated with extremely similar reincarnation isekai, maybe it’s fair enough that the female-targeted market is getting its own version of the trend. It’s equity, ya know?
Staring at a vending machine for half an hour and watching people buy chips is perhaps an experiment in what people will tolerate as entertainment.
Having committed the ceremonial lowering of the bar that’s required before watching the average seasonal isekai, I would like to report that this premiere is….fine.
It really does take skilled creators to effortlessly depict characters going through internal struggles, which makes it so satisfying whenever good things happen to them.
Undead Murder Farce is the highlight of the season: a bleakly humorous, action packed period romp with a lot to say about westernization in Meiji Japan featuring two unholy messes in witty repartee.
The animation choices really sucked out whatever charm the original source material might’ve had.
A better production might have elevated it to the heights of “lower tier acceptable shounen rom-com.”
For a show about sweets, the whole thing is awfully flavorless.
A potentially interesting thread is buried in a premiere that’s otherwise crass, silly, and dumb as bricks.
Am I the Strongest might be the weakest isekai premiere in a long, long time, and that’s saying something.
My Tiny Senpai continues the small girl tall guy trend by…doing exactly what you expect of a series like this.
What? You’re telling me this generic orphan who was always a bit of an outcast secretly has a supernatural family legacy and gets to go live on a cool island? Neat! I wonder if he has a grand destiny he’ll reluctantly have to fulfil, too!
