A Destructive God Sits Next to Me – Episode 1
Hey, remember last season’s surprise gem Outburst Dreamer Boys? This is like that, but way less fun!
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Smile Down the Runway – Episode 1
Smile Down the Runway has potential to make interesting choices, but it’s hard to tell at this point whether or not it has the courage to actually follow through. Maybe it’ll be worth giving it three episodes to strut its stuff.
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Interspecies Reviewers – Episode 1
“Goddammit,” I thought, as I reached for my Feminist Killjoy hat.
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Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It – Episode 1
I love a good romantic comedy about awkward dorks, but this one misses the mark.
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun – Episode 1
Hanako-kun’s sweet comedy, attention-grabbing visual style, and undercurrent of melancholy make for one of the most promising premieres of the season.
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number24 – Episode 1
If you like sports anime, number24 is a pretty safe bet for a good time.
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Plunderer – Episode 1
If Plunderer lost a point for every time it tried my patience, it would have hit zero about ten—no, five minutes in.
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22/7– Episode 1
The greatest paradox of 22/7’s inaugural episode is how much it wishes to tell you the idol industry is full of shit and how much it attempts to lionize the 22/7 group’s founding as a legendary idol unit.
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Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga – Episode 1
Cinnamon Nobunaga is a decent comedy where some of the jokes may fail to land if you’re not aware of 16th-century Japanese history, but it’s easy enough to get and visually humorous enough that it’s not really a prerequisite to enjoy.
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Infinite Dendrogram – Episode 1
If you want a slightly more serious fantasy MMORPG anime for this season, this might be your ticket.
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Nekopara – Episode 1
It is I, Anime Feminist’s resident catgirl and catgirl-respecter Chiaki, and I am here to tell you Nekopara is exactly what I thought it would be and I fully endorse it despite all its faults.
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If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die – Episode 1
I’m decidedly side-eyeing this one, but I am contractually obligated by my own brain to give any queer-leaning and non-pedophilic anime at least three episodes to prove itself.
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Uchitama?! Have you Seen my Tama? – Episode 1
Do you like cute animal videos on Youtube? Then you’ll like this show.
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Sorcerous Stabber Orphen – Episode 1
It’s hard at this point to suss out whether it’s mostly inoffensive, aggressively ‘90s light novel trash, or whether the narrative plans to do something genuinely interesting.
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Hatena Illusion – Episode 1
Hatena Illusion spends its first episode ignoring its most interesting portions on magic to instead do a by-the-numbers middle school romance plot.
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The Case Files of Jeweler Richard – Episode 1
If nice-looking, quiet episodic stories are your thing, this has the makings of a better-than-average example.
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BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense – Episode 1
MMO meets iyashikei in a laid-back premiere that’s profoundly fine.
