Carole & Tuesday – Episode 1
What a lovely, lovely, lovely first episode.
Posts by Caitlin Moore
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Try Knights – Episode 1
Try Knights, I don’t think you tried at all.
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Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? – Episode 1
This premiere works a strange alchemy, putting together story elements into something I honestly never would have expected to be my taste and combining them into something that I really enjoyed.
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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest – Episode 1
Arifureta’s poorly-realized edgelord aesthetic, ridiculous writing, and lack of anything truly offensive make it so there’s not much left to do but… laugh at it.
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HenSuki – Are you willing to fall in love with a pervert, as long as she’s a cutie? – Episode 1
Watching HenSuki is kind of like being trapped in a half-hour conversation with someone who treats their special interest as a substitute for having a personality.
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Vinland Saga – Episode 1
If this first episode is any indication, I’ve got a hell of a ride ahead of me.
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Re:Stage! Dream Days – Episode 1
Re:Stage! Dream Days, with its homoeroticism and apparent lack of male characters, will appeal to some. But the big-headed art looks weird to me, the jokes don’t land, and it’s all about as fresh as the stink of week-old tuna salad.
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The Ones Within – Episode 1
The Ones Within feels just like a mediocre adaptation of a good video game, but it skipped the step of the fun game coming out first.
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Fire Force – Episode 1
Fire Force isn’t everything I was hoping for, but it is a ton of fun.
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O Maidens in Your Savage Season – Episode 1
Blessed are we to live in this time of stories starring gross, funny, weird girls.
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If It’s For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord – Episode 1
You ever bite into a dessert and think, “This is way too sweet”? This premiere is like that.
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Astra Lost in Space – Episode 1
Minor costume design complaints aside, Astra Lost in Space is the first good anime to air this summer season. Hopefully these good boys and girls can find their way home.
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7 SEEDS – Episode 1
I want 7 SEEDS to be good so badly that I can almost taste it, but the terrible animation and direction doesn’t make it easy.
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Wise Man’s Grandchild – Episode 1
Wise Man’s Grandchild is proof that isekai series have, by and large, gotten so foul that pleasant blandness is a welcome relief.
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Cinderella Nine – Episode 1
Cinderella Nine isn’t a touchdown, but I didn’t want to spike it into the dumpster either.
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AFTERLOST – Episode 1
In a season swimming with mediocrity, AFTERLOST is the first true stinker of the bunch.
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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life – Episode 1
This is a perfectly serviceable shounen melodrama, but it moves a bit too quickly for its emotional beats to fully land.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Episode 1
I’m calling it now: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is going to be this season’s big hit.
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Mix – Episode 1
It’s too early to tell a lot about this one, honestly.
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Fruits Basket (2019) – Episode 1
The long-awaited re-adaptation is here at last.
