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[Review] Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS! – Episode 1

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What's it about? Five high school boys who belong to the "Earth Defense Club (lol)" spend their afternoons goofing around together, but all that changes when a talking otter calling himself Prince Karl appears in the local bathhouse. Karl "hires" them as his (unpaid) Magic Knights so they can bring happiness to the land—and help him become king in the process. … [Read more...] about [Review] Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS! – Episode 1

[Review] Libra of Nil Admirari – Episode 1

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What's it about? In order to secure her family's economic future, Kuze Tsugumi's father plans to marry her off to a "new money" man she's never met. But after her younger brother's nearly killed by a cursed tome, Tsugumi develops the ability to see the "auras" of other such books—making her a valuable recruit for the Imperial Library Intelligence Asset Management Bureau, a.k.a … [Read more...] about [Review] Libra of Nil Admirari – Episode 1

[Review] GeGeGe no Kitaro – Episode 1

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What's it about? When an unknown force starts turning people into trees, timid Yuta insists it's because of a yokai and that they need to call on the mythic "Kitaro" to defeat it. His friend Mana agrees to send a letter via Yokai Mail—but she never expected Kitaro to actually respond to it! We included GeGeGe no Kitaro on our premiere list with the understanding that, if it … [Read more...] about [Review] GeGeGe no Kitaro – Episode 1

[Versus] After the Rain, Ristorante Paradiso, and the delicate art of the age-gap romance

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of adults preying on minors. SPOILERS for the first three episodes of After the Rain and Ristorante Paradiso. At first glance, Ristorante Paradiso and After the Rain bear remarkable similarities. Both are anime adaptations of manga series written by women that center around a May-September romance. Both star a young woman and a middle-aged … [Read more...] about [Versus] After the Rain, Ristorante Paradiso, and the delicate art of the age-gap romance

[Review] Anime Supremacy! is the SHIROBAKO sequel you’ve been waiting for

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It didn’t matter if the work was difficult or stressful, or if she hardly earned enough to live on. She didn’t care if she had to live her days as a geek girl or female otaku, with no semblance of a “real” life. She was never going to stand by and let anyone make fun of her job. Anime Supremacy!, written by Mizuki Tsujimura and translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm, tells the … [Read more...] about [Review] Anime Supremacy! is the SHIROBAKO sequel you’ve been waiting for

[Review] Inuyashiki – episode 1

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Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in … [Read more...] about [Review] Inuyashiki – episode 1

[Review] The Ancient Magus’ Bride – episode 1

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Chise grew up being tossed from relative to relative, always isolated by her ability to see things that others could not. Feeling she can find no value in her own life, she sells it to the highest bidder - and is bought by Elias Ainsworth, a strange, bone-faced man who calls himself a mage. Elias claims he wants to make Chise his apprentice, and for the first time in her life, … [Read more...] about [Review] The Ancient Magus’ Bride – episode 1