Those Snow White Notes – Episode 1
Those Snow White Notes definitely captures those small sad quiet moments and I think that alone will make the series worth watching…but damn is this show overdramatic.
Those Snow White Notes definitely captures those small sad quiet moments and I think that alone will make the series worth watching…but damn is this show overdramatic.
Burning Kabaddi seems crafted entirely to combat the sport’s status as a punchline in Japanese media, going so far as to have Yoigoshi call out the trend before he’s inevitably sucked in. This, my friends, is an imaging campaign.
While fans of SSSS.GRIDMAN will immediately recognize the director/writer duo’s signature style, this premiere is perfectly friendly (and perfectly gorgeous-looking) for newcomers to the Gridverse.
A quiet, not-quite pretentious historical horror drama that is extremely My Brand.
What are your thoughts on alternate histories? Historical fantasies? How about umbrella crossbows, organ-playing snakemen, and mahou murder girls?
I hated Koikimo, and I’m going to hold fast to that because there’s no world in our infinite galaxy—not any culture on this planet, including Japan—where an adult pursuing a child is okay.
Tropical Rouge is the latest in a long line of Precure series, and in this first episode it’s plain to see the tried-and-trusted formula clicking into place and why that formula works so well.
If schlocky action and gritty murder games are your deal, you might find yourself at home with High-Rise Invasion. However, I’m sure there are many fight-for-survival sci-fis that play with similar ideas with better execution and fewer peeks at the teenaged protagonist’s undies.
Despite the strange mid-season start for the show, Kiyo in Kyoto seems to be lovingly crafted and easygoing show meant to get people hungry for Japan.
This season truly encapsulates the duality of anime: everything made us either really excited or really tired.
The new year has started out strong with some incredible premieres that nobody was expecting.
In an exceptionally hellish year, good anime managed to provide some brief moments of reprieve. Here are the staff’s 2020 favorites!
Wonder Egg is fabulism meets horror/suspense meets character drama. It is fantastical and grounded in equal turns, with a raw emotionality that pulls no punches but also doesn’t revel in suffering. It is surprising, tense, and stunning to look at, and I am beyond psyched to watch more of it.
The source material has a reputation for being (to put it bluntly) rape revenge fetish porn, but this premiere is mostly a standard dark fantasy with some glimmers of potential that it will almost certainly never fulfill.
IDOLY PRIDE’s premiere is good… until it tries to get twisty and drops the ball. Still, it’s worth watching… right?
There hasn’t been a major successful aquatic sports anime since FREE! and I wondered if Wave!! Let’s go surfing!! would fill that void. My short answer is “No,” and overall this premiere was a strong OK.
Ex-Arm is everything that can probably go wrong making an anime, beating out even Kemono Friends and Gibiate in production values.
Inugami Koachi meets a half-demon boy named Dorotabo together they will solve the mystery of his missing parents.
The show looks cool, so I guess I’ll stick around for 3 episodes. Totally fair if you’re not up for a gross protagonist constantly whining about boobs though.
First, let me tell you how much fun I had watching this bright, energetic premiere. Next, allow me to put on my Feminist Killjoy Hat and talk about its worrisome sexist streak.