Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan – Episode 1
Wow, what a cute, innocent little slice-of-life anime about a girl and her dragon. I’m sure it won’t go terribly awry in some way…
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Last Hope – Episode 1
The prognosis for Last Hope, frankly, is not good
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Frankenstein Family – Episodes 1-2
Watercolor and slightly melancholy, this is a quiet little slice-of-life series.
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Double Decker! Doug & Kirill – Episode 1
I tell you what, it was a bold decision to air the anime of the fall season so far ahead of everything else. Really makes a statement. Also, the rest of the summer season is now cancelled, as we will only be needing more of this.
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Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation – Episode 1
While it’s a perfectly watchable experience, I’m not sure I’d go so far as to call it a hidden gem.
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2018 Summer Three-Episode Check-In
The summer shows have had some time to stretch their wings, so let’s see how they’re shaping up!
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We Rent Tsukumogami – Episode 1
We Rent Tsukumogami is a historical fantasy based on Shinto-inspired Japanese mythology. It has cute spirits, a great aesthetic, and fun facts about daily life in Edo. It is so squarely in my wheelhouse I was halfway around the bases before I even pressed “play.” So why did this first episode leave me lukewarm?
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2018 Summer Premiere Digest
A new season is upon us, which means fresh new anime hot out the oven! There are still a few stragglers this season, but now that we’ve gone through the main premiere rush, it’s time to get them all in one room together.
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Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs – Episode 1
No, no, no. I refuse to be nostalgic for this.
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Revue Starlight – Episode 1
Theater is a harsh, competitive world. Revue Starlight takes that experience and makes it literal.
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Happy Sugar Life – Episode 1
We’ve entered what I like to call the “shame shadow” of premiere season.
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Grand Blue Dreaming – Episode 1
Take an American frat house movie. Combine it with a Japanese gag manga. Now make them both profoundly unfunny. If you can imagine that, then congratulations! You’ve just seen the premiere of Grand Blue Dreaming.
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Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King – Episode 1
This is an anime based on a Square Enix game. I suspect that will tell many of you, very quickly, whether or not to proceed further.
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Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion – Episode 1
I’ll level with you, readers: I’m always a little bit on my guard when war anime come across my desk. I’ve reached an age where I personally don’t have much time for Cool War Hero stories, and we’ve reached an age as a species (again) where it’s time to start being very critically aware of how our media paints nations with bloody, imperialist histories.
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Holmes of Kyoto – Episode 1
Holmes of Kyoto is a difficult premiere to pin down. Based on a series of mystery novels, it has the laid-back tone of an iyashikei (soothing) series, the soft-touch aesthetic of a slow-burn romance, and the content of Antiques Roadshow. Full marks for originality, I s’pose?
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Late Night! The Genius Bakabon – Episode 1
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show try this hard and so blatantly to be something else—and boy howdy, does Bakabon wanna be Mr. Osomatsu.
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Dropkick on My Devil!! – Episode 1
While not completely devoid of character, this is a show clearly proudest of its schtick—meaning it’ll probably be a love it or hate it venture for many.
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Phantom in the Twilight – Episode 1
Lady Luck looked down and smiled upon me, surprising me with a supernatural mystery series complete with spunky female foreign-exchange students, Gatling-gun-toting waiters, and kickass great-grandmas. Oh yeah. This one has my name scribbled all over it.
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Asobi Asobase – Episode 1
Like any comedy, Asobi Asobase won’t be for everyone. But comedy that celebrates the crude side that resides within all of us, including teenage girls, is something that I’m always glad to see more of.
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Cells at Work! – Episode 1
I never thought I’d use the descriptor “Schoolhouse Rock meets Osmosis Jones meets Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,” but I just watched Cells at Work so here we are.
