given – Episode 1
It would be easy to say, “given is more like a music anime than a BL anime!” But that would be unfair to BL. It’s a BL romance and a music anime, one worth recommending to fans of both.
It would be easy to say, “given is more like a music anime than a BL anime!” But that would be unfair to BL. It’s a BL romance and a music anime, one worth recommending to fans of both.
Demon Girl is definitely cloyingly cute, but if you’re in the market for low-key slapstick with buckets of shipping fodder between the two leads, this isn’t half bad.
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.
The show is rough around the edges visually, complete with big hair and wonky eye-to-face ratios straight out of 2004, but the isekai story is fresh air after season after seasons of noxious incel pandering and slavery apologism.
You know how Netflix put out that movie Bright back
in 2017, and it was really well-received and everybody liked it? Oh, that’s not what happened at all? Cop Craft might have a problem then.
If this first episode is any indication, I’ve got a hell of a ride ahead of me.
Overall, Kochoki is a fun time, and I like the character designs. Nothing’s egregious, so if you want some very loose historical fiction, this might be a good show to pick up.
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.
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.
I’m not sure that the series will be able to fully deliver on its promising premise while still being bound to both its origins as a mobile game and the aesthetic conventions already established in this first episode. I’d love to be surprised, though.
Fire Force isn’t everything I was hoping for, but it is a ton of fun.
Blessed are we to live in this time of stories starring gross, funny, weird girls.
“Magical girls in giant robots” is a fantastic concept, and GRANBELM just might have the chops to pull it off.
You ever bite into a dessert and think, “This is way too sweet”? This premiere is like that.
This is going to be one of those reviews. You know the ones, where I hem and haw for a few minutes about how humor is ultimately subjective before admitting that this premiere just didn’t do much for me.
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.
It’s been a while since I watched a premiere as tight and concise as this one.
With all that can potentially go wrong, Demon Lord, Retry! faces a Sysphean challenge to being “a good anime” by my measure, so I’m not really going to stick around to see where it goes.
The show takes less than five minutes to rocket past “frustrating fat-shaming” and straight into “likely to be triggering for anyone who’s ever struggled with disordered eating.”
Y’know, once I stopped laughing, this wasn’t really a terrible premiere. It is possible I’ve sustained some serious neck damage from all the whiplash, though.