Detectives These Days is playing on a particular fantasy: a man yearning for his adolescent glory days feels he’s over the hill, but a hot young girl pulls him out of his slump and put his fractured ego back together.
Any interesting elements are mushed down by the conventions of the fantasy harem genre that the series is awkwardly fitting itself into.
Takopi’s Original Sin thoughtfully addresses its heavy themes with gorgeous style, but its graphic imagery make it not to be watched lightly.
Spring has brought us some powerful stories about girls growing up and compelling-but-fraught speculative fiction about decaying systems.
This season, let’s hear it for incredible women writers and directors, from new franchise entries to original projects!
Spring brings a crop of nostalgic revivals, from aesthetic throwbacks to reinventions of classic franchises.
It has some big shoes to fill, coming from the same creator as Laid-Back Camp, and it makes a strong start as a hobby show.
Maybe I can’t ask Food for the Soul to singlehandedly cure my existential dread, but I do have high hopes for it as a PA Works original.
One boy’s fight might be a viewer’s treasure in a series that sets the stage for a genuinely interesting plot with a twist, if it can stick the eventual landing.
When ninja and assassin meet, kunai will fly and lives will end. Question is, will your laughter also perish in this kind of bland premiere?
Bless its heart, The Shiunji Family Children really wants me to take its “but they’re not blood related!” plot seriously.
A remarkably lonely premiere that uses the apocalypse to explore a Sisyphus-like absurd heroine robot.
The characters are thin, but if you like travel shows this might be a relaxing watch.
This gacha game adaptation is probably the weakest show this season has to offer.
This new entry has a high barrier to entry to new fans, but is well worth the confusion
Its exploration of vigilantes has the chance to do something interesting, though the franchise is still pretty bad at writing women.
We’re off to the races with a rags to riches origin story entry into the Umamusume franchise that’s perfect for anyone and everyone who’s ever been vaguely interested in what this series is all about.
It’s like I’ve been sent 20 years back in time in the worst possible way.
Star light, star bright. First star I see tonight. A witch I may, a witch I might, see Witch Watch and laugh tonight because this premiere is pretty okay and perfect viewing if you’re looking for something to invest in that’s low commitment viewing.
On one hand, this is fairly standard “refusal of the call to adventure” stuff. On the other, there’s a gendered element that gives this a different dynamic.
