The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague – Episode 1
Cool Girl meets Actual Cool Guy who Can Make Snow in a premiere that feels like a Wotakoi-esque successor with yokai and a cozy, relatable plot centered around falling in love.
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Tomo-chan is a Girl! – Episode 1
Girl likes Guy and Guy like Girl…as a best bud because he can’t perceive her femininity. And yes, that’s the joke, which really undercuts a show that has potential to be very cute.
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The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady – Episode 1
A dazzling yuri fantasy series with a lot of potential to grow.
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Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World – Episode 1
Generally competent with one big shadow hanging over it.
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Arknights: PRELUDE TO DAWN – Episode 1
While not the most gripping premiere in the world, it’s honestly not bad.
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2022 Fall Three-Episode Check-In
We’re plagued with the best kind of problem: too much good anime to watch!
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Romantic Killer – Episode 1
Cue incoherent screaming at the rotting corpse of Shinzo Abe clawing his way out of the grave as a zombie.
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Summer 2022
Come in out of that brutal summer heat and enjoy the anime crop we harvested.
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2022 Fall Premiere Digest
A bustling season with some good josei food and great heroines!
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Exception – Episode 1
Philosphy and questions about the human soul abound in a bland premiere that has a lot of promise, but just doesn’t hit the mark despite having a fascinating foundation.
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The Little Lies We All Tell – Episode 1
Elephant in the room aside, this is a pretty funny premiere.
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Urusei Yatsura – Episode 1
Your Mileage May Vary when it comes to this new version of Urusei Yatsura, a series that brings the 70s into the 2020s, flaws included.
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Love Flops – Episode 1
As well as being a bad, dumb comedy, however, it’s a bad, dumb comedy with a disgusting concept at the heart of its “humor”.
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Chainsaw Man – Episode 1
Hey kids, do you like Devilman?
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More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers – Episode 1
More Than a Married couple seems intent on being as dumb as its premise, refusing to use its school-mandated-fake-dating scenario for any interesting commentary or even any interesting character scenes.
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I’ve Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills – Episode 1
Its flavor isn’t gross, it just tastes like nothing.
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BLUELOCK – Episode 1
There’s some interesting stuff going on with masculinity in BLUELOCK.
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BOCCHI THE ROCK! – Episode 1
Your mileage may vary with this one, and whether Hitori feels overly twee or relatable will depend. But I say give it a shot: I found her unexpectedly funny and relatable.
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Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal- – Episode 1
A nostalgia-fueled adaptation of a 1999 JRPG that still has room to invite newcomers in on an adventure.
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Akiba Maid War – Episode 1
Thrills, chills, and cafe meals: Akiba’s Maid War brings sugar-sweet plots to a whole ‘nother level by mashing up murder and maids into one of Fall 2022’s strongest premieres.
