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GNOSIA – Episode 1
GNOSIA transports viewers to the deepest recesses of the universe and a crew trying to find the traitor among them before it’s too late. So far it has all the beauty and gender of the game.
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Wandance – Episode 1
A genuine and engaging premiere about a boy who wants to dance and a girl who loves dance that’s marred by the uncanny 3DCGI for its dance sequences.
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The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess – Episode 1
Transporting a woman into her own middle-school fanfic makes for a great affectionate parody of isekai stories for teenage girls.
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Ninja Vs Gokudo – Episode 1
The concept of ninja and yakuza having a hidden war in society’s darkest corners isn’t a cool enough premise to fix a premiere that’s dead on arrival.
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Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle – Episode 1
Everything is filtered through the male lead’s patronizing perspective, trapped in an internal monologue that oscillates between musings about the springtime of youth and crude comments about his friends’ boobs.
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Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! – Episode 1
Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love is lifting an absolutely herculean task onto its shoulders: selling a fatphobic world on the charm of a cute and confidently fat heroine.
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Alma-Chan Wants to Be a Family! – Episode 1
Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family provides what we all need in these genuinely hard times: a low-stakes premiere that is simple, sweet, and well executed.
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A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace – Episode 1
AniFam, I am pleased to present to you a star rom-com of the season: “useless lesbians make manga.”
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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s – Episode 1
A breath of fresh air for its niche, with expressive fight scenes, classmates that don’t feel cartoonishly evil, and a genuine sense of mystery.
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Touring After the Apocalypse – Episode 1
A charming trip into the distant future and a apocalypse that’s claimed all societal progress, but hasn’t taken away the simple joy of a cross-country girl’s trip.
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My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! – Episode 1
This is an exhausting premiere that wants to pat itself on the back for pointing out the tropes it’s wallowing in.
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Digimon Beatbreak – Episode 1
Digimon’s greatest strength as a franchise lies in its character relationships, and this new entry doesn’t seem to understand that at all.
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Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I’m a Reincarnator – Episode 1
The well-executed elements of the premiere end up overshadowed by fatphobia and the show’s lack of interest in its female characters.
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SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes – Episode 1
A promising superhero idol premiere that hits high notes but is far from creating the next chart-topping hit, and that’s good for its potential to become something amazing.
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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider – Episode 1
One man’s lifelong dream gets centered in a premiere that could be mean-spirited but instead, lets him start down the path to becoming exactly who he knows he is.
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The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest – Episode 1
It’s competent but choppy and completely devoid of anything worth talking about.
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Mechanical Marie – Episode 1
The premise is fun, but the big emotional climax feels unearned – and risks playing into the very tropes the show could be deconstructing instead.
