The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy – Episode 1
A fairly unmemorable checklist of reincarnation fantasy tropes with a side of fanservice.
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Overtake! – Episode 1
Even if cars going zoom isn’t your thing, the intriguing characters and highlight of financial barriers to competing make a good hook.
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Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions – Episode 1
I was yearning for schlock, but the show utterly fails to live up to the camp it seems to promise.
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I’m In Love with the Villainess – Episode 1
A lot of your taste for this one will depend on how you feel about the tsundere and her attached tropes, but there’s a lot to hope for too.
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Migi&Dali – Episode 1
Strangely beautiful, compellingly weird, often funny, and a deserving tribute after its author’s tragically early passing.
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Shangri-La Frontier – Episode 1
Some beautiful background visuals are shackled to a VR setting and a fairly uninteresting protagonist.
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Berserk of Gluttony – Episode 1
Berserk of Gluttony brings a big appetite to the Fall season, but fails to offer up anything satisfying to devour.
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Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange – Episode 1
A refreshing break from stories equating heroism with violence, and a good time too, though hopefully the lone female character gains more prominence.
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Ragna Crimson – Episode 1
A perfectly solid shounen that’s also basically a Fate/Unlimited Blade Works AU.
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MF GHOST – Episode 1
MF GHOST asks viwers to pump the brakes to setup a story about a young man searching for his long-lost father.
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The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch – Episode 1
The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch promises a fun family romp but instead, falls completely flat due to underage sexualization of it’s Black-coded lead.
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A Girl and Her Guard Dog – Episode 1
Leading up to its premiere, most of the chatter around this ~problematic shoujo~ adaptation was about its central relationship between a 15-year-old girl and her 26-year-old guardian. Now that the first episode is out, however, I can’t really see that happening. Not because it depicted the material in a nuanced or sensitive way, but because it was so dreadfully, agonizingly boring that I don’t imagine much of anyone is going to bother watching anything more.
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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Episode 1
Find quiet, impactful humanity with Frieren , a renowned elven hero who, despite her aged intellect and general wisdom, still must puzzle out what it means to relate to others.
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2023 Fall Premiere Reviews
All the summer premiere reviews in one easy-to-find place. We’ll update the chart as more series become available, so be sure to check back in the coming days for more!
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My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer – Episode 1
Fall 2023 is starting capably and comfortably enough: gifting us some over-competent girls with swords and some Nice Anime Dads with gardening skills.
