Real Girl remains a rather sweet and likeable romance take – not too slick or sophisticated in any way, but attractively guileless. Read more
First Impressions – Golden Kamuy
OK, in the first place, I agree – that bear looked ridiculous. Read more
First Impressions Digest – Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara (2), Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Happy Kiss!
Basically, Shokugeki no Souma is reduced to a cooking show now. Read more
First Impressions – Piano no Mori
You know, maybe I ought to just give up trying to figure shit out. Read more
Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season: Sono Ni – 01
Ah, the eternal dilemma of the split cour: do we call this “Episode 1”, or just pick up the numbers from where we left off? Read more
First Impressions – Gurazeni
This is red meat for me, but it’s hard to imagine anyone who isn’t a hard-core baseball fan even following what this series is on about – much less giving a damn about it. Read more
Boku no Hero Academia Season 3 – 01
There’s something so Bones-like about starting the third season of Boku no Hero Academia with a recap episode. Read more
First Impressions – Megalo Box
These are heady days indeed for sports anime fans. Read more
First Impressions – Major 2nd
Shohei who? Read more
First Impressions – Hinamatsuri
It’ll take a lot of persuasion for me to believe this premise is anything other than an excuse for a literal explosion of gap moe. Read more