I am very much the target audience for The Drops of God. I don’t know whether that makes me a captive audience or a tougher one, but it’s a fact. Read more
First Impressions
First Impressions Digest – Hidarikiki no Eren (Eren the Southpaw), Awajima Hyakkei (A Hundred Scenes of Awajima)
A Takako Shimura manga adaptation directed by Asaka Morio at Madhouse really should be higher up my anticipation rankings. Read more
First Impressions – Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo (Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?)
All in all I found this very charming and fun – exactly what I expected even if I didn’t know exactly what to expect. Read more
First Impressions – Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!? (Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?)
Brought to you by Animate. Definitely. Read more
First Impressions – Marriagetoxin
This scenario presents some interesting possibilities. Read more
First (and Second) Impressions – Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Witch Hat Atelier)
Atelier of Witch Hat looks absolutely fantastic. If only that were all that mattered. Read more
First Impressions – Nippon Sangoku
It’s hard to know where Nippon Sengoku is headed intellectually and ideologically after one episode. Read more
First Impressions – Akane-banashi
The opportunity for Watanabe Ayumu to really riff here is, of course, the rakugo. Read more
First Impressions – Mao
I don’t know if anything could be more classic Rumiko than Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!, but you’d sure never mistake this for anyone else’s work. Read more