Yes, I included this commercial for a reason. You know what to do. Binbogami! ga! – 01 I came into this one with pretty low expectations, but I got quite a few laughs out of the premiere of Binbogami!. The headline seiyuu is of course Hanazawa Kana, who plays Sakura […] Read more
NoitaminA’s opening day is always an important one on any anime calendar. OP: “Mune Kyun-kei no Ballad (胸キュン系のバラード)” by Yuya Matsushita Without question, Natsuyuki Rendezvous – along with Jinrui was Suitai Shimashita – was the show I most anticipated this season. At the very least, it seemed one of very […] Read more
Uta Koi would probably be either the absolute favorite anime of Kana-chan from Chihayafuru, or her least favorite. Given it’s romantic inclinations, I suspect it’d be the former – but it’s definitely not 100% traditional. OP: “Love Letter from Nanika?” by ecosystem Whatever percentage of anime and manga fans know […] Read more
Turns out “Tari Tari” was Japanese for “That was better than I expected”. OP: “Dreamer” by AiRI It always seemed odd that a premise so seemingly derivative as this one was the only original (not an adaptation or sequel) series of the season. Formula is definitely the formula this season […] Read more
It was smelling a little stale after the first batch of formulaic season premières, but Jinrui wa Suitai shimashita blew through the room like a breath of fresh – albeit very strange – air. OP: 「「リアルワールド」 (real world) by (nano.RIPE) I’ve liked the chemical composition of this series from the first […] Read more
If one were to guess a trend for the new season based on this weekend’s premières, it’d have to be “Viva Italia”. The Spanish are hoping, I’m sure, that it doesn’t carry over into football. OP: “Magenta Another Sky” by Hitomi Harada I would say that I liked this premiere […] Read more
If any premise ever screamed out “Light novel!” it’s this one. I enjoyed the first episode of Campione!, though my initial impression is that this a pretty generic setup. I don’t necessarily consider “generic” a negative term, as long as a series is well executed and based on initial evidence, […] Read more
What is first shall be… First. What – is it summer already? OP: “Pride” by Nothing’s Carved in Stone Seems like every anime season lately has a series that debuts a month before the rest of them. This time around, it’s Kingdom, from Studio Pierrot. There are several reasons this […] Read more
What’s last shall be first – when it comes to Spring premières and animation quality, anyway. OP: “Yasashisa no Riyuu (優しさの理由)” by Chouchou We finally come to the last of the Spring series debuts -the ones I’m concerned with anyway – a field that has offered both quality and […] Read more
Topping this, since the official premiere was today… No screencaps, obviously (you can’t screencap a theoretical show, after all). Let’s get a few of the things you might be worried about out of the way first (and yes, there are many spoilers in this post): Alive: Katara Dead: Aang, Sokka […] Read more