Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t shake the feeling that this series somehow started in the middle instead of the beginning. OP: “Pursuing My True Self” by Shihoko Hirata (Ep 1) I tried the watch the last “Persona” anime adaptation, but I just didn’t find it very compelling and […] Read more
Groucho Marx famously said, “I don’t care to belong to any club that would have me as a member.” In a sense, it looks like Boku wa Tomodachi is going to put that credo to the test. OP: “Friends Making Group ★★☆” (残念系隣人部★★☆) by Marina Inoue, Kanae Itou, Nozomi Yamamoto, […] Read more
Manglobe, lacking a major success for a while, wades into the adult VN adaptation waters again with their take on Mashiro-Iro Symphony. Based on the first episode, there’s some potential here – both good and bad. OP: “Authentic symphony” by Choucho This is a genre that’s been mined pretty heavily […] Read more
It’s always a little scary waiting for that first premiere of the season that you love – what if it never comes? But it’s also pretty exciting when it does – and for me, Chihayafuru is that series this season. It’s love at first sight. OP: “YOUTHFUL” by 99RadioService What […] Read more
I don’t want to say the OVA version of Tamayura was slow, but I would have needed an IV drip of revv pulse to get all the way through it. So how did the anime fare in its first episode? OP: “Okaerinasai” (おかえりなさい) by Maaya Sakamoto It’s a funny thing […] Read more
There are series that I was looking forward to more as we entered the Fall season, and there are series that I had higher expectations for. But there’s no series that I was rooting for harder than Kimi to Boku. OP: ByeBye (バイバイ)” by 7!! Just why is that? Quite […] Read more
Like the other Sunrise premiere this week Phi Brian, Kyōkai Senjō no Horizon didn’t make much of an impression on me. It started and ended with a lot of long-winded exposition, and in between was an extended chase scene and a lot of weak humor and not terribly exciting school […] Read more
What the F*** was that?? I hope you’ve seen the premiere of this series, because if you’re expecting a recap of who everyone was and what the hell happened, you’re out of luck. This has been the craziest blogging day ever, premières everywhere and a finale to boot, and this […] Read more
I’m topping this post, as the official premiere of Working’!! is the same as the sneak peek, except for the OP. Is it me, or are more series than ever showing the OP at the end of the first episode? Working is back, and a month early too – a […] Read more
