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
reviews
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
First Impressions Digest – 3D Kanojo: Real Girl, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These – Kaikou
I suppose a natural question with this reboot of Legend of the Galactic Heroes is the obvious one. Read more
First Impressions – Tokyo Ghoul:re
You can’t, it seems, ever get just the series with Tokyo Ghoul – you have to get the whole menagerie of complicated nonsense and confusion that goes along with it. Read more
First Impressions Digest – Kakuriyo no Yademoshi, Gundam Build Divers
There’s a pretty standard template for the “Build” series. Read more
Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line – 13
I think Yowapeda very much represents the evolution of sports manga over the past decade. Read more