The future is here and gas-powered cars are going the way of the dinosaur. Well, unless you go to the track where real fossil fuel-guzzling race cars still reign supreme in the new motorsport series known as MFG (Not MSG…this is not an anime about monosodium glutamate). Enter our male lead from overseas, 19-year-old Kanata… Read More First Impression: MF Ghost
Isaku Senagaki is a girl with some issues. As though losing her parents at the age of five due to a car accident wasn’t bad enough, Isaku now must go live with her grandfather, who just so happens to be the boss of the Yakuza (the Japanese Mafia). Determined to live as normal a life… Read More First Impression: A Girl And Her Guard Dog
Kaede Komura has a curious dilemma. Our bro has this major crush on a girl in his class named Ai Mie. She’s always on his mind, and he longs for the day when he can tell her how he feels. However, there’s just one small problem. Our girl Ai is as blind as a proverbial… Read More First Impression: The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
Ganta Nakami has a problem, bless his heart. He’s an insomniac—unable to get any sleep during the night, which leaves him feeling drained, irritable, and dreading the rising sun. Even worse, it’s time for the school’s Culture Festival and the girls in his class aren’t down with him to catching up on sleep during the… Read More First Impression: Insomniacs After School
Our bro Ichiro Kuga has had a pretty rough time of it recently. As is the case with many manga artists (and anime bloggers…), he finds himself with too many deadlines and too few hours in the day to do it all. However, he remains steadfast and determined to get it done. Why? Because our… Read More First Impression: A Galaxy Next Door
Time to fly to the moon and dance among the stars with the girl from the moon and the boy with a stellar nomenclature as TONIKAWA kicks off its second season! This time around, the newlywed star-crossed couple are having a movie date, during which time our lavender-haired bro ruminates about the shifting moods of… Read More First Impression: TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You (Season 2)
The Kingdom of Science is back again for this new season of Dr. Stone! Our group of intrepid scientists and villagers is about to hit the high seas in a brand new ship they’re building from the keel up to find the One Pie—Oh wait…wrong “Jump” series. My bad. The goal this time around is… Read More First Impression: Dr. STONE NEW WORLD
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