A kid runs through the forest, taking his sick younger sibling on a piggyback ride as he flees from strange lights. Suddenly, he loses his footing and falls. A three-legged raven responds to their desperate plea for help and tells Yukiya that they will see each other again. We’re in the Kingdom of Yamauchi, where… Read More First Impression: YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
Welcome to hell—I mean, NewTubu! Here, streamers with demonic faces and low morals reign supreme, caught in a neverending loop of easy cash, cheap popularity, and bulldozing the lives of others. After a compilation-style video anticipates the key moments of the episode you’re about to watch, a bloodstained opening theme shows us the face of… Read More First Impression: Viral Hit
Stoic prince Oscar wanders the desert with his servant Lazar, who is endlessly critical of his every decision and would annoy a statue, but not his ever-patient liege. They’re searching together for the witch who lives in the Azure Tower and is said to grant you a wish if you overcome her challenge. They hope… Read More First Impression: Unnamed Memory
Banaza is the nicest merchant in Paluma, but his videogame-like stats are nothing to write home about. Nevertheless, he is kind and amiable even toward demihumans (who are often discriminated against and enslaved), treating them to a meal after a day of work. But alas, it is not to be. As he is chatting with… Read More First Impression: Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
Lord Ars Louvent, heir of Lamberg, stands in front of the memorial of his father, Lord Raven. Chaos engulfs the Empire of Ansel, as popular revolts and independence movements rise all over the land. Ars feels his loss but assumes his new role as the head of the family with confidence. Before being born in… Read More First Impression: As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the New World
Miwa Kurushima is desperately searching all around the city with her enthusiastic coworker Higuchi for a bartender. So far, they have had no luck. Each and every candidate, no matter how promising he looks, is rejected by the chief of the division, Kawashima, who conducts impossibly strict tests under instructions from above. Cardinal Hotel is… Read More First Impression: BARTENDER Glass of God
Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, has the inscription “Don’t forget 3.Oct.11” carved inside his silver pocket watch, the symbol of his office. It is a memorial of the day a new life opened up before the maimed Elric brothers—one of alchemy, detective work and military service. And if we had silver pocket watches at BtT, mine might say: “Don’t forget FMA:B”. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was my doorway into anime,… Read More A Tale of Two Alchemists, I: FMA (2003) and Existential Technology