The Polka is back! No, not that kind of polka. The fake Polka. No, not that kind of fake polka either. Look, it’s a story by Narita Ryōgo (Baccano, Durarara, etc.), all right? So of course it’s going to be a little hard to explain. But like all of Narita’s masterpieces, Dead Mount Death Play… Read More First Impression: Dead Mount Death Play Cour 2
The Faraway Paladin, Will, is back—older and with a deeper voice than ever before! Yes, a couple of years have passed since our technically isekai’d protagonist accepted a position as governor over the Beast Wood, and now his city of Torch Port is thriving; but Will is thinking ahead: Right now they’re making money by… Read More First Impression: The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains
Let me just say up front that, if you’re interested in season two of Goblin Slayer, you’ve probably already seen season one. You know what you’re getting into. Season two’s first episode opens with a flashback to that scene in season one’s first episode—if you’ve seen it, you know; if you don’t know, just be… Read More First Impression: Goblin Slayer II
Season two of The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent starts off with the saint looking, well, anything but omnipotent. Episode one opens with some nature cinematography that is stunning, as if the animators decided season one somehow hadn’t been up to snuff and it was time to pull out all the stops. But with this… Read More First Impression: The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent S2
Ryza is a young woman on an island from which no one is allowed to leave and to which no one is allowed to come. Except when they are: merchants, at least, travel between the island and other places (either a mainland or another island?). There are all sorts of other taboos that are enforced… Read More First Impression: Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation
Season 2 of In Another World With My Smartphone picks up where the previous one left off, logically enough. The generic OP isekai protagonist and his four fiancées (yes, you read that right) are fighting a couple of standard elite mooks (mithril golems). The rest of the party is helpless, helpless, I say! before the… Read More First Impression: In Another World With My Smartphone S2
Two “old guys” (32-years-old) go to a mixer to meet girls—or so they claim. Actually, Tachibana secretly hopes Jinguji will finally fall in love with a woman and get hitched. You see, Jinguji is so attractive that no women will give Tachibana the time of day when they’re together. And they’re always together, because Jinguji… Read More First Impression: Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout