Six months into the relationship between Miyu Suzuki and Yusuke Tani, things are proceeding at their own frantic yet gentle pace between our stoic straight man and his spastic lady. Christmas time is here, and with the arrival of the holiday season, what better way to enjoy the season than spending time with your friends… Read More First Impression: You And I Are Polar Opposites Season 2
One year after American Independence, a mermaid is born in a palace of light. A peculiar child, she chomps everything around her—from tiny fish to statues of her father, the King Rowan. But there’s something even more worrisome about Lara. While she grows up to be a beautiful and kind girl, she is obsessed with… Read More First Impression: Goodbye, Lara
The third season of tomfoolery kicks off with the Rentaro Family being the subject of a candid interview TV show where they’re each asked what recent event makes them feel that their boyfriend cherishes them. Of course, this being the Rentaro Family, where they all share one dude, they all go into explanations about what… Read More First Impression: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3
Atobe Arihito and his coworkers die in a bus accident, and he reincarnates in a fantasy world. Actually, it seems like everybody on the bus (such as his former boss, Igarashi) reincarnates. They are in a nation of Seekers, those who explore labyrinths, and the people of the fantasy world are used to getting reincarnators… Read More First Impression: The World’s Strongest Rearguard
There is no way that Mizuka Tsurumaki will work at anything having to do with a circus. The visuals may fill us with wonder, the music may be epic, the chief performer may mention how there’s a smile on every face, but she is not buying. You see, Mizuka is the daughter of a legendary… Read More First Impression: Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus
Kodo Iwamoto, a student from a military academy, is sent to investigate a strange rumor: a village that allegedly experiences black snow. Upon arrival at the village, he begins his investigations, which lead him to a beautiful garden with an odd variety of flower. When he picks one of them, the ground gives way beneath… Read More First Impression: Recommendations from Iwamoto-Senpai
Our man on the ground, T.R. Racki, watched the world premiere of the second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the first episode of which screened at Anime Expo 2026. The series drops this fall. Visceral. Chaotic. Traumatic. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 throws the audience immediately into a high-stakes heist that goes violently, spectacularly wrong. There are no… Read More First Impression: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (Anime Expo World Premiere)
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