2061. The XXI Century has been very hard on Japan. A staggering economical crisis, the disastrous policies of the Government and the aging of population combined with low birthrate did cause its near-total collapse, and it became a failed State. Four powerful foreign nations (new flags, though one of them is called Oceania) stepped in… Read More First Impression: AMAIM: Warrior at the Borderline (Kyoukai Senki)
Music-hating monsters from space invaded Earth. Pairs, a Conductor and a Musicart, do mellifluous battle with the fiends. Takt (a Conductor) and Cosette (a Musicart) are one such dynamic duet; also, it’s not clear just what Cosette is, but she’s apparently not a normal human. They are traveling to New York from somewhere out west,… Read More First Impression: takt op.Destiny
We open in media res, with protagonist Seiichi in another world with busty naked girl who asks to marry him. Now flashback: at a high school in Japan, chubby Seiichi is a victim of bullying and seems to be despised by pretty much everyone in class. A voice from the PA system announces it’s a… Read More First Impression: The Fruit of Evolution
On occasion, I’ve interviewed voice actors during the evening hours of a convention. It’s not ideal—the guest is often drained by that point, and besides, I feel uneasy about delaying him or her from resting after a demanding day. At Ecchi Expo, and 18+ anime convention I attended last week, rest was what Michaela Jill… Read More From ATLA’s Toph to Studies at Yale, Michaela Jill Murphy Walks Her Own Path
Gather round all ye aspiring astronauts, for it is time for…a history lesson! In 1957, Laika the street dog, here renamed Maly (“small”) and given a loving background, became the first animal in space, proving that life would not spontaneously cease when zero-G was achieved. After this success (though it ended more tragically for Maly/Laika),… Read More First Impression: Irina: the Vampire Cosmonaut
In Oslo, Norway, a train falls out of the sky. Cut to Japan, where high school girl Botan returns home only to be attacked by men in black as a test by her grandfather, who raised her to be a ninja. Botan learns that the time has come for “Mission T,” the task of saving… Read More First Impression: Tesla Note
The episode opens with a classic creepy horror movie sequence, only to be revealed to be just that—a television horror show that Miko is half-heartedly watching as she waits for her brother to finish in the bathroom. “What would you do in that situation?” asks the presenter. Buddhist mantras, prayer beads, salt, ignoring the entity—all… Read More First Impression: Mieruko-chan
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