Crunchyroll debuted Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by airing its first four episodes. To preserve our first impression format and help those who are avoiding spoilers from episodes two through four, the first two paragraphs below discuss just episode one. However, you can hit the jump for further discussion of the entire premiere. Fifty years after… Read More First Impression: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Retired adventurer Bel is now a teacher, gardener, manager, and caretaker, but he was once a warrior of renown. An incident left him without the lower half of one of his legs. And while the condition left him depressed, it also brought him the greatest treasure in his life. Bel finds a child crying in… Read More First Impression: My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
Did the lack of great series during the summer season get you down? Not to worry! The fall 2023 anime season is already upon us, with premieres already dropping tomorrow! Yes, you heard that right! You won’t have to wait until October 1st, even, for the new shows. And as a matter of fact, if… Read More Fall 2023 Anime First Impressions
Cecilia is a saint, and Lawrence is a pastor. I mean, what else were you expecting? It’s right there in the title. They work together at a small country church. She has a big crush on him, though he’s oblivious to it. While she can act very saintly around others, when it’s just her and… Read More First Impression: Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence
Welcome to the future: murderous robots run wild in a Japan full of ruins and toxic rain. Enter Tokio and Kanata, a team consisting of “Drifter” (read “mecha pilot”), and tech expert who collect relics of the past from cities overcome by nature, and transport them to the dome-protected “Nests”. They do so with the… Read More First Impression: SYNDUALITY: Noir
With the help of his supportive childhood friend, Eiko, Kietaro has taken great strides over the past two years. He’s the top-scoring student at his new school, has been working to overcome his social anxiety, and is even taking on a new job as a tutor. But little does he know that his first student… Read More First Impression: Dark Gathering
Akira Tendo is a corporate slave. He is so badly sleep-deprived that he looks like he could blend right in with the hordes in the late-night zombie movies he watches every three or four days when he finally makes it home for some cup noodles and a bit of kip. Things weren’t always this way… Read More First Impression: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
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