A man hums “Moon River” without knowing what it is as a sleepy crew shuttles along one of the Moon’s rilles in a monorail. Suddenly, they are under assault by flying things! Are they robots? Are they aliens? Are they alien robots?! Nothing is clear as the fists fly, the capes billow, and finally—finally!—the guns… Read More First Impression: Moonrise
Eyes in the dark. The hunter. The prey. A girl with an orange scarf runs through the forest, trying to escape a host of incredibly cool ninjas drawn in old-style animation. Against the violet sky, shuriken fly. We get some Samurai Jack-level cutting and striking visuals in 3:4 resolution. Traditional Japanese music accompanies the chase.… Read More First Impression: A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
Welcome to Gingarou Hotel! A slick ad reel showcases what makes the hotel so luxe, presenting a world where the customer is king and life is good—until flashes from the news media begin to intercut, revealing that all is not well on planet Earth. In fact, the air is so full of poison that humanity… Read More First Impression: Apocalypse Hotel
As we float in the sky, a robot resembling a metallic magical girl gives us (first-person perspective!) a warm welcome to #COMPASS. We fly among clouds, blue pyramids, a floating white tower, a great cube, gardens, stone alleys, and green labyrinths: #COMPASS seems to be a virtual reality where heroes from different worlds can hang… Read More First Impression: #COMPASS2.0 ANIMATION PROJECT
The Shiunji family is a very high-class family with five beautiful sisters and two handsome brothers. That said, the oldest brother, Arata, despite being well-respected as the expected future head of the family, has yet to have any success with love. After all, it’s not like he can date one of his sisters, right? Even… Read More First Impression: The Shiunji Family Children
Fantasy and sci-fi selections fill our reviews today, including the penultimate release in the Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance manga series and the nostalgic romance with a bit of the Apocalypse mixed in, Destroy All Humans. And speaking of romance, we’ve got that, too, including volume one of the unexpected and… Read More Reader’s Corner: My Secretly Hot Husband (Vol. 2), Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance: Premonition, and Destroy All Humans (Vol. 3)
A stunning montage of some of the best photorealist shots anime has to offer invites us to contemplate the forested pathways of a mountain shrine, as a gentle score and birdsong lull us into a restful state. A young woman climbs the stone steps, flushed with exertion. Cut to the Kadokawa HQ, where 18-year-old mangaka… Read More First Impression: Zatsu Tabi (That’s Journey)
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