All but a couple series have premiered this fall 2018 anime season (and some have aired their second or even third episodes), and…well, it’s an interesting season. There are going to be tons and tons of eyes glued to the final season of Fairy Tail, the new season of Sword Art Online, and other returning… Read More First Impression Summer 2018 Wrap-Up
In the world of Meftelharne, “healers” can use special magic to heal the hearts of monsters so they don’t attack people. It’s a skill the young Yuu is capable of, except for one problem: he’s deathly afraid of monsters, even healed ones. One day, though, he gains an unusual companion in Merc, a tiny girl… Read More First Impression: Merc StoriA
Sakura Minamoto is the typical high school girl, watching a music video before school and hoping to one day become a singer just like the ones she idolizes. Just another typical morning—that is, until she is hit by a bus right outside her house! She awakens in Saga prefecture and is chased by several zombie… Read More First Impression: Zombie Land Saga
Kohane had always lived her life helping others, which is nice of her, but her friend Uki wants her to do something for herself. Kohane finally finds something she can do, though, when she comes across a cheerleading exhibition–after all, a sport that’s all about cheering people on is perfect for a natural altruist like… Read More First Impression: Anima Yell
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san) is a short-form anime series (11 minutes) about a bookseller named Honda-san who…has a skull face. He’s a skeleton and the other people who work at this book store are…not exactly human. They’re monsters of some kind and they are here to sell you books and, mostly manga. The first… Read More First Impression: Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san
A new world. A new deep dive. A new virtual reality. And this time, Kirito is a child. Together with his friends, Eugeo and Alice, he explores a cave in a mountain that borders the world between humans and darkness, and what the group discovers, and who they see, will have a drastic impact upon… Read More First Impression: Sword Art Online Alicization (Season 3)
A 15-year-old priestess registers as an adventurer, beginner level (porcelain), and though timid, she agrees to join with other young adventurers on a quest to kill goblins and rescue young ladies. It seems simple enough, and the rest of the group is confident, but they soon find themselves trapped in the goblins’ cave and upon… Read More First Impression: Goblin Slayer
In the year 2078, Hitomi, a descendant of mages, finds herself watching fireworks… with no interest, as she had lost her ability to see color at some point. Her grandmother, Kohaku, then decides to use time magic to send her 60 years into the past, to a much more familiar 2018, albeit one where her… Read More First Impression: IRODUKU: The World in Colors
One day, while at the library, Sakuta sees Mai, his senpai at school and a famous young actress currently on hiatus, wearing a bunny suit. What’s weirder is that no one else seems to notice her even with that provocative outfit on. As it turns out, Mai has been gradually becoming invisible to people, a… Read More First Impression: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Haiji Kiyose has finally done it—he’s found the “10th member,” the final person to fill out the dormitory where he and eight other unique young men live. But who is Kakeru Kurahara, a young man with a name that seems to precede him, and why would Haiji want him to live at the dorm, especially… Read More First Impression: Run with the Wind