It’s night in the city. Under the starry sky, Rudra, the teenager whose ponytail shines like fire, uses her hacking abilities to steal some mecha designs stored at a colossal neon cruise ship. A chase ensues as the mysterious vocal music intensifies in the background, and mask-wearing goons follow her on their water scooters. Now… Read More First Impression: DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION
Time to run away! Sort of! After the confrontation between Chitose and Asuka’s father in the final episode of the first cour, the new cour of Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle begins with the two adolescents on a train ride from Fukui to Tokyo. Are they off to help Asuka pursue her dream of… Read More First Impression: Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Part 2
After being buried alive in their bus on the way home from a school trip, a class of students awakens in another world. There, they are given skills and begin new, exciting lives. But Makoto, the last student to awaken, discovers that his skills—calm mind, water magic (beginner), RPG player—are seemingly as basic as can… Read More First Impression: Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers
There’s a rumor going around town: a faceless kid in a hoodie. If you encounter this person, something unusual will happen to you. What kind of “something”? Well, for a schoolgirl named Hiromi, it all begins when she hears on the news that there will be snow in the afternoon, despite the day seeming quite… Read More First Impression: Horror Collector
Academy City is a showcase of modern tech, 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world; and it’s also the cutting edge when it comes to educating and developing espers, that is, people born with seemingly magical, but actually totally scientific, superpowers. Like Shizuri Mugino’s electron beam (level 5), Kinuhata’s nitrogen control… Read More First Impression: A Certain Dark Item
Since this is season 2 and it’s been five years, let’s start by reviewing the cast. First up is Kimihiko; he’s the former sidekick of the self-proclaimed “Great Detective” Siesta, the eponymous dead detective. Then there’s Nagisa, a girl who used to be named Alicia, who also had an evil personality named Hel who killed… Read More First Impression: The Detective Is Already Dead Season 2
Meet Misaki Sata, a self-described klutz who stumbles through life without knowing where she wants to go, mostly figuratively but sometimes also literally. While experiencing “Entrance Exam Hell,” she’s not particularly enthusiastic about studying. Her friend Ya-chan tells her that, as much as she respects her nerves of steel, she needs to start making choices… Read More First Impression: TETSURYO! Meet with Tetsudou Musume
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