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First Impressions: Tokyo Ghoul:re

Picking up 2 years after the conclusion of Root A, in the continued fight between ghouls and the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), a new unit, has been started. This unit, however, is unique in that it is not a normal unit. It is composed of Quinx, humans who have been modified to use Ghoul… Read More First Impressions: Tokyo Ghoul:re

04.08.201804.07.2018 Emdaisy14 Comments

First Impressions: Hinamatsuri

Yoshifumi Nitta is a young man who is part of a yakuza gang, and is living the good life with the acquisition of some valuable vases, when a strange thing materializes out of nowhere and drops onto his head and into his life. Inside is a girl who calls herself Hina and has telekinetic powers,… Read More First Impressions: Hinamatsuri

04.07.201804.07.2018 stardf291 Comment

Caligula World Premiere at Sakura-Con 2018

CALIGULA, a new anime by Satelight, airs tomorrow, April 8, 2018. But those of us who attended Sakura-Con had a chance to watch the pilot on March 30, alongside voice actor Sawashiro Chiharu and producer Matsuoka Takanori. This was followed up with a Q&A with Sawashiro and Matsuoka. I must preface this post by saying these events… Read More Caligula World Premiere at Sakura-Con 2018

04.07.201804.09.2018 Lex (Annalyn)6 Comments

First Impressions: Tada Never Falls In Love

Mitsuyoshi Tada is a high school guy who has infinitely more interest in photography than love. One day, while trying to take photos of sakura blossoms, a blonde foreigner inadvertently photobombs his view, and he ends up taking a picture for her. He runs into her several times later that same day, and finds out… Read More First Impressions: Tada Never Falls In Love

04.06.201804.06.2018 stardf292 Comments

First Impressions: Megalo Box

TWWK: Sometime in the future, boxing has entered a different realm; fighters now enhance their skill and strength with gear that makes the sport more vicious than ever. The best of these fighters will enter a tournament called “Megalonia” to discover who is the best boxer of all. Junk Dog, however, can’t even dream of… Read More First Impressions: Megalo Box

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First Impressions: Comic Girls

Comic Girls is an anime series based on the manga series of the same name. It’s about a group of teenage girls who all end up living in a dorm specifically set aside for female manga artists. The series follows along Kaoruko Moeta (aka Kaos) immediately after finding out test audiences don’t like the manga she… Read More First Impressions: Comic Girls

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First Impressions: 3D Kanojo

Tsutsui and Igarashi are polar opposites: he is an otaku whose defense mechanism from years of bullying is to avoid 3D girls at all costs; she is a beautiful girl who has a reputation for dating multiple boys at the same time. When their paths cross in detention one day, it goes as well as… Read More First Impressions: 3D Kanojo

04.05.201804.05.2018 Twwk6 Comments

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