An off-kilter lullaby and grainy image make for an ominous opening scene as a young girl prepares for the day in what seems to be the dormitory of an abandoned underground bunker. She bids adieu to an older boy, hunched over a desk. Cut to a close-up of a blue jean-clad butt. Then to an… Read More First Impression: Mysterious Disappearances
Sato Yumiko is two girls in one wrapper. To the public, she’s Utatane Yasumi: a wholesome, innocent idol voice actress. But deep down inside, when she’s at school, she can let her true colors fly, both literally and figuratively. In school, she’s a straight-up gyaru (oftentimes referred to as a “gal” or in the US… Read More First Impression: The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio
Welcome to hell—I mean, NewTubu! Here, streamers with demonic faces and low morals reign supreme, caught in a neverending loop of easy cash, cheap popularity, and bulldozing the lives of others. After a compilation-style video anticipates the key moments of the episode you’re about to watch, a bloodstained opening theme shows us the face of… Read More First Impression: Viral Hit
Kazuma, the isekai’d antihero at the center of the Konosuba story, is going through a midlife crisis (as a teenager, no less). He reflects on how close he’s come to romance/getting laid in the previous two seasons, the movie, and the spin-off Megumin-focused series (providing a convenient flashback of his adventures for us, the audience)… Read More First Impression: KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! Season 3
Haruka Kiyomine and Kei Kaname are the strongest battery in middle school baseball. With Kiyomine’s prodigious pitches and Kaname’s precision catches, this duo once had ambitions of shutting down anyone who dared step up to the plate, including the rather plain Taro Yamada, who lost at the hands of the duo and swore off baseball… Read More First Impression: Oblivion Battery
To say that Masaki and Hiromu Fujiyoshi have an unusual relationship would be an insult to the word “unusual”…and it’s not because they’re both males. In this world, people are given the classification of being Alphas or Omegas, with Alphas seen as a higher social class than Omegas. Marriage between the two divisions is extremely… Read More First Impression: Tadaima, Okaeri
Banaza is the nicest merchant in Paluma, but his videogame-like stats are nothing to write home about. Nevertheless, he is kind and amiable even toward demihumans (who are often discriminated against and enslaved), treating them to a meal after a day of work. But alas, it is not to be. As he is chatting with… Read More First Impression: Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
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