A videogamey evil army enters a dangerous yet somehow flat forest. Everyone does the exact same movements. “There are supposed to be demons in the Saika forest”, Evil Guy I tells Evil Guy II. “Demons?” “Yeah. Troops have been stationed there before us but apparently none of them ever make it back alive.” “Are you… Read More First Impressions: Rusted Armors
Sometime in the future, the youth of New Tokyo (who are 95% male apparently) are running amok, forming up into gangs known as tribes. At a loss as to how to calm them down or police the streets, the government passes the XB Law, which requires that all conflicts be resolved through a brutal match… Read More First Impression: Tribe Nine
Richard III by William Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers to have lived, has been loosely adapted in this anime. It follows the battle between two royal families, York and Lancaster, for the throne in Medieval England–a series of conflicts known as the Wars of the Roses. In this version, the two sons of the… Read More First Impression: Requiem of the Rose King
Wakana was introduced to the beauty and wonder of traditional Japanese hina dolls by his grandfather when he was but a slip of a boy. Gramps runs the Gojo Dolls company, and lives in a home that looks like it is straight out of the 1890s—probably about when the backbone of his company, the treadle… Read More First Impression: My Dress-Up Darling
Are you tired of the same old isekai formula? Bored of seeing a person from our world die and reincarnate in another world, overpowered and underestimated, surrounded by a beautiful/handsome yet strangely unwanted harem? Have we got a show for you! The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest mixes it up by… having a person… Read More First Impression: The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest
Rice paddies and those that call them home: a songbird, a couple of farmers and a girl who runs for the pure joy of it. She pauses to gather herself, thinking of her favorite idol and her goal of making friends at her new school, before throwing herself into a cartwheel that turns into a… Read More First Impression: Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
In a world where tokusatsu heroes are real, beleaguered lab assistant Touka Kuroitsu works in monster R&D for the nefarious Secret Society: Agastia. Her boss forces her to give a presentation to the society’s bigwigs on a barebones proposal he threw together at the last minute. The proposal gets rejected; although the supreme leader thinks… Read More First Impression: Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department