Hip-Hop isn’t just music; it’s culture. It’s not just about the music, but the fashion, street art like graffiti, attitude, lyrics, and counter-culture. One of the core aspects of the genre though are the rap battles! When I saw that a new anime was coming out this fall about rapping, I wanted to watch it… Read More First Impression: HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima
Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls begins by introducing Kasahara Konomi, who is trying to figure out what club to join in high school after spending years obsessed with puzzle video games to the point where it was detrimental to her studies. That’s when she runs into the Hanamiya Girls’ climbing wall. Konomi tries climbing and… Read More First Impression: Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai is based off a popular videogame series of RPGs by the same name. As a gamer, I was looking forward to watching it since I have played a few Dragon Quest games. The anime starts off by explaining how there was a hero who defeated the dark lord (aka,… Read More First Impression: Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Haikyuu!! is one of my favorite manga and anime series of all time. The boys from Karasuno are continuing their trek in the national tournament. This episode picks up right where the last cour left off in Spring 2020. Due to the pandemic, this part of the series was delayed until now. So, if you… Read More First Impression: Haikyuu!! To the Top (Second Cour)
Rail Romanesque is a short form period piece that is supposedly set in the 1980s. Supposedly. But this is in an alternate version of Japan where rail is the primary mode of transportation and all rail lines are controlled by Raillords that are living, female embodiments of the trains. The first episode introduces a group… Read More First Impression: Rail Romanesque
Burn the Witch, a short movie released by Crunchyroll as three episodes (this post covers episode one), starts out with two girls in uniform, flying on some kind of dragon-like broomstick, while fighting a dragon. They get into a squabble over whose kill it was, and then we get an introduction into the world and… Read More First Impression: Burn The Witch
The first two chapters of High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku dropped this week on Shonen Jump. This new series is from the mind of Ryou Nakama, the mangaka who brought us the slacker samurai series the Chronicles of Isobe. His new series is in a modern setting and centers on a teenage boy named Kotaro… Read More Manga First Impressions: High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku
Shonen Jump’s newest series is Phantom Seer. The artwork is done by Kento Matsuura, who does a fantastic job developing a new world setting. But what is kind of world has he creating? I’ll tell you. The story begins with an introduction to Riku Aibetsu, a teenage girl who seems to be able to sense… Read More Manga First Impression: Phantom Seer
Weekly Shonen Jump’s newest series is Ghost Reaper Girl, a manga from Akihisa Ikeda, the creator Rosario+Vampire. Interestingly, Ikeda has specifically requested that western releases of Ghost Reaper Girl are published from left-to-right instead of right-to-life as is traditional for manga. As someone who liked Rosario+Vampire, I was interested in checking out this first chapter.… Read More Manga First Impression: Ghost Reaper Girl
The latest manga series from Shonen Jump is Me & Roboco (Boku to Roboco) by mangaka Shuhei Miyazaki, previouslyknown for the 4-koma The Promised Neverland spinoff, Oyakusoku no Neverland. The setup is simple. Wait, no it’s not. This series is set in an alternate version of Earth where it is commonplace for people to have… Read More Manga First Impression: Me & Roboco