Nana Maru San Batsu, retitled Fastest Finger First for its English-language run, is more literally translated “Seven Right, Three Wrong,” which is noted at the end of episode one as being a common device in quiz bowl shows where a competitor needs at seven right answers to win, but loses with three wrong ones. That’s… Read More First Impression: Fastest Finger First (Nana Maru San Batsu)
I decided to also check out the first episode of Tsuredure Children. As TWWK already given his first impression, I’ll let him give you a summary of the series: Based on a 4-koma web manga, Tsuredure (Tsurezure) Children follows several different high school couples as they navigate relationships. Each episode is only 15 minutes long,… Read More First Impression: Tsuredure Children (Second Opinion)
In the basement of a building in the corner of a shopping street in Japan, one may find the Western restaurant Nekoya. Despite its secluded location, the restaurant enjoys regular customers who come to have a taste of the chef’s cooking. However, every Saturday, he closes the restaurant to his Japanese customers, not because he… Read More First Impressions: Restaurant to Another World
Based on a 4-koma web manga, Tsuredure (Tsurezure) Children follows several different high school couples as they navigate relationships. Each episode is only 15 minutes long, with episode one spending several minutes each on a couple. Wikipedia explains that the series is ultimately about “how hard it is to say ‘I love you.’” I think… Read More First Impression: Tsuredure Children
The “Great Holy Grail War” is about to begin as masters and servants come together in episode one of Fate/Apocrypha. While the stakes remain high as ever, Fate/Apocrypha trails in a direction different from other Fate series, pitting two teams against one another, the Masters of Red v. The Masters of Black, the latter representing… Read More First Impressions: Fate/Apocrypha
Elegant Yokai Apartment Life (Youkai Apato no Yuuga na Nichijou) is a new anime series this summer based on a light novel series of the same name. The story follows Yushi Inaba, a teenager entering into high school. After his parents passed away when he was in middle school following a vehicle accident, Inaba moved in… Read More First Impressions: Elegant Yokai Apartment Life
It is very rare that there is ever an anime I am dead-set on watching while it airs. Mekaku City Actors is an exception. For those of you that don’t know, Mekaku City Actors is based off of a series of vocaloid songs, light novels, and a manga, all known collectively as The Kagerou Project.… Read More Mekaku City Actors episodes 1 and 2: Artificial Enemy and Kisaragi Attention
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