In the Clover Kingdom, all residents have magical powers. Children, when they turn 15, are able to further these powers by using a grimoire – a book of spells – that they receive during a coming of age ceremony. Asta and Yuno, orphans left at a church when they were infants, are now of age,… Read More First Impressions: Black Clover
Touma, Hokuto, and Shouta make up the popular male idol group “Jupiter”. After leaving 961 Production because its president is a total scumbag, they have been performing independently with the help of a small theater. While continuing to grow in popularity, they fend off offers from other agencies trying to take them in to make… Read More First Impressions: The iDOLM@STER SideM (Ep. 0: Episode of Jupiter)
Keita Amano is an ordinary guy who likes playing video games and has no friends other than those he plays with online. As far as he’s concerned, some people, like the super-popular Karen Tendou, are only to be admired from afar, which is why when Karen approaches him one day at a video game store,… Read More First Impression: Gamers!
God made a mistake. (Well, not the Christian God, but the character God in this show.) He dropped some lightning and accidentally killed an ordinary high school boy, Touya Mochizuki, before his time. To make it up to him, God arranges for him to be reincarnated in a magical fantasy world, and even agrees to… Read More First Impressions: In Another World With My Smartphone
Humans in this world belong to one of four races: cat/goat people, centaurs, winged beings, and merfolk. In this world, Hime, a centaur, and her friends Nozomi the winged demonoid and Kyoko the goat-person take on the challenges of daily life. Whether it be putting on a class play where one classmate wants the scripted… Read More First Impressions: A Centaur’s Life
Convenience stores in Japan are small national landmarks. Offering a variety of food and everything from toiletries and daily necessities to manga and magazines, these places become the best friends of anyone living in Japan. One of these stores also serves as the central setpiece of the anime Convenience Store Boy Friends (Japanese title: Konbini… Read More First Impressions: Convenience Store Boy Friends (Konbini Kareshi)
All Mikan Kise wanted to do was make her younger sister happy. They were going to see the hero show of Kamidaio, one of many “local heroines” created to promote small towns, who had gotten popular nationwide and was scheduled to perform at Mikan’s rural fruit-selling town of Hinano. However, when the show is cancelled… Read More First Impressions: Action Heroine Cheer Fruits
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