Some dude runs through the street, fleeing a monster. A girl pulls him into a bamboo grove to hide, and asks if he’ll rescue her next time? And then he wakes up in Tokyo, having been captured by delinquents. Despite being tied to a pole, the dude—Takeru—puts up a surprisingly good fight. After escaping, he… Read More First Impression: Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse
“Perched above the yet oceanless ocean, there was once a dreamer. The dreamer dreamed about all the things in the world.” A beautifully illustrated creation myth of sorts begins to unfold. The dreamer became a stone. The stone became an egg. Cue the opening, which shows us realistic characters with insect-like wings portrayed as silhouettes… Read More First Impression: Aquarion: Myth of Emotions
Well. Umm. Huh. The first episode of Listeners was…trippy? Yeah, let’s go with that. I mean, it’s a music-themed, post-apocalyptic, giant robot adventure, so what do you expect? At a concert, a young boy sees a giant robot? The concert gets blasted by the Death Star or something. The boy, now older, is scavenging in… Read More First Impression: Listeners
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