At Rigarden Magical Academy, Will Serfort (a master swordsman unable to actually do proper magic) continues his studies and scores perfectly on his graduation exams. We’re also reintroduced to his friends and various other characters. Will’s goal is to catch up to his childhood friend Elfaria, who is a member of the supreme council of… Read More First Impression: Wistoria: Wand & Sword Season 2
New transfer student Sooha seems to have everything going her way. After enrolling at the prestigious night school Decelis Academy (which has ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, ZERO VAMPIRES ATTENDING…Nope…no Vampires here…la-de-da…), Sooha is excited to start a new life, having been exiled from her village. Baby girl has superhuman strength, and naturally, the villagers think she’s a… Read More First Impression: Dark Moon: The Blood Altar
Welcome to the Gloria Academy, a series of Hogwarts-like white castles in the middle of a city where students wear a punk version of 1700s attire. A red-haired transfer student decides not to wait for his assigned teacher and explores the facilities instead. He’s fierce, impatient, and a passionate boxer exiled from the ring after… Read More First Impression: Classic★Stars
“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
When the sun sets over the violet fields, thousands of bubbles fly up and get lost in the sky. Little Kurumi is excited about seeing Copern’s Comet. The whole firmament will be full of shooting stars, like you get only once in a hundred years. She longs to see it with her grandma, but to… Read More First Impression: The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians
Black-haired Oliver Horn walks through the forest of talking flowers to the spectacular castle that hosts Kimberly Academy, a magical school in a somewhat Napoleonic-era world in which swords and wands are used equally to make spells. A parade of fantastic beasts is currently in progress. The participation of a troll, though, sparks a discussion… Read More First Impression: Reign of the Seven Spellblades
Two girls are on watch in a city of towers high up in the mountains. That is, one is faithfully scanning the horizon (and scenting the air), while the other is racing about, making her way to the tippy top of the tallest tower in pursuit of thrills as she leaps from the window and… Read More First Impression: Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation
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