Don’t move or anything. That might cost some money. Impressions: Oh good, here’s the status screens. I was starting to think that they’d gone out of fashion even for the most godawful of these dumb cheat power RPG shows. And this is an especially egregious one. It’s very reminiscent of Overlord, both in that it …
Ruri’s Jewels #01 — Getting Her Rocks Off
Why was this so well animated? Impressions: This was disturbingly well animated, almost to the point of distracting in the way they can’t stop moving on occasion, but I guess it’s the same studio and staff as Onimai, so that’s not a huge surprise. And I don’t just mean the huge chests constantly straining …
The Earthbound Mole #01 — Patiently Listening to Lectures
Someone please do something. Impressions: At least the art style is unique, though these are supposed to be college students. Thus ends the positive things that I have to say for another epsode where the protagonists sit on their asses and listen to exposition for twenty two straight minutes, occasionally overreacting to yell about …
Witch Watch – 14
Uron Mirage – 01 You gotta give it up for Witch Watch – this adaptation is pulling no punches. It’s been superb from day one, getting every possible bit of juice out of the source material and then some. But this was a hell of a thing. We got a complete “Uron Mirage” episode (the …
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) 2 – 13
OP: “Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ)” by Masayoshi Oishi (オーイシマサヨシ) Hanako-kun accepts the baton back from Ciel, a tag-team I can definitely get used to. GFantasy is once again repped on the schedule with a standout adaptation that’s a hallmark of consistency, a franchise much deserving of its great commercial success. Kuroshitsuji is the elder statesman of …
First Impressions Digest – Busu ni Hanataba wo. (April Showers Bring May Flowers), Fermat no Ryori, Kimi to Ame to (With You and the Rain)
Busu ni Hanataba wo. – 01 There are two seinen romcom adaptations this season whose descriptions read like shoujo romances to me (Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku is the other). And after watching this premiere I’d still pretty much have been fooled. Labels are just labels of course, and those two demographics can have …






