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Title in alphabetical order - number of eps if known
Groups: groups subbing that I know of
Summary: taken from a site or the 1st ep if I can't find any info
My First Impressions: I give my first impressions honestly, I do have
specific tastes and I don't expect you to think the same thing as me, but it's
there for those who know whether they have similar or very different tastes
from me.
Other Comments: Others' comments.
Link: link to more info
Groups: Commie, AnimeSenshi Subs
Summary: Hoshi Asami, Higuchi Eri, Saotome Shizuno, Tachibana Shion and Hiraoka Yuu are five young women who are aiming to become idols as they do different exercise routines such as push-ups, situps, dance, yoga, stretching, Tai Chi, and more.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Good Job! Media
Summary: On the planet Gift there are precious crystals called Giftjium buried in the earth. A young man named Sōgo lives in Garden Indigo, a prosperous mining town. Sōgo's hobby is to collect rare crystals. One day, he gets wrapped up in a riot caused by his classmates Kaon, Roman, and Otto, and he loses his way until he finds a lake deep under the ground's mining ruins. There, he meets a mysterious girl with blue hair and red eyes that gaze straight ahead. The story follows the adventure of what happens after this meeting.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Commie
Summary: Tokyo is flooded with countless heroes — chōjin — during the time of "apotheosis." Their origin stories are all different. While some were altered by evil organizations, others came from space, magical worlds, or are fairies from ancient times or robots. But the Japanese government could not simply close its eyes as these superheroes ran rampant.
My First Impressions: I just couldn't get through more than half of the episode. It's definitely different, but it's trying to be a serious show while doing ridiculous things and I just don't care. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Tachibana Ritsuka is a female second-year high school student who attends Shiko Academy in Shiko Town. She enjoys her school life while living with her mother Maria, but one day, that balance falls into ruin when she discovers several of her attractive male classmate are demons.
My First Impressions: Tried watching ep1. It was okay until I realized they sing about everything! And it's not good singing. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Somera Nonomoto is a NEET girl with mysterious magical powers known as "Nonomoto's magic fist," creating numerous problems for her sister Kukuru and her friend Shizuku Tendō.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: FFFpeeps
Summary: The Academy City on water Rikka, otherwise known as Asterisk, is famous for being the world's largest stage for the integrated battle entertainment Star Wars Festival. The young boys and girls of the Starpulse Generation belonging to the six academies make their wishes with Shining Armaments in their hands, vying for supremacy, and Amagiri Ayato is one of them. Ayato arrives in Rikka at the invitation of Claudia Enfield, the Student Council President of the Seidoukan Academy. Right after that, he incurs the wrath of the Petalblaze Witch Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld and ends up having to duel her.
My First Impressions: It seems rather stereotypical characters and storyline, but compared to everything else I've watched, it's a decent start. Will write more after another ep or two.
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Good Job! Media
Summary: Hacka Doll app delivers a customized feed of news for each user. The user answers some simple questions when launching the app for the first time, and then the app will filter the news that caters to the user's personal interests. With daily use, the app automatically analyzes and learns which news articles the user reads and recommends to further personalize the feed. The anime personifies the app's customization engine as three "Hacka Dolls" — the personal entertainment AI and main navigator Hacka Doll #1, the anime expert Hacka Doll #2, and the knowledgeable otaku Hacka Doll #3.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story revolves around Objects — powerful, massive weapons that change the course of warfare — and Elite Object pilots. An odd Elite girl named Milinda meets Quenser, a student who aims to become an Object mechanic, with the soldier-in-training Heivia on a snowy battlefield.
My First Impressions: Tried watching ep1 and practically fell asleep. No real plot or interesting characters. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Chihiro-Fansubs & Senketsu Subs
Summary: Akari Mamiya is a freshman and E-rank student who looks up to her upperclassman, the S-ranked Aria H. Kanzaki. They both attend Tokyo Butei High School, which employs the "Amica" system, allowing an underclassman to train alongside an upperclassman. Akari is determined to be paired with Aria.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Horriblesubs
Summary: Hoshitani Yuuta enters Ayana Academy, a school focusing on show business activities, specifically music. The academy has a group of three students with the highest grades in the musical department, and they are known as the Kao Kai (Cherry Blossom Flower Association). This organization stands at the top of the pecking order within the academy. The shortcut to entering the musical department is to enter the Star Frame class, which is directly taught by the members, and to be recognized by them. Unfortunately, due to their own problems, students Touru, Kaito, Kakeru, Shuu, and Yuuta are all struggling to even remain candidates for the musical department. By a stroke of luck, however, the five are spotted by Kao Kai member Ootori, and they attract his interest.
My First Impressions: Tried watching this and I couldn't survive 5 minutes... <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Kaitou Fansubs
Summary: Three high school girls have mastered the art of cooking simple, B-class dishes called JK meshi. The three girls — Reina, Ryōka, and Ruriko — are all classmates in their second year of high school. They often get distracted when studying for tests, and when they do, they cook JK meshi.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Migoto Fansubs & WhyNot?
Summary: When mysterious monsters suddenly begin appearing all over the city and start preying on human beings, a scientist named Banba Sousuke begins a campaign to unravel the truth of these occurrences.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: AnimeSenshi Subs
Summary: The story revolves around middle school student Komori Shuri, who is too kind and therefore unable to say no when someone asks her for a favour. The anime follows Shuri's everyday life and describes how she helps others on numerous occasions.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Hanafusa Youtarou, a young man, is part of the last remaining order of knights in the 21st century, the Knights of the World. As he fights as the mysterious Knight Lancer, he must hide his identity behind a mask.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and while it was kind fo cute, there's nothing in it that makes me want to continue watching. The animation is also somewhat meh. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Hakone is a hot spring spirit who descended to a spa resort on Earth. However, with her long slumber, she looks like a little girl on the outside.The high school boy Tōya stumbles across her at a hot spring and ends up joining Hakone in retrieving her original powers.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Commie, Cthuko
Summary: One-Punch Man is a super hero who has trained so hard that his hair has fallen out, and who can overcome any enemy with one punch. However, because he is so strong, he has become bored and frustrated with winning all his battles so easily.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Doki Fansubs
Summary: Magic Knights are modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and it seems okay, so I'll watch another ep or two before writing more.
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Good Job! Media & FFFpeeps
Summary: The story revolves around Tatewaki Shoutarou and Kujou Sakurako. Shoutarou is a normal high school student with a serious demeanor. Sakurako is an extraordinarily beautiful woman in her mid-20s from a rich family who loves "beautiful bones". The two live in the city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido, and they get involved in various incidents regarding bones.
My First Impressions: Tried watching ep1 and it made me start falling asleep. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: In the romantic comedy's story, an ordinary high school boy named Kagurazaka Kimito is kidnapped by an elite young lady's academy to be a sample of the common people. The school is full of sheltered girls who have never met male peers before.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: DameDesuYo Fansubs
Summary: The story revolves around Saikawa Souhei, a member of the Saikawa Research Lab. He goes on a vacation held by the lab, and Nishinosono Moe, the daughter of his mentor, joins the group on their vacation despite not being a part of the lab. There, the two end up finding a corpse. The two work together to solve the mysteries of what becomes a serial murder case.
My First Impressions: I will say the animation is really good, and the ideas and characters are interesting. Unfortunately the story is a bit slow, so ep1 didn't even cover the summary. Will have to watch another ep or two to write more and decide.
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story is set in a world where people with magic powers are close to being wiped out. Just as the balance of power and military might has once shifted from swords to sorcery, it shifts to guns once again. Kusanagi Takeru goes to AntiMagic Academy, a training facility for Inquisitors of Herectics who crack down on the dwindling threat posed by magic users. However, Takeru cannot use guns at all and can only fight with a sword. As a result, he is relegated to the 35th Test Platoon, the motley "small fry platoon" for students who don't seem to fit in anywhere else. One day, Ootori Ouka, the ultra-elite pistol master who already has her qualifications for witch-hunts, also joins the platoon.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and it wasn't half bad, so will watch another ep or two before commenting. <coming soon?>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Tachibana Aya is a sixth-grader who frets and obsesses over friends, family, grades, and more. One day, she joins the Tantei Team KZ with four very idiosyncratic boys she met at cram school. There is the glib and attention-grabbing leader Wakabu Kazuomi, the mysterious expert of personal relationships Kuroki Takakazu, the smart and stoic math genius Uesugi Kazunori, and the sweet-hearted Kozuka Kazuhiko who is good at social matters and science. Aya finds her place among them as the language expert. Tantei Team KZ gets involved in modern-day cases, and even if they bicker from time to time, they collaborate by pooling each of their talents and skills to solve these cases.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN
Groups: Commie
Summary: Tokonome Mamori is transferred to Mermaid - an artificial quarantine island for people with superpowers. When Mamori is attacked, a newly transferred girl named Mirei saves her. The enemy doesn't stop, however, and the two are soon cornered. Just when they think all hope is lost, Mirei kisses Mamori, and Mamori turns into a sword. Mirei then wields the sword and launches a counterattack against their enemies.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN