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Title in alphabetical order - number of eps if known
Summary: taken from a site or based on the 1st episode 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
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from me.
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Summary: Within a sprawling academic metropolis lies an exclusive academy where students are encouraged to join clubs such as singing and archaeology to earn points for recognition. The most important of these is the big singing contest where all contestants have to sing in front of the entire school!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Kurumatani Sora, made a promise to his mother "I will dominate my first high school tournament". But as he joins the basketball club after entering Kuzuryuu High School, he finds out that it's become a stomping ground for delinquents. A place where everything but basketball is done, but with Sora's genuine zeal for basketball, things begin to stir.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: In a world where only nobles wield the sacred power of mana to wage war against the creatures of darkness, a curious absence of ability places young Melida in a precarious position. Under the guise of tutelage, Kufa, a ruthless assassin, is sent to assess Melida's abilities and determine if she is the true-born heir of the prestigious Angel family. If she does not measure up to her family's expectations, another, more ruthless plan will be set in motion...
My First Impressions: With only ep1, I'm not entirely sure where the story is going or the main character's motivation. It's a mix of shoujo and action, which appeals to me so I'll give it another episode. <coming soon?>
Link: ANN
Summary: KanColle spinoff. Azur Lane, a combination of all the different Camps of the world, was once successful in repelling the underwater menace of the Siren. Now splintered, they must face a new threat in Red Axis, former allies who crave to wield this otherworldly Siren technology for their own nefarious desires!
My First Impressions: This is very KanColl like so if you liekd that you'll probably like this. It's not particularly amazing or anyone but you know, girls with battleship weapons can be fun.
Link: ANN
Summary: Shinki is a new "autonomous zone" being established in western Tokyo to accommodate the metropolis' ever-growing population, and the upcoming mayoral elections have dominated discussion in the media for weeks. In the middle of investigating pharmaceutical law violations for the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office, Prosecutor Seizaki Zen and his assistant Fumio Atsuhiko stumble on to evidence linking the bizarre suicide of an anesthesiologist to one of the mayoral candidates, Nomaru Ryuuichirou. Suspecting a scandal that could tear Shinki's burgeoning political scene into pieces, Zen and Atsuhiko begin pulling at the threads of the case, and with the body count rising, its impossible to say just how deep the corruption in the city could possibly go.
My First Impressions: Ep1 was pretty decent, and then ep2 went totally south. It got so stupid because their actions and motivations didn't make sense. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey. At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it's personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace. Who among them is a Beastar - an academic and social role model destined to become a leader in a society naturally rife with mistrust? Last night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student was killed and eaten. Among the members of the drama club, the herbivores' suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates... The prime suspect? Legosi, a large wolf. But he wouldn't hurt a fly - or would he? And will dwarf rabbit Haru bring out the beast in him? Or are his feelings for her...something else?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Seven Japanese high school prodigies have taken the world by storm, exercising their mind-blowing abilities in everything from politics to entertainment. But when their plane crashes one day, these geniuses awaken to find themselves in a different realm-one that's home to magic and beast folk! While such strange new surroundings might throw an average person for a loop, these prodigies take their situation in stride...and then some! With the greatest minds and talents known to Earth, this dream team is about to turn the other world on its head!
My First Impressions: I tried watching this and it seemed way too stupid and boring. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Hijiri Mizuki just transferred schools, but her chances of having a quiet high school life shatter when she meets the eccentric members of the Hero Club! These "chunibyo" dudes and their youthful delusions of grandeur quickly sweep Mizuki into a world of outrageous hijinks and nonstop fantasy. Noda dreams of becoming a hero. Takashima, resident otaku, longs to date only 2D girls. Tsukumo fancies himself the school's master manipulator. And then there's Nakamura, a reincarnation of an angel... or a devil, depending on the day. Mizuki has her work cut out for her in the Hero Club, because while their delusions might be the stuff of fantasy, the trouble they cause is as real as it gets!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Pro-wrestler Shibata Genzo who's a pet animals maniac was suddenly summoned to a different world. Genzo was asked by the princess to get rid of the evil beasts called monsters roaming in this world. Outraged that he was asked to kill monsters, he german suplexed the princess. Unable to get back to earth, he decided to live a slow peaceful life in this world. This is a story about an eccentric Japanese man who was a former pro wrestler and manages a "Monster Pet" shop.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Maine, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Maine resolves herself: If there aren't any books, she'll just have to make them! Her goal is to become a librarian.
My First Impressions: I watched the first episode, but it was a bit too slow where the main character was whining a bit too much. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: The teen adolescence story revolves around the coming-of-age of boys in a junior high school's soft tennis club, which is on the verge of shutting down. Touma Shinjou asks Maki Katsuragi to join the team for his vaunted abilities, and mentions a summer competition. Katsuragi asks for money in return for joining the team.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Aya moves and starts to attend an all-girls high school in Kyoto. Her first friend is her reserved classmate Miki. After school one day, the committee chairwoman Midori takes them both to an analogue game specialty shop called "Saikoro Club" (Dice Club). There, they start playing a German board game without thinking. Thus begins Aya and Miki's search for fun through the world of analogue games.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and it was okay, but I was not a fan of the characters. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: The lights shine brightly in neon drenched Kabukichou, but where there's light there's shadow. In the midst of all the chaos, Mrs. Hudson's tenement and its eccentric detectives stand firm. Rakugo-loving, fastidious Sherlock Holmes is joined by a pair of enchanting sisters, a former policeman and a reformed yakuza member, as they investigate their most difficult case yet when "Jack the Ripper" embarks on a deadly crime spree.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: "Jet-Racing"” has become a mega-popular extreme sport across the world, and with good reason! The "Jetter" pilots a high velocity watercraft and is paired with a "Shooter" who blasts rival teams with a hydro gun. It all adds up to explosive, wet-and-wild action as they race to the finish and compete to earn supremacy. Among those competing is Namiki Rin, and racing is in her blood. Rin aspires to become a legendary Jetter just like her mother, and after meeting the cool and gorgeous Shooter Aoi Misa, it looks like Rin's dreams are finally in reach with a partner who shares her passion! Every race brings them tighter together as a team and closer than ever to their dream of becoming the best Jet Racers on the water.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Long ago, the world was populated with all kinds of different races living alongside humans including elves, dwarves, vampires, and homunculi. At the top of the hierarchy were dragons who ruled over everything. Since then, the dragons have all but disappeared and the remaining races continue to coexist together. 2X19, Tokyo. The peace that has continued in the world is threatened by a criminal organization called "Nine" whose goal is to claim for themselves the powers of the dragons of old and use it to change the world. A special division of the police department is created to oppose Nine. Nicknamed Tokunana, the team is composed of experts to fight against Nine - a boss, a samurai, a ninja, a playboy, an analyzer, a sniper, and an ordinary officer new to the unit who must prove his worth.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1, but he characters are a bit too stereotype and stupid. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Suzuki Iruma has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson, and has been transferred into a school in the demon world where his new "demon" grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great...
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary:
Ex-soldier Inui Juuzou has one question - who turned him into a cyborg and erased his memories? After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Inui Juuzou is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life - or who replaced his head and why - Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended. When a fellow Extended showed up in Inui's office - on the run from the Security Bureau with a kidnapped child in tow and asking for help - Inui should have just thrown the guy out. But Inui's loyalty to a brother Extended makes him take the job. Keeping the child safe won't be easy, since everyone seems to want to grab him, from street punks to the megacorporation Berühren, who have sent out a special agent that knows exactly how to deal with the Extended...
My First Impressions: I was hoping it would pick up, but unfortunately the story is kind of slow, the art and animation aren't very good, and the characters are fairly bland. There's just nothing to keep me watching after 5 episodes. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Girl genius Null has just lost her beloved big sister Peta in an accident. But don't you worry! She'll just use her naturally gifted intelligence to bring her big sister back as a robot! But is her newly-revived big sister just a little different than before? It's time for the wacky comedy hijinks of little sister Null and big sister robot Peta! "Big Sis! Your plug fell out of the wall!"
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Kisaragi Amatsuyu is invited out alone by the cool beauty upperclassman Cosmos and his childhood friend Himawari. Expecting to hear their confessions, he triumphantly goes to meet each of them in turn. But Cosmos and Himawari both instead confess to Amatsuyu that they like his friend. Amatsuyu fights this lonely battle, but there is another girl who is looking at him. She is a gloomy girl with glasses and braids. Amatsuyu finds that he hates her, because she's always turning her sharp tongue only on him and finding enjoyment in his troubles. But it turns out that she's the only one who actually does like him.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Kokura Hikari is a first-year high school girl who loves rifle shooting. She entered Chidori High School because it had a shooting club, but finds that the club had been disbanded. She had only one day to find enough members to reform the club, but luckily was able to find three other first-year girls who she had met at a competition in middle school.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: The goddess Rista summons a hero to help her hard mode video game-like world. The hero, Seiya, is exceptional in every way, but he is incredibly cautious. He does things like buy three sets of armor (one to wear, a spare, and a spare for the spare) and go full power against weak slimes (just in case).
My First Impressions: I appreciate that it's trying to be different but by the time I was nearing the end of the first episode it was harping on the same jokes too much. The characters are also rather dumb. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Newcomer Izumi Rei is joining the narcotics investigation unit of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. As a scout for the newly created STAND (Stand Alone National Department), she's going to recruit the most unique of agents, investigators, and informants to make up a specialized team to safeguard the country. And their first mission is to discover the hazardous drug destroying the lives of innocent Tokyo citizens.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and it should have been interesting, but it was as if it were billing itself as a reverse harem with an over enthusiastic but unskilled girl. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: School life -- it's an experience that everyone should have, and no one should take for granted. Of course, everyone knows that the most enviable way to spend high school is as the most popular person in class. Transfer student Urata has decided that his high school debut will be brilliant, and as he reaches nervously for the door -- it happens. In his way stand fellow high school students Shima, Sakata, and Senra! Are they enemies? Allies? Or something else entirely?! This heart-pounding transfer school youth story is about to begin!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: High schooler Akutsu Takuma has learned to accept his lonely lot in life and is content surrounded by his studies, but when the god Odin taps him to save the world alongside nine Valkyries fueled by intimacy, Takuma can say good-bye to his solitary existence!
My First Impressions: I tried watching this as well, and I often like silly fantasy stories, I could not watch the main character interact with the 9 girls. It was way too cliche and too repetitive. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: When she turns ten years old, Adele von Ascham is hit with a horrible headache–and memories of her previous life as an eighteen-year-old Japanese girl named Kurihara Misato. That life changed abruptly, however, when Misato died trying to aid a little girl and met god. During that meeting, she made an odd request and asked for average abilities in her next life. But few things–especially wishes–ever go quite as planned.
My First Impressions: Ep1 was okay. The fact that she constantly is surprised by people treating her as a child is annoying, but well, magic school. I'll watch another ep or two before deciding and will write more. <coming soon?>
Link: ANN