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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 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
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: HorribleSubs
Summary: Pascal-sensei is an elementary school teacher who is so stupid, he cannot even write his own name. He does whatever he likes in his classroom. Plus, by all appearances, he is not human.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: Good Job Media! & DameDesuYo, HorribleSubs
Summary: A group of young girls possesses a mysterious power which gives them the ability to materialize their thoughts. Detained and experimented upon, these youths are locked away in secret until one of them manages to escape. Her name is Sana — a girl with the power to ignore the very laws of physics. When this wilful powerhouse crosses paths with a stubborn old man named Zouroku, his carefully-ordered life will never be the same again!
My First Impressions: It seems like an interesting anime, but interesting parts are interpersed with really boring parts. I just can't seem to get into this . <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Japan in the near future suffers an unexplained major disaster. Five years later, reconstruction is well underway. Two young researchers at a university are pinning all their hopes on robot development. Now their new interpretation of the eternal hero Astro Boy up until his birth is just about to start!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls, when it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed. After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students and such the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them. Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl, what will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school too or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were... by being forced to dress and act like girls!
My First Impressions: For whatever reason I tried watching this. It has mediocre art and animation, and the first few minutes seemed just dumb. Couldn't even watch half the episode. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: DameDesuYo, HorribleSubs
Summary: This news may seem sudden... but this world died long ago. Earth died a thousand years ago, and a legendary clockmaker known only as "Y" rebuilt it using clockwork. Naoto Miura, a failing high school student, encounters RyuZU, an automaton that "Y" left behind, and the genius clockmaker Marie. When the abilities of these three come together, the gears of fate begin to turn. The cycle of failure and success repeats endlessly as the three of them work to repair the endangered "Clockwork Planet" in this clockpunk fantasy!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: DameDesuYo, HorribleSubs, seiya, SSKN
Summary: Izumi Masamune is a high school student who loves writing light novels. Having no artistic skill himself, Masamune always gets his novels illustrated by an anonymous partner using the pen name Eromanga Sensei who, like the name suggests, draws questionably perverted images despite being extremely reliable. In addition to balancing his passion and school, Masamune is also stuck with taking care of his only family member, his younger sister Izumi Sagiri. A hikikomori by nature, Sagiri shut herself in her room for over a year and constantly bosses Masamune around despite his attempts to get her to leave her room. However, when Masamune inadvertently discovers that his anonymous partner has been Sagiri all along, their sibling relationship quickly leaps to new levels of excitement, especially when a beautiful best-selling shoujo mangaka enters the fray.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Gennai Ao mistakenly opens a package that wasn't meant for her, and, to her surprise, she sees a small robot named Gourai, a Frame Arms Girl who has an evolving personality. Confused as to how this little robot made it into her life, she finds out that she is the first person to activate her. She realizes taking care of Gourai is harder than she thought, especially when competitive fights are involved!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs, seiya
Summary: The anime tells a romance story with the themes of "music x one-sided love." Nino, a girl who loves singing, made a childhood promise with her first crush Momo and song-composing Yuzu to someday find her voice. The three went their separate ways, but Nino kept her promise and continued to sing. Years later, the three are now high school students, and Nino is drawn into the world of band clubs.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The protagonist, Riku Suigin is a pro-level gamer. The heroine, Riku Rei, knows of this and is the most beautiful girl in school and also loves video games. Suigin receives a device to play a net game called “Grave Buster” from Rei, but Rei is suddenly kidnapped. When Rei puts his hand on the device, he’s sucked into the world of the game. And in that world, a battle between the tomb raiders and tomb protectors for the tomb of the mother goddess Bango’s tomb has been going on for 1000 years.
My First Impressions: I don't know what it is about this show. Maybe it's even just that the episodes are half-length instead of full length. It seems pretty typical, but so far, it's been entertaining enough for me to keep watching. Art and animation aren't great, and characters seem fairly typical too. The story hasn't even really covered the summary after 4 eps so hopefuly that picks up. <continuing for now>
Link: anidb
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: This is a world of the skies, where many islands drift in the sky. A boy named Gran and a speaking winged lizard named Vyrn lived in Zinkenstill, an island which yields mysteries. One day, they come across a girl named Lyria. Lyria had escaped from the Erste Empire, a military government that is trying to rule over this world using powerful military prowess. Gran and Lyria, in order to escape from the Empire, head out into the vast skies, holding the letter Gran's father left behind - which said, "I will be waiting at Estalucia, Island of the Astrals".
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Hinako is poor at speaking, and lives in a rural part of Japan. She wants to improve her speech to be able to talk to people freely, so in high school, she transfers schools to Tokyo and plans to join a theater club. When she arrives, it turns out her boarding house is a secondhand bookstore, and a girl who eats books lives there.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Kurogo Kurusu, a high school student who loves kabuki so much that it's annoying. Kurogo yearns to perform kabuki as part of a club at his school, but currently his school doesn't have a kabuki club. So Kurogo sets out to create a kabuki club, and his first order of business is to gather members.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Following the events of the game, the orphan heroine Hinako Nakayama suddenly reunites with her twin brother Hikaru who asks her to take his place at Shishiku Academy, a private boys school infamous for its rough-and-tumble student body. Hikaru being the child of a powerful Yakuza family, the Onigashima, he is obligated to become the leader of Shishiku Academy. Hinako will have to hide her identity and fight to control the school. How will Hinako deal with a school full of handsome boys who let their fists do the talking rather than talk about their feelings?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The Harvest Show is a concert where all of the different grains show off their beauty to everyone watching, and HarveStars is the name given to the grains who put on the best performances. In this modern age of rice acreage reduction policies and Westernization of eating habits, bread has become the most popular grain in Japan, and dinner tables are dominated by Yeast King, the bread HarveStars. But five new rice students have enrolled at Kokuritsu Inaho Academy, a school on the verge of shutting down, and they form a new group called Love Rice that's practicing to beat Yeast King at the Harvest Show and win back the popularity rice once had...
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The "Evil Corps," led by Don, are on a mission to conquer the universe. They set out to invade Earth first, but they struggle as some quirky Earthlings stand in their way. Eventually Don's plan to invade Earth becomes distorted...?! This wacky slice-of-life sci-fi comedy stars a team of aliens you just can't hate and lots of unique Earthlings!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The "Royal Tutor" is a special tutor carefully selected for the task of teaching the prince, and a title given only to the best teacher in the nation. Heine Wittgenstein has been called to the kingdom of Grannzreich to take on the role of the Royal Tutor. He's been ordered to raise a worthy candidate for the throne, but he's greeted with four princes of completely different, unique personalities... all brothers, no less! How will Heine handle these four brothers who were too much for all the previous Royal Tutors, prompting them all to run away from the job?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: A girl named Yuuka encounters a being from the depths of the Earth named Chii-chan (a pun of 'Chiteijin,' the Japanese word for underground-dweller), and an alien named Ucchan (a pun of 'uchū jin,' or 'alien'.) The two beings begin living with Yuuka who promises to protect them.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Humans have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories shake our emotions, and fascinate us. However, these are only the thoughts of bystanders. But what if the characters in the story have “intentions”? To them, are we god-like existences for bringing their story into the world? Our world is changed. Mete out punishment upon the realm of the gods. In Re:CREATORS, everyone becomes a Creator.
My First Impressions: While I can understand what they're doing and it's generally interesting and original, it also moves too slowly for my tastes. Art and animation are good enough, and characters aren't too bad if a tad stereotypical. I would recommend for someone to watch a couple of episodes to see if they can get into it, but it couldn't keep my attention. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs, Tsundere Fansubs
Summary: A Kiss Note is a powerful notebook that makes anyone who have their names written together instantly fall in love if they kiss each other. This magical item belongs to an angel named Guri whose job as cupid is to create couples. However, she accidentally writes down Aino Seiji, a regular high school student, and unless he kisses someone in the course of 24 hours, Guri will die, and Seiji will remain a virgin for the rest of his life. Eventually, Guri convinces Seiji to kiss his crush, Hiyama Akane, the school's popular girl who turns out to be a yandere, with her feelings for Seiji bordering on obsessive and psychotic. To make the matters worse, after Akane and Seiji become a couple, Guri decides that she likes Seiji as well. Now, what seems awesome to most guys becomes hell for Seiji who just wants a normal relationship with a girl.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs, meh
Summary: The Alzano Imperial Magic Academy is located in the southern part of the Alzano Empire,and is among most prominent magic schools in the world, where students can learn the highest forms of magic. All those who strive to learn magic dream of studying at this academy, and its students as well as its teachers are proud to be a part of its 400-year history. Glenn Radars is a new instructor who has suddenly been appointed to teach part-time at this highly respected academy. The previously unheard-of lessons of this man known as a good-for-nothing bastard are about to begin.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: Good Job Media!, HorribleSubs
Summary: The story is set in a town called Sakurada, where almost half the population possess some form of special powers. The story centers on two high school students. Asai Kei has the ability to perfectly remember anything he sees and hears, while Haruki Misora can turn back or "reset" time for a maximum of three days. Both students are members of their school's "Service Club," which their town's administration bureau uses to observe people with powers and protect the peace. By using their powers together (Kei can remember things even when time has been reset), they solve cases for the club. Kei learns of the "MacGuffin" stone, which looks like a worthless black stone, but in reality will turn out to be the stone upon which the existence of Sakurada will hinge on.
My First Impressions: It's not bad but the characters are very dull and the story is told at a fairly slow pace. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: FFF Fansubs, HorribleSubs
Summary: Five girls work in the tourism bureau of their small provincial town. The town revives its "micro-nation" tourism program, which originated from a nationwide movement during Japan's bubble economy period, and hires the five girls as "monarchs" (tourism ambassadors).
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: Kaitou, HorribleSubs
Summary: The anime is an omnibus short format that will tell stories of the strange and bizarre in our world, including UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, bizarre cases, different dimensions, and urban legends, told in a picture show style. The anime seeks to evoke the retro atmosphere of pulp horror stories that were popular in the 60s and 70s in magazines.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Shindou Koujirou is a highly-skilled negotiator working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As his plane at Haneda airport prepares to take off, a huge mysterious cube appears from the sky. "It" expands rapidly, and absorbs the passenger plane and its 252 passengers. The cube's name is "Kado". A strange being called Yaha-kui Zashunina appears from within Kado and tries to make contact with humanity. Shindou, who was been absorbed by Kado, ends up taking on the role of mediator between Yaha-kui zaShunina and humanity. The Japanese government sends its own negotiator, Tsukai Saraka. Who is Yaha-kui zaShunina? What does he want?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The prideful archangel Lucifer disobeys God and is cast into the lowest level of hell as a fallen angel. On her way to hell, Lucifer happens to meet a high school girl on Earth named Maria, who helps her. In hell, Lucifer meets Leviathan, and Leviathan explains to Lucifer about The Seven Deadly Sins, the seven demon king rulers of hell. After The Seven Deadly Sins seal Lucifer's powers, Lucifer goes on a journey with Maria and Leviathan to defeat them.
My First Impressions: Despite warnings, I tried to watch this. This might have been entertaining except that it sticks as much fanservice in there as possible to the point of bordering on H. I couldn't watch this for more than 5 minutes, if that. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: 500 years have passed since the human race went extinct at the hands of invading beasts. The surviving races escaped into the floating islands in the sky, out of reach of the vicious monsters. In such a setting, warrior Willem wakes up from a long, cursed slumber and finds himself to be the only human alive. He adapts to his new life and settles into a routine of odd jobs. One day, he accepts a job offer to become an Enchanted Weapons Technician, but little does he know, these 'weapons' are actually a young group of girls from the Leprechaun race. As the only race compatible with the ancient weapons of the human race, the Leprechauns are utilized to secretly fight against the beasts who have made it into the sky. Willem becomes the caretaker of these girls and foster a familial connection. Now, Willem suddenly finds himself in a position which he was never in before as a warrior. He struggles with himself as he painfully and helplessly waits for his loved ones to come home from battle.
My First Impressions: Not much to say after one episode, but it looks intriguing enough. Will write more after a couple more episodes. <continuing for now>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Kagami Kazuya's most treasured possession in the world is the obi left to him by his late mother. The scent of cherry blossoms infused into it helps him through his day, but he never expected it to save his life, becoming a beautiful kimono-clad girl who calls herself an artifact spirit. Her name is Kiriha, tsukumogami of the sash, who naturally moves in with him, as he is her owner. Throw in his bespectacled childhood friend Chisato who meddles in his affairs, an overprotective older sister who wants to take baths with him, a busty priestess, a seductive sorceress named Kokuyoura, and Kazuya's life has just gotten a lot more interesting.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: It's the third year of middle school. Kotarou, a bookish boy aspiring to become a novelist, and Akane, a track girl who loves to run, meet in the same class together for the first time. They're put in charge of the equipment for the sports festival, and slowly grow closer via LINE. How does Kotarou deal with his growing feelings for her? Meanwhile, Takumi has been in love with Akane since first year, and Akane's friend, Chinatsu, becomes interested in Kotarou.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Groups: Kaitou Fansubs, HorribleSubs
Summary: The grimoire fantasy series follows a witch named Zero who is ignorant of the world and a half-beast half-human mercenary who longs to be human. Witches who practice sorcery exist in the world, however, in this era no one knows how about the art and study of witchcraft. Zero is going on a journey to search for a magical tome called The Book of Zero that hides a power that can destroy the world. The mercenary travels with her as her guard.
My First Impressions: After a couple of episodes, it's passable though not particularly interesting. It seems like it's still starting up so I'll give it another ep or two. <continuing for now>
Link: ANN