Another harem show. When every character is introduced with age, height and blood type, that’s always a bad sign. Same thing with the main character getting woken up in bed by his imouto. I thought Date A Live was headed for disaster. Continue reading Date A Live — First Impressions →

This one’s a sequel to a harem show about a gang of samurai. I didn’t think the original was all that bad. I particularly liked the ink-blob animation style. Continue reading Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride — First Impressions →

This was one of the anime of the season I was most anticipating due to having read part of the manga before. It ended up being even better than I was expecting.

It captures the fucked up sense you get from reading the manga but even more so. The soundtrack in this episode was excellent. The episode is just about a kid reading books and going to school, but with the music and animation you get a strong sense that shit is really fucked up. And as you’ll discover in the next episode (spoilers) it is. Continue reading Aku no Hana — First Impressions →

Our main character joins a photography club dedicated to taking pictures looking up girls’ skirts and down their shirts. But it’s not like he’s a pervert or anything! Tee-hee-hee~~~

I thought this was going to be a boring show about photography like Tamayura. Instead it’s a boring harem.

This season’s BL fodder. Continue reading Karneval — First Impressions →