First Look: Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo is plagued by a string of gruesome murders, committed by vicious, cannibalistic creatures known only as Ghouls. Ken Kaneki soon finds himself at the mercy of one, but miraculously manages to survive… at a cost.

First Look: Akame ga Kill!

A young mercenary sets out from home to earn riches in the capital and save his starving village. What he finds is a capital rank with corruption. He will see just how dark the corruption is when he gets involved with a group of famous assassins.

First Look: Rail Wars

In an alternate universe where Japan’s rail system is still run by the government, a bunch of high school kids join the train security force.

Space Dandy Episode 14

“I’m the only one left who remembers the Infinite Dandys. You see, I know the truth. I remember all that happened, and I’m not going to forget. Worlds lived, worlds died. Nothing will ever be the same.”

First Look: DRAMAtical Murder

Aoba is living a peaceful life, working at his grandmother’s junk shop and hanging out with his robo-doggie computer. That comes to an end when he gets sucked into Rhyme, a popular and apparently dangerous new virtual reality game.

First Look: Sword Art Online II

Nearly one year after the Sword Art Online incident, the government recruits Kirito to help investigate a series of mysterious murders. To find the killer he must enter Gun Gale Online, the only MMO in Japan with professional players.

First Look: Sailor Moon Crystal

Usagi Tsukino is an ordinary 14 year old girl who’s clumsy and bad at her studies. One day though she rescues a mysterious talking cat and is granted the power to transform into the defender of love and justice, Sailor Moon!

First Look: Aldnoah.Zero

In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission led to the discovery of long lost technology on the moon in the form of a hypergate, eventually leading to the colonization of Mars. Not long after, the Vers Empire, a coalition of the humans who left for Mars, return claiming the technology as their own, leading to conflict between Earth and its distant brethren.

First look: Argevollen

The nations of Arandas and Ingelmia have been at war. Ingelmia has made advances and pushed Arandas to the Great Wall, an impregnable fortress that has defended Arandas since its founding. Then it falls, because of course, this is a mecha anime. Tokimune is a mech pilot in the Arandas army and after saving a mysterious girl, he happens upon the mysterious prototype, Argevollen. Yeah.

First Look: Glasslip

With her future ahead of her, Touko Fukami is learning how to be a glass artisan while her enjoying her final Summer break with her friends. Their routine is interrupted when a mysteriously surly boy transfers to their school.

First Look: Locodol

In an effort to kickstart the local economy, a small town businessman teams up his niece with Mugi from K-ON! to form a “locodol” (local idol) group.

First look: Free! – Eternal Summer

After both a literal and an in-universe winter break, Haruka, Makoto, Rei, Nagisa and that girl reunite for another summer of swimming shenanigans, yet there’s a lot of work to be done before they can start training again. Meanwhile, Mikoshiba’s graduation leads to Rin becoming Samezakura’s new swimming team captain, with all due awkwardness.

The Wrap-Up: Spring 2014

Another season’s done, so all of our contributors once again get to shine a spotlight on the show they thought to be the very best of the past Spring season, as well as reflect back on the season preview to see which shows disappointed the most.

The Roundup: Spring 2014 Volume 12

I get the week off as Lifesong and Marlin finish off the remaining shows from Spring. Some deserve another chance, some we’ll be glad to see dead and buried, and The World Is Still Beautiful remains as firmly planted in the middle as it has all season.

OP/ED Op-Eds: The Best of Spring 2014

It’s the end of yet another anime season, so amidst all the final impressions, we also try to choose our favourite anime theme songs of the season. This proved rather exceptionally hard this season, as not one, but two songs were picked by two different people. I had no idea we had such unanimous taste over here. Then again, maybe we just didn’t watch enough anime this season, and that should probably tell you something.

No Game No Life Final Thoughts

Have you ever imagined a world where everything is a game? What would it look like? I know when I was younger I would imagine a world where simply being good at games was the most important thing you could be. No Game No Life takes that question and brings that fantasy to life.