First Look: Gnosia

A collection of wacky characters must determine which one of them is infected by the Gnosia virus, lest their spaceship self-destruct to contain the infection. The amnesiac Yuri is one of them, and repeatedly wakes up to a shifting set of crew members and possible infected each time they die.

First Look: Digimon Beatbreak

In a world where humanity’s thoughts and emotions – their ‘e-pulse’ – powers advanced AI technology, Tomoro Tenma is a weird glitch in the system. When digital monsters emerge attempting to devour his e-pulse, he’s forced to team up with violent gremlin Gekkomon to defeat them.

God is Dead, Long Live Takopi

Forget everything I said about Takopi’s Original Sin being “tough to recommend” and watch one of the most uncompromisingly and stunningly realised works of animated art this wretched decade has brought forth so far.

First Look: Gachiakuta

In a world strictly divided into the affluent and the poor, Rudo is a scavenger who takes pride in fixing and refurnishing old objects deemed “trash” by the privileged. After being framed for murder, he’s thrown into The Pit, a gaping abyss the inhabitants cast both their garbage and undesirables into. Rather than dying, Rudo finds himself in an unfamiliar world; an endless hellscape of garbage. 

First Look: The Summer Hikaru Died

Stuck in a boring countryside town with parents who do nothing but argue, Yoshiki Tsujinaka has no one but his best friend Hikaru to rely on. Their friendship is put at risk, however, when Yoshiki discovers that Hikaru has been dead for months, and his entire being has been taken over by a mysterious eldritch creature.

First Look: Takopi’s Original Sin

Takopi, an alien from planet Happy, crash-lands on Earth to fulfil his lifelong goal of spreading joy across the universe, and meets 9-year-old Shizuka Kuze, who is subjected to relentless bullying from her classmates. Determined to save Shizuka from her miserable predicament, Takopi quickly finds out that happiness is a lot harder to find than it might seem…

First Look: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

UC0079. Zeon wins the One Year War, defeating the Federation and emancipating spacenoids from the rule of Earth. UC0085. Under Zeon rule, spacenoids still are not free. Amate Yuzuriha is a high schooler living on the ostensibly neutral space colony Side 6. Having lived in space all her life, she yearns for the world beyond the confines of the colony. A chance meeting with Nyaan, a refugee and smuggler, dramatically alters the trajectory of her life as she gets drawn into Clan Battle, the underground mobile suit duels that are held on Side 6. Elsewhere Challia Bull, a veteran of the One Year War, chases after sightings of the mysterious Red Gundam, once piloted by Char Aznable.

First Look: Apocalypse Hotel

After a devastating global pandemic, humanity has fled into space and abandoned Earth. Nevertheless, dutifully crewed by its all-robot staff, one hotel in a small corner of Ginza, Tokyo continues to keep the establishment in tip-top shape, awaiting the day guests will return once more.

First Look: Vigilante: My Hero Academia ILLEGALS

Years before Deku becomes a hero, Kouichi Haimawari is an unassuming college student with heroic aspirations but a power ill-suited for highflying crimefighting. He’s contented with acts of minor altruism ranging from taking out the trash to helping people find lost items. However a chance meeting with vigilante heroes Knuckleduster and Pop☆Step pull him into the world of vigilante heroics.

First Look: Witch Watch

Young witch Nico was separated from her precious oni childhood friend Morihito when she went off to magic school. Now that they’re teens, they must live together as master and familiar and deal with wacky magic-based hijinks.

First Look: GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS

Taking place between the events of Guilty Gear Xrd and Guilty Gear Strive, Ky Kiske and Dizzy are soon to be married. But not all approve of the joining of human and Gear. Old wounds remain from the cataclysmic war between humanity and its creations that nearly ended the world. When a mysterious girl with a hatred for Gears declares war against the Gears and any who would aid them, Sin Kiske and Sol Badguy must go on an adventure to stop her.

First Look: Lazarus

In the year 2052 mankind has become reliant upon Hapuna, a wonder painkiller developed by famous scientist Dr. Skinner. Three years ago however Skinner disappeared, and as our story opens he returns with a dire warning: In the next 30 days everyone who has taken a dose of Hapuna will die.

First Look: The Dinner Table Detective

Wealthy heiress Reiko Hosho secretly moonlights as a police detective (under the supervision of a totally different conglomerate heir who is also a cop), putting on a cool face whilst freaking out internally. Thankfully, her brand new butler and chauffeur is here to do the actual investigative work on the sly.

First Look: Once Upon A Witch’s Death

On her 17th birthday, Meg Raspberry is told that she only has a year left to live. The only way to prevent this is to collect 1000 tears of joy; crystallised emotions produced when people are at their most elated around her.

First Look: ZENSHU

Natsuki Hirose is a young animator whose meteoric rise has placed her in the upper echelon of the animation industry. However her next project stalls out, struggling to connect to the material in addition to the newfound attention she’s received. After eating a rotten bento, she wakes up to discover she’s been transported to the world of A Tale of Perishing, the childhood anime that inspired her to become an animator.