First Look: Momentary Lily

In a post apocalyptic world emptied by monstrous robotic invaders, a group of five girls battles them with goofy norse-themed weapons. When shy loner Renge shows up, they take her under their wing and talk a lot about cooking.

Look Back – Creative Survivor’s Guilt

I had the opportunity to see the animated film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one shot manga. I was profoundly affected by the story when I first read it. The film hits just as hard. It’s beautiful, poignant, and deeply personal. It imbues the characters with animated humanity and warmth. To me, Look Back is about survivor’s guilt.

First Look: The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians

Ever since an encounter with a witch as a child, Kurumi Mirai has dreamed of attending the prestigious Redrun Magic School. Yet somehow, despite topping her junior high classes, she’s failed the admission test for the main course. Now she’ll have to adapt to life lower down on the academic scale, and deal with the quirky new teacher who’s been assigned to her.

First Look: Magilumiere Magical Girls, Inc.

In a world where “magical girl” is as common a profession as any, college graduate Kana Sakuragi is struggling to find a job. Yet when a monster disrupts her latest interview and Kana gets a taste of what working as a magical girl actually entails, she finally discovers a career opportunity that allows her to put her unique skills into practice.

First Look: Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms

Ordinary high school student Hikaru has his life turned upside down after he unwittingly forms a connection with “Alma”, a sentient mechanical arm now permanently attached to his hoodie. Pursued by an evil organization, he must use Alma’s power to overcome their diabolical schemes.

First Look: Dandadan

Momo Ayase, a high school girl descended from a family of spirit mediums, meets Okarun, an occult geek. Momo believes in ghosts but not aliens, while Okarun believes in aliens but not ghosts. To prove the other wrong, Momo agrees to investigate a UFO sighting while Okarun visits a tunnel rumored to be haunted. Turns out they’re both right. Momo gets abducted by aliens while Okarun gets possessed by a ghost. Together, they must fight the paranormal forces that threaten their everyday lives.

First Look: Blue Box

Taiki Inomata is obsessed with badminton and the cute girl who practices her basketball in their school’s gymnasium. Will he ever muster up the courage to go talk to her? Does anyone care?

First Look: Acro Trip

Chizuru is a quiet, withdrawn girl who finds an outlet for her passion in following the local magical girl, Berry Blossom. Unfortunately, interest in Berry Blossom is decreasing due to how easily she can beat her arch-enemy Chrome. It’s with this in mind that Chizuru decides to team up with Chrome, improve his evil plans, and put Berry Blossom back in the spotlight.

First Look: Uzumaki

A small Japanese coastal town is haunted by the shape of the spiral. The shape seems to manifest in every facet of of the town, from whirlpools and ferns to spiral patterns appearing on peoples’ bodies. As the inhabitants of are drawn deeper into the mystery, the town is grotesquely transformed by the spiral’s curse. 

Review: Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-

Even with the caveat of Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- only being the first part of an incomplete project, what is here is not only a much-appreciated expansion of the original work but a rare big-budget visual novel easily deserving a standalone release. Perhaps even more importantly, it’s an affirmation of the work’s position and importance after years of relative obscurity within Type-Moon’s catalog.

First Look: Makeine — Too Many Losing Heroines!

By mere coincidence, Kazuhiki Nukumizu witnesses his classmate Anna Yanami having her heart broken by the boy she has been in love with for years. Much against his wishes, this makes him the ideal person for Anna to vent her frustrations to, sparking the beginning of a peculiar friendship.

First Look: Mayonaka Punch

Masaki used to be a member of a popular livestream group, but after getting fired for punching one of the other members she needs a new hook for her solo channel. Fortunately it doesn’t take long for her to run into Live, a vampire who’s dead-set on sucking her blood.

First Look: Senpai is an Otokonoko

Saki Aoi confesses her love to her senpai, Makoto. Turns out the person she was confessing to is a self-described otokonoko. Saki doesn’t give up, and neither does Makoto’s male friend Ryuji, who knows his secret and also has a crush on Makoto. A love triangle of multiple sexualities and gender expressions may sound hard work, but it can be good fun too.

First Look: The Elusive Samurai

At the end of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hojo Tokiyuki flees the Siege of Kamakura, desperate to gather allies and take vengeance for his family’s death. Also he is a small anime boy who’s real good at parkour.