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.

First Look: I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons

Leticia Dorman has spent most of her young life engaged to be married to the prince of the kingdom, Clarke. To prepare for this she’s been separated from her parents and forced to undergo a gruelling education befitting a future queen. So when Clarke one day turns up with another woman on his arm, Leticia is thrilled to be freed from her loveless pairing and immediately sets about escaping from court.

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.