First Impressions: Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Alternate Titles: Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199 Anime remake by Xebec/AIC Premise: Humanity has finally made contact with alien life, but hopes for peace are dashed when the mysterious aliens declare war on humanity and obliterate much of planet Earth. With the planet now a desolate wasteland and humans forced to live in underground cities, humanity wages a…

First Impressions: Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan is set in a world where the remnants of human civilization lives in cities surrounded by gigantic walls to protect them from the Titans, a race of giants who feed on humans for seemingly no cause or reason. Eren Jaeger and his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman are two inhabitants whom’s lives are dramatically changed when the colossal walls, which have stood unbroken for 100 years are suddenly brought down by a titan larger than any seen before. Eren swears to destroy the monsters who have forced humanity to live in cage of their own creation.

First Impressions: My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

Hachiman is a disenfranchised youth with all the snark that entails. After writing a particuarly bleak essay, his teacher forces him to join the Service Club, headed by the haughty ace student Yukino. They slowly bond to help Hachi’s “people issues” and end up assisting a ditzy delinquent named Yui.

First Impressions: Devil Survivor 2 – The Animation

Alternate Titles: Neon Fallout Pokémon, Not-Persona Video Game Adaptation by Bridge Simulcast on Crunchyroll Premise: Generic hero guy Hibiki Kuze (Hiroshi Kamiya) learns of a mysterious viral phone app named Nicaea from his best friend Daichi Shijima (Nobuhiko Okamoto). Daichi tells him Nicaea allows you to see videos of how your friends will die, yet as soon…

First Impressions: Photo Kano

Dating Sim Adaptation by Madhouse Premise: Our boring harem protagonist has received a camera from his father and wants to make photography his new hobby. Typical dating sim antics ensue.

First Impressions: Date A Live

“Spacequakes” ravage the landscape of the world occasionally, and it turns out they’re caused by cute girls appearing from another world. The only way to solve this without killing them is to date them.

First Impressions: The Flowers of Evil

Alternate Titles: Aku No Hana, Les Fleurs Du Mal Manga Adaptation by ZEXCS Simulcast on Crunchyroll Premise: Takao Kasuga (Shinichirou Ueda) is an introverted high school student who takes pride in his taste in literature. Particularly obsessed with the works of Charles Baudelaire, Takao pends most of his days daydreaming, trying to get along with his frat…

First Impressions: Samurai Bride

Premise: Muneakira returns from a journey of enlightenment to find that the girls, who have fallen on hard financial times and haven’t received any compensation or recognition for saving Japan, have turned the sacred dojo into a maid cafe.

First Impressions: The Severing Crime Edge

Manga Adaption by Studio Gokumi Simulcast on Crunchyroll Premise: Kiri loves hair. Like, REALLY loves hair. So when he finds a mysterious girl with more hair than she can handle, it seems a dream come true. But things are not all they seem…

First Impressions: Red Data Girl

Izumiko is a frail technowitch who is trying to change the way her life has been lead for her. Unfortunately, forces beyond her control seem to be guiding her life towards Miyuki, an asshole with an even greater asshole of a father.