First Impressions: Sasami@Unmotivated

Alternate Titles: Sasami-san@Ganbaranai, Sasami and the Sibling Surveillance System Light Novel Adaptation by SHAFT Simulcast pending on The Anime Network Premise: Sasami Tsukuyomi (Kana Asumi) is a lazy, slightly snappy shut-in who depends entirely on her doting brother Kamiomi (Hochu Otsuka) to get anything done. Whenever he’s out, Sasami lies on her bed, observing the world through…

First Impressions: Kotoura-san

Haruka Kotoura has the power to read minds, something which has brought her nothing but grief and caused her to become lonely and friendless. Transferring to a new school, she meets Yoshihisa Manabe, a curious boy who seems unafraid of her ability.

First Impressions: Good Job Club

A loli tsundere, a quiet genius, a tea serving yandere, and a domesticated cat girl are in a club with a brow beaten, average guy. As the Good Job Club (I’m assuming it’s called that from the title of the series), they… I don’t know what they’re supposed to do actually, they never explain that either.

First Impressions: Tamako Market

Tamako already leads a busy life attending high school, spending time with her friends in the baton club, and helping out at her family’s mochi shop, but her life may get even more hectic after finding an incredibly peculiar talking bird.

First Impressions: Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman

Pachinko Game (?) Adaptation by TMS Entertainment Currently Unlicensed Premise: Manjiro makes a living (sort of) by performing odd jobs and helping out the people of his city, but in secret,  takes back the possessions stolen from the people by corrupt political powers. The people call him “Get-backer Roman.”

First Impressions: Senran Kagura

Deep within Hanzo National Academy there is a small group of female students enrolled in a secret course that only a select few even know exists. They also for some reason all happen to be rather well endowed.

Winter 2013 Anime Short Roundabout ROUND 2

Alright everyone, once again for the sake of JOURNALISM, we’re back for another round of this season’s anime shorts. Our coverage (and my suffering) continues with Line Offline Salaryman, Ishida & Asakura, gdgd Fairies and Senyu. Are any of these quick hits of anime worth your troubles or is your handful of minutes better spent elsewhere? HMM I WONDER HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO?

First Impressions: Cuticle Detective Inaba

Manga Adaptation by ZEXCS Simulcast on Crunchyroll Premise: Hiroshi Inaba, a werewolf with a hair fetish, runs a private detective agency with a bunch of other weirdos. His current assignment: catch the mysterious counterfeiter who also happens to be an anthropomorphic goat, Don Valentino.

First Impressions: Psycho-Pass

In the future, a citywide system allows law enforcement to instantly read the latent criminal level of any citizen and act accordingly. They employ a squad of Enforcers who are themselves latent criminals to catch the most dangerous of the lot. As a fresh face on the force, Akane Tsunemori must adjust to the brutal and indifferent methods the city uses to deal with its seedy underbelly.

First Impressions: Pet Girl of Sakurasou

Our young protagonist attends a prestigious art school. He is caught tending to a cat he adopted and forced to move into Sakura Hall; a dorm for the schools more eccentric kids. As time went on he adopted more cats, and now has six of them under his care, but hes not done finding cute creatures that need taking care of just yet.

First Impressions: Say ‘I Love You’

Manga adaptation of Sukitte Ii na yo by ZEXCS Currently unlicensed. Premise: After her friends betrayed her in a childhood incident, Mei Tachibana has spent most of her life as a silent loner, doing her best to interact with people as little as possible. However, that changes when the most popular boy in school takes an unexpected…

First Impressions: Ixion Saga DT

Kon Hokaze meets a girl in an online game and thinks he’s about to get lucky, but instead she catapults him into a fantasy world where he gets caught up in a chase between a fleeing princess and her fabulously attired pursuers

Face Palm of Death

First Impressions: Code:Breaker

Sakura Sakurakouji witnesses a bizarre murder in which several people are killed with blue flames. The next day she confronts a new transfer student in her class whom she believes to be the killer.