This Just Anime!

There are like 61 shows on our list and we watched almost every single one of em so naturally we're gonna do what we do best. If you're new to the Powercast or just forgot, we ranked a whole bunch of shows by tier and then in order within each level to give you our take on seasonal anime this fall. We've also done our typical one sentence summary for each title on offer to give you an idea if you might like the show and want to try it for yourself. It's a labor of love, but what can we say other than maybe we have a problem? Fall is here and it brought a bunch of content with it, so if you're looking for a place to start then here's as good as any.  

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First impressions are done finally... mostly, so to celebrate we've got the two new FLCL titles to review. Both FLCL Grunge and FLCL Shoegaze dropped recently and we finally got a minute to see what we thought. With the former being a prequel to the original series and the latter being a sequel to FLCL Alternative, are FLCL fans eating good this year, or was it maybe shy of the glory that the original holds? We've got our take on things as well a some speculation on what may be in store for the series down the road, but that's not all! We wanted to spend some time talking about bad shows in general for no reason, we promise, as well as take a look at  some reviews of much beloved titles currently airing to see if they have some valid critiques or maybe are just salty. 

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It's a bigass season this Fall and we've got another episode dedicated completely to first impressions for new series. This week brings us a few fantasy titles, a whole bunch of girlfriends, a vexed vampire princess, and maybe even an alien or two. We're a couple weeks out from what is sure to be a massive powercast, but this will be the end of our first impressions for the season. There's probably a little something for everyone this fall, so if you're looking for a place to jump in then we've got you covered. 

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Fall first impressions keep coming and we're not even close to all of the new shows this season. We're waiting to talk returning titles until the powercast so in the meantime it's all first impressions all the time. We've got a little bit of everything this week, plenty of fantasy, some detectives, superheroes, masochism, and even a goofy office romance so there's sure to be a little something for every type of fan this season. As to whether or not any of these shows are good, you'll have to take a look for yourself, or take our word for it as we bravely watch everything dropping this fall. 

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Fall is here and with it brings the last bit of 90 degree weather and a whole slew of new titles for us to sink our teeth into. As we tend to with the first few episodes of the season we've got our first impressions to look forward to. We've got a couple of solid fantasy titles, an excellent racing show, and even a show about witches and boobs so there's a little something for everyone.  We also have our nailed it from last season and buy it or deny it for fall 2023 to get to so if you like seeing us be wrong in the past tense then check out this episode. 

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Another season has come and gone and despite some delays and some split course options we had a pretty full Summer season. As always we've kept up with our season rankings to give you the top five new and returning titles for the season as well as a brief overview how the rest of the shows stack up. From there we've got our awards to hand out, the first few are categories that might be at home on any other awards show and the last few are our "special" categories. Tune in next week as we begin talking about the Fall season almost immediately. 

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Fall is meteorologically here, and the Fall anime season is fast approaching so we've taken it upon ourselves to look ahead at all the titles coming up and see if there's anything that catches our eyes. Fall is normally a banger of a season, but will this one hold up? We've got a lot of really solid returning titles cough cough JuJutsu Kaisen and Spy Family to say the least, but how are the new shows looking? We've cherry picked a number of shows based on initial looks alone to speculate on as well as some just overall vibes for the season, but now all we have to do is wait a week or two and see if we've got it right.  

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It's here, One Piece Netflix live action has landed and believe it or not it has been met largely with praise. Reaching both number 1 in the US streaming and abroad it's safe to say this is a successful live action adaptation. But how good is it? Did we like it? What makes this a success when so many others have failed? We've naturally got a few opinions on it as well as a healthy dose of speculation for what comes next. But before we get too carried away we've got a vibe check for a few of the titles this season that we felt like talking about. We're about 9-10 episodes deep in most shows this season so see how your favorites are coming out either on this vibe check or over on the rankings.  

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After 10,000 years I'm freeeeeeeeee! Time to return to the CoryCast. We haven't done one of these in a minute, but we're excited to bring it back. Cory wrote the entire outline on this episode and is steering the show. This week we've got a bunch of news Cory handpicked that everyone else is sure to be excited about. We've got some news on the Deathnote musical which as of the time of recording has made its London debut. We also find ourselves in the fortunate position to get Nick's predictions of the One Piece live action that just dropped on Netflix. We hope you enjoy this slightly different format to our normal offering, get ready for a long overdue vibe check next week.  

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This week is a single topic for once, we're talking all things Ooku The Inner Chambers. This is a new title coming to us in Netflix based pretty faithfully on the popular manga by the same name. It's a historical drama but with a pretty major caveat that really asks a lot of great questions. With 10 episodes covering roughly half the manga's story we've got a solid look at what if gender roles were reversed in feudal Japan. It's a really interesting idea that's presented pretty beautifully, so we're giving you our honest opinions on the series as a whole, things we found most effective and maybe a couple of things we were unsure about as well. If you're looking for your next historical drama, this episode might be able to point you in the right direction. 

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