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Summer 2021 First Impressions – Re-Main
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Half a year ago, Minato was on top of the world. He and his middle school water polo team were…
Second Impressions – RE-MAIN
On the evidence of the first two episodes, RE-MAIN is perfectly happy to color inside the lines. Read more
Re-Main (First Impression)
“The story centers on Minato Kiyoumizu, a boy who quit playing water polo after an incident during the winter of his third year of junior high school. After…
First Look: RE-MAIN
In junior high, Minato Kiyomizu was a water polo ace who was part of a quartet of nationally recognised players. However, a car accident leaves him in a…
First Impression: Re-Main
Minato wakes at the hospital, vaguely remembering a ball floating over water and surrounded by light. A girl, his younger sister, is telling him of his day. She…
A Memory in Speedos – First Impressions: Re-Main
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! The sun is shining, the weather is warm, thankfully nobody has started any large forest fires this year, and we’re back…
RE-MAIN – 01
「ごめんなさい、誰ですか」 ("Gomennasai, Dare Desu ka?) "Sorry, Who Are You?" I guarantee you will REMAIN intrigued.
RE-MAIN – 05
「いや怖いわ！！！」 (Iya Kowai wa!!!) "Ew, That's Scary!!!" Sometimes, the best person to look to for inspiration is...you!
RE-MAIN – 02
「僕は天才じゃない」 (Boku wa Tensai ja nai) "I'm No Prodigy" It's finally happened, our boy joined the water polo club!
RE-MAIN – 04
「なんかヤバいかも……」 (Nanka Yabai ka mo......) "This Ain't Looking Good..." When you're struggling against little kids, you know it ain't looking good...
RE-MAIN – 06
「 はい、こっち向いて」 (Hai, Kotchi Muite) "Yes, Look Over Here" We are stronger when we lift each other up.
RE-MAIN – 03
「でもへんでくでせ」 (De mo Hen Deku Dese) "But, Give Us a Hendy" The quest to recruit the 7th and final member has begun, but the ever-stoic Shuugo Amihama is a tough…
Summer 2021 First Impressions: Vanitas no Carte, Kanojo mo Kanojo, Re-Main
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RE-MAIN – 12 (END)
「 さぁ、始めようぜ」 (Sā, Hajimeyō ze) "C'mon, Let's Get Started" This series needs a season 2 ASAP!
RE-MAIN – Episode 1
Kiyomizu Minato was a junior high school water polo national champion who unfortunately got into a car accident and can't remember his love for water polo.
Lost Highway and RE-MAIN
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Lost Highway and RE-MAIN
Been watching a lot of mechanical keyboard related things, and bought one for my work setup (currently,...
Anime Series Like Re-Main
Minato Kiyoumizu was once a rockstar among rockstars on his junior high water polo team. However, when a car accident put him into a coma for several months,…
Re-Main Review (Spoiler Free)
We’re almost done with the genre reviews, this time we’ve got the Sports genre and Re-Main. This was an interesting one for me, because I can count the…
Anime Taste Testing: Re-Main and Kageki Shoujo!!
This season’s not off to an amazing start. That said, looking over what seems to be the dozen or so male gaze-centric isekai/power fantasy shows and the ton…
Cooling Down and Starting Over with RE-MAIN
Water polo champion Minato wakes from a coma with amnesia. Will he fight his way back to being the best? or remain on the edges of the pool?
Re-Main Review: Does MAPPA Sink or Swim?
Studio: MAPPA Director: Masafumi Nishida Streaming on: Funimation For better or worse, MAPPA has become one of the most dominant studios in the anime studio, and a household…
RE-MAIN #01 — BUT WHAT OF OUR MEMORIES TOGETHER!
Wait, who was the fifth dude? Impressions: And so we finally come to the end of the Satu-re-day shows, and it's rarely a good sign when I…
RE-MAIN – I still can’t figure out how I feel
RE-MAIN was a frustrating anime for me to watch. It could have been great. Heck it could have been one of the greatest. Let me tell you why!
This Week in Anime - Is Water Polo Anime RE-MAIN Worth Watching?
This MAPPA-animated series follows the typical sports series formula with an added mix of amnesia thrown in. Is there anything unique about it its Speedo-wearing cast?
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First Impressions – Noblesse
While I admit my expectations were relatively modest, I liked Noblesse more than I thought I would. Read more
Heroman - First Impressions
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REVENGER — FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Hello friends, how are you today? I personally have some adulting to do today so I’m not exactly enthusiastic, but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?…
First Impressions – number24
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Horimiya | First Impressions
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First Impressions – Bucchigiri?!
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First Impressions – Gibiate
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First Impressions – Listeners
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First Impressions – Dorohedoro
I was prepared for this premiere to be great, appalling, or anything in between. Read more The post First Impressions – Dorohedoro appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Hyouka First Impressions
It’s not just a slice-of-life any more, it’s literally real life. No, I don’t mean that in a good way.
First Impressions – redux
There were quite a few anime that stood out to me last year, which gave me much enjoyment and entertainment, plus impressive production values, but I’m too lazy…
First Impressions – Revenger
As Baloo said to Kit Cloudkicker, "Take-offs are easy - it's the landings that are hard". Read more
First Impressions – Bucchigire!
Anime needs series that gives creative people a chance to express themselves, and this one clearly does. Read more
First Impressions: OreImo
Fall 2010 is a particularly strong season. A lot of studios are putting their best foot forward and producing shows of suprisingly high quality. However, the show that…
First Impressions 2
So, here we are again: round 2 of my rundown of the first episodes of the newly aired TV anime this fall season. I haven’t watched all of…
Tsurekano | First Impressions
A certain boy and girl in middle school became lovers, flirted with each other, disagreed on trivial things, became more frequently irritated with each other rather than excited...…
First Impressions – Kakushigoto
This premiere did a lot of things right, but a problem for me is that the whole premise is highly dubious - just how much of a problem…
First Impressions – Pluto
For Pluto to have been worth the wait when the wait was as long it was is the sort of success story we almost never see.
First Impressions: Bakuten!
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