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01/04/09

Shikabane Hime Aka and Toradora for your action and comedy fix.

01/01/09

Ultraviolet Code 044 and Earl and Fairy. May the new year provide better anime than these two!

12/29/08

Feature review up. Samurai and Vampires? Excellent!

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at s1e1, we acquire the first episodes of new fansubbed shows, and review them. We give you our impressions of these first episodes so that you don't have to go to the trouble of downloading them only to be disappointed. Additionally, we make sure you hear about new shows that look very promising, which will be published as feature reviews at the top of the page. No comment threads available. We're not quite Web 2.0 here yet. However, if you'd like to know about updates, send an email to newsletter AT s1e1 DOT com, or sign up for the rss feed on the blog.

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Feature Review 12/29/08

Kurozuka

A twelfth-century warrior named Kuro takes refuge in the home of a woman named Kuromitsu, who harbors a dark secret in this story that spans multiple time periods.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/29/08

Toradora

Ryuuji Takasu has an unfortunate face that makes him look like some sort of delinquent, decidedly lowering his chances to finally get a girlfriend. In his second year at high school, he meets a tiny but dangerous girl named Taiga Aisaka, who also happens to be in his class.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/04/09

Ultraviolet Code 044

A failure of an action movie gets retooled for the anime medium. 044 is the strongest female soldier due to some sort of gene manipulation.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/01/09

Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)

The Phantomhive noble family is guarded by a demonic butler named Sebastian Michaelis in this new argument for Japan’s recent obsession with Western-style butlers.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/28/08

Shikabane Hime Aka

Makina Hoshimura is an undead girl who must hunt down and destroy 108 corpses before she's freed of her plight.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/04/09

Hakushaku to Yousei (Earl and Fairy)

Lydia Carlton is known as the “Fairy Doctor” due to her interest in fairies. Her life takes a turn for the unusual when a Count on a quest for a magic sword invites her to become his adviser.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/01/09

Hokuto no Ken Raoh Gaiden Ten no Haoh

Another anime set in the ultra-violent post-apocalyptic world of Hokuto no Ken, starring the eldest of the Hokuto brothers, Raoh.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/28/08

Feature Review 12/16/08

One Outs

Toua Tokuchi is a baseball player with an odd contract — for every out he pitches, he earns 5,000,000 yen, but for every point he gives up, he loses 50,000,000 yen.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/16/08

Lucky Star OVA

The Lucky Star characters star in a series of humorous vignettes about their daily lives.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/27/08

Hyakko

Four girls meet when they get lost on their first day of high school and they find themselves instantly connected to each other.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/22/08

Inazuma Eleven

A sports anime based on a Nintendo DS soccer game with 1000 characters from which to choose. How could you go wrong?

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/12/08

Junjou Romantica 2

Season 2 of the yaoi that asks just how close a tutor and his student can get to each other.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/27/08

Bihada Ichizoku

The women of the world all aspire to win the World Beautiful Skin Competition, in this anime based on a series of Japanese advertisements for beauty products.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/22/08

Macademy Wasshoi

During a summoning spell, magician student Takuto Hasegawa accidentally summons an uber-powerful girl named Tanarotte who, fortunately, pledges her undying loyalty to him.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/12/08