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Summer 2022 First Impressions – My Isekai Life

Streaming: HIDIVE

Episodes: 12

Source: Light Novel

Episode Summary: Yuji is a tamer – what that means to those around him is that, though his heroic abilities are interesting, they aren’t especially powerful. He manages a small group of slimes that help him to defeat monsters in creative ways. This makes Yuji appear to have a knack for completing missions, but despite some rumors of certain slimes that are able to breathe fire, most folks around town don’t think much of Yuji.

That changes when the town comes under attack from a huge group of demons. As the horde approaches the outer borders of the city, Yuji uses his slimes to conduct a remote magical attack. The truth is that Yuji isn’t just a tamer – he has the abilities of a sage as well, which includes a bevy of extremely powerful magic spells. This allows him to wrap the city in a barrier and let loose with some terrifying flame magic, eventually defeating the enemy. In the aftermath of the encounter, evidence appears that seems to suggest the involvement of a certain cult in the attack.

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Summer 2022 First Impressions – Spriggan

Streaming: Netflix

Episodes: 6 (45 minutes apiece)

Source: Manga

Episode Summary: The ARCAM organization is guided by the writing on a mysterious golden tablet, imploring anyone who might read its words to protect the artifacts and technology from the ancient world from being misused. When an altar is found beneath Mount Fuji that seems to have connections to an ancient civilization which had the power to control the volcano’s eruptions, ARCAM seeks the help of young linguistics professor Yamabishi to decipher its cryptic writing.

Of course, Yamabishi’s skill and the potentially limitless power offered by this altar also draws the attention of several other factions, including those out of Russia looking to claim the power for their own world-dominating aspirations. Luckily, professor Yamabishi falls under the protection of Yu Ominae, ARCAM’s elite fighter, code-named “Spriggan.” With his orichalcum body armor and keen fighting sense, Yu is a force to be reckoned with. But Russia has its own elite forces – will Yu’s abilities be enough to prevent the power of Fuji’s Flame Serpent from falling into the wrong hands?

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Summer 2022 First Impressions – Yurei Deco

Streaming: Crunchyroll

Episodes: TBA

Source: Original

Episode Summary: On Tom Sawyer Island, love is a ruling force. Or at least that’s the ideal – as people interact with one-another, the love they share with one-another and/or put out into the world is converted into points, which can then be used to upgrade one’s user experience and enhance one’s “Deco” (both the tool used to virtually interact and the outward-facing appearance one has). Berry and her friends are somewhat less inclined to buy into the utopian message that the authorities are selling; what interests them more are stories related to a mysterious figure known as “Phantom Zero” whose actions cause havoc within the Deco system.

Berry’s Deco has been acting-up, but this turns out to give her an advantage; with her malfunctioning right eye, she can perceive cloaked items – and people. She discovers a piece of odd origami stuck to a pole, and soon after encounters a mysterious person who she assumes to be Phantom Zero. After a lot of running around and a couple of confrontations, this mysterious individual draws Berry into a completely separate, truly virtual(?) world where they’re both soon pursued by formations that have the ability to destroy pieces of their Deco. After being forced onto a rooftop, a floating figure descends into view – the real Phantom Zero.

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