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"Made in Abyss" is back! It's not a direct sequel of TV series but
a sequel to the movie that describes Bondled's world in the 5th
layer of Abyss. Watch the movie first if you can.

This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.

Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.

Indication:
[for k:kids, s:shoujo, g:grown-ups]
(studio/production)
*:fair, **:enjoyable, ***:must see
a:good animation/artwork, d:good drama/story,
h:humorous/hilarious, m:good music, v:violent
w:heartwarming, +:outstanding (e.g. a+ means
outstanding animation/artwork)


1) Lycoris Recoil (A1-Pictures): ***, adh
The mission of Lycoris is to eliminate any suspects in order to
keep Tokyo safe, clean and peaceful. At a site of illicit gun
trade, an agent is in hostage. Against commander's wait order
Takina kills traders off with a machine gun. Due to the disobedience,
she is transferred to a sub section Cafe Lyco Reco where she meets
famous agent Chisato who made Tokyo's symbolic tower a grave post
of a horrible accident. Riko and Chisato take police's request to
guard an SMS poster Saori from stalker. When gangs capture Saori,
Takina shoots their van excessively while Chisato uses stun bullets
and bonding ropes to catch them. "Life is precious", Chisato says.

2) Isekai Oji-san (Atelier Pont d'Arc): **, dh
Takafumi's uncle wakes up from 17 years of coma he fell into by
a car accident. He speaks strange language and uses magic to float
a water bottle. Takafumi makes him a YouTuber and gets enough money
to live. During the period, he lived in another world Grand Bahamarl
where he looked like an orc and got endless bashing. Especially a
young elf whom he saved kept criticizing him. Another day, however,
the elf saved him and he gave her a jeweled ring as a return. The
present misleaded her some romantic meaning.

3) Engage Kiss (A-1 Pictures): *, a+
Shuu has never worked for quite a while and his wallet is empty.
Ayana invites him for dinner at a restaurant while Kisara visits
Shuu's apartment to cook for him. But his apartment has lost gas
and electricity due to delay of payment. When Shuu returns home
Kisara has spent all her money to pay his debt including his home
delivery item. Monster Buster Agency calls him to take part in
bidding of C-class monster's extermination. Shuu wins the bid and
goes to a skyscraper to get the job done with Ayana and Kisara.
While Shuu conducts the mission, Ayana and Kisara begin catfight.
The monster is too strong. Kisara sucks Shuu's energy by kissing
him. She becomes a super A-class fighter and destroys the monsters.
4) Kumicho to Sewagakari (feel.+Gaina): *, hw
The head of Sakuragi yakuza family calls his man Kirishima to take
care of his daughter Yaeka. Kirishima is vicious and other yakuza
families are afraid of him as satan. On a day of Yaeka's class
visitation, she can't ask him to attend. Kirishima finds its
notofication but he hasitates to visit her class because he isn't
her family and wonders if she could be glad of his attendance.
He visits her class anyway, and she says thanks to him.
5) Yofukashi no Uta (LIDEN Films): *, ah
Kou, 14, can't sleep well and goes out in midnight, and a vampire
girl Nazuna blames him that he is too young to buy an alcohol at a
vending machine. Afterwards, she sucks his blood that is delicious.
Although he doesn't come to be a vampire, he wants to be. Nazuna
tells him that one can turn into a vampire when the vampire and the
one love each other.
6) Prima Doll (Bibury animation): *, ad
Automata designed to conduct fighting robots is called "doll" that
looks like a girl. Broken dolls are sent back to main land, repaired
and work at a cafe as waitress. So does Haizakura. One day, a young
girl Chiyo tells her a memory of a doll Yuugiri whom she felt like
her real sister. Yuugiri went to battle field and has never come back.
Haizakura has seen Yuugiri at workshop but her malfunction is too
serious to repair. When Haizakura tells her a story about Chiyo and
sings a song that Chiyo used to sing for her, Yuugiri restarts.
Chiyo meets Yuugiri again. But Yuugiri's memory has mostly lost.
7) Shine Post (studio Kai) *, ah
Infamous girls idol group TiNgS! would be dissolved if they fail to
fill a big concert hall with audience at their anniversary concert
three months later. Naoki is assigned as their manager, but he is a
difficult man and denies to manage any idol group. After he saw their
performance, however, he accepts the offer temporarily and sets
their target to gather 100 audiences at the next concert.
8) RWBY Hyousetsu Teikoku (Shaft): *, a
Despite Grim was to destroy human beings, humans invented and used
science to survive. Rwby emvies her elder sister Yan because Yan
passed the enterance exam of Beacon Academy. Miss Weiss fights
against armoured Grim as the academy's test and wins by her skill
of magic and sword fight. Blake and fellow who are nonhuman attack
a freight train but she disconnects the engine to save human stuffs.
In Star Dust Shop, Rwby drives back robbers. Later, the top of
Beacon Academy admires her achievement and allows her to enter
the school.
9) Isekai Yakkyoku (diomedéa): h, *
Yakutani becomes a pharmaceutical scientist because his sister
died at young and he wants to make medicines that save patients.
To complete his research quickly, he works too hard and dies for
overwork. He is reborn as Pharma, a royal chemist, in another
world. Pharma also has magic by which he can create water and
metal. He surprises his mentor Ellen by creating huge water spear
that even Ellen has never seen.
10) Hoshi no Samidare (NAS): *, h
One morning, Yuuhi has a visitor looks like a leptile of which name
is Roy. Yuuhi is told that Roy is a knight saving his princess and
the world from destruction. He asks Yuuhi to help him and gives him
magic power. They must fight against vilain sorcerers. When a mud
doll attacks them, Samidare, the princess, appeares and beats the
doll. She shows him a huge hammer in the sky ready to strike and
destroy the earth. Yuuhi accepts Samidare's order to be her knight.

11) Bucchigire! (geno studio): h
While Shinsengumi protects Kyoto, masked bandits kill all of them
except Toudo. He collects condemned criminals and organizes new
Sinsengumi. They stand up to take revenge on the bandits.
12) Mamahaha no Tsureko ga Moto-kare datta (Project No.9): h
Mizuto's father remarried. The stepmother's daughter, Yume, is
Mizuto's ex-girlfriend at junior high school, but they have
separated by a quarrel. Now, Mizuto and Yume are arguing about
who is elder brother or elder sister, while they are still
attracted by each other.
13) Warau Arsnotoria sunn! [s?](LIDEN Films): a
In a magic academy that is girls bording school, Arsnotoria aka
Tori studies with class mates and elders. Meru comes to the
watchhouse to invite Tori who is on a duty of lookout. Ashram is
a city of magic academy that looks like a beautiful European
medieval city. While they enjoy the school life, Johan and black
knights attack rich people and burn down the distant city.
14) Tensei Yuusha no Isekai Life (REVOROOT): a
Numerous monsters attack Fastan city. Town's adventurers fight
against the monsters. Yuji uses the power of dragon's fang to
defeat the monsters with proudwolf and slimes. Yuji was a white
color in previous life and was reborn as a tamer in a fantasy
world. Then he gets huge magic power in a hut.
15) Soredemo Ayumu wa yosetekuru (Silver Link.): h
Ayumu joins Shogi club in highschool where the only other member
is senior Urushi. Urushi is a cute girl whome Ayumu crushs on.
She wants him to make a confession for her. Ayumu wants to win
over her at a nonhandicap game and confess his love for her.
16) Kinsou no Velmeille (Staple Entertainment): h
Alto will be a repeater in a magic academy if he can't summon
and make contract with a spirit soon. He gets an old book of magic
and uses it to free a glamourous woman with a tail and two horns.
She is Velmei a demon sealed in the book. She becomes his errand.
Problem is, she is a very sexy trouble maker. Alto's classmate
Lylia is jealous of his errand, and challenges her to a duel.
17) Kamikuzu Idol (studio Gokumi): h
ZINGS is Yuuya and Kazuki's idol singer unit. But Yuuya isn't
particularly interested in idol activity. So he sing and dance
without passion. The manager is angry about his attitude. One
day, Yuuya meets the ghost of Asahi who was a popular idol but
died by a car accident a year before. She tells him her passion
for sing and dance. Yuuya allows her to take over his body at
stage. His great performance surprises audience, and especially
the manager.
18) Saikin yatotta maid ga ayashii (Silver Link.+Blade):
Yuuri's parents died by a car accident. They left him an old
house without a fortune. He dismisses servants. But he is very
young and can't do housework. A maid visits his house to get
a job. She doesn't ask him wages but just allow her to live
and serve him. Yuuri suspects her true intention, but he needs
a servant. So, he accepts her offer.
19) Kuro no Shoukanshi (Satelight):
Merfina, goddess of fate, makes Kelvin back to life in a fantasy
world. She turns into a digital menu by which he can get a variety
of information. He signs in Paaze's guild office as an adventurer.
In his first mission, he defeats a slime and make a contract with
it. It looks a good start for him.
20) You rei DECO (Science SARU):
Once apon a time, a 100-eye giant kept watching Tom Sawyer Island
and punished anyone who did bad thing. People were afraid of his
control and killed him. Now, the people's consensus is to have
sympathy, share and optimum personal space. DECO system evaluates
individual love by points and one can spend it for public service.
Most of yonger citizens get implanted DECO device into their eyes.
In school, Berry's right eye works wrong. While she logouts from
school's VR and goes to hospital for repaire, her right eye
catches a shadow of a man. Rumour has it Oddman Zero consumes
people's points and she suspects the shadow is it. She chases
the shadow and they are fallen into a repro-space where they
faces real Oddman Zero.
21) Teppen!!!!! (Drive):
High school comedian teams compete with each other for the top in
Teppen Grand Prix. Five comedienne trios who passed their local
competition are invited to a dorm of which manager is an ex-champion
of bodybuilding. But they are troublesome. For example, Team Young
Waiwai accidentally breaks the neck of a gold statue that's a prize
the manager won in the past. On the rooftop, Team Shinryakusha calls
UFO to descend, etc.
22) Shoot! Go to the Future (EMT Squared):
Shuto knows that he isn't a good point getter without his friend's
assist. In Kakegawa high school, shuto thinks its soccer team is
a garbage. He gets into trouble with the club's captain. Shuto
defeats the captain in a PK but he denies to join the club. When
Nomada high school's club team comes to play a practical match,
however, he is surprised to find his old friend in the team.


Sequels/Another stories/Spin-offs/Remakes:

Dungeon ni Deai wo motomeru nowa machigatteiru darouka IV
Hataraku Maou-sama !!
Jashin-chan Dropkick X
Kanojo Okarishimasu
Love Live! Super Star!!
Luminous Witches
Made in Abyss Retsujitsu no Ougonkyo
Orient 2
Overlord IV
Shadow House 2
Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama U-17 WORLD CUP
Tokyo Myu Myu New
Vanguard Will+Dress
Yokoso Jitsuryoku Shugi no Kyoshitsu e 2
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/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
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