The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful. These are the first batch from the new season:
- Listen – Episode 1 of Space Dandy from Studio BONES with opening “Viva Namida” by Yasuyuki Okamura. It is streaming on Hulu, Funimation, and Adult Swim; plus it is being broadcast on Toonami.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time from Shin-Ei Animation with opening “Meiwaku Spectacle” by Kana Hanazawa. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Nobunaga the Fool from Satelite with ending “AXIS” by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Future Card Buddyfight from Xebec with opening “Card of the Future” by Suara & Psychic Lover. It is streaming on Hulu and YouTube.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Noragami from Studio BONES with opening “Goya no Machiawase” by Hello Sleepwalkers. It is streaming on Funimation.
- Listen – Episode 1 of The Pilot’s Love Song from TMS Entertainment with opening “azurite” by petit milady. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Nobunagun from Bridge with opening “Respect for the dead man” by Pay money to my Pain. It is streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Hamatora the Animation from NAZ with opening “FLAT” by livetune w. Yuuki Ozaki. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Hoozuki no Reiteitsu from Wit Studio with opening “Jigoku no Sata mo Kimi Shidai” by Jigoku no Sata All Stars. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Pupa from Studio DEEN with the opening “pupa” by Ibuki Kido & Erii Yamazaki. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Z/X Ignition from TV Tokyo with opening “EX：FUTURIZE” by Yoko Hikasa. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Strange+ from Seven with opening “Beauty Boy” by Takumi. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Sakura Trick from Studio DEEN with opening “Kiss (and) Love” by Haruka Tomatsu and Yuka Iguchi. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of World Conquest Zvezda Plot from A-1 Pictures with opening “Be mine!” by Maaya Sakamoto. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Nisekoi from SHAFT with opening “CLICK” by ClariS. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Listen – Episode 1 of Wizard Barristers from ARMS with opening “Justitia” by Lia. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
Reverse Thieves 
The X-universe actually had their own detective agency. In one of the more recent incarnations of X-force, the group became a detective agency. It was led by Jaime Madrox, who you may or may not have remembered from the most hated X-men film, X-men: The Last Stand