Anime and Manga Blog Posts That Caught My Eye This Week (July 8, 2022)

Wow! Thanks to the new simulcast season starting over the weekend (and all the first impressions posts being made that I read), as well as Anime Expo going on and revealing news all weekend that I was trying to keep up with, I was kept on my toes! You can easily tell from this week’s list that the Summer 2022 season has gotten underway!

Here are the anime and manga blog posts that grabbed my attention this week:

• Anime Taste Testing: Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy (by Artemis at Otaku Lounge)
• Anime Taste Testing: Isekai Ojisan and The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting (by Artemis at Otaku Lounge)
• Anime Taste Testing: Yurei Deco and My Isekai Life (by Artemis at Otaku Lounge)
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Breaking From Control (by Scott at Mechanical Anime Reviews)
• Call of the Night – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• CHIMIMO – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• The Country Without Humans – Manga First Impression (by Irina at I drink and watch anime.)
• Dragon in the Kitchen – Manga review (by Irina at I drink and watch anime.)
• Engage Kiss – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Kotaro Lives Alone – Embracing the Unexpected (by Irina at I drink and watch anime.)
• League of Nations Air Force Aviation Magic Band Luminous Witches – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Luminous Witches – Episode 1 – Ginny and the Special Voice (by chikorita157 at Chikorita157’s Anime Blog)
• Lycoris Recoil – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Lycoris Recoil – Episode 1 – Cheerful Girl Meets Aloof Dark-Haired Girl (by chikorita157 at Chikorita157’s Anime Blog)
• Lycoris Recoil Episode 1 Review – Best In Show (by tcrow at Crow’s World of Anime)
• My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Phantom of the Idol – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Rumble Garanndoll – Sometimes Too Much is Not Enough (by Irina at I drink and watch anime.)
• School Babysitters – Sugar Bomb! (by Irina at I drink and watch anime.)
• Shenmue: The Animation – Growing Up and Slowly Understanding (by Scott at Mechanical Anime Reviews)
• Shoot! Goal to the Future – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Spring 2022 Anime In Review (by Scott at Mechanical Anime Reviews)
• Summer 2022 First Impressions – Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy (by Jessi Silver at Season 1 Episode 1)
• Summer 2022 First Impressions – Engage Kiss (by Jessi Silver at Season 1 Episode 1)
• Summer 2022 First Impressions – Lycoris Recoil (by Jessi Silver at Season 1 Episode 1)
• Summer 2022 First Impressions – Phantom of the Idol (by Jessi Silver at Season 1 Episode 1)
• Summer 2022 First Impressions – Shoot! Goal to the Future (by Jessi Silver at Season 1 Episode 1)
• Summer 2022 First Impressions – Teppen!! Laughing ’til You Cry (by Jessi Silver at Season 1 Episode 1)
• TEPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing ’til You Cry – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Tokyo Mew Mew New – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Vermeil in Gold – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)
• Weekly Seasonal Watches: Spring 2022 Anime Season Week 13 (by Scott at Mechanical Anime Reviews)
• YUREI DECO – Episode 1 (from Anime Feminist)