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FIRST LOOK: SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION

Sword art online: Alicization is the newest installment in the sword art online anime franchise. I guess everyone is well aware of this series, so I will not spend anytime giving a summary of it. SAO is one of the most debated shows in anime history, tons of people hate it while a good amount also love it. As far as my opinion is concerned, you can say that I stand on the side of those who hate it. Now, I am not gonna lie, I really liked the initial few episodes of the first season but then the anime just went downhill for me. I was actually thinking about skipping the new season but was convinced by the tweets of  @AlwaysLethargic and decided to give it a go, and to be honest I thought that the first episode, although not perfect was pretty good. The animations were once again really well done, and mixed with some pretty impressive visuals, the first episode was a treat for the eyes. As of now I have only seen one episode of the show and so I have only been graced with one a

FIRST LOOK: GOBLIN SLAYER

Goblin slayer is a dark fantasy anime from White Fox studio. It follows a young adventurer who has just signed up with the guild and is ready to embark on her adventure. I am not going to say anything more than that and it might seem that it was the worst summary ever but I don't want to give away any spoilers for the first episode whatsoever.  I am going to say this right of the bat, if you have not seen it yet, go ahead and give it a go. Now, of course this is a dark fantasy so it might not be for someone who hates to see anything which is dark themed but for everyone else this is a must watch, atleast with respect to the quality of the first episode. The episode was grim, brutal and edgy (edgy in the good way ), so basically everything that you would want from a dark fantasy anime.  And the first episode was not good just because it had a dark theme, it had tons of other plus points like the structuring. The episode was structured really well, it had some foreshadow