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Winter 2026, New Year, New Season, Renewed Ambitions
Well, thought I was more settled than I was, but I wasn’t. So back to try again even if I am (unpromisingly) running a little late and publishing…
Fall 2025 – Premiers and First Impressions!
Welp, here we are. After basically a single weekend, I’m pretty much done with my premiers. Unfortunately, the season is just that thin. But it’s not like there’s…
Fall 2025 – Settling in and looking forward!
OK, as promised I’m back… And <knock on wood, crossing fingers> things should be back to normal around here. Though of course, “normal” is a word used advisedly…
Summer 2025 – Life’s Weirdness continues.
Life’s weirdness continues apace… And it looks like I won’t be blogging until the Fall season at the earliest. I don’t like it anymore than you do, and…
Spring 2025 – First Impressions Apologies
Over the last couple of weeks, life came at us pretty hard and I’ve been very distracted. Everything is fine, we’re just *way* behind on premieres, and so…
Anime Playlist – Angel Beats!
Fifteen years ago today, the classic anime Angel Beats! premiered. So there’s no better day for a new entry in the Anime Playlist series. So, hit the jump…
Spring 2025
Aaah.. spring. The season of renewal, of hope. The sakura are blooming, the weather is warming, and the days are getting longer.And it’s time to look forward and…
Frieren – Anime Playlist
With Frieren appearing on Netflix over the weekend, finally sat down and bought the music from it (and other shows) that I’ve been meaning to buy. This means…
Winter 2025 – Midseason (ish)
Time for the mid season reviews! There’s some shakeups this time around… And no, Honey Lemon Soda isn’t one of them, still the top show this season. Anyhow,…
Finding the Lounge on Social Media
With the changing social media environment, I thought it would be useful to provide a handy guide to where you can find the Lounge on various social media…
Winter 2025 – Three (and sometimes four) Episodes In
Hey, I didn’t make my (in)famous pun this time, so that’s something! Anyhow, three weeks in, it’s the traditional time to check in on this season and see…
Winter 2025 – First Impressions – Part II
Man… Flower and Asura comes in like thunder. The best of a mixed bag of premieres. Probably the best of this season. Hit the jump and see the…
Winter 2025 – First Impressions – Part I
The show I ended up loving the most was the show I almost didn’t watch… All that and more in the first batch of Winter 2025 premieres. Hit…
Winter 2025 – The days grow longer and it’s a new season!
It’s that time again! No, it’s not Christmas. That was last week. This week is the long awaited preview of Winter 2025!It looks like it could be an…
Fall 2024 – Mideason Thoughts and Highlights.
Man, this season has flown by… OK, that sounded much funnier in my head than it looks on screen, but I’m just going to let it stand. …
Fall 2024 – Ready, go!
OK, not a lot of shows actually watched this season… And not all survived the cut. But, still a couple that could turn out interesting. So, lets hit…
Fall 2024! – Looking ahead, moving forward!
Man, procrastination and lack of attention to the calendar… Bites me in the butt every time. However, I’m only really anticipating three shows this season, so this will…
Reasons to watch Isekai!
This one has been floating around in my “to post” folder for a few months now… Let’s just say it helps to actually take a peek in that…
Summer 2024 – Midseason (ish) breakdown
I seem to be on something of a Spice and Wolf kick for my lead image, don’t I? Somehow, when I want an image for a post, a…
Summer 2024 – Week 3 (ish), time to review
Running behind (again), so this is verging on being a mid-season check in, isn’t it? Ah well, so it goes. We’ve got a fairly decent season on our…
Anime Playlist – Spice and Wolf
With Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (Spice and Wolf 2024) currently in its second cour… It’s long since past time for me to post an…
Spring 2024 – Finale Thoughts
This season’s high point was amazing… And not just because everything else was mid or worse. I’m guessing you can guess the high, but what about the rest? Hit…
Summer 2024 – First Impressions – Part I
Crazy busy IRL last week and weekend, but finally getting caught up with shows and writing… So, here’s my thoughts on the shows I’ve watched so far. Some…
Summer 2024 – Looking ahead, moving forward!
It happens every now and again, but Summer 2024 is looking pretty grim as far as possibilities go. OTOH, that can be kind of good as we’re hoping…
Spring 2024 – Midseason Quick Thoughts
Midseason, time to pause and evaluate where the shows are and where they’re headed. Also, when I make a gut check to make sure I’m not watching shows…
Spring 2024 – Week 3(ish)
Week three, that traditional inflection point for any new season… Some shows make the cut, others are on probation, and course there’s some Seriously Good Stuff (*cough*Jellyfish*cough…
Spring 2024 – First Impressions – Part II
Euph returns with a banger premiere, plus Jellyfish (WOW!) and much more both good and bad. Hit the jump and let’s run ’em down!
Spring 2024 – First Impressions – Part I
And… we’re off! The first shows of the new season have shown us what they’ve got to offer. Am I buying what they’re selling, or looking elsewhere for…
Spring 2024 – Anticipating Opening Day!
It’s that time again! Opening day for baseball was yesterday, opening day for anime is tomorrow, and that means it’s spring! Time for a new anime season and…
Not that I’ve ever done this.
How has this blog gone so long without a humor/meme category? That error has now been rectified… And I promise to use this power only for good. (Source…
Winter 2024 – Week 3 / Updates
All the premiers have aired… So it’s time to run down last week’s batch and then take a look at my watch list for the season. Hit the…
Winter 2024 – First impressions – Part II
Other than the late announced Brave Bang Bravern!, all the premiers have aired… So it’s time to run down last week’s batch and then take a look at…
Song Title Challenge – but with anisong!
So, a challenge popped up in my Facebook memories on Wednesday – match categories to song titles. Back then, for my not anime fan friends, it was all…
Winter 2024 – First impressions – Part I
Well, Tuesday is a bit of a break between waves of premieres, so it’s the perfect day to look at what I’ve checked out so far. (Not to…
Winter 2024 – Managing expectations
Aww, darnit. Holidays and other things distracted me from the fact that I needed to get an anticipation post out! Plus, a year mostly on break and I’ve…
2023 – Winter season finale/wrap up “forum” post.
Seems a lot of my regular commenters enjoyed using the Winter 2023 First Impressions post as something of a forum during the season… Thought I’d try a bit…
First Impressions – Fall 2023
Been struggling all week to write this… Writing was never easy even when I made a habit of it. Anyhow, it’s Friday, the week is done, and so…
Anticipating Fall 2023
It’s turned cold and rainy here, a sure sign of Fall… And it’s also time for the Fall anime season, which means it’s time for an anticipation post. …
Summer 2023 – what I’ve been watching (non seasonal)
Just because I’m not watching anything seasonal (beyond my beloved Mix), that doesn’t mean I’m not watching anything. So, I thought I’d run down what I have been watching j…
Summer 2023 – something of a bust
Apologies for no anticipation post… June got away from me, and as the annual Medieval Faire now happens late in the month the last two weeks were crazy…
Spring 2023 – First Impressions – Part II
The second, and final, batch of first impressions for Spring 2023! Some good, some bad, some mixed impressions. Hit the jump and let’s run ’em down.
Dr. STONE, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Spring 2023 – First Impressions – Part I
The first week (or so) is in the can! Time to run ’em down… Hit the jump see what I think are the hits and misses so far.
Spring 2023 – Anticipation, but no pun in the title.
He’s baaack… and looking forward with anticipation to what could be a very good season of anime.Hit the jump, and let’s run ’em down!
Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Winter 2022 – First thoughts
My first thoughts on the Winter 2022 season!
Encouragement of Climb, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia
To everything, there is a season.
Ever since I reached this decision a few months back, I’ve been agonizing over how to make this announcement. Probably best to simply tell it straight… With the…
Fall 2022 – Catching Up…
Take a week off for the holiday, hit a writer’s block, and all the sudden I have four weeks to catch up on… Which I have finally managed…
Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia, Encouragement of Climb
Fall 2022 – Week 7
Sunrise on Mt Hiwada… Such a darn good sequence. Anyhow, time to wrap up the week. Some good eps, some great eps, some otherwise. All that and the…
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia, Encouragement of Climb, Mobile Suit Gundam
Fall 2022 – Week 6
And now we’re into midseason, the time I traditionally give mini-reviews of what I’m watching and look to see if there’s any I really should drop. (I have…
Encouragement of Climb, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia
Fall 2022 – Week 4/5
And… I’m baaack! Life went sideways and I missed a week, but save one show, all caught up now. Hit the jump and let’s run ’em down!
Encouragement of Climb, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia
Fall 2022 – Week 3
Thoughts on power and parenthood in Gundam Mercury… And on poor Twice… And now that we’re into week 3, it’s also time to see what’s making the grade…
My Hero Academia, Encouragement of Climb, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury