Strictly because I’m fascinated by the medium of anime, every year I try my hardest to watch a sampling of every new anime title. By my count, excluding non-Japanese productions and ongoing series that continued episode numbering, there were 227 new TV broadcast and streaming series and specials in 2021. Of those, I was able […]
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