2008: My Second Quarter in Anime

Keeping up with the schedule I set for myself three months ago, I'm taking another look back at the anime I've recently watched. Again, I have a nice little list of titles seen in the space of three months, and again, it's tempting enough to proclaim that I see absolutely no threat of losing my interest in the stuff... of course, all the unopened DVD on my selves always seem a subtle suggestion that I'd better not lose interest just yet. I have begun to think, or perhaps even hope, that by now I've picked through enough back-catalogue sales to cut down on how much I'm rolling into that "backlog"... but I don't seem to be lacking for upcoming releases that sound interesting, either. The current feeling of crisis among anime fans looking at the industry seems to be worrying about how sickly the North American anime releaser ADV is looking, and yet for all of the interesting titles I've bought from ADV over the years (and I've watched a few of them in the last three months), I have the ominous feeling that I don't absolutely need them to continue to exist.
( Looking back )

( Looking back yet looking forward )

( Unexpected surprises )

( Fansub adventures )

( The fansub adventures turn more ambiguous )