2010: My First Quarter in Anime

With another three months gone by, once again I'm looking back at the anime I watched during them. It may be that by the end of those three months, I wasn't getting through quite as much in an average day off as I'd managed at the start of them having got used to shift work again, but I still seem to be watching a fair deal. It may be, though, that in the last little while I've wondered a bit about how I can see a list of DVDs announced for release a few months in the future and, with the discussion surrounding the announcement seeming to amount to the first time I've really heard about the titles mentioned, think I'm not really that tempted to buy any of them. Somehow, my thoughts can drift to those unfortunate types who keep complaining they've been abandoned by the anime industry in general, even if they can't seem to find anything better to do than complain... Still, things may not be quite that simple in an unpleasant way for me yet; there does seem a distinction between what gets licensed for release on DVD over here versus everything airing in Japan. Even I manage to pick up on enough message-board buzz to keep thinking particular titles sound interesting, and some of them I wouldn't have to wade into the murky waters of "fansubs" for, as they're being shown through official online streaming... but in either case, my time already seems occupied with watching my way through all the shows that have already taken places in queue, even if just through my having put DVDs of them on my shelf a while (or more) back. As well, when an announcement was made that the Dirty Pair television anime had been licensed, I was interested in that... even if it did still remind me of those complaining about how much better anime "used to be." Of that, though, I may be able to say a little more later...
( The old, the new, and finishing something off: Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam 00, and Azumanga Daioh )

( Returning to something: Maria Watches Over Us )

( A bit older: Noir and Jubei-Chan )

( One I'd been waiting for (and one to round things out): Dairugger XV (and Kiddy Grade) )

( Unconventional means: Fullmetal Alchemist and Cross Game )