2013: My Second Quarter in Anime

In the middle of the past three months, I went off on a vacation, and that meant something of a break from watching anime too. I could remember, though, occasional worries "taking breaks" might somehow amount to "breaking habits," and even in the face of that I'd gone to the lengths of trying not to leave series to be continued, but in this case I came back feeling invigorated and ready to get back to viewing. Then, however, I did have my parents staying over at my place for a while, another enforced pause of sorts, although when they looked at one shelf and asked me if I thought I'd ever get through all the videos on it I was able to tell them it was actually "books" in the form of manga volumes. As a matter of fact, anyway, I did finish off these three months with no anime preorders impending, thinking instead of end-of-year or perhaps in-stock sales. I suppose being away did mean missing the official beginning of two new online streaming sites with their own varying attempts to stand out in the field. In any case, though, when I did back to regular viewing that sense of invigoration did stay.
( Finishing things off: My Otome and Transformers Victory )

( In brief: Gundam Unicorn, Patlabor OVAs, and Little Witch Academia )

( Outliers: Space Brothers and Voltes V )

( Starting off: Aria the Origination and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood )