2018: My Second Quarter in Anime

For the third season in a row, I was attracted enough by the first descriptions of and reports on several new anime series being streamed on official services I already have subscriptions for to watch "with everyone else." By now, though, with that good fortune a little more familiar I was conscious first that all of the series I'd settled on had the leg up of connections to existing franchises (a little too resonant of certain rhetoric weighing on merely "domestic" productions these days) and second that the message board I follow has slowed down a great deal these days, with two or at the most three people commenting on new episodes. Presumably, seeing positive reactions from other people is a major point of watching things one episode a week.
( Taking things my way: V Gundam and Chihayafuru 2 )

( Continuations: Lupin the Third series 5 and Yamato 2202 )

( A different revival: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These )

( Mecha multiplication: DARLING in the FRANXX, Full Metal Panic IV, and Gundam Build Divers )

( Finishing off: Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card, Girls und Panzer das Finale, and Star Gunman Bismarck )