2019: My Second Quarter in Anime

As the three months just past were getting under way, my big “looking back” project for this year was looking ahead to more decades-old anime series I could draw some form or another of links to Macross for. That was one thing that kept me from being bothered about not having noticed too many brand-new series being talked up to watch via official streaming, even if I’d just retired my budget Chromecast at last on buying a refurbished and slightly discounted late-model Apple TV set-top box. (Controlling streaming services with a touchpad remote and “read across the room” graphics might have felt a bit more cumbersome to start with than using an iPod Touch, but it is quicker to pause videos with the remote than to unlock the iPod and command the Chromecast.) I’d also contemplated getting to a series or two from past seasons I’d noticed the interest of others in seemingly just a little too late to fit them into my schedules then. However, a few shows did manage to catch my eye just as they were starting up, and since watching “a few” new series is plenty for me when combined with “shows seen by myself,” things weren’t too atypical for me going ahead even if I kept missing out on those almost-new shows. In any case, my schedule wasn’t occupied to the point where I couldn’t take a Saturday and go to the big area anime convention at last.
( Starting off: Southern Cross and Scum's Wish )

( Continuing and (re)starting: Lupin the Third and Fruits Basket )

( Boys and girls of summer: Mix and Cinderella Nine )

( Streaming leftovers: RobiHachi and shorts )

( Moving on: Macross DYRL and Megazone 23 )

( Catching up: Sound! Euphonium 2 and Liz and the Blue Bird )

( Wrapping up and moving on: Zillion, FLCL, and Gall Force )