2021: My First Quarter in Anime

At the start of the year I didn’t lack for anime to watch, and yet I had been asking myself how much of it I’d see in the three months ahead. For quite a while I’ve been getting through two half-hour episodes a weeknight. The thought did creep into my mind, though, that it might guard against burnout (having kept watching anime quite a while longer than many are said to has meant seeing certain people mutter a lot about just about anything recent) and sharpen my appetite to pare that viewing back to one episode a weeknight, even if just for one season. The extra half-hour opened up could be useful even if I can’t admit to doing anything profound in it, but I did keep enjoying what I did watch.
( Streaming selections: Appare-Ranman! and Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club )

( Blu-Ray chances taken: Bloom Into You and O Maidens in your Savage Season )

( Fansub follies: Shinkalion and Major )

( Going older: Future Boy Conan and Urusei Yatsura: Only You )