2023: My Second Quarter in Anime

With the whistle-stop sampling of sixty years of anime I’d been daydreaming about and mapping out for quite some time wrapped up at last in the first sixty days of this year, with this “quarter” I was back to normal. As certain series had crashed into hiatuses at the beginning of the year I had pondered “playing things safe” again, but in the end I’d reminded myself that to wait “for three months” might mean waiting that much longer again with a certain getaway coming up, and I decided to take my chances. Everything just about worked out, and in general I liked what I saw.
( On a certain edge: Vinland Saga 2 and Pui Pui Molcar Driving School )

( One future from the past: Galaxy Cyclone Braiger )

( Varied catch-ups: Lycoris Recoil, Bocchi the Rock!, and Magical Revolution )

( In realer worlds: Skip and Loafer and Mix 2 )

( Varieties of magic: The Ancient Magus’ Bride 2 and Soaring Sky Pretty Cure )

( Assorted pickups: Birdie Wing, The Witch From Mercury, and Suzume )