2023: My Third Quarter in Anime

With an almost month-long vacation booked right in the middle of a more familiar “anime season,” I did some thinking in advance about how two of the things I was getting away from were Blu-Ray players and broadband connections. I have to admit I was also sometimes dwelling on previous long vacations (and even Christmas holidays, too) where, stuck brooding how far a good many other opinions run into had already soured on series then streaming, I would end up “dropping” those shows and be left dispirited. Since then I may not run into quite as many other opinions, but I still decided to get through some short series in full during the month before I left, try the same thing in the month after, and not pick up anything new streaming. It all seemed to work pretty well, even as I noticed complaints about how thin on well-done shows the season I was sitting out seemed.
( An augmented experience: Gunbuster )

( Wrapping back around: Love Live! )

( Continuations: City Hunter 3 and Mix 2 )

( Well into the past: Cyborg 009 )

( Catching up: Volicia of Pluto and Summer Time Rendering )

( Moving along: Love Live! 2 and Soaring Sky Pretty Cure )