#2022 anime

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It’s Out Of Touch Thursday!!

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Happy Birthday, Bu-Ling Huang! | Wednesday, 08.07.24

Happy birthday to Bu-Ling Huang from the Tokyo Mew Mew franchise! 🎂 💛 🎂 💛 🎂 💛

birthday: August 7th

anime: Tokyo Mew Mew New (2022-2023; streaming on HIDIVE)

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Yor Forger

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when i tell you i LITERALLY started tearing up 😭😭

ALSO SHEILA’S BACK?!?!!?!

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HEYY!!

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Obscure Anime of The Day:

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story

Aired: 2022

Genres: Action, Shoujo-Ai, Sport

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rewatching nana years later and being the same age as them hits different.

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Pleeeeeeeease let us get a season 2 of The Yakuza Guide to Babysitting.

It's the perfect combination of wholesome and angsty and I need to see more thug-turned-soft Kirishima.

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TO ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR ✨❤️

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the best boi

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The semi-regular “seeking an anime to watch” struggle

I’m in that awkward period where I’m trying to find an anime I haven’t seen before that I can really sink into, and I’m coming up pretty dry.

It’s been a pretty good year overall, I gotta say. Tomadachi Game, Trapped in a Dating Sim and Lycoris Recoil have been my three highlights as far as “new anime in 2022″ have been concerned. And of course season 2 of The Devil is a Part-Timer! was wonderful to have as well! LOVE that series. 

But lately, I’m bouncing off a TON of shows that I’m trying to get invested in. New and old alike. :( I’m just having a bad run.

I did try watching “Spy x Family” earlier for most of season 1, and it’s cute, but... I keep waiting for the relationships to progress and the stakes to go up, and neither one ever happens? It’s just kinda cute, and occasionally something funny happens for a moment, and that’s about it. Then I found out that in the manga, the Forgers are STILL all oblivious to their various identities/powers... and I lost a lot of interest. Fucking seriously, you’re gonna drag it out THAT fucking long??? There is SO MUCH material to be mined from revealing those things both emotionally and in terms of how it would affect the plot and action going forward! It’d be SO heartwarming to see them start to accept each other for who they are! But NOOOPE. Seems we’re gonna just wait until the VERY END to do anything with that and simply run in place endlessly ‘til then! Well, bored now.

So I gave “Saga of Tanya the Evil” a shot. And I guess the title should’ve warned me that there’s a severe “Who am I rooting for here?” problem. I’m only four episodes in, but I’m struggling to figure out who I should be latching onto. I guess I expect Tanya to be more of a “sneering, manipulative, sinister-acting force for good” kind of like the protagonist of Tomadachi Game, right? But nah; the “Evil” label seems entirely sincere thus far. At least I can relate to the characters uncertainty/skepticism about the presence of a higher power (”Being X”), but I also want Tanya to accept the reality of the situation as the evidence piles up. In addition to that, some of the art style is really off-putting to me? Specifically Vishna, who certainly isn’t treated as though she’s a freakish-looking person in the world of the series, but she definitely looks it to me...

I started watching “Neon Genesis Evangelion” for the first time recently, but... I’m halfway through the series (13 eps) now, and it still hasn’t grabbed me. I wonder if this is just one of those “It was revolutionary for the time, but everybody’s copied it so much by now that it’s not that exciting anymore” kind of situations? Like, did you have to be there? The kids obviously have some psychological depth to them, but... I mean It kinda feels like maybe the fact that these characters have any psychological problems at all is entirely what was once the appeal, and we’ve had TONS of that kind of thing for decades now, so I can’t feel impressed. Or maybe all of the interesting stuff is in the back half? Idk. Shinji is boring, Rei is a blank slate, Asuka is irritating, Misato is an alcoholic but is probably the most likable character... oy.

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HBD, Midorikawa Lettuce! | Monday, 04.29.24

Happy birthday to Midorikawa Lettuce from the Tokyo Mew Mew franchise! 🎂 💚 🎂 💚 🎂 💚

Birthday: April 29

anime: Tokyo Mew Mew New (2022-2023; streaming on HIDIVE)

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do you think they even care about all of this crazy lore being dropped?

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Top 3 Anime I watched in 2022

It’s that time of year again! Here are my favorite anime I watched in 2022.

Nichijou (2011)

I could not believe how funny and well-animated this show is, and also how underrated it is. It’s up there with Saiki K for me when it comes to comedies, similar in the way that it’s a bunch of comedic shorts with no real throughplot, but it is ten times more absurd than any other comedy show I’ve ever seen. Highly recommend.

Golden Kamuy (2018-)

I am not even close to finishing this series but so far I am really enjoying it; I think the main cast of characters are so pleasant and interesting, and I don’t know how factually accurate this show is but I really liked learning more about the culture of the Ainu people. A really great historical comedy adventure show.

Vinland Saga (2019-)

I’ve already made a few posts about this show on this blog and it honestly might be creeping onto my favorites list. Vinland Saga is a beautiful story about revenge, family, war, tragedy, life, and a million other things in between. If you’re put off by the historical setting I urge you to look past it, because the fact that this show is about vikings is the least interesting thing about it. Highly recommend if you like drama anime.

Anyway, as usual thanks for another year of following me and reading my reviews. :) I love when people add to the discussions on my posts or dm me for anime recommendations, so please keep that up if you enjoy my blog.

Thanks for reading,

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