Day: October 29, 2018

For the past few prompts I’ve lamented the fact that I seem unable to provide straightforward answers to what I’m positive were created to be very straightforward questions. Since I’ve been using them not for their intended purpose, but more as ways to jump-start my writing again after a few days of writers’ block, once I start typing up an answer it tends to un-cork all sorts of complicated feelings about my own anime fandom and they ways in which I interact with the medium that I love. This prompt, however, feels a little less heavy; maybe it’s because asking about things that haven’t been done yet opens up a new world of possibilities for the person answering the question, rather than drumming up old, complicated feelings from the past.

As an anime fan who watches an above-average (but no longer obscene) amount of anime every season, I’ve made some peace with the fact that there are always anime series that seem to fall through the cracks. Maybe the series got mediocre initial reviews and was generally overlooked, only to reveal itself as interesting later on. Maybe it was released on an odd schedule (for example – everything on Netflix). Maybe it just appeared as an also-ran in an anime season that was already full of great things to watch. Whatever the reason, I constantly have a sense that I’m missing out on watching things that I might like, or not giving series enough of a chance to “prove themselves” before I move on to something that better suits my tastes. It’s tough to always second-guess my fandom choices and I haven’t found a good (and time-respectful way) to quash that feeling completely.