It’s that time again – time to look ahead at the wonderful potential of the season to come. Once again the Northern Hemisphere, and specifically my part of the United States, is entering into a snowy deep-freeze. While there’s little reason to brave the outdoors (unless you like skiing, ice-fishing, sledding, or skating… which I don’t), it’s a great time to stay in the house under a blanket, watching all the wonderful animated content that Japan has to offer.
As usual, I want to be clear in stating that this is just a preview; aside from sequels or anime for which I’ve experienced the source material, I don’t have much to base my opinions on other that my sense for what I might personally like. I’m usually disappointed by a few of my picks, and there are often several anime that fly completely under my radar, but which later turn out to be favorites. Much like the week between Christmas and New Year’s, the time between anticipating new anime and finding out about its reality is a magical time of being suspended in a state of perpetual possibilities. Whether it pans out exactly as anticipated is probably not even that important, to be honest.
Note: As with my previous posts on this subject, I’m using the Western (English) titles when possible, though those sometimes don’t solidify until after simulcasts are announced.