Tag: Winter 2020

Life’s been busy lately. In addition to the new anime season, I’ve been attempting to keep up with the Awesome Games Done Quick stream, which has become a wonderful Winter tradition that I look forward to every year. I’ve been a fan of video game speed runs for a long time, ever since discovering TAS (tool-assisted speed run) videos way back in the day. It’s difficult to strike a balance between watching the new anime I’m excited about and experiencing the video game speed run culture I’ve grown to enjoy; in the end, both things are fleeting. Yet, the thing about new anime is that people talk about it on the internet, and there are a lot of spoilers, so sometimes it’s better to spoiler-proof oneself than to worry too much about whether the blindfolded Punch-Out run will be successful.

Now that Winter season premieres have kicked-off, it feels good to be back in the swing of things again. There was quite a bit of real-life stuff that kept me away from my writing over the past couple of months, so the fact that the timing worked out with my availability is a big relief for me. I’m hoping to stay as “on top” of things as possible this season. It’s always been my goal to watch and write about each premier before their second episodes come out. Thus far I haven’t been successful, but I’ve been close a couple of times in the past so I’m hopeful that I’ll achieve the goal someday.

Oh yes, it’s that time again – time for new anime to debut and impress all of us anime fans! Despite forgetting to write about my most anticipated series until the last minute as usual, believe me when I say I’m usually pretty on top of what’s being released; my excitement exists even if that’s not always evident from what’s written here. Now that a couple of series have popped onto their various streaming services, it’s time to dive in and get excited.

Of course, there are just a few book keeping items to get out of the way, especially if you’re a new reader. These impressions are just that – impressions of first episodes, and not meant to be reviews of entire series. That said, I believe anime generally try to put their best foot forward early on, so if there are troubling things present in episode 1 (for me, that generally means overt sexism, racism, gratuitous violence, or other various content markers that tend to indicate stories that I’d find insulting in some way) I certainly want to mention that, and will be less likely to want to watch more of the series. And before anyone says anything about it – yes, I always end up with more than enough series to fill up my time, and don’t consider myself overly picky in any respect.

In any case, on to the new anime!