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Better than a 6 a.m. Monday, not as good as a 6 p.m. Friday

Maybe try Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans There's also an older series called Patlabor & She, the Ultimate Weapon (Saikano) on HiDive

Looking into the mirror each morning, my general response is "oh, it's you again"

With the year starting to wind down, what were some of your favorite series? For me: A Place Further than the Universe - a group of Japanese high school girls accompany an expedition to Antarctica. Managed to be funny, heartfelt & encouraging all at the same time. Yuru Camp - SoL series about girls camping in the fall & winter featuring some beautiful scenery from actual locations. Just sit back and smile from OP through ED Megalobox - entertaining underdog story with a vibe similar to Cowboy Bebop, Samuari Champloo and Michiko & Hatchin. Manages to tell it's whole story in a single season Golden Kamuy - treasure hunt adventure filled with violence, deception & a cast of "unique" individuals Planet With - a quirky sci fi adventure with some philosophical musings that tells it's story in a single season Asobi Asobase - the antithesis of the Cute-Girls-Doing-Cute-Things genre. Made me laugh harder and more often than I have in a long time, making me realize I'm not as mature or decent as I like to think Hinomaru Sumo - setting aside the "do you like gladiator movies" bias, an intense sports shonen series with genuinely likable characters Zombie Land Saga - definitely one of the more oddball idol and comedy series out there (think Excel Saga style humor) but still manages to get you emotionally invested in the characters

Up till a couple years ago, my anime viewing was largely of older series because I didn't have an internet connection that could handle streaming and blind buying series on disc was too expensive. Currently it's not unusual for me to try to follow 10 - 12 series as they air, but as a result I have a rather sizable backlog of older series that I would still like to watch as well as some older titles that I've only watched the dub for and would like to check out the original version or rewatch just to see what I think of them now that I'm a bit more varied in what I've seen. Ideally I would like to strike a better balance between the new & the old.

Growing up Hana Barbera was the dominant force in television cartoons as well as stuff like Tom & Jerry, Loony Tunes, Popeye, Rocky & Bullwinke, Groovy Ghoulies, Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, Pink Panther, etc. Later there was stuff like Thundercats, Silver Hawks, G I Joe, Transformers.

Granted I've watched more than 20 new anime series this year, but only about a dozen of them stand out as something special & a number of them were Funimation licenses. Then you look at some of the most anticipated series of the coming year (the new Fruits Basket series, One Punch Man season 2, Mob Psycho season 2, A Certain Scientific Railgun season 3) plus potential new seasons of My Hero Academia & Attack on Titan which are Funimation licenses. Add that to a couple hundred anime series that were already on Hulu when I was a subscriber a couple years ago, and there's potential there for them to become a real factor. And then there's this comment from the article: I don't plan on cancelling my CR premium membership & signing back up with Hulu anytime soon, but I'm definitely interested to see which titles wind up on which sites in the coming year. Hopefully CR can at least pick up some of Sentai's new series.

I haven't been watching a lot cartoon series lately as most of the ones I have some interest in (Steven Universe, Miraculous Ladybug) are currently on hiatus. However, October thru December is the time when I get nostalgic for a lot of the animated holiday specials (Charlie Brown, Garfield, The Grinch, Rudolph). Also there are a number of animated movies that have a seasonal feel to them as well (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Paranorman, The 1977 version of The Hobbit ). And within the past month I checked out a couple Disney/Pixar sequels (Wreck-it Ralph 2, Incredibles 2).

So after ending their partnership with CrunchyRoll, it looks like Funimation is making a deal with Hulu who apparently intend to add 20+ new anime series in the coming year https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-04/funimation-hulu-sign-first-look-streaming-deal-for-new-anime/.140359

I know I'd never heard of it & I'm fairly familiar with obscure titles.

I voted blue, because most other colors there’s at least one shade I don’t like. I can’t remember ever seeing a shade of blue I didn’t like.

Tradewinds Sweet Tea (their Raspberry Iced Tea is great too)

I’m from Ohio, like anime & have a penchant for bad puns/play-on-words (my MAL account is under Ohayotaku)

Probably my favorite “modern” Christmas song

While I do like pasta, pizza is easily my fave

Magic Knight Rayearth is one of my favorite series too (except for the OVA which I pretend doesn't exist). It even beats out Cardcaptor Sakura as my favorite CLAMP series. Hope you find lots to be interested in here.

The full version of the ED from Double Decker: Doug & Kirril anime

I have an affinity for songs from the late 70's through the 90's since those were the days of my youth, but I still hear new songs on the radio I like as well. Some of my favorite groups/artists: ELO, Journey, The Outfield, Phil Collins, Tom Petty, Pat Benatar, Walk the Moon, Imagine Dragons, Gorillaz, Bruno Mars

Decided to give As Miss Beelzebub Likes It another chance since Miss Vampire Who Lives in my Neighborhood & Anima Yell are alright, but not really meeting my weekly need for cuteness. It's actually more entertaining now that there are more characters and I'm getting to like Mullin & Beelzeboobs better now. If you have Netflix & haven't seen it yet, you might try 7 Deadly Sins as it has some similarities to Black Clover

Just finished 7 Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments. My thoughts: Pros: provided some much needed background on the characters & their world the signature vices & virtues are incorporated in interesting ways into the characters' personalities, motives & abilities Escanor, Ban, Diane, Merlyn & King are some of my favorite characters from any series Cons: multiple instances where it felt like something was skipped over (no explanation for WHY certain things happened or what the significance was) repeated recoveries from fatal injuries resulted in most battles feeling anticlimactic attempts at humor fell flat more often than not Gowther, Melodias, Elizabeth & Hawk are some of my least favorite characters of any series Bottom Line: manages to be interesting & entertaining enough to distinguish itself among the multitude of other shonen series, but it's flaws are too numerous & frequent to fully ignore. I would watch another season, but it will most likely be years down the road, especially if Netflix continues to hold the streaming rights.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...series/.140062 Seeing as how it's my all time favorite anime series, I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I think it's one of the few anime series where live action could actually work & having it be a series instead of a movie would mean less need for cutting & pasting to fit a 90 - 120 minute run time. On the other hand live action adaptions don't have a good track record with me & I hope they don't try to make it a Guardians of the Galaxy clone with jazz references instead of 70s/80s ones. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.. Other people's thoughts?