I haven't read Tokyo Ghoul, but that author's current series Choujin X is one of my favorites.

I'm enjoying Ramparts of Ice so far. It doesn't always look the best, but the story is compelling enough.

Nippon Sangoku looks really, really nice. I'm wondering if they have a bigger than average budget because of Amazon's direct involvement in production.

I tried that Barbarian one and found it very flat. The amount of time they spent dancing around the idea of her entering into an existence of sexual slavery like, "Ooh! Tee hee hee! Maybe...?" was insufferable. Then we cap off the episode with a flashback where she's a generic ojo with all the trappings and I was just done. Won't be back.

I went and watched all the Spring '26 trailers on AniChart, these are the ones that stood out to me, excluding anything I've previously mentioned being interested in.













Now you might be thinking, "What? Is he just gonna watch everything?" But no, there are way, way more shows starting in the next couple of weeks, it's honestly fucked.

Excited!

Went to see Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era last night. What can I even say? It was actually pretty good.

Sorry, it's called Mao.

Jujutsu and Frieren both skipped this week, I'm going into withdrawal.

Saw Scarlet tonight. I'd say I liked it overall, but I'm not at all surprised by the mixed reception it's been getting from critics. Some scenes that were clearly meant to be affecting come off as schmaltzy or just fall flat. And similar to Hosoda's previous film Belle, the CG animation is still very inconsistent, oscillating between truly breathtaking sequences and mediocre video game graphics. Also, there's a quasi-isekai element to the story that I really didn't care for.

If nothing else, watching it has made me want to revisit Hosoda's other stuff. It reminded me that Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island is probably my favorite of all the One Piece movies by a long shot.