Speaking of the smut, I also looked at the dark elf one and the android one. Dark elf: binned. Android: on the chopping block.

Just to elaborate on the dark elf show... the "male" protag is this androgynous child that she's drooling over... I just don't buy your premise. There is no eroticism to be had here.

I'm just gonna go through my picks again and give a brief assessment:

Lazarus: Don't think I lasted five minutes. Nope.

My Hero Vigilantes: Mostly enjoyed this, but didn't like how the one female character was immediately relegated to damsel status. Maybe she was faking it for some reason to be revealed later?

Aharen: Still adorable.

Witch Watch: This was pretty good. Forgot what a derp Nico is early on. Her character definitely improves as the story moves forward.

Loser Ranger: Haven't watched yet.

Kowloon Generic Romance: So far, so good. Was honestly shocked by the amount of goon appeal, though.

GQuuuuuuX: Love.

How to become Ordinary: I hate how the protags are estranged, but I'm still enraptured by this show.

Rock Lady: Surprised by how ugly the animation was on this one. And then they switch to even uglier CG models anytime they play their instruments. No thanks.

Apocalypse Hotel: This one has big Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou vibes for me, but it might end up being a little twee for my tastes.

Anne don't call me Shirley: This was okay. I like how the backgrounds are all these dreamlike paintings.

Yaiba: The action in this one is way too fluid. I'm just waiting for it to fall off, because I can't see them maintaining that quality throughout the entire run.

Guilty Gear: Embarrassing trash. Fucking dogshit.

Dinner Table Detective: Another one that looks nice, but it's a damn detective show. Ugh. | Update: Dropped after E02

Mononoke Lecture Logs: Looks cheap. Gave up almost immediately.

Alien MuMu: As soon as the girl started explaining in detail how microwaves operate, I checked out.

Moonrise: First episode was okay. It's all there on Netflix, so I'll probably chell it out every now and then.

Sorry if there are repeats of stuff that's already been discussed in this thread, I'm just doing this to remind myself of which shows might interest me.


This is seemingly being positioned as some kind of spiritual successor to Cowboy Bebop. I think it's an absolute oversight to invite that comparison, because they're only setting themselves up for miserable failure.


I really don't care for My Hero Academia outside of the basic premise, and I know next to nothing about this spin-off, so I figured I'd at least give it a shot.


Really enjoyed the first season of this.


Been reading the manga of this since it debuted. It's a little hit or miss, but when it hits it can be hilarious.


First season of this was such a mess, but my morbid curiosity is dragging me back to it.


This one, I just really like the setting / character art. That's it.


Gundam with cutesy character designs. I'll bite.


LOOOOOOVED the first season of this. So, so pretty.


This one you brought to my attention.


Another one with a bonkers premise. I typically like anime when it leans bizarre.


A new Anne of Green Gables anime in 2025? Sign me up.


This one caught me off guard. Never knew the Detective Conan author had a samurai series. I like how we're starting to see more stuff that's very clearly milking nostalgia for anime from the late '80s / early '90s.


I honestly think this looks fucking awful, but I'm marginally interested in the Guilty Gear universe, so I'll try to suffer through it as much as possible.


This one, the relationship between the male and female leads intrigued me.


I don't even know. Just something about it.


Alien cat. Good enough.


Not sure why I added this one.

That's a lot. I'm hoping most of it sloughs off after an episode or two.

Ah. I think I've told you before that I watch stuff sped up. There are very few things I'll actually view at 1.0x. Most of the time it's 1.5x. Kaiji and Akagi I did at 2.0x. Definitely preferred Kaiji, as all the various gambling in that is more of a general knowledge kind of thing. Akagi is all mahjong all the time, and it goes hard on that shit. I always just had to take their word for it that the draws they were making and the hands they were playing were a big deal, because I don't fucking know.

I think I mostly watched for the character art/facial expressions. There's really not a lot like it.

And then recently I found out that a villain from Kaiji got his own spin-off series, so I'll be checking that out sometime soon.

Xena looking a little Bruce Timm-ish in a couple shots there.

Nona from Pete & Pete passed away. She was only 39. What a world.

Went to The Monkey. I liked it, but... is it supposed to be a horror movie? It's not scary, nor is it upsetting. It's too bizarre and completely unmoored from reality. I would recommend it, but it's just such an unusual thing.

I'm curious about the original short story now.

They'll never stop trying and failing to recapture the magic!