Coming soon, I’ll be releasing a new review format in addition to the regular reviews. This new format will be a quick thoughts/quick review style for anime where I don’t have much to say. An issue I’ve had and contributing factor to delays in recent reviews is struggling to find enough to write on some reader requests. Rather than drop the series, as I want to cover all requests, some will be in this format starting next week.

Sometimes a series is so similar to another I have already reviewed, where it would repeat many of the same criticisms, or it isn’t a series with much to analyse – some of my early reviews would fit this criteria. This format also allows for a few words on anime I drop – why I dropped it and whether I still recommend it or not. I will have several anime together, a few paragraphs for each. It’ll be flexible, saying as much or as little as I feel. There could be weeks with no need for such a write up, while I may need several in sequence at other times. Flexible.

Furthermore, I want to write more on currently airing anime while still relevant. I’ll use this format to round up some first impressions of what catches my eye, whether positive or negative, and note what I’ll continue. And at the season’s end, I’ll do a full review of the most interesting titles – again, both good and bad. I’ll start with these next season and knockout a few quick reviews off the backlog in the meantime.

Speaking of the backlog, it’s time for an update. The big change is the completion of Naruto: Shippuden, finally, alongside over 30 other reviews. However, reader requests and new releases have added quite a lot to the list (additional review format will help here). No, haven’t started One Piece yet.

The current backlog in rough alphabetical order (series flagged red are long):

New additions since last time:

1. Attack on Titan season 3 (watched)
2. Babylon
3. Beastars
4. Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo
5. Cromartie High School
6. Dororo
7. Dr Stone
8. Fairy Tail
9. Grand Blue (watched)
10. Hanebado
11. Hyouge Mono
12. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken
13. Love Tyrant
14. Mob Psycho 100 II
15. Orphen (new one)
16. Promised Neverland
17. Pupa
18. Snow White with the Red Hair
19. Vinland Saga
20. Weathering With You
21. W’z (very important)
22. Yona of the Dawn
23. Yuri on Ice

Previous entries:

24. Baby Steps
25. Beast Slayer Erin
26. Big Order TV
27. Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
28. Den-noh Coil
29. Galaxy Express 999
30. Garzey’s Wing
31. Ghost in the Shell 2
32. Ghost in the Shell Arise
33. Ghost Stories
34. Gintama
35. Glasslip
36. Gundam Thunderbolt
37. Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
38. Gundam: The 08th MS Team
39. Haikyuu Season 3 (only if enjoying it)
40. Harlock / Cosmo Warrior Zero / Endless Orbit SSX / Harlock Saga / Space Pirate / Battleship Yamato (finish one or more, depending on enjoyment)
41. Hikaru no Go
42. JoJo sequels (only if enjoying it)
43. Katanagatari
44. K-ON
45. Last 5 Ghibli movies
46. Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaidens
47. Lovely Complex
48. Macross franchise (finish one or more, depending on enjoyment)
49. Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
50. Monogatari sequels (only if enjoying it)
51. Mononoke
52. Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit
53. One Piece ?
54. Penguindrum
55. Princess Tutu
56. Qwaser of Stigmata
57. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
58. School Days
59. Slam Dunk
60. Space Brothers
61. Striking Daughter
62. Time of Eve
63. Turn A Gundam
64. Yu Yu Hakusho
65. Various shorts and films

The following are anime I’ve completed (or nearly), but not published the reviews yet:

• Cells at Work
• Cross Game / Ace of Diamond / Major (big review in the works)
• Ef – A Tale of Memories
• Evangelion Rebuild (pending final film)
• Golden Time
• House of Five Leaves
• My Hero Academia (ongoing)
• Persona 4 the Animation
• Pet Girl of Sakurasou
• Sailor Moon (waiting on final season remaster)
• Silver Spoon
• Texhnolyze
• Utawarerumono
• Xam’d: Lost Memories
• Yowamushi Pedal