As before I'm collecting here all of mytweeted reactions to the first episodes I've seen (in the order that Isaw them). This is delayed for various reasons.

• Mars Red episode #1: I'm pretty sure I didn't understand all of thatand I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it was definitely differentand interesting because of that. I don't know if it can sustaineverything it's trying to do and hold my interest,

As before I'm collecting here all of mytweeted reactions to the first episodes I've seen (in the order that Isaw them). This entry is delayed for various reasons so I'm throwingin some bonus additional notes.

• Otherside Picnic episode #1: That was okay at what it did but as astand alone work I felt like it lacked some vital spark of engagementamidst the frenzy of weirdness, action, and horror-ish mood. I'm notunbiased though, since I

As before , it's time for my current views on howthis season has shaken out so far, following up on my first episodereactions . At this point I've watched fourepisodes of everything I'm following, which is long enough for showsto establish themselves and usually for my views to stabilize. Aftera drought that kind of started when I abandoned the fall 2019 season , I'm apparently back to watching plenty of anime.

(I have some thoughts on that but I

As before I'm collecting here all of mytweeted reactions to the first episodes I've seen (in the order that Isaw them). Although I was pretty dormant in anime watching for the pasttwo seasons (or longer), this time around I seem to have woken up witha new enthusiasm for watching things.

• Jujutsu Kaisen episode #1: That was a pretty good action show firstepisode, although I probably cheated by reading the first three chaptersof the manga beforehand (that's what

As before I'm collecting here all of mytweeted reactions to the first episodes I've seen (in the order that Isaw them). Well, that's the standard wording, except this time aroundI only watched one premier.

• Deca-Dence episode #1: That was a hell of a ride, and fun as hell toboot. Our heroine is so expressive, I was not expecting how theclimactic weapon worked, the whole setting is fun, and we have severalmysteries set up

As before , it's time for my current views on howthis season has shaken out so far, following up on my first episodereactions . This is rather more delayed thanusual, but I want to write down my impressions so far before these showsend (and how they end changes my impressions of them).

Surprisingly tense but sometimes flawed:

• Gleipnir : This is one part battle show and one part psychologicalhorror and tension; the two parts go together surprisingly well andmake it the most interesting show I

This turns out to be so extensively delayed that I only just noticedthat I'd never written it. So, it's very past time for my traditionallook back at what I watched in the Summer 2019anime season, to follow up on my earlier impressions .Since it's almost a year since I saw these, my impressions are a bitfaded.

• Symphogear XV : This was basically everything I could have reasonablyasked for in a Symphogear show, especially one that basicallywraps up the

It's rather past time for my traditional look back at what I watched in the Winter 2020 animeseason ( after abandoning the fall 2019 season ),to follow up on my earlier impressions . As seemsto be typical these days, this wound up being a season where I didn'twatch very many shows.

Great:

• Magia Record : This sustained its pace and impact pretty muchall through, although it didn't resolve anything; this is justthe first half of a

As before I'm collecting here all of mytweeted reactions to the first episodes I've seen (in the order that Isaw them).

• Listeners episode #1: That was interesting, atmospheric, nicelydirected, and had a good climax with some interesting action. The storyfelt pretty standard and I'm not sure where the show will go next;this was all setup and background. →

• Kakushigoto episode #1: This is beautiful, well made, and reasonablysharply written, but as usual