Few anime fans force themselves to watch regularly unless they write reviews for money. But I asked myself last year: what else can I do to enjoy and enrich my life?
Watch one anime cour a week. And I did it!
Here’s what I watched so you don’t have to. Scores with a ★ deserve your attention.
My Criteria:
- On my “Plan to Watch” list.
- Ideally a title that should be hyped but isn’t.
- Prioritize titles my partner doesn’t want to watch together.
- Partial credit for an intermittent group watch has an asterisk.
Entry | Finished | Title | Notes | Score | Format | Length |
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1 2 | 01-04-24 | Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits | Fluffy and fun | 7 | TV | 26 |
3 | 01-06-24 | Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season – Kanketsu-hen Attack on Titan: Final Season – The Final Chapters | Ugh yesss its over | 6 | TV | 16 |
4 5 | 01-24-24 | Haikyuu!! | Sports! | 7 | TV | 25 |
6 7 | 02-04-24 | Haikyuu!! Second Season | Sports Pt 2: now I get the hype! | 8 | TV | 25 |
8 | 02-04-24 | Haikyuu!! Karasuno Koukou vs. Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou | Big Sports Feels, the anime! | 9 ★ | TV | 10 |
9 | 02-05-24 | Aggressive Retsuko (ONA) 5th Season | Satisfactory ending for a show that got too real. | 7 | ONA | 10 |
10 | 02-10-24 | Haikyuu!! To the Top | These are starting to blend into each other. | 8 | TV | 13 |
11 | 02-11-24 | Haikyuu!! To the Top Part 2 | More of the same. | 8 | TV | 12 |
12 | 03-01-24 | Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! Tomo-chan Is a Girl! | Fine romance story, fluffy and cute. | 8 | TV | 13 |
13 | 03-05-24 | Buddy Daddies | Three Men and a Baby + John Wick? Complete story? BUDDY DADDIES! | 9 ★ | TV | 12 |
14 | 03-23-24 | Great Teacher Onizuka | When are they remaking this? Disappointing. | 6 | TV | 43* |
15 | 04-01-24 | Fukigen na Mononokean The Morose Mononokean | Shallow. Knockoff Natsume’s Book of Friends. | 6 | TV | 13 |
16 | 04-03-24 | Spy x Family Season 2 | More of the same. | 7 | TV | 12 |
17 | 04-06-24 | Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki The Morose Mononokean II | More of the same. | 6 | TV | 13 |
18 | 04-06-24 | Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Brave Bang Bravern! | Top Gun meets Pacific Rim. Especially the volleyball scene. | 9 ★ | TV | 12 |
19 | 04-19-24 | Spy x Family Movie: Code: White | More of the same. | 7 | Movie | 1 |
20 | 04-21-24 | Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo. O Maidens in Your Savage Season | Not as degenerate as Ep 1 wants you to believe. Good production. | 8 | TV | 12 |
21 | 04-22-24 | Kingdom 5th Season | Short but great continuation of S3 & S4. | 7 | TV | 13 |
22 | 04-22-24 | Yubisaki to Renren A Sign of Affection | Romance that grew on me. Impossibly beautiful sign language animation. | 8 ★ | TV | 12 |
23 24 | 05-06-24 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto The Apothecary Diaries | Sherlock Holmes of the Ming dynasty. I binged the manga immediately. | 9 ★ | TV | 24 |
25 | 05-08-24 | Bungou Stray Dogs: Hitori Ayumu | Good self-contained story with consequences. | 8 | OVA | 1 |
26 | 05-08-24 | Bungou Stray Dogs Wan! | Lousy. | 5 | TV | 12 |
27 | 05-12-24 | Seishun Buta Yarou wa Odekake Sister no Yume wo Minai Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out | Guilty pleasure. No one talks like this, but the Rascal series is engrossing. | 7 | Movie | 1 |
28 29 | 06-11-24 | Vinland Saga Season 2 | Unlike any anime you’ve watched before. Hard to believe this is S2 after S1. | 9 ★ | TV | 24 |
30 31 | 06-15-24 | Dungeon Meshi Delicious in Dungeon | Excellent! D&D vibes, enjoyable world, lovable characters, top-notch Trigger. | 8 ★ | TV | 24 |
32 | 06-21-24 | Yuru Camp△ Season 3 | Feel good. More of the same. | 7 | TV | 12 |
33 34 | 06-28-24 | Lovely★Complex | Liked it more than I thought, despite it being a romance. | 7 | TV | 24 |
35 | 07-01-24 | Kaijuu 8-gou Kaiju No. 8 | HYPE, great for entry-level viewers. | 9 ★ | TV | 12 |
36 | 07-08-24 | Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 3 KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 | Satisfactory. | 7 | TV | 11 |
37 | 07-19-24 | Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill | Goofy guilt watch. Zero substance. Why are these titles so long? | 6 | TV | 12 |
38 | 07-26-24 | RobiHachi | Way more depth than trailer let on. Weird brainless journey, absolutely true to itself. | 8 ★ | TV | 12 |
39 40 | 08-15-24 | Seirei no Moribito Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit | Characters and world fully realized. Satisfactory conclusion. Badass female! | 8 ★ | TV | 26 |
41 42 | 09-09-24 | Chrno Crusade | Interesting premise completely botched. | 5 | TV | 24 |
43 | 09-09-24 | Chrno Crusade: Az demo Wakaru Chrno Crusade Kouza | Worthless waste of time. | 4 | Special | 11 |
44 45 | 09-16-24 | Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World | I have a thing for isekai food shows, okay? | 7 | ONA | 24 |
46 | 10-05-24 | Saraiya Goyou House of Five Leaves | Intriguing, moody, slow. Could use a modern reboot. | 7 | TV | 12 |
47 | 10-09-24 | Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon My Happy Marriage | Fluffy and I cried a little. Also… magic??? | 7 | TV | 12 |
48 | 10-26-24 | Natsume Yuujinchou Shi Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 4 | Repetitive, but always a good watch. Get some more backstory. | 8 | TV | 13 |
49 | 10-26-24 | Natsume Yuujinchou: Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai Natsume’s Book of Friends: Nyanko-Sensei and the First Errand | Very repetitive, doesn’t add much. | 6 | Special | 1 |
50 | 11-18-24 | Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror | Anthology; Stories 1 & 2 are very weak. Third story Mononoke earns its subsequent adaptation and movies. | 7 | TV | 11 |
51 | 12-12-24 | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Beautiful, heartbreaking. A little overproduced. | 8 | ONA | 10 |
52 | 12-14-24 | Joshikousei no Mudazukai Wasteful Days of High School Girls | Guilty watch. Knockoff Daily Lives of High School Boys, nothing to do with it. | 7 | TV | 12 |
53 | 12-23-24 | Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer | Wanted more out of this premise, but it didn’t deliver. | 6 | TV | 12 |
54 | 12-25-24 | Girls Band Cry | Repetitive plot. Very endearing execution of 3D characters and movement. | 7 | TV | 13 |
55 | 12-28-24 | Dandadan | Undisputed best anime! Visual eye candy, breakneck speed, sci-fi meet cute. | 9 ★ | TV | 12 |