Wooper: Much of the recent talk around the Star Crossed water cooler has been unusually optimistic. Winter 2021 looks to be a promising season for anime – the best in a couple years, at least. Whether you’re into blockbuster franchises, slice of life sequels, or original projects, there’s something here for everyone to enjoy. In light of this excellent slate of shows, we’re taking on more blogging duties than usual. Writing machine Lenlo is up to four posts per week, and both Aidan and Mario are back to cover personal favorites. Our weekly recap columns will be returning soon, as well, so you can expect a veritable flood of content from us each week. Oh, and our Best of 2020 post is going live in just a few days, as well. We hope you enjoy!
Winter 2021 Lineup
Lenlo: Jujutsu Kaisen, Dr.STONE: Stone Wars, 2.43 Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu, Spice and Wolf (Throwback Thursday)
Mario: Beastars S2, Wonder Egg Priority
Wooper: SK8 the Infinity, Back Arrow Horimiya
Aidan: Re:Zero S2 Part 2
Amun: Weekly Summary duty
Armitage: Studying for entrance exams
FIRST EPISODE AWARDS
(The Death Note Award)
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
(The Kyoukai No Kanata Award)
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
(The Samurai Champloo Award)
SK8 THE INFINITY
(The Gargantia Award)
2.43 VOLLEY-BU
(The Bleach Award)
EX-ARM
(The Hyouka Award)
TENCHI DESIGN-BU
(The Berserk Award)
BEASTARS 2
(The Natsume Book of Friends Award)
NON NON BIYORI 3
(Made in Abyss Award)
YURU CAMP S2
Wait, I don’t get it. Why is Beastars season 2 considered the most disappointing first episode? The comments on it were fairly praising it, so why’s it in there? Just curious.
The two writers who didn’t cover it last week voted it Most Disappointing, then Amun and Mario (both of whom enjoyed it) split their votes between different shows, so Beastars got the majority.
That doesn’t make a lot of sense, I know, but anybody who liked Beastars before already knows whether S2 will be their jam. If you’re curious, the other votes were for Vlad Love (an appropriate nomination, even if it’s not technically a 2021 premiere) and Horimiya.
At first, I was going to make a snide comment last week that none of you bothered to cover that Healer series that was probably going to garner so much discourse on the social medias from just the premise alone, given its shitty premier…. And then I saw the second episode, and good for all of you who didn’t take the bait.
People say EX-ARM is the worst seasonal because it was made by people with absolutely no idea what they are doing. I say its Redo, because these people know what they are doing and they do it anyway.
Honestly, I wish it didn’t exist.