Happy New Year, everyone! As was the case in 2019 and 2020, our first post of the new year is a rundown of Wooper’s favorite short anime from the past twelve months. There were fewer TV shorts in 2021 than in the recent past, but the number of web series increased yet again, marking the … Continue reading In Praise of 2021’s Short Anime
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