My first thoughts on the Winter 2022 season!
Jan 18, 2023 • Subscribe
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~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: WINTER 2022
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Winter 2022 Anime: Thoughts So Far
We’re now halfway through the winter 2022 season of anime, so I’ll be sharing my thoughts so far on all the shows I’ve been watching.
One Piece, Attack on Titan, BanG Dream!, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICO, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Winter 2022 Anime: Pre-Release Thoughts
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2: It seems that the Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 will be beautifully animated, like all the other seasons.…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – FreakAngels
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 9 Source: Webcomic Episode Summary: 6 years after the apocalypse, Britain’s citizens live out a hardscrabble existence amongst the rubble and ruin. While most…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Junko
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Cue!
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 24 Source: Game Episode Summary: AiRBLUE is a newly-established voice acting agency whose primary claim to fame is that it’s starting from the ground up…
Winter 2022 Anime First Impressions
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Winter 2022 Anime: First Impressions
A new year has arrived, and so too has a new season of anime. With the first episode of each show I wanted to watch now aired, I…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Orient
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: The land of Hinomoto was a peaceful one, until the Oni arrived and began to rule over the human population.…
Winter 2022 First Impressions #1 – Moeronpan
Another year of anime awaits! As for the last years worth of anime, the annual awards post will go up after we’re done with the new season first…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Sabikui Bisco
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: After a disaster destroys Tokyo and turns it into an inhospitable desert, people begin to die from…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Tribe Nine
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Mixed media (also includes a smartphone game and webtoon) Episode Summary: In Neo Tokyo, battles between youth gangs steadily got out of hand…
Winter 2022 First Impressions #2 – Ariana
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Winter 2022 First Impressions #1 – Ariana
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Rusted Armors
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Multimedia project, including a stage play and Manga Episode Summary: As war rages amongst the feudal lords all around them, the expert gunsmiths…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Futsal Boys!!!!!
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Mixed Media Project (including a smartphone game and live-action matches). Episode Summary: Haru Yamato couldn’t have cared less about Futsal, until…
Winter 2022 First Impressions #2 – Moeronpan
Wonky art in the first episode – it’s the anime part of a mixed media project alright!
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Slow Loop
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: When she’s stressed out Hiyori spends her days near the ocean, fly fishing like she learned from her late father.…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Salaryman’s Club
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Mikoto Shiratori is a former high school badminton star whose doubles career was derailed after a traumatic incident during a…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Girls’ Frontline
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Game Episode Summary: After the horrors of World War III, Earth civilization is on the brink of collapse. Due to low population and…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – World’s End Harem
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 11 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Five years ago, Reito went into cryogenic sleep in order to wait out a cure for Cellular Sclerosis, a currently…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Komichi Akebi is looking forward to starting junior high school at her mother’s alma mater, in part because…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Love of Kill
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Chateau Dankworth is a young bounty hunter executing hits on behalf of a larger organization. One day while out on…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Sasaki and Miyano
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Miyano is a male fan of BL manga – a “fudanshi” in the parlance. This is something he generally keeps…
Animecast: Winter 2022 Anime Season First Impressions
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Tokyo 24th Ward
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Note: episode 1 is double-length. Tokyo’s Far Eastern Special Administrative Region, also known as ward 24…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – The Orbital Children
Streaming: Netflix Episodes: 6 (irregular lengths) Source: Original Episode Summary: In a time where space, as everything else, has been filled to the brim with consumerism and advertisement,…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Shenmue the Animation
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 13 Source: Video Game Episode Summary: Ryo is an accomplished student and well-known as a martial artist. The training he received from his father allows…
Winter 2022
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Police in a Pod
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 13 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Kawai is on the verge of quitting her job as a police officer. It was the only civil service position…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Delicious Party Pretty Cure
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: TBA (but these series generally run for a full year or so) Source: Sequel of long-running franchise Episode Summary: Yui Nagomi is an active girl…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – My Dress-Up Darling
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Wakana Gojo lives with his grandfather, a craftsman who creates the Hina dolls used to celebrate the Hinamatsuri…
Winter 2021 Final Thoughts
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Fantasia Sango: Realm of Legends
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Taiwanese RPG Episode Summary: As a nation finds itself on the decline at on the cusp of war, the people find themselves vulnerable…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Requiem of the Rose King
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 24 Source: Manga Episode Summary: The “War of the Roses,” so named because of the family crests of those involved, consumed the houses of Lancaster…
Winter 2022 First Impressions – In the Land of Leadale
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: A certain woman on life support loses her life when a blackout causes the power to fail. Yet she…
Winter 2022 2
War-torn street to begin Girl’s Frontline. We start the second installment with Dolls’ Frontline, in a future world where we got another world war, but this one was…
Winter 2022 3
Kaijin Kaihatsubu starts with a fearsome-looking demon general coming through a door. Ever wonder where those monsters that the Kamen-type guys fight come from? Kaijin Kaihatsubu no Kuroitsu-san…
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Winter 2022 1
Looking over the previews at Random Curiosity, where I get most of my information, I didn’t see a single show I was excited about. I’m going to do…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Tales of Luminaria: The Fateful Crossroad
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 2 Source: Smartphone Game Episode Summary: The Empire has enjoyed the benefit of a device called the Piliar, which draws forth mana from…
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Winter 2022 Anime Awards
The winter season of anime is over for 2022, so once again time for me to look back and share some of my favourite stuff from them. The…
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That Winter 2022 Schedule
It’s 2022! And I’m waaay too late for this.
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Ongoing / Sequels: Arifureta, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 (ridiculous), Demon Slayer, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Lupin the Third, Platinum End, Princess Connect!…
Attack on Titan, Platinum End, Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Ranking of Kings, Teasing Master Takagi-san