I see that Japan is already learning from the great example of my perfect novel and spinning out copycats. This brilliant manga's premise is that a normal guy is lucky enough to have 100 soulmates who will all fall in love with him at first sight, but because they love him so much, if their romantic inclinations towards him are foiled they'll all die of despair. Can he juggle all 100 of his soulmate's happy futures?
Of course, my book secretly beats this premise because Christopher ends up with 101 waifus. But let's not quibble, this is still a great manga that's right down my alley.
I can't wait to meet the remaining 98 soulmates!
Meanwhile, Higurashi No Naku Koru Ni has announced a new anime project. I'm curious to see what else there is to say about this world, I feel like the previous anime already covered it pretty well, but whatever, more Higurashi is always welcome.
I decided to add Magia Record to Madoka's greatness after all, it's just too good to deny.
A lot of anime movies are coming out in 2020 that we'll only get to see in 2021, which is going to make 2020 kind of a wasteland. Perhaps the biggest tragedy is the Sailor Moon Eternal movies which only air in Japan in September. Such a ridiculously long wait! What is taking them so long? The same is true of the Kud Wafter movie meant to finish up Little Busters!
There are only two announced upcoming anime with the potential to break into my anime rankings, Omoi, Omaware, Furi, Furare and Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear. This is a shame because I'd happily replace the bottom 20 shows or so with something better if only something would appear.
If only my anime wishlist were followed and all those shows were green-lit, my top 200 anime rankings would be invincible from top to bottom. Instead we have to scavenge through meager year after meager year with nothing much to show for it.
The idea that we're still struggling to get a full adaption of Fate/Stay Night, Sailor Moon, Full Metal Panic!, Haruhi Suzumiya, Bleach, Negima!, Rewrite, Da Capo, Ranma 1/2, Nanoha Vivid, Rurouni Kenshin, Ryuuou no Oshigoto!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Eromanga Sensei. . .it feels like no matter how popular, famous, or high selling your anime is you still can't get a decent adaption. What hope is there for anybody else if names like these don't merit any respect from the anime industry?
Increasingly, we'll have to turn to original source translations because the anime never happens. But what hope do we have of original source translations when even Fate/kaleid Liner ova's don't get translated months after coming out in Japan? If Kaleid Liner isn't a priority what is? Why hasn't Crest of the Stars blu-ray been subtitled in America? This show is regularly rated in the top 10 of all-time anime, and now there's a blu-ray HD upgrade available for the first time after 20 years of waiting, and no one cares? What? Really?
This is why even now we're stuck on volume 4 of PapaKiki and volume 10 of Haganai. Super famous light novel series, highly acclaimed, still not translated 10 years later.
When the animators don't animate and the translators don't translate all that's left is western movies and television that comes out in English to begin with. Maybe the new Game of Thrones tv series will be good. Or the Marvel television shows. Or the Wonder Woman movie. . .
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