Ao no Hako is a great anime:

It didn't take rocket science to calculate that Ao no Hako, a series that actually exists, is better than Summer Pockets, a series which does not actually exist.  Whenever possible my top 200 rankings should be about anime that actually exists.  Honestly I thought I'd conquered the 'non-existent top ranking anime' problem long ago.  But at least now I've conquered it yet again.

If Summer Pockets correctly follows the visual novel it will undoubtedly get ranked as well, but that will happen when the anime actually airs, not a year before it airs.  For now this is Ao no Hako's time to shine.

Ao no Hako is a romance in the setting of a sports gym.  It is not a sports anime with romance.  There's a big difference in what the story focuses on and cares about between these two.  Blue Box always focuses on people's feelings rather than the excitement of the competition.  Which is the correct answer when we're talking about badminton as the sport.  I mean, how exciting can anyone make badminton?

Conveniently this makes for the tenth 'romance' genre franchise in my top anime rankings, a nice round number.  For now Ao no Hako can camp out at #200, until the season ends and I can verify its true worth.

Meanwhile Extreme Hearts finally got a bluray release.  That's always nice, but what I really wanted was a 2nd season. . .

Oshi no Ko got a 3rd season, which was almost assured given how popular the anime is.  (But you never know, just look at Haruhi Suzumiya. . .)  This virtually assures that the anime will cover the manga all the way to the end, because no one would waste time adapting the next arc of the anime if they weren't also going to do the ending.  Once Oshi no Ko adapts the entire story it's going to be a very good anime.  Far above the likes of Ao no Hako.

The latest episode of Hero Academy was fantastic.  Now we all wait on tenterhooks for the final episode of the season and the possible announcement of a season 8.

Another blockbuster week in college football awaits, with #2 Ohio State facing off against #3 Oregon.