What Anime are you watching?

I've watched quite a few shows since my last post...

My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Black Summoner, Even Given the Worthless [Appraiser] Class I'm Actually the Strongest, My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's, Cautious Hero, The Water Magician:  These are all Isekai shows, and all mostly the same-ish, with the main guy awakening in a fantasy world with some amazing power.  They're fine, if you enjoy Isekai and fantasy anime, they'll scratch the itch.  I like to surf the web, do DD stuff or build Lego or model kits while watching TV, and these shows are fine for that.  

I was Reincarnated as the Seventh Prince: Still an isekai, just a little more fun than the others.  The main character lacked magical talent in his past life, but is reborn as the seventh prince, allowing him to study magic to his content.  He's completely overpowered, of course.  There was an uncomfortable bit, though, in the first season, to set up a bad joke involving underwear later in the episode.  The second season was better about this kind of stuff, and focused on the action and adventuring.  

Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill:  The main dude is an adult in the Isekai, which is nice to see.  It's mostly a laid-back, slice-of-life show, about cooking for a hungry wolf, and the main guy can order ingredients and equipment from an online grocery site.  This is lots of fun.  

A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai:  This one is mostly obvious from the title. I don't want to spoil it, it had a few interesting twists, and it was refreshing to see an anime comment on a trope like that.

Tales of Wedding Rings:  The High School DxD or Ikki Tousen of Isekai, mashed with Lord of the Rings and Skyrim.  I'm honestly kind of surprised this is on Crunchy Roll. 

Quality Assurance in Another World:  It's a "trapped in the game" show, but but he was hired to QA the game.  Most of the other QA people have gone rogue, and now main dude is setting them straight.  It's an interesting twist on the genre.  

Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway:  If that title scares you off, I can't really blame you.  This show deals with some tough, challenging material.  Yoshida, a 20-something salaryman takes in a runaway high schooler, Sayu,  after finding her on a chilly night.  This is taken seriously, and the show is more of a drama and character study.  Also, Yoshida does nothing inappropriate with Sayu over the course of the series.  I do recommend it, as long as you feel comfortable with some heavy material, such as homelessness, mental health issues and abuse.  

I finally started watching Spice & Wolf the other day. I'm about halfway through right now and am enjoying it so far. I already have three scales (with another on pre-order), a nendo, a plushie, and a couple mugs of Holo despite having never watched it before lol.

On 1/20/2026 at 12:21 PM, Skorpion9x said:

I finally started watching Spice & Wolf the other day. I'm about halfway through right now and am enjoying it so far. I already have three scales (with another on pre-order), a nendo, a plushie, and a couple mugs of Holo despite having never watched it before lol.

I kind of liked this but it wasn't hugely exciting. I don't know if this is an exact remake of the original.

Spy x Family season 3 is really good and I've been enjoying the Loid Forger backstory. Anya doesn't seem to be in it quite so much... maybe she was busy with Frieren.

Today is Frieren Friday of course. And Oshi No Ko season 3 is great as always. I'm taking Kazuha to our first convention of the year, and she wanted to go as Ai Hoshino (angsty version). Kazuha always gets these gigs, since she's the only DD I allow to swap out her eyes.