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Running behind on getting this out, but as usual at this part of year, my “season switchover” is running behind too.

Apocalypse Hotel — We finished the rewatch/show to the guys a little bit ago. Baron and Dave enjoyed it a lot, and it’s a remarkable series that can remain itself while occasionally visiting completely different anime genres.

The Owl House — We’re now over halfway through second season and things have gotten more complex. We have a lot of secondary motivations from secondary characters that are becoming more important. I also found the main episode with Luz’ mother very interesting, and hope we see more in that soonish.

MHA: Vigilanties — A bit late, we got to watching the My Hero spinoff. It was a very good self-contained story, with some nice twists set up early that pay off towards the end. I definitely recommend it.

My Hero Academia — And we’ve started the final season of MHA, but we’re still mid-way though it. I often don’t appreciate stories that turn up the power level too high, and that is true here. Now, it is good, and there’s a lot to be said for the conclusion we’re headed for, but the off-the-charts power level does irk me.

Kipo In the Age of Wonderbeasts — Smudge and I started watching this a bit ago, and we’re now in the middle of second season. It’s surprisingly good, though there’s a few unanswered questions, like what exactly caused all the mutated animals in the first place. However, other things are getting answered, and it’s obvious we’ll get to this at some point. Kipo herself is a great main character, full of energy and a desire to go see everything about her.

Wakfu — We’re now about halfway through the fourth season, now that we can just watch it on YouTube (no thanks to Netflix). As ever, well done, Yugo has gotten an age-up that has been kind of promised for a bit. However, see my comments on My Hero above about power levels. New threat, new power source, etc. I mean, yes, it is dangerous, but that’s a worn trope as well. Thankfully, the writing is there, and as it gets past a somewhat long establishing section, the writing is still carrying it well.

She-Ra — Unfortunately, this is getting pulled from Netflix in under a month (apparently more the studio going under than anything else), so Smudge and I tried it out. It has been good, and is miles ahead of the original. We’re currently in the middle of season two, and it has its problems, but overall has some very good characters, and the ‘sides’ aren’t as clear-cut as normal, with some well done characters with the villains. Sadly, even hurrying through it, we probably won’t get through season three, much less five.

Ranma 1/2 — I can’t shake the feeling that second season skipped things purely to get to Ukyo as fast as possible. It’s good that they included the classic school play/Romeo & Juliet story, but there was no reason to reshuffle it to near the end. Also, they started by skipping Ryoga getting the breaking point, and tended to just use him as a random guest appearance. On the other hand, the insanely fast pacing they’re going for reduced the main Happosai story to one episode.

Blood Blockade Battlefront — Smudge talked the guys into watching this, and we’re just before the end of first season. Dave has been unsure, but seems to have warmed up to it as the main story takes over and major character threads tie in nicely. I remember going through the same process myself the first time. The early going is pretty rough, with just enough sympathy for Leo to keep you going. The overall story though is very good, and makes the series well worthwhile.

Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express — We recently went through this in a couple weeks as it’s a bunch of very short episodes. The original Milky☆Highway short is good, but this has time for a few more characters, though the action is just as ridiculous. It’s a bit faster paced (visually) than I really like, and being short keeps it from outstaying its welcome.

Pokemon: Horizons — We’re now into part 3 of Search for Laqua, and we’ve technically been on main plot for the last few months with the Brave Olivine repaired. However, we’re still not seeing nearly as much of the adult cast, and that does hurt the show.

Dr Stone — Okay, new world and Amazon showdown. As usual, I have a lot of problems with what’s going on, but they’re part of the younger shonen audience aims. The later part with the final showdown and revival from scratch was well done, though I’m having problems believing the healing properties of the petrification can handle the amount of physical trauma some of the characters were subjected to. (This did open the door to a really big long-term question, so its not entirely uncalled for.)