Last one I promise.
Sarting with "Shenmue the Animation". This show is pretty great. Its only 9 episodes in so far but it looks like it will cover all of the first 2 games. I had first wondered if they were going to cover the lost chapter when Hazuki was on the boat going to China that was left out of the second game. I also felt the rushed through the events of the first game fairly quickly. However, I did enjoy the things they did include in the story so far.
I have played this game a lot over the years. I am so happy that it has finally made it as an anime. I would of course love it if they finished the game series as well, but this is fine too. The Winter anime website has it listed as a 13-episode series which should end it right where the second Game ends.
Another fairly good anime is "Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja". It's actually a fantasy series even though it has some isekai tropes in it. You follow the MC as he uses a powerful reincarnation technique in order to acquire greater skills in his next life. He awakens almost 1000 yrs. later and demons have convinced humans that the best skills are the worst skills in order to take over. The MC uses his vast knowledge from his previous life to set current day humans on the path to become better mages.
It does of course have all the usual tropes. Harem, school life, etc. Actually, it's a lot like "Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatar" the main girl even reminds me of the belt goddess from the other series. Anyway, they are both good so it's fine.
I'll end my winter anime rant with "Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Part 2". This anime follows a summoned MC who is tasked with becoming the king. He quickly uses his rational and advanced knowledge to help save the kingdom. Another harem Isekai, but I'm sure by now you know those are some of my favorites. This particular anime however starts both slow and uneventful. It actually takes a few episodes before the things he does start to make any headway in saving the kingdom.
I do however like a lot of the Harem candidates in this show. and in this type of thing that's all that really matters anyway. So, if you're not sic of isekai yet I recommend watching this. At least give it a few more episodes than you might normally give something before dropping it entirely.
Well, I don't really have much more to talk about anime from this season. Of course, I was keeping up with my Conan episodes. I did feel like they had a lot less episodes this season. I know when they start getting to close to the manga they have to slow down on the anime releases. Since they stopped doing filler about 10 years ago. It does look like they will be airing the Zero/Burbon spin off series during the spring. I wonder if that is considered its own thing or will they use it to fill Conan time slots like they have been with the police Acadamy arc.
