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Top Anime of 2024 (And Year in Review)

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Hello folks, and welcome to the end of another year on this swiftly decaying orb. There’s no sugarcoating it; this has been a year of absolute horrors on the global stage, with my own government doing its best to sanitize a ruthless genocide while the world at large slips further into regressive, reactionary social attitudes and outright fascism. The neoliberal consensus of the early 2010s has broken on the back of capitalism’s increasingly ruthless post-COVID exploitation, and the best message the alleged adults in the room could muster was “things are fine the way they are,” a message that resonated so poorly it sent a narcissistic, buffoonish reality show host back into the most powerful seat in the world.

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Spring 2024 – Week 4 in Review

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Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. It’s been another productive week on my end, as I’ve reduced my outstanding Current Projects to less than a dozen essays and other features, with my article buffer now encompassing more than a month’s worth of drafts. I’ve matched that productivity with a fair portion of off-the-books anime viewing, as we munched through more of Gundam’s supplementary Universal Century projects, as well as anime films both venerable and vestigial. Having watched so many of the early Toei films, I’m now looking to round out my ‘80s animation education, while also likely taking a break from Gundam to watch some other outstanding series; I haven’t quite decided yet, but Nadia, Mononoke, VOTOMS, and Moribito are all high on my list. Anyway, I’ll catch you all up on that when I get to it, but for now let’s break down my latest animated escapades!

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