I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to, like, hear someone say it. Even if they didn’t say it directly.

I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to, like, hear someone say it. Even if they didn’t say it directly.

Anime has been both good and bad since it first started getting made. As I look back on my anime-watching this year, I find this a helpful axiom to recall, along with its associated evidence. That said, it is probably equally true that the particular ways in which anime has been both good and bad over the years have changed.

A few months ago, I told a friend I was getting back into watching seasonal anime. Although it’s something that sounds a bit like a joke, I was serious. After about a year and a half away from the seasonal grind, I finally found the desire to watch things again—and how I was rewarded!
These are the best anime of the summer 2022 season.
