Crunchyroll Queue Challenge

[alias_sqbr]

I've decided to try to watch one episode of everything in my Crunchyroll Queue, because way too much just sits there unwatched. I don't know if I'm going to succeed, but we'll see! If nothing else maybe this will inspire me to remove some things.

Below the cut: My 54(!) queued shows, and the four I ticked off today.

(Crunchyroll is an anime streaming site whose catalogue varies a little between countries)

So. Here's my current, TRULY RIDICULOUS queue, in its entirety, from top to bottom. The order is mostly just from when I added things. Links are to trailers/openings where I could find them. An asterix means I got partway through Episode 1.

1. Hunter x Hunter: Episode 1
2. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Episode 1
3. Mob Psycho 100: Season 2 Episode 4 (up to date)
4. Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood : Episode 3
5. Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san: Episode 4
6. My Roommate is a Cat: Episode 1*
7. Ace Attorney: Season 2 Episode 3
8. Nodame Cantabile (Drama): Episode 1
9. Tsuritama: Episode 5
10. The Ancient Magus' Bride: Episode 17
11. Gatchaman Crowds: Episode 2
12. Hakuoki Reimeiroku: Episode 11
13. Cells at Work!: Episode 10
14. Amanchu!: Episode 1
15. Golden Kamuy: Episode 1
16. A Place Further Than the Universe: Episode 1*
17. SANRIO BOYS: Episode 9
18. RWBY: Episode 5
19. sweetness & lightning: Episode 10
20. NEW GAME!: Season 2 Episode 3
21. Flying Witch: Episode 9
22. Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens: Episode 2
23. March comes in like a lion: Episode 44 (I skipped to the end to see how it ended haha)
24. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Episode 1
25. Working Buddies!: Episode 1*
26. Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart: Episode 4
27. citrus: Episode 2
28. Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (one-shot)
29. Bodacious Space Pirates: Episode 9 (rewatch)
30. Izetta: The Last Witch: Episode 1*
31. Elegant Yokai Apartment Life: Episode 2
32. HERO(2014): Episode 1
33. Wakakozake: Episode 3
34. Yona of the Dawn: Episode 5
35. ALL OUT!!: Episode 2
36. Kyousougiga: Episode 1*
37. Log Horizon: Episode 1
38. SKET Dance: Episode 1
39. Is the Order a Rabbit?: Episode 11
40. Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san: Episode 5
41. Sailor Moon Crystal: Episode 28 (I skipped ahead)
42. LUPIN THE 3rd PART4: Episode 1
43. Young Black Jack: Episode 1
44. Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches: Episode 3
45. Moyashimon: Episode 1
46. RIN-NE: Episode 2
47. Gintama: Episode 4 (skipped ahead based on advice)
48. Durarara: Season 2 Episode 1
49. Natsume Yujin-cho: Episode 9
50. Time of Eve: Episode 1
51. SHIROBAKO: Episode 3
52. Free!: Season...2? 3? Episode 7
53. Otome Yokai Zakuro: Episode 1
54. Chi's Sweet Home - Chi's New Address: Episode 1*

One motivation is that Cam is away so I need something to keep me distracted. One handicap is that my "p" key is broken, but that's not going to sto me! (pretty much every p in this post is cut and pasted. I have a wireless keyboard I can use instead but I find the laptop one so much more natural I can't be bothered. At least it's not my "e" key this time...)

Hunter x Hunter: Episode 1
This was a lot of fun! Fluffy shonen set in Shonen Fantasy Land, where an optimistic, energetic 12 year old boy sets out to become a Hunter like his Father before him, who he has never met. Shenanigans! Excitement! The power of friendship! *keeps*

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Episode 1
This is very good, still not sure if it's my sort of show but I will definitely watch the next episode. A subtle, interesting drama. It starts in 1970s Japan with a thief who saw a rakugo (traditional Japanese one-man comedy) show by the famous Yakumo while in prison. The moment he gets out of prison the thief begs the crotchety Yakumo to be his teacher. We learn about Yakumo's messy situation with his dead ex-friend whose daughter he is raising, apparently the bulk of the first season is set back in the 40s and 50s when Yakumo and his friend were learning rakugo together. *keeps*

Mob Psycho 100: Surreal, funny, and surprisingly affecting show about a shy teenage boy with psychic powers. The one show I am actually up to date with! It's great :) *keeps*

Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood : Episode 3
This is a VERY SILLY moe show about a cute vampire girl and her cute female human friend who has a massive crush on her that is never going to go anywhere because this is moe. It's sometimes funny and fairly inoffensive but only worth the effort if you like femslashy vampires (and I do) *keeps*

That's enough for now but this was fun! Once I'm done with all...50 shows or whatever up there, I might tackle my AnimeLab and Netflix queues which are also pretty bad. Other posts:

• Shows 5-11
• Shows 12-27
• Shows 28-54

Comments

[flamebyrd]

I loved the Hunter x Hunter manga back in the day! It quickly launches into a pretty standard fighting shounen - without much pretense to anything else, at least for the first few arcs. But I loved the core four characters a lot. (From memory, there's few significant female characters, and something dodgy about a trans character.) There are two HxH anime (plus OAVs), I assume Crunchy Roll has the most recent one (which I haven't seen).

Fun fact: Yoshihiro Togashi, the manga author, is married to Naoko Takeuchi, author of Sailor Moon.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes, moonvoice recently got VERY into it and has been telling me all about it, which is how it got on my queue. That's pretty much exactly what they said when reccing to me :)

[winterbird]

Ahhh you're watching Mob Psycho 100 too! The latest episode (that came out like a few hours ago) was awesome. <3

[alias_sqbr]

OH HEY. watches That was awesome!