Getting a bit of a late start, most shows are already up to 4 episodes out.

First up: Majo no Tabitabi. As a little girl, Elaina read a story book about a witch who traveled the world and had adventures. She was so inspired, she decided to become a witch and do the same, and at 14, had passed the exam to become an apprentice. Yet none of the local witches would take her on. Eventually she found a strange foreign witch in the woods who would, although it was quite discouraging at first. But she passed her apprenticeship after a year, and then began her travels. By the second episode, we join her three years into her journeys. At least in the beginning, they tend to be episodic stories, often with a dark twist. Will a longer plot emerge towards the end? I don't know.

A lot of the ideas may be standard tropes, but they are told very well, and the animation is lush.

DanMachi season 3 (Haven't started watching yet)

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko (Gonna take a flyer on this one). Our Hero is Isekai'ed in the most humiliating manner possible. The gods tell him he died sneezing in his sleep, dislodging his pillow, and hitting his head hard enough to cause a brain bleed. But just as well, as he was living alone and working for a hellish black company.  But this is a kid show. Like, imagine Pokemon without Team Rocket. There is no identifiable bad guy. Also, the gods transplanted him in easy mode, unlocking all types of magic for him (The only consequence is that if one becomes a jack of all trades, you become a master of none). And he gets a fresh 8 year old body. He lives in the woods for 3 years, developing absolute mastery over slimes (And in fact, evolving 2 new breeds never before seen.). Eventually he runs across some of the Duke's guardsmen in the woods, and one is injured. He saves him with medicinal potions he's been whipping up on the side, and eventually they save him from his hermitage by introducing him to the Duke and his cute daughter. Then he checks in with the adventurer's guild and gets really easy, but high-paying jobs that are perfectly suited for his new slimes. (One eats trash, and the other cleans and sterilizes). Four episodes in and everything is still going his way, and everyone is amazed by him. I only watched it because the OP promised a cat-girl, and there is (And a dog-girl and a tiger-girl) but no, this show is WAY below my age range.

Strike Witches: Road to Berlin (Maybe, I've skipped a few seasons)

Gebäude Bäude (Last season of Fireball, no episodes out yet, and I dislike the design on the image they have up).

Munou na Nana (Late add) Take My Hero Academia and turn it on its head. Make it Sinister. Kids with superpowers are a danger to the world. Send them off to an island to give them "training" to fight for humanity, and then send some agent with no powers there to pick them off, one by one. But by the third episode, it's clear there is competition....

Posted by: Mauser at November 18, 2020 08:22 PM (Ix1l6)

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I'm stunned. I was looking through an old email file, and saw that back in 2009 a friend (perhaps former, he hasn't talked to me in ages) e-mailed me the torrent file for Rideback. On a whim, I double clicked it and uTorrent not only opened it, but damned if it didn't start downloading! And it was done in no time. Back in 2009 I think I was still on dial-up, and it took DAYS to complete the torrent, and the machine I had at the time couldn't really handle even playing 720p. I did burn the series to DVD (As Data, not rendered). And my next machine was able to play it.

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So in the last week, I watched all the episodes of Martian Successor Nadesico on Youtube. I was curious after someone mentioned it was free, but also because I have a Dojinshi about it I picked up decades ago by Dan Kanemitsu, who turns out to have been the translator for the anime.

At the end of it, YouTube presented me with other shows on the "Nozomient" channel. And since a certain Duck is very enamored of Aria, I figured I'd try that next.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at October 06, 2020 07:04 PM (LZ7Bg)

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