Reviewing 2022 to start 2023

Happy New Year Bloggers! Once again, we’ve made it through one calendar year, into another one! I hope your holiday celebrations went well, you got to spend time with your loved ones, and stayed relatively healthy during all this. As always, I can’t wait to see what the blogging community has in store this year.

It’s a fun time since this is my beginning of the year, annual post. I think by now you guys get the gist, so let’s go ahead and dive in!

Drama Watching Goals 2022

• Complete my A-Z Drama Challenge
• Complete my A-Z Movie Challenge

So I am… somewhat exhausted from these challenges. I just barely truly finished the drama challenge before 2023 because I skipped around my list (i.e. skipped the KDramas), which led to a mad dash of watching approximately 41, 50+ minute episodes in less then a week. I’m not saying if this was good or bad on my end, but it was done. The challenges are done. I can return to staring at my PTW list and watching nothing from it like everyone else.

My movie challenge was a lot easier since I finished that back in June, so the pressure has been off for awhile.

Overall, I will do a retrospective on these challenges as their own separate posts with final thoughts, unofficial awards, etc. My short summary is – I am not going to do a challenge like this for ANYTHING for a long-ass time.

Anime and Manga Goals 2022

• Watch one anime from my ‘Plan to Watch List’ that I put on there because of another blogger
• Read and review Swan by by Kiyoko Ariyoshi

I did it! Yay!! So for my first goal, that was Black Magic: M-66. Both Scott from Mechanical Anime Reviews, and Ebisuno of Watching Asia Film Reviews, gave this OVA pretty glowing reviews way back. Also it’s by Masamune Shirow of Ghost in the Shell fame so… a bit of a no brainer? I just kept saving it for reasons, and finally watched it. It’s probably my favorite OVA of last year. So well worth the watch.

As for my second point, I cleared that pretty early on March 12 2022, here! Yay for me! I also managed to cover all the sequels and spin-offs of the series too! (For better or worse) It was an emotional journey, but one that I can say that for now, it’s finished. What a blessing.

With 2022 reviewed and commented on, let’s take a look at what’s in store for 2023-

Drama Watching Goals 2023

• None

I think goals conceptually are a good thing. It adds structure when someone might struggle with it otherwise, or are open ended enough to be achievable easily upon serious reflection. However, after my 2020-2022 drama/movie challenge I think I need a long break of just… watching things to watch them. That doesn’t need to be written down, but should be just experienced I think.

Anime Goal of 2023

• Watch one anime from my ‘Plan to Watch List’ that I put on there because of another blogger

Like I said before, why fix something that isn’t broken? It’s a relatively simple goal, and easy to accomplish. I think I might aim for a series over an OVA or movie. We’ll have to wait and see on this one.

As for why there’s no manga goals – I can’t think of anything and I’m not going to force it. I have titles I’m currently reading, and some on my shelves. Maybe I’ll get some thoughts out, a review or not, maybe I won’t.

And with that… I’m calling this post finished! This is a way less ramble-y version then previous years, but I am doing some minor style experiments with my writing. As always, let me know your thoughts, opinions or your own blogging/media consumption goals for 2023. I’ll see you next post!

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