Binged on Frieren. I really like the more subdued style of storytelling than the usual over-the-top style that animes usually are. This is why it’s hard for me to try shonen animes again (unlike it’s Hunter X Hunter, HXH will always be in my heart)
Nice to emphasise the difference of perception of time between an Elf and others. I like that
i swear down, yeah, she’s gonna go through all these adventures to reminisce only to realised that shes married to Himmel this whole time 
Yeah, nice premise, but I hate the ways they infantilise Frieren and contradict things.
I was just watching a TV news story about a new animated Middle Earth film, telling a story preceding the LOTR trilogy.
Reporters, repeatedly: “There’s never been an animated film in the LOTR franchise before!”
Me: “You mean apart from the animated film of LOTR?”
I mean… I know it’s not very well regarded, and was only half of the story; but it certainly exists.
GASP I will not stand for this ignoring of Ralph Bakshi!
There’s also the Rankin & Bass version of Return of the KIng.
Huh, why are the IMDB previews coming up in German?
If anyone fancies an intersting watch about the Ralph Bakshi film:
Because the server fetches them itself, and the server is in Germany, so IMDb sees a German IP address as the source of the query.
I infiltrated IMDB
I binged on Apothecary Diaries on crunchyroll this week. It’s just 24 episodes of 20 minutes each. Lots of gratuitious female assets but that was to be expected when there are courtesans and concubines… … I really enjoyed the snarky apothecary, her poison addiction and the way her looks can make sparkle guy’s charm go away 
I also liked how most of the mysteries tied together. Another season is announced for next year, I think I’ll watch that, too. It’s definitely on the light-weight side, perfect for binging quickly.
We are also almost finished with the Alabsta ark of One Piece and will then take a bit of a break to explore some more of the watchlist we created.
I watched Black Doves on Netflix and it is a very silly, pulpy London spy / crime series that was a lot of fun (by the guy who did the amazing Haji/Giri).
Then I watched Interior Chinatown on Disney+ (or Hulu for those who have Hulu) and it’s genius. In the running for best show of the year. Absolutely loved it, watch the first two episodes and see what you think.
We watched the first series of Ludwig, a detective drama/farce starring David Mitchell as a puzzle designer investigating his police detective twin brother’s disappearance by secretly taking his place – and getting regularly distracted by all the murders that his new police colleagues expect him to investigate.
It’s fun! The case solving does lean rather heavily on the murderer confessing, but that doesn’t spoil the enjoyment.
Jonathan Creek is an obvious comparison in a number of ways, and while the puzzles here seem less robust to me, I think that if you enjoyed that then you ought to give this a go.