#i promise i watched tv that wasn't anime/live action based on anime this year

[bronanlynch]

started to do a whole 'top 5 things of 2023' post for new years eve, realized that I do not actually have 5 of most types of media, let alone ones that I would put on that sort of list (like. I played five video games total and I'm not sure I would even count dgs 1 & 2 as separate here) and then didn't finish the post yesterday anyway so uh. happy new year here's some stuff from this year (none of them are in any actual order)

top 5 books

water outlaws (s.l. huang)

light from uncommon stars (ryka aoki)

mimicking of known successes (malka older)

some desperate glory (emily tesh)

he who drowned the world (shelley parker-chan)

honorable mention: yuwu (meatbun) (I'm incredibly compelled by the first two volumes but since I haven't read the whole thing yet I can't justify actually giving it a spot)

top 5 movies

rrr

the handmaiden

john wick

ace attorney live action

casablanca

honorable mention: char's counterattack (we did not actually finish it before midnight last night and also I'm trying to not to give in to recency bias but like. truly one of the most movies of all time)

top 5 tv shows

zeta gundam

this is where I realized this was a lost cause, I think most of these would just be gundam

top 5 tv shows (for real this time)

zeta gundam

first gundam

tiger & bunny season 1 (season 2 has its moments and I love the new characters but on a thematic & narrative level it was like. often unconvincing and also uh. made me say "yikes I hate the implications of this" a lot)

one piece live action

witch from mercury

honorable mention: legend of the galactic heroes (which I neither started nor finished this year but I do think abt it constantly and I watched a pretty decent chunk of it)

top 5 fic I posted (originally this was "fic I wrote" and then I realized that some of my best writing from this year is either unfinished or for unreleased zines)

leonie/ingrid taking care of horses together ft. gender (fe3h)

crimson flower claude post-derdriu (fe3h)

claude/lorenz yugioh gx au (fe3h)

dahlia/shih-na flirting abt crime (ace attorney)

yuri/sylvain t4t ft. espionage (fe3h)