I haven't done a post like this in a while, but I thought I'd talk a bit about the stuff I've been watching on a few streaming services lately. I love me a good nerd show or two. Let's see:
1- Comic Book Men -- Ok, there's this side of me that always wanted to open up a comic book store. I wouldn't really know where to start, actually, but I love the home-grown grittiness of a good strip mall comic book store.
About four or five months ago I was clicking through AMC+ and discovered something I didn't even know was a thing -- a whole, dang reality show based on, not only a comic book store, but a comic book store owned by Kevin Smith of Clerks fame. I binged season one and found myself smiling more than I thought I would at the really bad jokes and staged comic book bargaining negotiations (it is a reality show after all).
On Friday, I finished up the last season and watched in awe as the crew was immortalized as Pop Figures, and then it all suddenly ended. Crazy.
I'm so glad I got to watch this series. It let me fulfill that weird comic book store fantasy without any of the actual risk and hardship of running one. Thank you, Kevin Smith, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Mike Zapcic, Ming Chen . . . and even you, Jason Mewes, and (RIP) Rob Bruce.
2- Frieren -- A coworker of mine turned me on to this anime, and it was fantastic. Have you ever been watching something and you just get that cozy warmth vibe while at the same time getting that Dungeons and Dragons fix you so desperately need? If not, watch Frieren.
It's a great show that begins at the end, well for the short-lived humans of the party at least. The elven mage (Frieren) on the other hand, has a few lifetimes left to live if she can survive long enough.
I started watching this one alone and then brought in my kids because I knew they'd love it. By the end of season 2, I had watched it all through a couple of times because I couldn't help myself from watching ahead.
The first two seasons are fully dubbed in English on Netflix, but Season 3 has already begun on Crunchyroll. My guess it isn't dubbed yet (only subbed), but I haven't investigated it enough yet.
3- Wonder Man -- Meanwhile, over on Disney+, the Uber Wife and I stumbled upon this new Marvel series, and binged it all last week.
It was a good one for sure and especially since it brings back that easily forgotten character of The Mandarin and a new-to-us hero of Wonder Man, an actor who happens to have superpowers and can't help himself from blowing up every once in a while.
My official review is that it's easy to watch and too short for its own good.
4- My Hero Academia -- I've been watching this one on and off for several years, ever since my fellow game designer, Andrew Riehm (Of KingsIsle fame), introduced me to a quirky little show about super hero quirks.
Knowing that Friren was on its third season on Crunchyroll was the tipping point, and I got a subscription . . . and while I'm here, I started getting back into the last two seasons of My Hero Academia that I never finished watching.
Remember when I was playing the MMO for a while? Man, good times!
5- Solo Leveling -- I had heard good things about this one and ended up watching the first six episodes tonight. It was pretty cheesy at first, but I think my oldest and I are now into it enough that we'll finish watching what's available to us.
I'm a sucker for a good fantasy anime, and the fact that it treats the whole process as a gacha MMO-like Tower of Fantasy game helps a lot. I'm excited to watch more . . . probably more than I am to finish out the last two seasons of My Hero Academia.
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Anyway, those are the kinds of shows I've been watching when I haven't been catching a local hockey game. If you have any good shows in a similar vein that you'd think I'd like, let me know in the comments.
Happy Dueling!
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