Hey guys, it's me again. I have been posting articles on manga and Manhwa and i have not talked about any animes so, I'll be talking on animes and as you read this article i hope you'll check them out (if you have not seen any of them that is).

Looking out at the year ahead in anime, 2022 will be a big year, full of highly anticipated new projects, the long-awaited return of dormant series, and whatever fun surprises that pop up in between.  I'll be updating them as new animes get released...so stay tuned

1. Ranking of kings

Release date: January 6
Director: Yōsuke Hatta, Makoto Fuchigami
Animation production: Wit Studio

Like some of the most lasting fairytales, its storybook appearance disguises a hidden darkness to it, and once Ranking of Kings peels back that first layer, it only continues to reveal more and more. Like the young protagonist Bojji, every single character is much more than they first appear, all treated with a fascinating multi-dimensionality which each new episode views from a new angle. Queen Hiling and Bojji’s antagonistic brother Daida’s severe appearances disguise a much more sensitive soul, the seemingly shady “master of snakes” Bebin turns out to be steadfast in his loyalty. As Bojji continues to discover his unique strengths, the story has begun to focus in on various mysteries surrounding the “return” of Bojji’s deceased father, Bosse, and the Magic Mirror that manipulates proceedings in the kingdom from the shadows. Not only is Ranking of King’s characterization so delightfully complex, but its animation is uniformly outstanding. The aforementioned storybook art style immediately sets it apart from its peers, though it contains a little Akira Toriyama in its DNA in its outstanding fight scenes and cartoonish, perhaps Dragon Quest-ish art direction. In a continuation of the show’s story being full of surprises, the animation even swerves into psychedelia as one of its characters essentially enters the equivalent of the Sunken Place from Get Out. 

Where to watch: Funimation

2. The Orbital Children

Release date: January 28

Director: Matsuo Iso

Animation production: Production +h

After nearly 15 years since his last original anime, Dennou Coil director Mitsuo Iso returns with The Orbital Children, a six-episode anime (released in Japan as two feature-length films) following the story of five children stranded aboard a commercial space station on the brink of a cataclysmic disaster. Through a dizzying tapestry of rich worldbuilding brought to life through beautiful animation, Iso and co. weave a coming-of-age story that takes the lives of five unsuspecting children and places them at the precipice of humanity’s expansion into the vast unknown of space. The Orbital Children is particularly prescient about the effects of digital technology on a personal level as well as on a wider scale. Despite its space age setting, familiar hallmarks of our world remain, such as its Apple Store-esque living spaces and the branded spacesuits the main characters wear on their journey, modeled after Google and Uniqlo. It’s equally thoughtful and playful about its imaginings of what that relationship might become.

Where to watch: Netflix

3. My Dress-Up Darling

Release date: January 6

Director: Keisuke Shinohara

Animation production: Cloverworks

High school students Wakana Gojo and Marin Kitagawa both have uncommon hobbies: Gojo likes to make hina dolls (traditional Japanese dolls) and Marin is largely into anime and gaming, with an affinity for cosplay. Marin, who is a bubbly girl who dresses in gyaru fashion, asks Gojo to use his crafty skills to help make her cosplay and from there, a fantastic duo is born. There’s one further twist in their relationship: This particular cosplay is based on a character from an ecchi (erotic game), leading to some hilarious misunderstandings from anyone within earshot of the protagonists’ conversations. That only adds to its charm, as the show and its artists wring all the pathos possible out of its bizarre opposites-attract premise. That’s done in part through its detail-oriented character animation, lavishly drawn and keenly observant in how it adds personality through even the smallest flourishes of movement. Hopefully the team can keep it up, because it’s an early winner in what’s so far a fairly quiet Winter season.

Where to watch: Funimation

4. Demon slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba

Release date: December 5, 2021

Director: Haruo Sotozaki

Animation production: ufotable

While it feels redundant and obvious to say this about an anime adaptation, the main attraction of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is undoubtedly its animation, full of vibrancy and pulse-pounding emotion as its fight sequences unfold. The written narrative is, by all intents and purposes, perfectly serviceable, straightforward and perhaps leaning too hard on goofy comedy at inopportune moments. The characters still simply boil down to the loud one (the boar-headed Inosuke), the cowardly one (Zenitsu), and the infallibly kind one (our sweet boy Tanjiro). With this second half of the second season—the first essentially being a retread of the Mugen Train theatrical film—the three are drawn into a mission in Yoshiwara, the era's historical red light district, in search of a demon disguised as an oiran. Most of this season is a single fight, but the animators put their back into it with dazzlingly kineticism that perfectly manage the pacing of each round of its royal rumble.

Where to watch: Funimation

That'll be all for now. If you know an anime i didn't add, feel free to drop it in the comments section.