It’s hard to believe we’re about the finish off the first month of 2020 already. The Winter 2020 anime season is well underway, but there’s still a little looking back at 2019 left to do. This week’s list combines looking back at 2019 and examining the anime that’s currently airing for the season.

Here are the blog posts that grabbed my attention this week:

• Anime Corps Year in Review Part 3 – Summer 2019 (by Nick at Anime Corps)
• Best Anime of 2019 – Best Cast of Characters (by Karandi at 100 Word Anime)
• Best Anime of 2019 – Drama Anime (by Karandi at 100 Word Anime)
• Best Anime of 2019 – Fighting Anime (by Karandi at 100 Word Anime)
• Best Anime of 2019 – Sci-Fi Anime (by Karandi at 100 Word Anime)
• Best Anime of 2019 – Slice of Life (by Karandi at 100 Word Anime)
• Bofuri – First Impressions (by AstralGemini at The Zodiac Room)
• D&A’s Top 5 Anime Villain Groups/Factions! (from D&A Anime Blog)
• First Impressions: Kuroko no Basket (by Jack Scheibelein at Animated Observations)
• Kyokou Suiri | Failure in Storytelling, Still Interesting (by Plebby at Plebby’s Den)
• Stars Align Anime Series Review (by Karandi at 100 Word Anime)
• Surrealism and Magical Realism in Anime (by Irina at I drink and watch anime.)
• Weekly Roundup: Winter 2020 – Week 3 (by Keiko at Keiko’s Anime Blog)
• Weekly Seasonal Watches: Winter 2020 Anime Week 4 (by Scott at Mechanical Anime Reviews)
• Winter 2020 Anime Week 4 [Check-In] (from Seasonal Prattle)