my anime journey comes in two waves, a decade apart. my current return to anime, such as it is, was most likely inevitable.

like many millennials, my introduction to anime was via a combination of dragon ball z, sailor moon, and pokemon, all thanks to cartoon network’s toonami programming block, which initially aired on weekday afternoons. every day after school, i would tune in at four for some anime, which at that point were just regular old cartoons to me, albeit more interesti...