What I watched in 2024 & Updated Top 9 Favorite Animes
In February, I finally got around to asking my husband to sign into his Crunchyroll account on my laptop so I could start watching shows on my own. Anime has quickly become a big part of my everyday life, as I love the stories and art, and I find it more relaxing to watch than live action shows. I watch it mostly Dubbed though as you can see there are a few on this list I did have to watch Subtitled. I like to pair journaling with my anime watching and I can’t do that well with Sub and it is just not as relaxing for me.
It has also got me back into reading manga, including Wind Breaker and Hirano and Kagiura, and am planning to pick up Moriarty the Patriot and Given in the New Year.
I can’t give my favorite watches of the year because that would be basically every anime I watched, but as my top favorite animes list has changed drastically from last time I posted it, I have an updated version of that below. If y’all like this, I can make it a yearly wrap up. I am already looking forward to new seasons coming out in early 2025, both Wind Breaker season 2 and Sk8: the Infinity OVAs.
If you want more recommendations and to keep up with what’s coming out, I highly recommend @mrdanielduenas.
Animes watched in 2024:
Log Horizon (haven’t finished) - Sasaki and Miyano - Heaven Official’s Blessing
Given - Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End - The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
Sk8: the Infinity - Mashle: Magic and Muscles - Buddy Daddies
Wind Breaker - Nanbaka (haven’t finished) - Delicious in Dungeon (on Netflix)
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
Stranger by the Shore - My Hero Academia (haven’t finished) - Twilight Out of Focus
Tadaima Okaeri (Sub only) - The Billionaire Detective - Number 24
Yes, No, or Maybe? (Sub only) - My New Boss is Goofy (Sub only) - Sign of Affection
Top 9 Favorite Anime:
Moriarty the Patriot
- the world of Sherlock Holmes told from the point of view of William Moriarty
Sk8: the Infinity
- high schooler, Langa, moves back to Japan from Canada after his dad dies and befriends Reki who gets him involved in an underground skateboarding competition called ’S'
Mashle: Magic and Muscles
- totally not ripping off a certain popular wizarding book series, but the main character can’t use magic so he uses his muscles instead to get through magic school
Wind Breaker
- Sakura moves to attend a high school full of delinquents planning to fight his way to the top, but finds out that the students only fight to protect their town
Heaven Official’s Blessing
- a god who is the laughingstock of heaven goes down to earth to fight ghosts only to find out he is being stalked by one of the Ghost Kings who seems to know him already
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime
- guy gets stabbed to death and is reincarnated into a fantasy world as a slime, but with godlike powers, befriends an all-powerful dragon, and starts a monster nation
Number 24
- avid rugby player is injured in a motorcycle accident so he can never play again, but decides to become assistant coach to take his old team to victory
Assassination Classroom
- a low-ranked class of rejects are tasked with killing their teacher before the end of the year or the world ends
Twilight Out of Focus
- three different romances (friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, opposites attract) all taking place in a high school film club