January 14th. #albumaday2026. Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From // Wonder's most complex album yet, with more elaborate song structures and production ideas. Apparently this was the end of his first Motown contract, meaning that what follows is the start of his true classic period.

January 13th. #albumaday2026. Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed and Delivered // At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another pretty good album from this run of Wonder projects.

Like I'm not necessarily opposed to scenes where Charlie gives a verbal smackdown to these Bill Maher-ass in his school, but given how so much of the secondary cast is written so far, I think the author's only frame of reference for animal rights discourse is the dregs of reddit and tiktok.

In The Clear Moonlit Dusk - while I'm pretty sure I'm not smart enough to comment on any of the gender dynamics from just 1 episode, I do really like the two leads in this. The moment where Ichimura got psyched that Yoi knew karate, I knew I was on-board for this couple.

Oedo Fire Slayer - woooooooow, this is some *terrible* looking CG! Probably the worst-looking animation I've seen in a while, goddamn.

January 12th. #albumaday2026. Stevie Wonder - My Cheri Amour // Wonder is definitely locking into a solid string of albums here, with songs and performances full of personality and joy.

January 11th. #albumaday2026. Stevie Wonder - For Once In my Life // Definitely the point where the Wonder we all know starts to come into his own, with way more vocal energy/charisma and gearing a bit more into funky energetic songwriting mixed in with the soul and jazz.

Trigun Stargaze - EVERYBODY REJOICE, MILLY THOMPSON'S BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING, ANIME IS GREAT!

A Misanthrope Teaches a Class For Demi-Humans - the only entertaining part of this premiere was when the MC was choking due to the demi-humans being curious about tea customs, but otherwise this is Bland City.

January 10th. #albumaday2026. Stevie Wonder - Eivets Rednow // First instrumental album from Stevie since his debut, and man there is a ton of harmonica on this one. Just so much harmonica.

5. Ranma 1/2 remake, season 2 - On one hand, the visual bombast and comedic timing is still on-point and wonderfully deranged.

On the other hand, I now have the displeasure of knowing Happosai exists.

On the other other hand, Mousse and Ukyo are my new favorite secondary characters.

Shiboyugi - suppose it wouldn't be an anime season without death games on the table--

(47 minutes of unnerving atmosphere, artfully crafted visuals/direction and probably the strongest soundtrack of Winter '26 later)

...ABSOLUTE FUCKING CINEMA!

Took the Golden Deer route (same side I took in Three Houses), and the story was a solid alternate universe take on the material. Also Raphael is still the best dude.

4. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes -- trying to clear through my backlog of physical games. While I'm not 100% sure certain aspects of the Fire Emblem formula fully shine here (weapon management, tactical placement, etc.), the hacking and slashing is super fun, which is probably all that matters.