After a nice long recline, NA animu is returning with the usual fanfare. Prepare your brains for:

ANIMU WINTER 2021 MULTIBOX
WHEN: Sunday Jan 10th and Wednesday Jan 13th, 9:30PM-11:30PM EST (6:30-8:30PM EST)
WHERE: vrchat (instance link will be posted)
WHAT: watch ALL the first episodes of all 42 shows airing this season*. Using some ultra advanced technology, we can do 6 at a time, each on its own moveable screen with spatialized audio. 4 sets of 6 on Sunday, and 3 on Wednesday.

WHY: to enjoy the spectacle, and to skim enough of the shows to figure out what to actually watch. It's [spoiler]a little[/spoiler] less chaotic than you think thanks to the spatialized audio, and last season people tended to gravitate to just 1 or 2 shows in each set after a few minutes, with the audio in the background to alert you if something interesting is happening in another show. a short video from last season (usually the screens will be a lot further apart):

https://streamable.com/6fmz91

After we decide what shows to actually watch, we'll rewatch the first episode properly starting the next sunday the 17th, same schedule. I think we might do more non-seasonal shows this time around though.

* there are 2 shows that don't air before next wednesday, but they're sequels anyway. https://anichart.net/Winter-2021