Weekly recommendations may include any platform, media, type, genre, age, and so on. I’ll be recommending work from any year, old or new. Why? Because you just need something to get into every now and again.
Hinamatsuri
- Anime, 12 episodes
- Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice-of-life
Yoshifumi Nitta is a yakuza member, but his life is changed when a young girl named Hina falls into his apartment inside of a large egg-like container. She also has psychokinetic powers. After she uses her abilities to help him in a yakuza fight, Nitta lets her stay at his apartment and eventually becomes her father. Hina’s a strange girl, though, and her presence causes chaos in Nitta’s life, which is worsened even more when other girls from the future appear.
Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom
- Webtoon
- Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Isekai
A children’s clothing designer is reborn as the evil stepmother, Abigail, in a Snow White-like story. Abigail adores children and intends to treat Blanche as if she were her real daughter, lavishing her with all the love she deserves. Blanche finds this change in personality strange at first, but she grows fond of her stepmother and the two form a bond. Blanche’s father, though, is distant and cold towards his own daughter, which Abigail is determined to change. Along the way, she discovers secrets and evil plots around the castle. Read this webtoon here.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Cartoon, 61 episodes
- Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads are the four nations that make up the world. Benders have the ability to use one of these four elements. The avatar is able to use all four. Katara and Sokka, two siblings from the Water Tribe who can bend water, discover Aang frozen inside ice. When they break the ice and thaw him out, they learn that Aang is the last living airbender after the Fire Nation’s lord wiped them out a century ago. He is also the avatar, and it’s now Aang’s responsibility to learn how to bend the other three elements and defeat the Fire Lord, who started a world war in the avatar’s absence in order to expand his empire.
Starfire Vol. 1: Welcome Home
- Comic Book
- Action, Adventure, Superhero
Starfire, the princess of Tamaran, has decided to move to Key West for a normal, peaceful life, but life for a beautiful extraterrestrial superhero is never normal. She may be making fast friends as a result of her friendliness, some of whom want to be more than friends, but she is homeless. She needs to find somewhere to live and a job in order to pay for it too. She’ll also have to contend with other aliens, subterranean creatures, and devastating hurricanes as well.
If you want more recommendations, check out last week’s weekly recommendations as well.
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