Tower of Druaga: Aegis of Uruk-Episodes 6-8
That was a pretty fun and interesting way to incorporate elements of the video game this show is based off of into the anime itself. Points for creativity for sure, even if the internal logic is somewhat dubious.
Haikyu!!-Episode 1
So, after an interesting discussion on the Discord chat the other day, I decided I wanted to watch another sports anime. The conversation was about Yuri on Ice (Don't worry, I'm not going there) and if my issues with the sports half of the show were issues I took with Yuri on Ice on its own or the sports genre as a whole, seeing as YOI was pretty much my first serious foray into sports based anime. To make things fair and equal, I chose an anime that was also well liked amongst the community, wasn't centered on a cast of cute girls, and that has a big focus on the sports side of things, at least more than Free did, and when presented with these conditions, I was recommend Haikyu by the majority. As for this first episode, I actually enjoyed it a fair bit, probably more than the first episode of YOI, however I will wait until I'm a similar length in (6 episodes before I dropped YOI, if I recall) before making any sort of detailed write up on my thoughts on how the two compare in terms of the presentation of their sports.