Lupin III: Part 1 ep11-12 (English dub)
Coming back to Part 1 after having watched more of Part 2, I do feel there's a certain playfulness to Lupin and Fujiko's relationship that wasn't there yet in the earlier series, at least in the first half. The story doesn't lean into it, but it's notable that in 11, Lupin seems to be letting Fujiko do the heavy lifting, only to try and grab the loot from her at the end, as opposed to the more typical setup of that being the other way around. 12 also features Kyousuke Mamou, a villain from the manga who, while not quite as memorably creepy as Pycal, is a lot nastier than I remembered - he popped up again in one of the TV specials, although I haven't seen that one.
Spy x Family ep2
Feels like they're cracking along at quite a pace with this; I thought I could remember it proportionally taking a bit longer before Yor was introduced in the manga.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War ~ Ultra Romantic ep1
Just hook it to my veins. I miss being able to watch this in a group setting though.
Plastic Little (1994)
Thought I'd give this a shot after
@Orgun mentioned it recently. I'd always dismissed Plastic Little as a dumb fan-service anime, but it's actually quite an appealing bit of 90s sci-fi hokum, even if there's not an awful lot to it besides the remarkably good animation and some nice world-building detail. I wanted to say it would be nice if the story were a bit stronger, but thinking back on it afterwards, I feel the film is more successful at telling its story visually than with the dialogue - it might almost be better to watch this raw and let your mind fill in the blanks, than hearing the characters try to explain what's going on.
Having said that, I did get a laugh out of hearing the three leads from ADV's
Evangelion dub in the English version...
