Also, I have now cancelled my Netflix subscription. I will continue to use Disney+, but only for the time being. I never wish to support unethical, exploitative, abusive and authoritative corporations owned by billionaires. Fuck capitalism and AI.
I'll break up my list based on what I recommend, what is middling to me, and what I don't recommend. In terms of order, the TV series/films will start from which I feel strongest towards (positively for my recommended favourites, negatively for my unrecommended least favourites).
Enjoy!
Netflix
Recommended: Nimona (always), Heartstopper (despite my one misgiving of the first season *cough*Tao*cough*, the rest is absolutely worth hundreds of rewatches, for it is a beautiful miracle of a series), Hilda (again, always), Dead End: Paranormal Park (ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS!), Little Witch Academia (such an adorable, magical anime), K-Pop Demon Hunters, Scaredy Cats (a charming and adorable live action children's fantasy series worth many rewatches).
Middling/Would Not Stop You From Checking Out: Wednesday, Bridgerton (up to season two), Unicorn Store (it is truly a shame that the first movie I ever watched on Netflix, and which actually made me cry, doesn't quite hold up as well as I hoped on a 2026 rewatch, but I can live with it), Magia Record (okay, WTF was that? It's not bad, but wow it is an exhausting watch! It's the plot holes that ultimately undo it), Haunted Hotel, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.
Skip it/Avoid Like the Plague: Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld, A Whisker Away, World of Winx (I am still mystified by how and why this exists; it is unbelievably desperate and sad, even for Winx Club (in fact, it has nothing to do with Winx!) and Iginio Staffi - unbearable, and almost unwatchable), Kitti Katz (so good it doesn't have a Wikipedia page!), Disenchantment (I watched all five seasons, and it was not worth it), Witch Watch, Suzume, Mermaid Magic (another with no Wikipedia page! Though it is not as bland, mediocre and forgettable as Kitti Katz, it is nothing special, and do not support Iginio Straffi or Rainbow S.p.A, and I say this despite my guilty pleasure love for Winx Club), The Last Kingdom (gave up after the first season), Anne with an E (same, and Hecate and Hades it is a dark, depressing programme! when it is based on such an optimistic and magical book, and it is not for children to see), Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (a lot of disappointing anime on here, sadly, that I find to be baffling, regressive and toxic in their messaging).
Disney+
Recommended: The Owl House (my favourite show ever, so how could I not?), The Ghost and Molly McGee (adorbs!), Gargoyles (first and second seasons only), Sofia the First (I was pleasantly surprised), Amphibia (another rewatch), Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, X-Men '97, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (in fact, I like most of the Winnie the Pooh stuff on Disney+, especially the films - they're so charming and funny!), Bluey.
Middling/Would Not Stop You From Checking Out: Milo Murphy's Law, Tangled: The Series (aka Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure), Darkwing Duck.
Skip it/Avoid Like the Plague: Ironheart (there is no heart to be found here - the worst, most lurid, morally abhorrent and evil-minded thing ever dished out by the increasingly dire and burned-out corporate hell that is the MCU, and that is heartbreaking (pun unintended) coming from a show with an all Black and POC cast), Elena of Avalor (Sofia the First this ain't - what a stupid, stupid show, and again, I hate having to say anything negative about a POC-led show, especially for children), Fancy Nancy (just...don't), Alice's Wonderland Bakery (anything Wonderland-related should never be boring and pedestrian, yet here we are).
Additional recommended films/New DVDs and Blu-rays: 100 Nights of Hero, The Emperor's New Groove, Soul, The Marvels, Mean Girls (2004 and 2024).
Yeah. I've been watching far too much television.
In the future I plan to rewatch longer shows, such as The Simpsons, Steven Universe, and She-Ra: Princess of Power. I currently own DVDs, bought from eBay, of The Owl House, Amphibia, Hilda, Dead End: Paranormal Park, and She Ra and the Princesses of Power.
As if all this wasn't enough, I watched Winx Club (up to season six, to save my remaining braincells) and the movies on YouTube, but that's neither here nor there.
I need to get my act together, and get a life and be an adult already lol.
But fiction and stories can save us all, and remind us of our morals, ethics and humanity in an increasingly effed-up, dystopic world.
Well, that's it for my updates at the moment.
Keep safe, and loving and caring.
Never stop caring.
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