Spring 2023 SF anime links

A little late, but spring's sfnal shows by category are:

Post-Apocalyptic Straight SF: Heavenly Delusion
Historical Fantasy: Hell's Paradise
Vaguely Medieval-Like Fantasy: The Legendary Hero is Dead!, Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts, Mashle: Magic & Muscles
Portal Fantasy: KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, My One-Hit Kill Sister, Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far
Back and Forth Fantasy: Summoned to Another World for a Second Time, I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World
Miscellaneous Reincarnation: Oshi no Ko, Dead Mount Death Play
Art But Futuristic: OPUS.COLORs
Entertainment But Futuristic: Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star, Tōsōchū: The Great Mission
For Highly Specific Tastes: Too Cute Crisis, Rokudo's Bad Girls
Fan Bait: Magical Destroyers, Otaku Elf
Star-Studded Enigma: The Marginal Service

I'm looking forward to a bunch of these. Hell's Paradise and Heavenly Delusion are on my list because they look actually good, The Marginal Service because I like everyone else in anime fandom am wondering what on earth it's actually about, Oshi no Ko because I stumbled across an extended description of the premise and it sounds moderately nuts, Too Cute Crisis and Magical Destroyers because they are catering to my tastes, and OPUS.COLORs because eh, might be good?

Incidentally, if Heavenly Delusion sounds good to you and you want to watch the legal stream (on Hulu in the US, Disney+ outside the US), you will need to look for it under its original title of Tengoku Daimakyo.

4/5/2023 Question of the Day

First Contact Day: As all Trekkies know, 5th April 2063 is the date that Zephram Cochrane (and Earth) first made contact with extraterrestrials (the Vulcans). Do you think we will ever make first contact with extra-terrestrial beings? If we do, do you think the knowledge that we aren't alone in the galaxy/universe would unite Terrans, or cause further divisions?

I think we will eventually encounter some sort of lifeform that exists beyond the Terran biosphere, but I wouldn't count on it being sentient or even multicellular. I don't think the news could manage to make humanity more divided, at least.