Watched: Death Parade (2015).
This is a 12-part anime series that takes place in what’s best described as a sort of Purgatory; in each episode, one or two departed souls arrive at a bar and play a game to determine their eventual fates. That’s a formula that, while initially enticing, could grow old quickly, and it’s to the show’s credit that it ends up doing so much more; by the end, there’s a powerfully humanist message that speaks as much to life as it does to death. The cast of characters is fascinating - both the mainstays who run the bar and the newly-arriving souls - and there’s a depth and maturity to the show that I didn’t quite expect.