At long last the time has come, gifts shall be opened, and a new year will be celebrated. This week on Anime Pulse Joseph and Andrew exchange gifts and share their thoughts upon opening them, and afterwards Andrew asks us to reflect upon our favorite anime of the past decade. Then industry news takes us to Japan where some angry housewives don't want to stinking park, and Miyazaki reveals that he may die before completing his next film. And lastly the reviews take us out of 2019 as Joseph runs away from mostly hot amazon girls, and Andrew goes on a final tour of a war torn city in winter.