Summer 2010 Schedule
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| GIANT KILLING 09:25 (4/4) |
Gakuen Mokushiroku HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD 11:30 AT-X (7/5) |
Bleach 18:00 TX |
STRIKE WITCHES 2 25:30 TVS (7/7) |
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi 09:00 AT-X (7/1) |
Shukufuku no Campanella 25:30 MX (7/2) |
Seitokai Yakuindomo 24:30 tvk (7/3) |
| One Piece 09:30 CX |
Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin 25:30 TX (7/5) |
RAINBOW Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin 24:59 (4/6) |
Shiki 25:15 CX (7/8) |
Asobi ni Iku yo! 25:58 MBS (7/10) |
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| Sengoku BASARA Two 17:00 CBC/MBS/TBS (7/11) |
Nurarihyon no Mago 25:44 ytv (7/5) |
K-ON!! 25:25 (4/6) |
Kuroshitsuji II 25:20 MBS (7/1) |
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| SEKIREI ~Pure Engagement~ 23:30 MX (7/4) |
Tono to Issho 26:14 (7/5) |
Amagami SS 25:25 TBS (7/1) |
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| Mitsudomoe 24:00 MX (7/4) |
Kaichou wa Maid-sama! 25:55 (4/1) |
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| The Legend of the Legendary Heroes 26:15 TX (7/1) |
| Legend: | 11 | Divine | 2 | Kiiragi | 2 | Prooof | Not covering |
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It’s been a while since a blogging schedule has been created, but I wanted to give an overview of what the tentative plans are for the summer season starting tomorrow. I want to stress that this is tentative schedule and may change after the first week once I’ve had a chance to watch the first episode of every new series I expressed interest in in the Summer 2010 Preview.
I have no intention of blogging every series I’m watching again, as sixteen shows and one manga a week got pretty hectic at times. I’d also like to try and keep it to a two show per day max from now on, whereas the past three months it’s been three most days and five on Sundays. I’d love to share thoughts on every series I’m watching, but it’s pretty unrealistic to continue doing so given the number of series I tend to watch each season. Preparing screen captures and writing posts take time and there just aren’t enough hours in each day. In all honesty, I’d like more time away from the site for personal stuff (and sleep), so the drop from 16 shows to 11 should help in that regard too.
So with that said, Kiiragi has opted to help cover the very hyped up HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, but his posts will likely be held up a bit waiting for subs. Prooof’s going to be busier in the upcoming months, but may pick up one more series later on. For me, I plan to continue on with all of the shows carrying over from the Spring 2010 Season, with the one exception being Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru. While I plan to continue watching it till the very end, it hasn’t been a series I’ve felt compelled to say much about every week, so I’m going to replace its Sunday slot with SEKIREI ~Pure Engagement~. I never like dropping coverage of a series midway, but am willing to do so in this case for a sequel I’m more interested in. Thursdays are always the most jam-packed day broadcast-wise, so I’m willing to take on three shows, but this still means that The Legend of the Legendary Heroes and Shiki didn’t make the cut. I may end up covering one of them on Friday, but that would also mean covering another series. I haven’t completely ruled out Asobi ni Iku yo on Saturdays yet either, but the above should give you a good idea what to expect in the coming week.
As always, comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome. I’m also willing to listen to requests (complaints?) to a degree if you really want to a series covered that isn’t listed above, though it would have to fall under the list of ones I’m planning to watch to be considered.
Updates:
07/08: Added Nurarihyon no Mago, which Prooof will be covering.
08/20: Moved Mitsudomoe to Sunday after CBC suspended their broadcast for the week of August 13th. Tokyo MX is now the first station to air the series.
June 30, 2010 at 2:03 pmSamurai Pumpkin
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Woo, tables on RC.
Gives me a different perspective on airing times.
Hum, me wonders if there is any way of getting this stuff to air in America… prolly not.
June 30, 2010 at 2:04 pmKiiragi
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Awwwwwwwright… Let the zombie fest begin :3
June 30, 2010 at 2:36 pmThrudgelmir
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I will definitely be following your reviews.
June 30, 2010 at 3:01 pmClick
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<3
If you drop it I'll stab you :D
July 11, 2010 at 2:55 amquigonkenny
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That won’t work. You’ve got to destroy the head.
June 30, 2010 at 3:17 pmAznCoffee
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It’s great you’re picking up High School of the Dead. :]
I just hope you guys don’t go “Oh sorry, I can’t blog anymore.” .____.
I like permanency.
July 13, 2010 at 3:54 amZenkaitheSlasher
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It would suck if Divine suddenly stopped blogging… Where would we go to find out what anime’s are good (or otherwise)
June 30, 2010 at 10:45 pm2bittersweet
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What better way to start the summer season? :D
July 1, 2010 at 8:54 amFlappy
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Any idea which group might sub High School of the Dead?
July 1, 2010 at 9:58 amMrRei
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awwwwwwwwwwww.. how nice of kiiragi to do another show! that would be a great help for the site.. more random content! anyway, try not to get a little hold up by subs. it would help if you learn to cope with watching raw nihongo.. ^^
June 30, 2010 at 2:06 pmasdf
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I hope you give shiki a try, but i see how hectic your schedule is. Well good luck trying to figure it all out.
June 30, 2010 at 2:17 pmDivine
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Shiki is a guaranteed watch of mine. I’m just choosing not to blog about it for now, which may change when I actually get to watch it (as mentioned in the post).
July 1, 2010 at 3:31 amJurkasz
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You’re covering all of the shows I intend to watch except Shiki, so I’m hoping you’ll pick that up as well, even if you have to blog about it on Friday ^^
July 1, 2010 at 12:24 amFallenrock
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I’m pulling for shiki too; I won’t be too angry if you don’t but still, otaku fingers are being crossed :)
June 30, 2010 at 2:14 pminfinite
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You have to much free time, J/K. Keep up the good work peep’s. ;p
June 30, 2010 at 2:34 pmWrenleos
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If anything it looks like you guys could use more help, especially you Divine. Writing about 11+ shows seems like a daunting task to me even if you are stepping it down from 16. Anyways youre pretty amazing for finding the time to blog so much and live a life (speculation). Well keep up the good work and don’t kill yourself too much because of the blog.
June 30, 2010 at 2:35 pmDelwack
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Nice. That’s a lot to cover Divine, don’t burn yourself out!
June 30, 2010 at 2:38 pmGamma Rallyson
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[looks at legend]
Well, Divine’s Dead. Let us remember the brave soul who blogged a hundred shows for your own self-indulgence as he blogged for our sins so that our own souls may be saved.
He will be missed ;__;
June 30, 2010 at 4:27 pmKit Kat
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And don’t worry, we’ll all attend your funeral with requests so you can keep blogging from the grave. Oh God, the power of fans. :P
June 30, 2010 at 2:39 pmZero
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Dude… Divine… I’d volunteer to help but I’m no genius with Japanese. You have my sympathies though.
June 30, 2010 at 2:41 pmbullrogg
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haha dont die on us Divine.
June 30, 2010 at 3:13 pmmartisala
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yea i agree. I’ve loved how you picked up omni’s vigor for blogging shows but i would hate to see you get tired out quickly from blogging too many shows. But anyways thanks for your hard work!
June 30, 2010 at 2:49 pmDivine
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Ha, I probably should have posted the current schedule I’ve had for the last three months to show how much of an improvement the above is. Anyway, thanks for all the concern. I’m hanging in there, somehow… :)
June 30, 2010 at 2:52 pmThomas
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Oi, I didn’t realize Rainbow was two cours (I’m a couple episodes behind)… I’m starting to wonder if I really want to keep watching that show. Anyways, there’s a nice variety in what’s getting blogged. It looks like someone is blogging all the shows I was most looking forward to (besides Shiki, which you said you may) and some that I was one the fence about (Mitsudomoe).
I’m not sure how you managed to blog 16 shows this season — that is quite a feat. I got spoiled by you blogging all the shows I was watching, but I’m glad to see you trying to take a step down for your own sake.
June 30, 2010 at 2:54 pmArky
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To much blue in that schedule, i dont know if that good or bad
June 30, 2010 at 2:54 pmHello
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Good schedule, do you think you guys are going to do Snapshots for shows like Shiki, LotLH, and Asobi ni Iku Yo? Completely understandable if you don’t get around to it the overlapping of the seasons must be the busiest time for blogging.
June 30, 2010 at 3:02 pmDivine
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Yeah, the transition period is always the most hectic, plus there are always the opening and ending videos to prepare for each new show.
I want to try and cover the first episodes of those series, but only if I have time for it. I get the feeling I’ll have a lot to say about them, so it’s likely they’ll get a series introduction type post. Denyuden (LotLH) in particular is one series I feel deserves more attention than it’s gotten.
June 30, 2010 at 3:03 pmJustin2010
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divine : 11/14 almost 80% of the anime . calm down dude, with this speed, u will retire just like omni in no time. this website cant die, man.
June 30, 2010 at 3:10 pmDivine
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Speaking of which, I need to start looking for someone to shape into a successor of sorts for whenever that time comes.
For now, let’s just enjoy it while it lasts… ? Or while “I” last I should say, since I probably look like Ichinomiya Kou when burning the midnight oil on some nights.
June 30, 2010 at 6:25 pmIsland Esper
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なに これ ？？？？
July 1, 2010 at 10:19 amMrRei
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you just started as the second hokage.. and now you’re looking for the third?! don’t burn yourself up, take out a few shows if you can’t do them all. ^^
maybe you can try looking for more aspiring bloggers who can do one show per season.. just to lessen the load a bit..
oh yeah, i forgot.. you have another blogger who always gets MIA, the great sage perv jaalin! he could be your third hokage?……… NAH! if that happens, the site will fill up w/ ankle shots then goes idle for a loooong time.. ^___^\/ (peace jaalin, that means i’m actually looking for you)
June 30, 2010 at 3:05 pmEminax
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good luck on not dropping too many, Divine.
hopefully, we won’t get too many disappointments, like the Endless Eight.
have fun blogging.
June 30, 2010 at 3:19 pmkazukifafner
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Well, I’m not entirely sure if I should do this in the comments section, but I might be able to blog a couple shows if you need some done. For example, I’m definitely planning on watch Shiki as well.
June 30, 2010 at 3:23 pmtman
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that reminds me.
How do you guys watch Japanese channels in america anyway? Or do you guys live in Japan?
June 30, 2010 at 3:34 pmAnnisa
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Torrents, man, torrents. Or KeyholeTV but torrents are wonderful.
June 30, 2010 at 4:10 pmakani
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Goodbye, Uraboku. I shall miss you so. ;_;
That’s a LOT of shows to blog. I’m amazed you’re still alive by now. Any chance of finding more people so you don’t have to work so much?
June 30, 2010 at 4:31 pmFreya
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Dude Divine….poor man. 11 shows to do. At least when omni was here you were doing half? of the shows.
June 30, 2010 at 5:45 pmJubbz
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I never understood on how you can blog THIS many shows in one week.
No seriously. Too much free time on your hands.
How do you even do it and not get burnt out from all of that blogging?
Is it some secret trick you use to get posts prepared quickly or is it something else?
And yes, they’re all serious questions. And I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t answer.
June 30, 2010 at 6:02 pmDivine
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There’s no secret to it — it’s just time invested. On average, a post will take me 2.5 hours to get out, including the time required to watch the episode. For some more difficult to understand shows like Senkou no Night Raid, I’ve spent up to 8 hours on a single post due to historical research and cross-referencing what happened.
I wouldn’t say I have a lot of free time on my hands though. The more correct statement would be that I’ve committed all of my free time and then some (at the expense of sleep) to the site. I do have a full-time job I go to 40 hours a week, though I’m sometimes able to slip in some blogging there if it’s not busy.
As for not burning out, it’s a combination of passion, commitment, and diligence. Nothing’s terribly streamlined. Taking screen captures for instance is still done manually. I’m pretty meticulous about which ones to use too, so even that requires a bit of time. I guess more than anything else, I have personal standards and expectations of myself, so that’s a driving factor as well. I used to be perfectionist until I got a bit jaded with age.
June 30, 2010 at 6:40 pmJubbz
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talk about dedication…
and i can’t deny it either. For a while though i thought you were a bot.
Guess I’ll have to learn to do the same. >.>
Thanks for answering my questions.
June 30, 2010 at 5:58 pmlvlln
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Sorry if I’m missing something obvious, but what does it mean when a show has 25 as the hour it’s starting? Does that mean 1AM on the next day? If so, why list it like that?
June 30, 2010 at 6:10 pmDivine
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Yes, that’s what it means as mentioned in the technical note in the season previews. It’s a time format adopted by Japanese schedules because a lot of programs such as anime air after midnight.
It might shock some people to find out that these are the time slots the majority of anime gets in Japan, but the reason why the time is listed in “relative-day” format is because no one is expected to wake up at 1AM the next day to watch it, but still be up from the day before. You can simply think of it as broadcasters not treating midnight as the cut-off time for a “day”.
A lot of people will simply record shows on their PVRs, but hardcore otakus will stay up and watch shows in “real-time” and chat about it on 2ch while it’s airing.
July 2, 2010 at 3:46 pmLiberta
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Wow, I finally see the answer to that kind of curiosity lol. I have always been wondering why some shows are scheduled at around 25:XX hours XD
Thanks a bunch Divine for clarifying that : )
June 30, 2010 at 6:32 pmcore
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I wouldn’t mind covering or doing a short excerpt summary on Shiki. I’m just afraid that my lack of grammar and vocabulary wouldn’t help much. T^T
June 30, 2010 at 6:39 pmWingZeroZXT
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Due to the unexpected awesomeness of the first series sengoku no basara 2 will be judged solely on the basis of how good the opening is (incidentally does anyone know already what the opening song for that will be?)
June 30, 2010 at 7:07 pmDivine
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“SWORD SUMMIT” by T.M.Revolution, as indicated in the commercial I included in the preview.
June 30, 2010 at 7:08 pmHitsuaya_10
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Yeah Divine! Thanks for highlighting the schedule! Really wished I stayed in Japan, would really love to watch real-time once. I would have gladly helped out with your posts, if possible write-ups only, as my country does not downloads of anime episodes, rendering me unable to provide screen caps. I had to watch majority online, though i can do fine without subs.
Hope everything goes well! Cheers!
June 30, 2010 at 7:31 pmfall3nbs
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Oh my god yay! Ookami and Seitokai this week! I’m in need of something new after Angel Beats is done.
June 30, 2010 at 8:32 pmufobaby
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hey divine…i’ve been viewing random C since omni’s time but this is my first time posting here.
Thanks for this, I now have plans what to look forward this summer :) …by the way, please indicate which anime you plan to blog other than anime’s you’re planning to watch. it’s much better to decide which anime is the best in the season based on blogging plans…but maybe it’s just me. :D
BTW, your blogging style has greatly changed since then…you’ve been adopting omni’s style of blogging save for the extensive summary…which I think is just better…keep up the good work divine and the rest of the bloggers here :D
June 30, 2010 at 8:58 pmmoshom
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Divine.. you are a champ for blogging all these series!
June 30, 2010 at 9:10 pmEternal
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Here’s a suggestion for those shows that didn’t make the cut but you still want to say something about. Maybe every 2-3 episodes, make a post about your thoughts thus far instead of a summary for every ep. Or even just a conclusion post after a not-so-popular series finishes. Just my two cents.
Looking forward to the blogging though, I’m starting to develop a habit of checking randomc after every episode to make sure I didn’t miss any details myself and to hear someone’s thoughts on it. xD
June 30, 2010 at 9:37 pmWindaerie
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There are few things I give up sleep for besides school, and that’s already tough enough. Divine, you make RC wonderful and continue Omni’s legacy while providing your own passion. Please please please don’t forget to take a break and enjoy some time for yourself (or watch an English show)!! Thanks so much for all that you do!
June 30, 2010 at 9:38 pmmegalith
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T__T
ATX… I dunno where the get a stream of that channel…
June 30, 2010 at 10:03 pmzerothelegend
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The more Prooof gets to blog the better, so I look forward to him picking up some of the work.
June 30, 2010 at 10:28 pmedamy
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i dun get it…how can there be 25 hours in 1 day?
June 30, 2010 at 11:59 pmKakashi_Crusade
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it’s just a broadcast time indication. as described in the technical note of the season preview and from omni’s comment, some stations do not end airing at 12 AM.
and a day isn’t 25 hours long… it’s actually 23.
July 1, 2010 at 12:00 amKakashi_Crusade
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oh crap that was supposed to be Divine’s comment! hahaha. sorry for the typo…
June 30, 2010 at 11:40 pmReflectingsoul
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Definitely gonna watch Shiki and the Legend of the Legendary Heroe and am kind of interested in blogging about it.
July 1, 2010 at 1:59 amamado
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well im also hoping you or someone will have time to pick up shiki but I can also see you already have a lot of shows to cover…
and thanks to you Divine for still keeping random curiosity alive and well
July 1, 2010 at 6:31 amShirt
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((._O))
ohmygawd Look at all those blue boxes.. D8
July 1, 2010 at 7:37 amasdf
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ogod no kuroshitsuji -___- but well good luck
July 1, 2010 at 3:50 pmgarfield15
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Man, I wish I could do Xros Wars.
Anyway, I’m really glad divine is covering Mitsudomoe as well as others. But nobody was interested in Shiki? Surprising.
July 2, 2010 at 5:06 pmtman
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you could ask Divine if you could.
It’d be neat for the season to be blogger before Disney dubs and wrecks it.
July 2, 2010 at 6:42 amviral
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Just a question. According to Fansubwiki/ANN, Mitsudomoe starts airing today on CBC, so why did you choose to follow the ATX broadcast?
July 2, 2010 at 4:03 pmDivine
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Hmm, it wasn’t a matter of choosing to so much as the series wasn’t listed as airing earlier than AT-X at the time. I’ll revise the schedule here and the season preview.
July 3, 2010 at 2:25 amachluo
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I have long followed this blog, and got curious myself like Jubbz on how you could seriously blog more than 10 shows a week. Assuming it’d take an hour per review, that’s already 10 hours!
This is a bit personal, but you don’t go to school anymore, right? Instead, you have a full-time job, right? Right?
:3
July 4, 2010 at 12:45 amDivine
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I finished university back in 2005, so I’ve been working for some time now. As I mentioned in my response to Jubbz, I do work full-time and spend closer to 2.5 hours per post.
July 4, 2010 at 7:35 amachluo
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Oh, I see; thanks for the reply. :) I hope you won’t die out fast and can continue blogging longer than you/we think! :>
July 3, 2010 at 3:38 amrandomperson092
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I hope you can blog Shiki. Although I’ll still be following if you don’t. Good luck!
July 3, 2010 at 5:21 amamado
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I can tell its late but maybe you could blog shiki on friday instead
im okey if its late as long as it is blogged here…
July 3, 2010 at 2:50 pmDivine
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Shiki doesn’t premiere until next week actually.
July 3, 2010 at 7:51 pmamado
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oops, missed that part
July 10, 2010 at 9:05 pmTrejon
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O_O, i dont see Asobi Ni Iku Yo!!!!!, pls you gotta blog it!!
July 13, 2010 at 4:00 amZenkaitheSlasher
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I just watched the 1st episode, looks like it could turn out to actually have a 1/2 decent story, especially compared to other ‘harem’ style anime…
July 16, 2010 at 9:27 pmbobbierob
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I totally agree. And besides, HOW CAN A SERIES WITH KANA-CHAN KICKING ASS IN THE FIRST 5 MINUTES NOT BE AWESOME?!
July 17, 2010 at 1:38 pmDivine
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I wasn’t planning to make time for Asobi ni Iku yo, but I may cover another episode of it. I agree that Hanazawa Kana is pretty badass as a secret agent though.
July 24, 2010 at 8:51 pmbobbierob
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Yeah, Kana-chan ftw! btw thanks for at least covering it a little, it must be tough doing 10+ shows a week! you have my support!
August 22, 2010 at 4:11 pmXxDestinyXx
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I am sorry if this is a bother, but I cannot understand the schedule.
What time does Mitsudomoe come out (on TV)? And is it coming out this week?
If a new station is picking it up, it seems like they would re-start from episode 1. But I am not sure…
August 24, 2010 at 10:24 pmDivine
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A slight bother. :P
In general, multiple stations air any given series every week, so if the one that was first to air takes a break for whatever reason, it paves way for another station to be the first to air.
For a full breakdown of Mitsudomoe’s broadcast schedule on all stations, see syoboi calendar. You can sort by channel (first column) to make it easier to view. Take note of the air dates (second column) to see what I mean.
The schedule above and the one I adhere to for blogging is always based on the first station to air.