RAINBOW: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin – 11
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「Showdown」
Wow, the last thing I was expecting Sakuragi to do in the face of a drugged up Ishihara out to kill him is show him some compassion.
K-ON!! – 11
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「暑い！」 (Atsui!)
“Hot!”
This is the first time I recall K-ON feeling very gag-like, but I sure as hell could watch another three months of Mio with Azusa’s hairstyle, Ritsu taking slaps to the face, old rickety fans exploding, and Sawa-chan complaining about how selfish everyone is.
Senkou no Night Raid – 11
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「闇の探索」 (Yami no Tansaku)
“Dark Investigation”
It was the first time in the series that I actually heard someone say that someone else’s actions directly influenced the course of history in a significant way, but that clearly wasn’t Aoi’s intention when he went after Shizune and prevented Puyi from meeting with her.
Arakawa Under the Bridge – 11
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「11 BRIDGE」
What better way to hide an illegal alien in the country than stuffing him in a big bear suit with a big jar of honey that doubles as a gun in disguise!
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru – 10
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「慟哭」 (Doukoku)
“Wailing”
While it comes as absolutely no surprise that Shuusei is still alive and in the clutches of Ashley, who’s making mindless dolls out of all the missing high school male students and sleeping beauties out of all the female ones, I wasn’t expecting Tsukumo to be the next one on the chopping block.
WORKING!! – 11
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「あの頃の二人、八千代と佐藤。と、ようこそ小鳥遊家へ」 (Ano Koro no Futura, Yachiyo to Satou. To, Youkoso Takanashi-ke he)
“Yachiyo and Jun, The Two Back Then. And, Welcome to the Takanashi Household”
It was probably due to being sleep deprived and delirious from staying up to blog about FMA and working on the Summer 2010 Preview for a few days straight, but this most recent episode of WORKING was absolutely hilarious to me.
GIANT KILLING – 11
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「#11」
The match against Nagoya Gran Pulse sure is going the distance in terms of being animated, with this week only covering the middle portion of it.
Summer 2010 Preview!
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Welcome to the first edition of the Random Curiosity season preview since the relocation of the site to its new home, randomc.net! While this is only my second time writing one, I hope everyone liked what they saw in the Spring 2010 Preview and found it an informative resource for upcoming new shows at the time. I do plan to keep the tradition of writing up the previews this site became renowned for over the years and will continue tweaking the format ever so slightly for the better.
First up is the weekly schedule that doubles as a table of contents for navigating around the post itself, which will be a mainstay from now on. For the information links, out are less useful resources such as AnimeNfo and in are each series’ Japanese Wikipedia pages. In addition, the animation production (studio) information is now readily available, the first broadcast station to air is made note of, and the number of episodes each series will run for is listed (if known and confirmed from a reputable source). A subtle change is “Odds I’ll Watch This” rather than “Blog”, as I’ll likely end up watching more shows than I end up blogging. That wasn’t the case back in spring when I ended up blogging 16 shows concurrently to share thoughts on the wide range of shows I watch every season and give some limelight to the less popular ones, but it’s something I’d like to cut back on.
Note: This is a rather long and fairly comprehensive list of summer shows. Much much more after the jump, including a full schedule and a bunch of promo videos.
SEKIREI ~Pure Engagement~ – OP/ED
by Hayami Saori, Inoue Marina, Hanazawa Kana, Endou Aya |
by Hayami Saori, Inoue Marina, Hanazawa Kana, Endou Aya |
I just thought I’d chime in here with the new opening and ending sequences for one of the upcoming summer shows, SEKIREI ~Pure Engagement~. As a sequel to the first adaptation back in 2008 which I covered, my plans are to watch this given how open-ended things left off. The “to be continued” message then let us know that we’d be in store for more, so here it is three weeks in advance with a special early broadcast premiere of the first episode. Interestingly enough, it also featured cast commentary as well. Anyway, I haven’t actually gotten around to watching the episode in full yet — hence why there’s no full post about it — but here’s a sneak peak to provide an area for discussion about it.
On a separate note, I’ve been busy working on the Summer 2010 Preview in the past couple of days and all I can say is that it’ll be ready “soon”. I’ve actually let coverage of my shows slip in favor of spending more time on it and getting it out early, so please look forward to it. Now I just need to get through the four Sunday shows I put on hiatus yesterday…
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – 61
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「神を呑みこみし者」 (Kami wo Nomikomishi Mono)
“The One Who Devours God”
With the recent confirmation that the series will be 64 episodes (not 63), the pacing was so quick here that it left me wondering what we’re still in store for.