Spring 2016 Preview!
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The heat of summer has mercifully given way to autumn here in the southern hemisphere, but in animeland, i.e. the only place that matters, it’s spring, which means another big season of anime is coming. We have sequels targeted at those seeking a blast from the past, including more Sailor Moon Crystal to continue an old franchise, and more Concrete Revolutio to deconstruct them all. Watching anime just for the robots? Both Gundam and Macross have an iteration this season. Of course, there are adaptations across the genres for your perusal: the popular manga Boku no Hero Academia brings us shounen action, the popular videogame series Gyakuten Saiban brings legal adventure, and Sakamoto of the titular Sakamoto Desu ga? is plain popular, and also hilarious. But perhaps most notable are the original series that are harder to pigeonhole, like the supernatural bus trip of Mayoiga or Kuromukuro’s story of a samurai in a school on a dam, both to counterpoint the uncannily familiar Koutetsujou no Kabaneri. Why just listen to me list shows, though? Our crack team of animethusiasts are on hand to be your Geiger counter for the entire season of anime. This is Random Curiosity’s Spring 2016 Preview.
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Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu – On the average anime high school student
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Not a single psychic power between the lot of them. |
Since it’s so easy for anime to be out of this world, it’s easy to overlook the down to earth.
Musaigen no Phantom World – 12
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「母は帰りぬ」 (Haha wa Kaerinu)
“Mother Returns”
Well, that got Oedipus very quickly.
Koyomimonogatari – 11
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「こよみナッシング」 (Koyomi Nasshingu)
“Koyomi Nothing”
No, I can’t explain bathing in pudding. I’m not going to try.
Musaigen no Phantom World – 11
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「ちびっ子晴彦くん」 (Chibikko Haruhiko-kun)
“Tiny Haruhiko-kun”
Close! Oh so very close.
Dimension W – 10
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「蘇る悪夢」 (Yomigaeru Akumu)
“Resurrected Nightmare”
Suddenly! Zombies! That’s just good television.
Koyomimonogatari – 10
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「こよみシード」 (Koyomi Shīdo)
“Koyomi Seed”
A metaphorical seed? What nonsense is this?
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen – 23
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「脱出」 (Dasshatsu)
“Escape”
Maybe all the meandering of the plot was to build up to this.