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「人類皆征服」 (Jinrui Kai Seifuku)
“Conquer All Humans”
Boy meets little girl. Little girl wants to conquer the world. Boy joins little girl. Tanks get blown the $@&% up. This show is ridiculous and interesting, I’m just not sure whether the crazy setup works with the quasi-serious tone.
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「襲撃」 (Shuugeki)
“Attack”
As the newbies learn that teamwork is good (no shit guys), a major attack begins that could shake up this world.
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「桜色のはじまり／やきそばとベランダと女の子」 (Sakurairo no Hajimari/ Yakisoba to Beranda to Onnanoko)
“Sakura-colored Beginnings / Yakisoba, Verandas, and Girls”
Seriously, just confess your love for each other already! Though it’s not like I’m not enjoying watching them flirt. Yuri banzai!
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「何事も最初が肝心です」 (Nanigoto mo Saisho ga Kanjindesu)
“First Impressions Are Everything”
Characters rule the day in Mikakunin de Shinkoukei, and it works because they’re very good characters who are treated with kindness and respect. Equal measures funny, warm, and romantic, I very much enjoyed this first episode.
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「風間一派だ！」 (Kazama Ippada!)
“Kazama’s Party!”
D-Frag is a zany boke & tsukkomi comedy about one guy surrounded by a lot of crazy girls. Crazy guys too. Pretty much everyone is nuts but the one guy, and so far it’s funny!
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「上京」 (Joukyou)
“To Tokyo”
Welcome back to the world of Saki, where the girls are cute, the mahjong is crazy, and pantsu are nowhere to be found.
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「美月SOS」 (Mitsuki Esuouesu)
“Mitsuki SOS”
Awkward censorship, weird pacing, few explanations, and barely a peep from the main character until 10+ minutes into the episode. If this is how this series intends to continue, it’s not making a great case for itself.
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「ワールド・フラクション」 (Waarudo Furakushon)
“World Fraction”
Some of the world’s secrets are revealed with the discussion of the world-class magic World Fraction. Three times the world has changed, and there are consequences to dying after all. And to think, Shiroe was a living legend all along.
Now that 2013 is officially over, it’s time for our yearly foray into annoying everyone with our crappy opinions, the Best of Anime 2013 post! As with last year this post is a collaboration between the writers who watched the most series this year (and who didn’t say “Not it!” quickly enough), Zephyr and Stilts (that’s me!). We each watched upwards to…I don’t know, a lot of anime this past year, so while I can’t promise you we’ll be totally objective (such a thing is impossible), at least we’ll be well-informed about whatever we’re wrong about.
More after the jump.
Disclaimer: As always, disclaimers abound. Please keep in mind that “best” is subjective. What’s best for us isn’t necessarily best for you, and that’s okay. This list shouldn’t be taken as some kind of inviolable truth, but rather the opinions of two guys who watched a lot of anime and then argued about it for about eight hours until a list appeared. Naturally our choices will be influenced by our own tastes, experiences, and personal impressions. Before you go bashing one of our choices, please make sure you’ve at least seen it and know where we’re coming from. Finally, all we ask is that you respect our opinions, just like we respect yours. Thank you.
Disclaimer #2: The choices in this post are not necessarily reflective of the opinions of all Random Curiosity writers. They are solely the opinions of myself (Stilts) and Zephyr, save for where otherwise noted. Thank you for your understanding.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| Nobunagun 22:00 MX (1/5) |
SoniAni -SUPER SONICO THE ANIMATION- 20:30 AT-X (1/6) |
Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road 19:00 MX (12/31) |
Double Circle 00:00 YouTube (12/18) |
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei 21:30 AT-X (1/9) |
Strike the Blood 23:30 AT-X (10/4) |
Log Horizon 17:30 NHK-eTele (10/5) |
| Witch Craft Works 22:30 MX (1/5) |
Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta 22:00 MX (1/6) |
HUNTER x HUNTER 25:29 NTV (10/2) |
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! 2 24:30 MX (1/8) |
Nagi no Asukara 22:00 MX (10/3) |
Nourin 25:00 MX (1/10) |
Robot Girls Z 17:30 Toei (1/4) |
| SPACE☆DANDY 23:00 MX (1/5) |
D-Frag! 26:05 TX (1/6) |
Hamatora THE ANIMATION 25:40 TX (1/7) |
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. 25:00 MX (1/15) |
Gin no Saji Silver Spoon 2 24:45 CX (1/9) |
Wake Up, Girls! 25:23 TX (1/10) |
Seitokai Yakuindomo* 20:30 AT-X (1/4) |
| Noragami 23:30 MX (1/5) |
Maken-ki! 2 25:30 MX (1/15) |
Strange+ 25:00 TVS (1/9) |
Pupipo! 25:53 TX (12/20) |
Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga. 22:30 MX (1/4) |
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| Buddy Complex 24:00 MX (1/5) |
Onee-chan ga Kita 27:00 MX (1/8) |
Samurai Flamenco 25:20 CX (10/10) |
Nisekoi 23:30 MX (1/11) |
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| Wizard Barristers Benmashi Cecil 24:30 MX (1/12) |
GO! GO! 575 25:25 MX (1/9) |
Sekai Seifuku ~Bouryaku no Zvezda~ 24:00 MX (1/11) |
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| Nobunaga the Fool 25:05 TX (1/5) |
Mahou Sensou 25:28 TBS (1/9) |
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| Saki Zenkoku-hen 25:35 TX (1/5) |
Hoozuki no Reitetsu 25:35 MBS (1/9) |
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| Tonari no Seki-kun 26:05 TX (1/5) |
Z/X IGNITION 25:50 TX (1/9) |
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| Sakura Trick 25:58 TBS (1/9) |
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| Kill la Kill 26:05 MBS (10/3) |
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| pupa 26:30 SUN (1/9) |
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| Golden Time 26:35 MBS (10/3) |
| Legend: | 3 | Takaii | 3 | Guardian Enzo | 3 | Stilts | 2 | Zanibas | 2 | Cherrie | 3 | Zephyr | 1 | Kairi |
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It’s time to put away the tinsel and shrug off those New Years hangovers, because the new season of anime is just about to start. This is Random Curiosity’s Winter 2014 blogging schedule.
As always, this is a tentative overview of our plans for the new season. We’ll also be doing introductory posts on many of the shows we’re not covering, so if something catches our eyes, things will be shifted around to accommodate. The schedule will be updated to reflect any changes.