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「さくやこのはな」 (Saku ya Kono Hana)
“The Flower Blooms”
It’s always a little scary waiting for that first premiere of the season that you love – what if it never comes? But it’s also pretty exciting when it does – and for me, Chihayafuru is that series this season. It’s love at first sight.
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「境界線前の整列者達」 (Kyoukaisen Mae no Seiretsu Monotachi)
“Those Standing Before the Boundary Line”
In terms of the episode itself, I guess we’ll just have to wait till next week before things really get kicked into gear.
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「ボクらの17回目の春に」 (Bokura no Juu Nana Kaime no Haru Ni)
“Our 17th Spring”
At the end of the day, there are only a few things I can say about this first episode of Kimi to Boku. At first, I wasn’t enjoying the way the character’s faces were drawn and I felt that the episode was moving really slow. But as I got into the gist of things and started to drop any reservations I had for this show, I started to really get drawn into the world that Kimi to Boku was trying to make.
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「迷宮にひそむ契約」 (Meikyuu ni Hisomu Keiyaku)
“The Contract Hidden in the Labyrinth”
There weren’t any real surprises in the premiere of Sunrise’s original puzzle series, but the studio delivered the premise they described and made it pretty interesting to boot.
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「真剣で私にかかってきなさい!!」 (Maji de Watashi ni Kakatte Kinasai!!)
“Come at Me Seriously!!”
Rather than a premiere, the first episode of Majikoi looked like a finale. They skipped opening sequence, featured nonstop action for a good twenty minutes, and ended off with scrolling credits in the sunset.
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「布団に移るものを知らない」 (Futon ni Utsuru Mono wo Shiranai)
“I Don’t Know What That Thing Moving About the Futon is”
Well if this first episode was any indication, it looks like I wasn’t too far off the mark about how Cube x Cursed x Curious (a.k.a. C Cube) would tread into romantic-comedy territory more than anything else.
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「英霊召喚」 (Eirei Shoukan)
“Summoning Ancient Heroes”
This one-hour long first episode may have only been a lot of preamble for the prequel to Fate, but I just love how it established everything that I read about and showed the Holy Grail War in a very different light with willing participants.
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| HUNTER x HUNTER 10:55 NTV (10/2) |
Tamayura ~hitotose~ 09:00 AT-X (10/3) |
Bleach 18:00 TX |
Busou Shinki Moon Angel –:– PSN (9/22) |
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2 25:05 TVS (10/7) |
Bakuman. 2 17:30 NHK (10/1) |
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| Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 17:00 MBS/TBS (10/9) |
Kimi to Boku. 25:30 TX (10/3) |
Chihayafuru 24:59 NTV (10/4) |
UN-GO 24:45 CX (10/13) |
Shakugan no Shana III (Final) 25:30 MX (10/7) |
C³ -C Cube- 23:30 AT-X (10/1) |
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| Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 17:30 NHK (10/2) |
Shinryaku!? Ika Musume 26:00 TX (9/26) |
Maken-Ki! 25:05 TVS (10/4) |
Guilty Crown 25:15 CX (10/13) |
Last Exile -Ginyoku no Fam- 26:00 CBC (10/7) |
WORKING’!! 23:30 MX (10/1) |
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| Mirai Nikki 23:00 Niconico (10/9) |
Mashiro-iro Symphony 26:00 TVA (10/4) |
THE IDOLM@STER 25:25 TBS (7/7) |
Fate/Zero 24:00 MX (10/1) |
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| Persona 4 the ANIMATION 25:30 MBS (10/6) |
Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! 25:00 tvk (10/1) |
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| Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai 25:55 TBS (10/6) |
Ben-To 26:20 TVA (10/8) |
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| Mawaru Penguindrum 26:10 MBS (7/7) |
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 26:58 MBS (10/1) |
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| Legend: | 6 | Divine | 1 | Prooof | 3 | Takaii | 4 | Guardian Enzo | 2 | Guests | Not covering/watching |
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Shinryaku!? Ika Musume has already premiered and the flood of new fall shows is going to follow suit this Saturday, so here’s a quick overview of what the other writers and I will be covering this season.
As usual, this schedule is tentative and we’ll cover the first episode of some other shows that we plan to check out. If something catches our interest, shows might be shifted around and this schedule will be updated to reflect any changes.
…More after the jump.
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「侵略しなイカ!?／恋敵じゃなイカ!?／クラゲじゃなイカ!?」 (Shinryaku Shinai ka!? / Koigataki Janai ka!? / Kurage Janai ka!?)
“Aren’t We Invading!? / Isn’t that a Love Rival!? / Isn’t that a Jellyfish!?”
Well, there’s no knocking Ika Musume (Kanemoto Hisako) for trying to continue with her invasion plans, but seriously now, what’s a squid girl to do against the likes of Chizuru (Tanaka Rie)?
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Another year of anime is drawing to a close, but not before the long-awaited fall season. While the number of shows pales in comparison to the 43 offered in spring, the quality of the 25 new titles is a lot higher. There are numerous sequels and spiritual successors: The third and final season of Shakugan no Shana, studio GONZO’s big return with a new Last Exile eight years later, the prequel to Type-Moon’s Fate/stay night, and more of our favorite squid girl, Ika Musume. In addition, we have plenty of original series, including a new Gundam and two noitaminA shows by BONES and Production I.G. Equally impressive is the fact that many of which are slated for two-cour. Anime fans everywhere should be excited. I know I am.
Note: I purposely left out Digimon Xros Wars: Toki wo Kakeru Shounen Hunter-tachi and Cross Fight B-Daman from this preview because they’re targeted towards younger audiences. If you’re interested in either, feel free to check out their official sites.
* A season poll is available on the sidebar. It will automatically close on October 1st at 12:00 AM PST to coincide with the start of the season.
* This preview will be kept at the top for the next while, so be sure to scroll past it or check the Recent Entries on your right for new posts.