Season Preview / Series Introduction

Summer 2018 Preview!

After a scorcher of a spring (and an unusual delay in the previewing process—sorry about that), the summer season is looking down right sleepy. Are anime studios trying to get people to go out into the sticky Tokyo summers? Those monsters! Fortunately there are a few stars lurking amid the sleepers, which means outside activity will not be required. Some of the biggest headliners are hotly-anticipated sequels, from the split-cour continuation of the lich conquering hero protagonist of Overlord III, the return of the glistening swimming boys of Free! -Dive to the Future-, the final season of Gintama, and the third season of the world-shattering hit Shingeki no Kyojin. There are plenty of promising new adaptations as well, such as the crime thriller set in 1980s New York City BANANA FISH, adaptations of the acclaimed Front Wing visual novel ISLAND, the supernatural comedy romance Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san, and a look at the more, uh, dedicated side of love with Happy Sugar Life. There are fewer originals, but I’m keeping my eye on several, including the absolutely bonkers Planet With, a supernatural stint with pretty boys in London in Phantom in the Twilight, and the other anime with jaegers and vampires by the name of Sirius the Jaeger. There’s always more anime to watch, so join us as we tell you all about it. This is the Random Curiosity Summer 2018 Preview!

Season Schedule / Series Introduction

Spring 2018 Schedule

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Hen
7:30 NHK (1/7)		 Jikkenhin Kazoku -Creatures Family Days-
19:30 MX (4/9)		 Gundam Build Divers
17:55 TX (4/3)		 BORUTO -NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS-
17:55 TX		 Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan
21:00 (1/1)		 Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu
12:00 Bandai (4/13)		 Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu
6:30 MBS (1/6)
Gegege no Kitarou Season 6
9:00 CX (4/1)		 Mahou Shoujo Ore
22:00 AT-X (4/2)		 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Die Neue These Kaikou
21:00 Gekijo (4/3)		 Alice or Alice
22:25 MX (4/4)		 Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai
21:00 AT-X (4/5)		 Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenbin
17:55 TX (4/6)		 Boku no Hero Academia Season 3
17:30 ytv (4/7)
Cutie Honey Universe
21:00 AT-X (4/8)		 Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi
22:30 MX (4/2)		 Tokyo Ghoul: re
23:00 MX (4/3)		 Juushinki Pandora
23:30 MX (4/4)		 Comic Girls
23:00 AT-X (4/5)		 Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
20:30 AT-X (4/13)		 MAJOR 2nd
17:35 NHK (4/7)
Nil Admirari no Tenbin
22:00 MX (4/1)		 Golden Kamuy
23:00 MX (4/9)		 High School DxD HERO
23:00 AT-X (4/10)		 Last Period -Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari-
24:00 MX (4/11)		 Hisone to Masotan
24:00 MX (4/12)		 Hinamatsuri
21:00 AT-X (4/6)		 Amanchu! ~Advance~
23:00 AT-X (4/7)
Caligula
23:30 MX (4/8)		 Captain Tsubasa
25:35 TX (4/2)		 Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori
24:30 AT-X (4/10)		 Steins;Gate 0
25:00 AbemaTV (4/11)		 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
24:55 CX (4/12)		 Gurazeni
22:30 BS SKY (4/6)		 Darling in the Franxx
23:30 MX (1/13)
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
24:00 MX (4/1)		 Souten no Ken REGENESIS
24:30 MX (4/9)		 Tachibana-kan To Lie Angle
25:00 MX (4/3)		 Butlers ~Chitose Momotose Monogatari~
25:05 MX (4/11)		 Dorei-ku The Animation
25:00 BS11 (4/12)		 Akkun to Kanojo
22:30 AT-X (4/6)		 Devil’s Line
23:30 AT-X (4/7)
Piano no Mori
24:10 NHK (4/8)		 Fumikiri Jikan
25:15 MX (4/9)		 Lupin III PART5
25:29 ntv (4/3)		 Megalo Box
25:28 TBS (4/5)		 Lostorage conflated WIXOSS
24:30 MX (4/6)		 Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online
24:00 MX (4/7)
Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
24:30 MX (4/8)		 3D Kanojo Real Girl
25:59 ntv (4/3)		 Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru
25:58 TBS (4/5)		 Mahou Shoujo Site
25:55 TBS (4/6)		 PERSONA5 the Animation
24:30 MX (4/7)
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei Bu Happy Kiss!
25:35 TX (4/8) 		Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season Sono Ni
25:00 MX (4/7)
LOST SONG
25:30 Netflix (4/7)
Legend: 3 1 5 3
3 2 5 Not covering

Now that every show has had several episodes to make its case, it’s time to tell you what we’ll be blogging this season. This is Random Curiosity’s Spring 2018 blogging schedule.

As always, this is a tentative overview of our plans for the new season . . . is what we used to say, but with multiple episodes under our belts, we’re pretty confident in our picks. Will some of them blow up in our faces? It’s happened before. This is what we’re going with for now.