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Summer 2012 Schedule

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Uchuu Kyoudai07:00 NTV, ytv, CTV (4/1)Kingdom19:00 NHK (6/4)Binbougami ga!25:50 TX (7/4)Shirokuma Cafe17:30 TX (4/5)Hagure Yuusha no Estetica10:30 AT-X (7/6)FAIRY TAIL10:30 TX, TVO, TVA
Rinne no Lagrange 222:00 MX (7/1)Chouyaku Hyakusin Isshu: Uta Koi25:30 TX (7/2)Moyashimon Returns24:45 CX (7/5)Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai.11:00 AT-X (7/6)DOG DAYS'23:30 MX (7/7)
TARI TARI22:30 tvk (7/1)Yuruyuri 26:00 TX (7/2)Natsuyuki Rendezvous25:15 CX (7/5)Campione!23:30 AT-X (7/6)Tanken Driland23:30 TX (7/7)
La storia della Arcana Famiglia23:30 tvk (7/1)Hakuouki Reimeiroku26:53 ytv (7/9)Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate25:25 TBS (7/5)Accel World24:30 MX (4/6)Ebiten: Kouritsu Ebisugawa Koukou Tenmonbu23:30 Niconico (7/14)
Hyouka24:00 CTC (4/22)Eureka Seven Astral Ocean25:55 MBS (4/12)Sword Art Online24:00 MX (7/7)
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita24:00 tvk (7/1)Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!25:55 TBS (7/5)Kokoro Connect24:30 tvk (7/7)
Chitose Get You!!24:56 AT-X (7/1)Joshiraku26:25 MBS (7/5)Kuroko no Basuke25:58 MBS (4/7)
Oda Nobuna no Yabou25:05 TX (7/8)Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II26:28 MBS (7/7)
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse25:35 TX (7/1)
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Hey everybody, Stilts here with a sneak peek at RandomC's Summer 2012 blogging schedule! With the new season starting in earnest in only a few days, we thought you all might be curious about our plans, so I'm going to jump straight into it.

Like with previous seasons, this is only a tentative overview of RandomCs plans for the new season. We'll also be writing about the first episode of some of the other shows we're not covering, so if something catches our interest, things might get shifted around to accommodate. This schedule will be updated to reflect any changes.

...more after the jump.

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Summer 2012 Preview!

With the summer season just around the corner, I thought I'd poke my head in and give an overview of the 26 new shows lined up. At first glance, there are some noteworthy continuations such as Rinne no Lagrange Season 2 and Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II, but a closer look reveals some gems such as Yuruyuri and Moyashimon Returns. In terms of all-new series, we have the highly anticipated Sword Art Online, an adaptation of Accel World creator Kawahara Reki's other virtual reality fantasy novel -- TARI TARI, another original slice-of-life series by P.A. Works -- Natsuyuki Rendezvous, a romance/drama airing in the noitaminA time slot -- plus a good selection of romantic comedies to round everything out. So without further ado, let's have a look shall we?

Note: I don't plan to write any more season previews while I'm on my indefinite hiatus. This was a special case since I was personally asked to write this season's.* 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.

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Shining Hearts – 04

(Kitai Ningyo)
"Machine Doll"

If there's a single word I would use to describe Shining Hearts, it would be "pretty". Mind bogglingly, awe-inducingly pretty. It's like Production I.G. felt like they had something to prove there's almost no doubt that Shining Hearts is one of the most visually-pleasing shows this season has to offer.

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AKB0048 – 01

(Kesenai Yume)
"Eternal Dreams"

Its hard not to be skeptical of AKB0048, both for fans and non-fans alike. We never asked for this. But this first episode of the genre blending idol-centric-dystopian-mecha-musical-science-fiction (whew) by the folks behind Macross does make a pretty damn good case for itself.