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!

Spring 2018 Schedule

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Hen7:30 NHK (1/7)Jikkenhin Kazoku -Creatures Family Days-19:30 MX (4/9)Gundam Build Divers17:55 TX (4/3)BORUTO -NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS-17:55 TXEmiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan21:00 (1/1)Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu12:00 Bandai (4/13)Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu6:30 MBS (1/6)
Gegege no Kitarou Season 69:00 CX (4/1)Mahou Shoujo Ore22:00 AT-X (4/2)Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Die Neue These Kaikou21:00 Gekijo (4/3)Alice or Alice22:25 MX (4/4)Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai21:00 AT-X (4/5)Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenbin17:55 TX (4/6)Boku no Hero Academia Season 317:30 ytv (4/7)
Cutie Honey Universe21:00 AT-X (4/8)Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi22:30 MX (4/2)Tokyo Ghoul: re23:00 MX (4/3)Juushinki Pandora23:30 MX (4/4)Comic Girls23:00 AT-X (4/5)Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory20:30 AT-X (4/13)MAJOR 2nd17:35 NHK (4/7)
Nil Admirari no Tenbin22:00 MX (4/1)Golden Kamuy23:00 MX (4/9)High School DxD HERO23:00 AT-X (4/10)Last Period -Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari-24:00 MX (4/11)Hisone to Masotan24:00 MX (4/12)Hinamatsuri21:00 AT-X (4/6)Amanchu! ~Advance~23:00 AT-X (4/7)
Caligula23:30 MX (4/8)Captain Tsubasa25:35 TX (4/2)Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori24:30 AT-X (4/10)Steins;Gate 025:00 AbemaTV (4/11)Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii24:55 CX (4/12)Gurazeni22:30 BS SKY (4/6)Darling in the Franxx23:30 MX (1/13)
Uma Musume Pretty Derby24:00 MX (4/1)Souten no Ken REGENESIS24:30 MX (4/9)Tachibana-kan To Lie Angle25:00 MX (4/3)Butlers ~Chitose Momotose Monogatari~25:05 MX (4/11)Dorei-ku The Animation25:00 BS11 (4/12)Akkun to Kanojo22:30 AT-X (4/6)Devil's Line23:30 AT-X (4/7)
Piano no Mori24:10 NHK (4/8)Fumikiri Jikan25:15 MX (4/9)Lupin III PART525:29 ntv (4/3)Megalo Box25:28 TBS (4/5)Lostorage conflated WIXOSS24:30 MX (4/6)Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online24:00 MX (4/7)
Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara24:30 MX (4/8)3D Kanojo Real Girl25:59 ntv (4/3)Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru25:58 TBS (4/5)Mahou Shoujo Site25:55 TBS (4/6)PERSONA5 the Animation24:30 MX (4/7)
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei Bu Happy Kiss!25:35 TX (4/8)Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season Sono Ni25:00 MX (4/7)
LOST SONG25:30 Netflix (4/7)
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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.