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S.W.A.T. Reviews: Winter 2012 Pt. 2

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The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful. These are the next four of the new season:

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Listen – Episode 1 of Rinne no Lagrange from XEBEC with the opening “TRY UNITE!” by Megumi Nakajima and is streaming on Hulu.

Listen – Episode 1 of Another from P.A. Works with the opening ”Nightmare Contagion” by ALI PROJECT and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of The Daily Lives of High School Boys from Sunrise with the ending ”Ohisama” by Amesaki Annainin.

Listen – Episode 1 of Brave 10 from Studio Sakimakura with the opening “Shōryō Hirai” by Daisuke Ono and Tetsuya Kakihara and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Winter 2012 Pt. 1

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The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful. These are the first four of the new season:

RSS Feed     –     iTunes Feed

Listen – Episode 1 of Bodacious Space Pirates from Satelight with the opening ”Extreme Space Symphony’s Movement VII ‘Infinite Love‘” by Momoiro Clover Z and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Recorder and Randsell from Seven with the opening “Glitter” by Aoi Tada feat. Sister 773 and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Knight in the Area from Shin-Ei with the opening “Higher Ground” by SRS and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Senki Zessho Symphogear from Satelight with the opening “Synchrogazer” by Nana Mizuki.

You’re the Best Around!

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I was recently on the Otaku in Review podcast to discuss the best anime of 2011. Scott Spaziani from the Otaku in Review blog and Michael from the Otaku Gamer, who are the hosts of the podcast, were joined by Dustin Christianson from Bakacast, Kristina Pino from Japanator and Tomopop, and myself. We each discussed out top three anime of the years, the worst title 0f the year, as well as the titles that disappointed us the most. I of course picked three titles as my top three that no one else did. If that makes me have a broader watching palate or just a philistine is up for you to decide. Although Bunny Drop was the hand down winner on the podcast the picture is Penguindrum because I think it is the show Narutaki and I can both agree in our opinion was one of the best of the year.

Episode 97: The Best Anime of 2011