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S.W.A.T. Reviews: Spring 2012 Pt. 3

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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. Here are three more from the new season:

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Listen – Episode 1 of Folktales from Japan from Tomason with the opening “Hitori no Kimi ga Umareta to sa.” by Shoko Nakagawa and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Space Brothers from A-1 Pictures with the opening “Feel so Moon” by UNICORN and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Zetman from TMS Entertainment with a secret song and is streaming on Hulu.

A Spring Loaded Top 5 List

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It seems that just as soon as you finish one season preview you are already looking ahead to what you are going to watch the next. Since we now do the S.W.A.T. Reviews for the new seasons I thought I would take a little time to write-up my thoughts on the upcoming seasons as a whole as opposed to the single show audio reviews we will do when the shows come out.

Since the upcoming season is the spring season it means that some of the big guns are coming out. I noticed a bit of an upsurge in the number of sci-fi shows. It is not a Renaissance but it is an interesting uptick. The return to the roots of Noitamina is sure to make many people happy. All the shows in the block this season seem to be catering to their older female audience again. Also the Nadia remaster being on TV is a fascinating curiosity. Now then I present the top 5 series I think have the greatest promise in the Spring 2012 season. As the Daily Lives of High School Boys proved this season sometimes a show you never expect to be fun will surprise you. But until the shows have a chance to prove themselves these are the horses I have decided to back.

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