Bleach - 226

Summary:
Almost everyone is surprised to see Yamamoto step in, but Allon responds by pounding on the hole in its chest.

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Basquash! - 13

Summary:
Team Basquash is up against Eclipse in the semi-final round of the championship, and the night before the game, Sela is once again out on her own.

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Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd Season - 13


The moment I’ve been waiting 52+ episodes for…

 

H-I-N-A Hinagiku! Hai Hai! *da da dun daa dun da daa*

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Saki - 13

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 13

Summary:
Despite her sympathy, Izumi expels the Elric brothers as her students and makes them leave.

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Valkyria Chronicles - 13

Summary:
After the events with Cordelia, Welkin and his squad’s next task is to take part in the recapture of the key city of Fouzen.

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Hatsukoi Limited - 12 (END)

Summary:
While the girls are enjoying a nice evening at an inn, the guys are hungry and having trouble sleeping in the wilderness.

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Tears to Tiara - 12

Summary:
While laying a wreath for the fallen soldiers of the previous battle, Riannon runs into Gaius and gets captured.

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K-ON! - 13 (END)

Maybe I can finally get off those antidepressants now…

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Suzumiya Haruhi 2009 - 13 (Endless Eight)

Summary:
It is still summer vacation, and Kyon has been feeling that something is strange.

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Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Itekureta Koto~ - 01

Summary:
When undersea dweller Marin finds a ring falling down through the water, she decides to go above water to return it to its owner.

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Basquash! - 12

Summary:
One of the teams that Dan and company have to face in the championship consists of triplets who specialize in magic tricks.

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Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou Actually Not Bad

     

In my dark and depressing pre-20 anime per week days, I would usually scoff at those who listened to anime and game OSTs - why listen to some pew pew soundtrack when you could be listening to… oh, Puff Daddy or DMX or uhh Ayumi Hamasaki. Y’know - cool people music.

Ah, those were the days. Since then my music collection has slowly been overtaken by an abundance of [nipponsei], and I’ve even uploaded some Youtube videos of me playing those same songs I used to scoff at.

Times have changed, and I’ve really started to appreciate the amount of talent that goes into this kind of composing. Still, I believe there’s a difference between the music that goes into the likes of K-ON and that of Gundam, specifically it how well it translates to classical orchestra music.

Which is why I was thoroughly surprised with Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou, the concert by the Tokyo Philharmonic on April 29 that was just released on CD. The music from Haruhi was largely… teenybopper and/or rock, both of which I wouldn’t imagine translating well into classical.

Surprisingly enough, the adaptation is quite good! Some tracks remind me of Hisaishi’s work in Totoro, others sound like it could’ve come out of some classic Disney movie. Well, the instrumental tracks, at least. Several tracks have Hirano Aya and Chihara Minori blaring away, and while some of you will probably love these alternate versions, their inability to hit or hold the right notes is a bit hard on my ears.

Check out orchestral Mikurun-run and a Hiranofied God Knows!

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