Random Curiosity

Summary:
At school one day, Araragi Koyomi sees a girl falling down the staircase and manages to catch her.

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It is the year 1986, and a teen named Ushiromiya Battler arrives on an island owned by his family for an annual gathering.

Summary:
Manjoume Fumi has recently moved back to her old town with her family, and she’s starting school at the all-girls Matsuoka high school.

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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Summary:
During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen.

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21-year-old Nicoletta is in Rome to visit the popular restaurant that’s owned by her mother Olga’s husband.

Summary:
Teito Klein is a boy without memories who’s currently attending a military school and has been suffering from weird dreams.

In the comments of Jaalin’s Queen’s Blade post, a number of people were wondering how the other channels would censor the show since AT-X was going to be the only one airing the uncensored version. Well, the first episode aired on Chiba TV today, and the answer is that they made good use of cropping, bright glow, and fog, as you can see in the images above. A poster on 2chan even made some comparison images (NSFW). It was kind of amusing just to see how much censoring had to be done for this show, but I can’t say I’m surprised. To answer my own question though, I guess the series still has a very strong voice cast, and if you can’t watch the uncensored version on AT-X, then this might be better than nothing. As for me, I could care less about the plot or the nudity, but what I am curious about is what the absolute limit that AT-X will let them show is. I suspect that it might be even more hentai-ish than just what was in the first episode given how the promo videos had tentacle monsters.

I normally don’t do a lot of mini-reviews like this, but I was short on time and really wanted to comment on both these series.