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Always keep a goldfish on hand in case of emergency.

So, this week is the week where we finally lose our patience with some shows. Gundam has one more shot to find its footing and become something that isn’t mediocre. April Is Your Lie has failed to capture the attention of anyone besides Ben, and even he’s not enthusiastic about all of us covering it. While Shirobako isn’t bad (I actually think it’s quite good), its style of humor just doesn’t mesh well with me, which makes it painful to watch. And though Garo is still enjoyable enough for me to forgive its flaws, if it stays in its current holding pattern for much longer I might give it the boot.

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Time Index

• 01:41 – Sword Art Online 18
• 11:06 – Mushi-shi 16
• 15:19 – Gundam: Reconguista in G 7
• 27:17 – Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works 5
• 35:37 – Seven Deadly Sins 6
• 39:25 – Hunter x Hunter: Yorkshin
• 43:24 – Shingeki no Bahamut 6
• 48:04 – Akatsuki no Yona 6
• 52:11 – Garo 6
• 1:00:56 – Pyscho-Pass S2 5
• 1:06:41 – Parasyte 5
• 1:12:09 – April Is Your Lie 5
• 1:19:16 – Amagi Brilliant Park 6
• 1:24:19 – Shirobako 5
• 1:28:11 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes 85 & 86
• 1:37:18 – Listener questions
• 1:52:50 – Ignite (Eir Aoi | Sword Art Online II)

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Rin x Detailed-Lecture-On-The-Mechanics-Of-Magic is my OTP.

As much as I like making fun out of the Fate franchise and its mannerisms, I am–to my surprise–really enjoying this rendition of Fate/Stay Night. In fact, I’m having a bit of trouble figuring out what to say here, since all the shows this season have been so gosh-darn consistent in their quality (or their decline in quality). So I’m not gonna bother, because it’s late and I’m really sleepy.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

• 01:26 – Sword Art Online 17
• 05:10 – Mushi-shi 15
• 11:02 – Gundam: Reconguista in G 6
• 22:13 – Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works 4
• 26:04 – Seven Deadly Sins 5
• 27:56 – Hunter x Hunter: Heaven’s Tower
• 34:49 – Shingeki no Bahamut 5
• 39:10 – Akatsuki no Yona 5
• 42:14 – Garo 5
• 44:41 – Pyscho-Pass S2 4
• 55:13 – Parasyte 4
• 58:37 – April Is Your Lie 4
• 1:01:56 – Shirobako 4
• 1:05:34 – Amagi Brilliant Park 5
• 1:08:00 – Sailor Moon 9
• 1:10:33 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes 83 & 84
• 1:21:08 – Listener questions
• 1:35:31 – Daze (Jin ft. MARIA | Mekakucity Actors)

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Yoshiki Tanaka is a jerk.

I’m starting to struggle to figure out what to write here, because this fall season has been alarmingly stable. There haven’t been any egregious episodes for typically good shows (yet), nor have their been fantastic episodes for shows that are kinda okay (yet). To use a strained nautical metaphor, it’s steady as she goes with not a storm in sight. That said, there have been some warning signs. Our interest in Gundam and Garo is starting to wane, because we’re not really sure what the shows are working toward. And Pyscho-Pass is beginning to push me away with how much it feels like it’s been retreading from the first season. I’m crossing my fingers that these shows don’t end up taking a slow descent into Terribleville.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

• 01:02 – Sword Art Online 16
• 05:19 – Mushi-shi 14
• 10:22 – Gundam: Reconguista in G 5
• 17:22 – Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works 3
• 21:22 – Seven Deadly Sins 4
• 22:50 – Hunter x Hunter: Heaven’s Tower
• 30:44 – Shingeki no Bahamut 4
• 35:28 – Akatsuki no Yona 4
• 38:38 – Garo 4
• 42:28 – Pyscho-Pass S2 3
• 46:42 – Parasyte 3
• 51:43 – April Is Your Lie 3
• 55:38 – Aaron’s Review Corner
• 1:05:38 – Amagi Brilliant Park 4
• 1:07:46 – Shirobako 2 & 3
• 1:14:02 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes 81 & 82
• 1:27:46 – Listener questions
• 1:58:07 – Imperium (Madeon)

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Bring me all the Mountain Dew you can find.

On this very belated release of Bakacast (my bad…), we dig even deeper into the fall season and drop…not all that many shows really. Even Sword Art is actually decent. With very little drop in quality from the previous week (save for Yona, but that can be blamed on flashbacks being largely terrible), it’s looking like we’re gonna maintain this amount of shows for the entire season. I hope you’re happy.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

• 00:43 – Sword Art Online 15
• 07:41 – Mushi-shi 13
• 11:06 – Gundam: Reconguista in G 4
• 20:53 – Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works 2
• 28:18 – Seven Deadly Sins 3
• 34:19 – Shingeki no Bahamut 3
• 42:22 – Akatsuki no Yona 3
• 43:20 – Garo 3
• 46:08 – Pyscho-Pass S2 2
• 57:38 – Parasyte 2
• 1:04:48 – April Is Your Lie 2
• 1:06:11 – Amagi Brilliant Park 2 & 3
• 1:09:53 – Shirobako 1
• 1:13:37 – Sailor Moon 8
• 1:15:51 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes 79 & 80
• 1:20:10 – Listener questions
• 2:08:49 – Daybreak’s Bell (L’Arc~en~Ciel | Gundam 00)

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She’s really good at The Nutcracker suite.

On this episode of Bakacast OH GOOD LORD THERE ARE SO MANY SHOWS! WHY DO THERE HAVE TO BE SO MANY GOOD SHOWS?! Much like a hydra, for every show we drop, two or more take its place. While this situation does make me happy, I’m also reciting a silent prayer for the death of my free time.

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Time Index

• 00:44 – Gundam: Reconguista in G 3
• 07:53 – Madan no Ou to Vanadis 2
• 10:40 – Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works 1
• 19:50 – Cross Ange 2 (DROPPED)
• 22:44 – Seven Deadly Sins 2
• 27:28 – Shingeki no Bahamut 2
• 34:02 – Akatsuki no Yona 2
• 39:29 – Garo 2
• 43:43 – Pyscho-Pass S2 1
• 51:14 – Parasyte 1
• 56:54 – April Is Your Lie 1
• 59:09 – Amagi Brilliant Park 1
• 1:04:34 – Ino Battle 1
• 1:07:55 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes 77 & 78
• 1:22:14 – Listener questions
• 2:07:52 – Ash Like Snow (the brilliant green | Gundam 00)

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Because there are a lot of close-ups on butts and also the show’s bad. This podcast title works on multiple levels.

So I guess it’s time for fall. I was kind of hoping that most everything would suck so I could take a bit of a breather this season, but since when does the universe ever do what I want it to? Instead, we have a surprisingly large and varied stable of decent-to-great shows that will likely only get larger once we review Parasyte and Psycho-Pass S2. Thankfully, there’s at least one show that straight-up sucks so we can have a bit of fun ripping it to shreds. Take a wild guess which one it is.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

Time Index

• 00:38 – Gun Gale Online 14
• 08:36 – Terraformars 1 (DROPPED)
• 12:17 – Gundam: Reconguista in G 1 & 2
• 20:42 – Madan no Ou to Vanadis 1
• 22:41 – Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works 0
• 25:23 – Cross Ange 1
• 32:20 – World Trigger 1 (DROPPED)
• 40:07 – Seven Deadly Sins 1
• 45:56 – Shingeki no Bahamut 1
• 52:49 – Akatsuki no Yona 1
• 57:40 – Sailor Moon 7
• 59:48 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes 75 & 76
• 1:14:32 – Listener questions
• 2:08:10 – Fly, Gundam (Andrew W.K.)