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The beginning of the Fall 2011 season of anime also marks my return to pulling double-duty on this podcast as editor and cat wrangler main host. Unfortunately, my happiness over re-taking my rightful place as podcast king is tempered by a pretty lackluster week for anime. The quality of the finale of Hanasku Iroha is pretty typical of the show in general, Dantalian no Shoka doesn’t really have an ending, the second season of Squid Girl has us wondering what they did to the show we loved, and Fate/Zero really, really likes exposition dumps given to us by generic-looking protagonists standing in mostly vacant rooms. Exciting! At least we have the highly entertaining Baccano! and My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle (which was fun for all the wrong reasons) to fall back on.

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

Time Stamps

• 00:00 – OP: Gun’s&Roses by Paradise Lunch (Baccano! OP)

Reviews et al.

• 2:41 – Hanasaku Iroha 26 (END)
• 14:04 – Dantalian no Shoka 12 (END)
• 24:04 – Mawaru Penguindrum 12
• 35:34 – Squid Girl S2 1
• 42:30 – Fate/Zero 1
• 51:56 – Baccano 1 & 2
• 1:04:29 – MLP: Rescue from Midnight Castle (and yes, the FiM episode DID reference Generation 1 Twilight)
• 1:20:22 – Listener Questions
• 1:52:21 – ED: Cras Numquam Scire by Yucca (Dantalian no Shoka OP)