Here we are in the dead patch during the middle of a season, and I watch too many new things to tackle a lot of completed stuff at once anymore. But I do have a recent feature this time. We have a fantasy combat show from 2007, Claymore, and a short drama movie that just came out in the 2024 summer season, Look Back. Some pretty good others and a YouTube short, after the break.

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Last of the new summer shows that actually finished this time (some are getting more seasons later and one was a late start and currently on hiatus). But going back some for this week's features, a wonderful 2004 music-centric series about a rock band, BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, and a kind of high school sci-fi thriller from 2016, Kiznaiver. The requisite others and for the first time in a while, more YouTube shorts, after the break.

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The bulk of the summer shows just finished, and I always give those precedence, so features this time will be a seeming slice of life that turns rather dark, Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, and a historical economic fantasy (there's a phrase I've never typed before) that just had a reboot finish, Spice and Wolf. Those and some pretty good others that all finished recently, after the break.

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I've got the first of the summer 2024 shows that finished, and there will be more over the next couple blogs. Featured items this time are both quite recent, a mystery thriller from a couple years back, Shadows House, and a high school romance that just finished this year, The Dangers in My Heart. Those and some pretty good others, after the break.

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Human memory is weird. Doubtless I watched many shows over the years that never lasted past the pilot or that got cancelled after a small number of episodes, but certain ones I remember really well. The obvious answer is they'd have to be ones that made a big impression, positive or negative, but sometimes I remember the really mundane ones, too. I'm curious if anyone else remembers the one I'm going to talk about. But also, which ones are lodged in your brain?

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Nothing's changed about the current season ever since it started. I like everything the same as I did from their initial episodes. For now, features are a (non-anime) movie, Coraline, and a high school romance that started in 2009 and just finished a few weeks ago, From Me to You. Those and the requisite pretty good others, after the break.

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About 1/3 way through the summer shows, and they're largely bland. Only two have been notably enjoyable, but one's threatening not to be. Features this week are a high school romance from 2021, Komi Can't Communicate, and a surreal series from 2011, Penguindrum. The extras will tie in with those, being in similar styles. After the break!

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This'll cover the last of the spring 2024 shows that aren't continuing later. Featured items are a movie from this past winter season, Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom, and a high school drama that started in 2013, Silver Spoon. Those and some pretty good others, one of which has a review that's been waiting in line for half a year, after the break.

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A day late, but I had to work a swim meet yesterday. Still lots of shows from the spring season to cover, and that's mostly what I have today. Featured items are both girl band series that just ended, Girls Band Cry and Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night, and for kicks, I'll throw in a re-review of another band series from some years ago. Plus a couple of YouTube shorts, one of which was really well done, after the break.

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In the middle of the spring 2024 shows concluding, so I've got several today. Featured items are a darkly ironic kinda travelogue thingy from 2003, and its remake from 2017, Kino's Journey, and an... I don't know how to classify it, Train to the End of the World, which finished yesterday. Those plus a few more freshly completed series, a pretty good older one, and some more YouTube shorts, after the break.

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