Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka, the eroge-to-anime adaptation we mentioned at some point in our self-glorified history, will premiere online for free one day before its October 2 TV debut. That's the good news. Now, the bad news is only the first episode will enjoy this hot streaming treatment, stripped naked of its opening & ending animations. Aaand only the first 10,000 viewers will be allowed to enjoy the episode: first-come, first-served. If that's the case, the "service" had better be good!

So then, set your alarms for October 1 (Japan time), and make sure you have a Nico Nico Douga account before you start mashing that Refresh button, once the link goes public, cause that's where Episode 1 will be streaming. We still have that registration process walkthrough for Nico, by the way.