With the conclusion of NEEDLESS and the imminent end of Kämpfer and Seitokai no Ichizon, it is obvious that a new season is upon us pretty soon. And so, the usual post on the upcoming series, with a poster to kick start everything.
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Summary: Aki-Sora revolves around Aki Aoi and Sora Aoi, a pair of close siblings who have shared an intimate bond since childhood. During their coming of age, they each come to realize the true depth of the love they feel for each other and consummate that love in secret. They keep their younger sister, Nami, Sora’s twin in the dark about their new relationship. Nami, clueless of what is happening in her household aims to set her brother up with her best friend, Kana Sumiya. Despite these relationships Nami seems to have feelings for someone near to her too but keeps them secret.
Seiyuus: Kinoshita Sayaka, Kawaragi Shiho, Ueda Kana, Okajima Tae
Comments: It looks more hentai than ecchi from the picture. Nonetheless, why did they choose to switch Kitamura Eri out?!?! There is a high chance I would watch the OVA for her, but with things the way they are now, I doubt I would.
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Animation Production: Silver Link
Summary: Akihisa attends an academy where test results determine classes. In A class, prodigies can enjoy reclining seats and air-con, but Akihisa’s F class sports decrepit tables and broken windows. He rallies F class to take on higher classes and claim school supremacy by summoning fantasy creatures to battle.
Seiyuus: Shimono Hiro, Harada Hitomi, Ohtsuka Akio, Taketatsu Ayana, Katou Emiri, Mizuhashi Kaori, Tsuda Kenjiro, Miyata Kouki, Hirata Mana, Terashima Takuma, Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Isomura Tomomi, Nanjou Yoshino
Comments: I’m not too sure what to make of this series, but I have heard that it’s supposed to be an excellent comedy series directed by the same guy who directed my ef series. Definitely keeping an eye out for it before making a decision.
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Summary: Adapted from the manga, this tells the life of the mangaka Yoshitani as a 28-year-old bachelor systems engineer with no girlfriend.
Seiyuus: Miyano Mamoru, Kugimiya Rie
Comments: Doubt any groups would bother to sub this, so I can’t watch it for Kugimiya Rie even if I want to.
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Animation Production: ZEXCS
Summary: Nayu shocks her schoolmates on the first day of middle school by wearing black lace panties. She aims to “spread the word on the merits of underwear” and help other girls concerned with their development – by opening an underwear club.
Seiyuus: Kotobuki Minako, Chihara Minori, Yahagi Sayuri, Ohara Sayaka, Sakurai Takahiro, Hikasa Yōko, Satou Yuudai
Comments: I once proclaimed that I’ll rather die than watch such a plotless show, so I’m now anticipating lightning strikes from the heavens. How can I not watch it for Minako-chan (and Minorin and Hikasa Youko, of course..)?! If I’m caught doing something else while leaving the sound on for a certain series next season, it’s highly possible to be this.
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Animation Production: SHAFT
Summary: After millennia in hiding, Vampire Princess Mina tepes uses her wealth to pay off Japan’s national debt, in return for an off-coast “special district” haven for her kind. On the eve of a landmark press conference, terrorists and rival factions plot to assassinate Tepes before she can declare the existence of vampires.
Seiyuus: Yūki Aoi, Nakamura Yuuichi, Watanabe Akeno, Tanii Asuka, Saito Chiwa, Kitamura Eri, Nakata Jouji, Itou Shizuka, Kobayashi Yu, Kaida Yuko
Comments: Definitely absolutely yes!!! With SHAFT on the case, and vampire stories are always awesome. Well, excluding the Tw*l*ght series, that is. And casting the likes of Saito Chiwa, Kitaeri, Shizuka, Kobayashi Yu and Kaida Yuko too!
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Animation Production: Brains Base
Summary: From the creators of Baccano!! The “distorted love story” is set in Tokyo’s rowdy Ikebukuro neighbourhood, and revolves around an ensemble cast of street thugs, high school students, a female radio host, an underworld doctor, a young information vendor, and a headless Irish fairy.
Seiyuus: Toyonaga Toshiyuki, Takagaki Ayahi, Ono Daisuke, Kamiya Hiroshi, Fukuyama Jun, Hanazawa Kana, Horie Kazuma, Miyano Mamoru, Kobayashi Sanae, Kuroda Takaya, Nakamura Yuuichi, Kaji Yuuki
Comments: YES YES YES!!!! Baccano! remains as one of my top anime series ever, and I’m eager to see how this next work would be. Sounds like it will be as crazy and entertaining as ever!
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Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Summary: To mark the theatrical release of Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works in January, Type-Moon’s Fate/stay night television series will be recompiled into two special edition DVD/Blu-ray Disc volumes. Fate/stay night TV reproduction I and II will each re-edit and re-shoot the contents of 12 television episodes.
Comments: Eh, looks like just a compilation of the TV series. Nothing too interesting.
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Animation Production: Artland
Summary: Gyagu Manga Biyori is hyperactive, random and nonsensical, revolving around various plots and characters throughout the series. It makes absolutely no sense.
Comments: Looks like there’s probably no one subbing this either, so let’s skip.
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Animation Production: BONES, Casio, Production I.G, Studio 4°C, Toei
Summary: An anime adaption of the popular Halo games.
Comments: I have never played the game, and have no intentions to. Ueda Kana should be casted in this anime though, seeing as how renowned she is for her Halo achievements.
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Animation Production: GAINAX
Summary: Anzu goes to a preschool with her friends, the shy Koume and the eccentric Hiiragi. Together, they try to gain Anzu attention from their male carer Tsuchida, though he is clearly more interested in the pretty Yamamoto who supervises the class next door.
Seiyuus: Shindou Kei, Takagaki Ayahi, MAKO, Hino Satoshi, Hirota Shimu, Ise Mariya, Mizuhara Kaoru, Honna Youko, Saitou Chiwa, Konishi Katsuyuki
Comments: I have no idea why I even bought the manga in the first place, but hey! It looks like Potemayo, though there is no relationship. As previously mentioned, I’ll be looking forward to this as a comedy, slice-of-life short drama to ease my brain cells and pass the time when there’s nothing fun on TV.
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Summary: Akane Motomiya is pulled by a demon into another world where she becomes Priestess of the Dragon God, protected by eight men known as the Hachiyou. The people of this world tell her she is the only one who can stop the demons, who mean to claim her power, from taking over.
Seiyuus: Kawakami Tomoko, Miki Shinichirou, Seki Tomokazu, Takahashi Naozumi, Miyata Kouki, Nakahara Shigeru, Inoue Kazuhiko, Hoshi Souichirou, Ishida Akira, Kuwashima Houko
Comments: I watched the first TV series, a few OVAs and the movie, and I must say even the handsome guys and the reverse harem can’t capture my attention.
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Animation Production: Toei
Summary: Love Momozono visits a show of famous dance unit “Trinity” and becomes a dancer too. However, Labyrinth Kingdom subordinates wish to collect the audience’s unhappiness. Love gets the power to change into Cure Peach and he is joined by her good friends Cure Berry and Cure Pine to fight them.
Comments: Mahou shoujo genre? Sorry, not for me.
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Animation Production: SHAFT
Summary: Yuno has begun her new artist’s life in her new dream school – Yamabuki High School. In front of the school is an apartment complex called Hidamari-so, where she moves in and meets classmates, senior students and other strange artists.
Seiyuus: Asumi Kana, Mizuhashi Kaori, Shintani Ryoko, Goto Yuko, Cho, Matsuki Miyu, Kigawa Eriko, Fukuen Misato, Sawashiro Miyuki, Kugimiya Rie, Aoki Ume
Comments: After watching the first Hidamari Sketch series, and GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class, I have come to the conclusion that such shows are not for me.
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Animation Production: Stingray
Summary: Reinya wears a signboard for the Faminya convenience store near a police station by day. By night, she is a whimsical thief chased by bumbling police officers, led by the handsome Keiji-san and the cool Keibu-san. Joining Reinya on her escapades is her trusty assistant, the mouse Chutaro.
Seiyuus: Tanaka Reina, Youki Sou, Noto Arisa, Misawa Sachika, Wakabayashi Naomi
Comments: Looks like light-hearted slice-of-life the same level as Hanamaru Kindergarten.
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Summary: From the author who brought us Bakemonogatari, Katanagatari is a samurai story taking place in Edo era (17th – 19th century). Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotou school of Japanese sword martial arts and lives in Fushou Island with his sister Nanami. With the order from a female samurai general Togame, he sets out for a trip to collect the twelve treasured swords created by a legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki.
Seiyuus: Hosoya Yoshimasa, Suzuki Chihiro, Nakahara Mai, Ikeda Masako, Tamura Yukari
Comments: Same creator of Bakemonogatari?! Count me in for this!! Sad that SHAFT is not producing it though, that would be so awesome.
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Animation Production: XEBEC
Summary: Akiharu Hino looks like a juvenile delinquent, but he enrolls into an academy that was once a school for upper-class ladies. Placed in the school’s new servant training department, where students are raised to be maids or butlers, Akiharu finds himself stuck in the middle of its bickering cliques.
Seiyuus: Kawasumi Ayako, Okitsu Kazuyuki, Nakahara Mai, Koshimizu Ami, Sakuma Kumi, Goto Mai, Ise Mariya, Kugimiya Rie, Hidaka Rina
Comments: Refer to my previous post. Will probably be watching.
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Animation Production: JC Staff
Summary: At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki is a talented pianist. When sent to a low class after an argument with a teacher, he meets a girl Nodame, who moves in next to him. When they are given the chance to study at Paris, Nodame goes with Chiaki to Europe, as he strives to fulfill his dream of being a conductor.
Seiyuus: You should know Kawasumi Ayako and Seki Tomokazu by now.
Comments: Watching. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 series, and it is a 100% bet that I would be following this.
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Animation Production: ZEXCS
Summary: Yuto Amakawa is an ordinary 16-year-old high school boy protected by Himari, a beautiful, sword-wielding cat girl spirit. He is descended from a family known for subjugating demons. With his protective charm now impotent, Himari appears before him as his new guardian.
Seiyuus: Koshimizu Ami, Hirakawa Daisuke, Okame Asuka, Nomizu Iori, Shindou Kei, Honda Mariko, Neya Michiko, Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Shimamura Yu
Comments: Not expecting much of it, but Koshimizu Ami is a plus…
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Animation Production: AIC
Summary: Hiroshi moves into Jogamachi, a serene village with a river that divides old and new, where ancient traditions still remain. Bewildered, he settles in and befriends his classmates, but Nemuru Kushinada’s only words are a warning to stay away from the old part of town. There, terror and mystery awaits.
Seiyuus: Kobayashi Yu, Katou Emiri, Fuchigami Mai, Ise Mariya, Fujita Saki, Goto Yuko
Comments: With opening and ending theme by Kajiura Yuki, and created by the same people who made Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni, I’M WATCHING!
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Animation Production: Taki
Summary: In St. Mikhailov Academy, Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver haired boy called Alexander. He is a Qwaser, a being who can manipulate iron and draws his power from breast milk. A mystery surrounding an Icon transforms the academy into the setting for conflicts between the various different Qwasers.
Seiyuus: Sanpei Yuko, Shimizu Ai, Toyosaki Aki, Hirano Aya, Takagaki Ayahi, Kawasumi Ayako, Fujimura Ayumi, Hanazawa Kana, Chihara Minori, Chiba Susumu, Ohkawa Toru, Hikasa Youko
Comments: OMG! Is this supposed to be the all-star cast series for this season?! Count me in!!! It is lacking Kotobuki Minako for the final K.O. though. Btw, I’m somehow dreading the ending song by Fujimura Ayumi, Toyosaki Aki, Chihara Minori, Hirano Aya and Hikasa Youko. The combination sounds suspicious. And am I the only one who thinks the guy looks like Allen Walker?
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Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Summary: In a future land marred by long-lasting war, a quiet decline has begun. 15-year-old Kumika realises her dream to enlist in the army, and joins a unit of five in protecting a fortress. Together they create music that reverberates across the skies, over empty towns and empty seas.
Seiyuus: Aikawa Juri, Yūki Aoi, Endo Aya, Kitamura Eri, Yasokawa Mayuno, Fukuen Misato, Ishizuka Unshou, Kobayashi Yu
Comments: The plot doesn’t sound too interesting, like Sky Girls or Strike Witches, but hey! There’s Kitamura Eri! Adding to my Watch List.
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Animation Production: Hibari
Summary: The story followws the main characters Takeshi and Michi as they get lost in the Card Battle world and have to win card battles to return home. A new character will debut in the project with designs by Takuya Fujima.
Seiyuus: Familiar names such as Kitta Izumi and Nakamoto Nobuhisa returns in this sequel
Comments: While some hated the first series for its lack of plot, I laughed my head off at the comedy. After all, it’s all in the character interactions and not really the card games like Yu-Gi-Oh is. Add to that a collaboration with Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS and Fate/Stay Night, which implies cameo characters. Besides, I am already watching this now.
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To make things simple, the top series on my list thus far are Durarara!!, Dance in the Vampire Bund, and Ookamikakushi, followed by Chu-Bra (for the seiyuus), Seikon no Qwaser (for the seiyuus), and Katanagatari (for the original creator). All I need now is for the snow to fall in Tokyo, and winter to begin.
Sources: ANN, Chartfag, hashihime, and the official websites for each series
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