Hello again dear goony goon goons, it's time for another "what's up with next season?" thread. As always the list of shows is taken from
Moonphase (moonrune warning). The dates listed are premiere dates unless otherwise specified; they are probably all subject to change. I usually list all TV shows on Moonphase plus the more interesting OVA's and movies (but there I usually miss a few because I'm lazy).
As tradition dictates I have also bolded the names of the shows I predict ADTRW will be particularly interested in. I usually screw this up terribly and bold shows that turn out to be shit and miss bolding shows that turn out to be awesome (Sengoku Basara, anyone?).
In other words, if you think there's something missing or wrong, please do post (never stop posting). That said, without further ado:
Summer TV shows
06/05: Weiss * Schwarz
Some TCG merchandise gimmick show.
06/05: Gin'iro no Corda ~second passo~ - Second Movement
Second special episode of a shoujo-style reverse harem show from 2005. OVA airing on TV.
06/20: Kawa no Hikari (River of Light)
NHK kids show about a rat family.
06/24: Umi Monogatari ~ Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto ~ (Sea Story)
"Transforming magical girl action" with not-quite-mermaids, apparently based on a line of pachinko games (
) and directed by King of Feelgood Anime
Sato Junichi (Aria, Princess Tutu, Kaleido Star, Sketchbook, Sailor Moon; funnily enough he also did storyboards for Zeta Gundam). Horie Yui as one of the not-quite-mermaids.
06/25: Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!
Some kind of incredibly gimmicky comedy fanservice show where a girl with some kind of electrical powers (don't ask) goes around and does <stuff>. Done for and airs on AT-X (same channel that aired Queen's Blade), which should tell you a thing or two about it. Followers of the Ayako Doctrine would do well to note that it does star Kawasumi Ayako in some capacity.
07/01: Umineko no Naku Koro ni (When Seagulls Cry, aka. When They Cry 3)
The spiritual successor to Higurashi. See the
thread for more information, but be aware that it is about the visual novel the anime is based on, and the posts after the OP are likely to contain spoilers. Someone should probably start a separate anime thread eventually.
07/04: Element Hunters
Japanese-Korean sci-fi joint venture aiming to teach kids about chemical elements.
Kuwashima Houko as one of the main characters; OP by Ishikawa Chiaki (Uninstall, etc).
07/05: Princess Lover
Terrible generic hgame-based fanservice/harem show with rich girls in elaborate revealing costumes. Stars both Wakamoto Norio and Shiraishi Minoru (best known for his role as himself in Lucky Star) for some bizarre reason.
07/05: Kanamemo
Gimmicky moé show based on a 4-panel manga about a newspaper delivery firm staffed exclusively by cute girls. It's basically K-On but with newspaper delivery instead of music; the main character even has the same VA as
Yui in K-On.
07/07: Sora no Manimani (At the Sky's Mercy)
Slice-of-life romantic comedy show about the members of some highschool astronomy club. Directed by
a guy with things like School Rumble, Gintama and a bunch of Gundams (X, ZZ, Wing, 0080, Char's Counterattack) on his resume. Stars
Tomatsu Haruka (Aoba in Cross Game, Nagi in Kannagi, Misao in Asura Cryin') and
Koshimizu Ami (Horo in Spice & Wolf, Kallen in Code Geass) among others.
07/11: Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou (Properly Learned Modern Magic)
Fantasy/highschool series based on a series of light novels about some short and clumsy girl who is apprenticed to a 25-year-old famous magician in order to learn the trade herself. Stars
Nonaka Ai (Kafka in SZS, Fuuko in Clannad) as the clumsy apprentice.
July: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
BONES does an anime original disaster drama about a gigantic earthquake hitting Tokyo. Replaces Eden of the East in the Noitamina timeslot. Staff and cast seems to be mostly beginners and/or not very big names; no idea where this could go and if I should bold it or not.
July: Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers)
J.C. Staff does an anime adaption of a yuri/female friendship highschool romance manga, directed by
the guy who brought us Honey & Clover and Nodame Cantabile (season 1). Has Horie Yui voicing a side character. musouka says: "If it's half as good as the manga, it'll be one of THE shows of the season." Based on that and the director's impressive resume, I'm bolding this.
July: NEEDLESS
Anime version of a postapocalyptic supernatural powers shounen manga, courtesy of Madhouse and a relatively inexperienced
director whose only two shows of note are Strawberry Panic and The Masked Maid Guy.
July: Ookami to Koushinryou II (Spice & Wolf season 2)
Moeconomics, season 2. Same director and voice actors as last time.
July: Bakemonogatari (Monster Tales)
Andrew Cunningham says: "short stories which seem to have been written largely to purge [the author] of all his most arcane otaku jokes". Since the anime adaption is done by SHAFT, our old friend
Shinbo Akiyuki and his partner in crime
Oishi Tatsuya, this seems like a recipe for insanity unlike anything we've seen since Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
July: Taishou Yakyuu Musume (Taisho Era Baseball Girls)
Baseball anime with a twist; instead of some modern teenaged guy aiming for Koushien, this one is about a group of baseball pioneering girls sometime during the Taisho period (1912-1926). Animation by J.C. Staff and there is plenty of voice talent to go around; stars people like
Ueda Kana (Sakuya in Hayate the Combat Butler, Yumi in Maria-sama, Rin in Fate/stay night),
Nakahara Mai (Rena in Higurashi, Nagisa in Clannad, Mai in My-Hime/My-Otome) and
Noto Mamiko (Yakumo in School Rumble, Oichi in Sengoku Basara, Fujino in Kara no Kyoukai etc. etc.).
July: Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Mr. Despair and his class of dysfunctional students is back again. I have no idea how Shinbo thinks he's going to manage both this and Bakemonogatari in the same season but apparently it shall be done, so who am I to question it?
July: Hetalia Axis Powers S2
More gimmicky country stereotype jokes. Dunno if it will actually air on TV this time.
July: Kuruneko
Anime adaption of a manga blog (webcomic?) about a lady who likes two things; sake and her many cats. Dunno anything more than that.
July: GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class
Based on a 4-panel comedy manga about, well, an art class. Not much info available and the website 403's at the moment.
e: Oceanbound says: "I think GA is supposed to be like Hidamari Sketch except everyone is a freshman, and a glasses girl is the main character, voiced by the VA who did Nagi in Kannagi. The
director did Cromartie High School and the studio doing it is AIC+."
July: CANAAN
Anime based on TYPE-MOON's latest and greatest game (it was released fairly recently, like half a year ago if memory serves); also known as 428. Directed by
Ando Masahiro (probably best known for Sword of the Stranger) and has an absolutely incredible all-star voice cast led by
Sakamoto Maaya (Shiki in Kara no Kyoukai; should need no introduction) and
Sawashiro Miyuki (Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Chie in Eve no Jikan, etc) and backed up by people like
Tanaka Rie (everything ever from Yomi (in Azumanga) to Suigintou and Lacus Clyne),
Minagawa Junko,
Tomatsu Haruka,
Hirata Hiroaki and
Hamada Kenji.
e: Factor_VIII says: "Actually CANAAN is only a part of the 428 game and it's the only thing that Type Moon contributed to that title which was actually developed by Chunsoft."
Summer: Jungle Taitei TV Special
Some kind of TV special version of The Jungle Emperor, otherwise better known as Kimba the White Lion.
Summer: Ukkari Penelope New Series
As far as I can determine this is some kind of NHK kids show based on a series of western picture books.
Summer OVA's and movies
06/23: Minami-ke OAD
06/24: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei 04 - Saigoroshi-hen Sono San (When They Cry Rei 04 - Dice Killing Chapter Part 3)
06/24: Utawarerumono OVA 1
06/26: Cobra the Animation Time Driver - 02
06/27: Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha (Evangelion 2.0: You Can [Not] Advance)
Yep. Listed date is the cinema premiere date, who knows how long it'll be before we get a DVD. (Bluray you say? HAH! 2014 maybe!)
Early summer: Miyamoto Musashi: Souken ni Haseru Yume (Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai)
Oshii Mamoru,
Nishikubo Mizuho and Production I.G. does a badass samurai movie about, well, Miyamoto Musashi. There's an
English trailer available on ANN as well as other trailers on the official website.
07/22: Birdy the Mighty Decode - The Cipher
Guyver says: "[it's] a single episode connecting the first and second season".
07/24: Hellsing OVA - 06
07/29: Kara no Kyoukai 6 - Boukyaku Rokuon (Boundary of Emptiness 6 - Oblivion Recording)
DVD release date of the sixth Kara no Kyoukai movie.
08/01: Summer Wars
Supernatural-ish slice-of-life by the guys who did Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time).
08/10: Nodame Cantabile OAD
08/21: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei 05 - Hirukowashi-hen (When They Cry Rei 05 - Daybreak Chapter)
08/25: AIKa ZERO - 01
Guyver says: "An Agent Aika OVA set between Virgin Mission and the original OVA".
August: Kara no Kyoukai 7 - Satsujin Kousatsu (Go) (Boundary of Emptiness 7 - A Study in Murder (Part 2))
Cinema premiere date of the seventh and final Kara no Kyoukai movie. Enjoy waiting another 6 months or so for the DVD, and then God alone knows how long for the blurays.
Later stuff
Nothing here bolded because of lack of information, as usual.
October: To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
Spinoff of that certain shitty shounen show, revolving around that certain electrical girl who was generally regarded as the least bad character.
October: Nodame Cantabile S3
Hopefully it'll be better than S2. (It'll be good almost regardless of what they do to it but S2 wasn't as good as S1, unfortunately.)
Autumn: White Album S2
The first season was remarkably unintentionally funny; I expect this one to keep it up.
Autumn: Winter Sonata the Animation
Anime adaption of a hugely popular Korean live action drama/soap opera. People who liked Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and shit like that are most likely going to love this. Moonphase originally listed it for July.
2010: Cobra the Animation: Rokunin no Yuushi (Cobra the Animation: Six Warriors)
Remake of the famous 1982 sci-fi anime classic Space Adventure Cobra. Apparently both the director (Grand Old Man
Dezaki Osamu) and the main voice actors are returning.
Was to be aired in July; postponed because of a production fuckup.
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