Fall TV series
09/13: Battle Spirits Shounen Gekiha Dan
Sunrise does some gimmicky merchandise-selling TCG show. Safe to ignore.
09/16: Koishigure ~Yoshitaka Yuriko to Muttsu no Koi~ (Love is Sometimes Rainy ~Yoshitaka Yuriko and her Six Lovers~)
Some actress reads 6 short love stories, accompanied by a love song by a popular artist, one for each story. Animation will most likely consist entirely of stills.
09/24: Queen's Blade: Gyokuza wo Tsugumono (Queen's Blade: Heir to the Throne)
Tits and girls pissing on each other, season 2. Most likely the only use for this show is as a mod challenge for shitposters in PHIZ.
10/01: Asura Cryin' Season 2
It is doubtful this season will make any more sense than the first.
10/01: Kämpfer (TL note: Kämpfer means "Fighter" in German)
Ordinary high school boy wakes up one fine day and discovers he's turned into a girl and is supposed to fight other girls in some kind of tournament you cannot get out of. Based on a series of light novels by the guy responsible for Maburaho, so you should know what to expect, namely girls fighting each other with ~magic~ and lesbian fanservice. In other words, it's going to be both very popular and aggressively terrible. Has an impressive voice cast (you can probably guess why):
Inoue Marina (Kana in Minami-ke, Yoko in TTGL),
Mizuki Nana (Fate in Nanoha, Touma in Minami-ke),
Horie Yui (Hanekawa in Bakemonogatari),
Tamura Yukari (Nanoha in Nanoha, Rika in Higurashi) and Noto Mamiko (Fujino in Kara no Kyoukai).
10/01: Nyan Koi! (Mewwuv)
Romantic comedy show where the central premise is that the guy hates cats (and is allergic to them) while his crush loves them. The guy ends up offending a cat spirit and gains the ability to talk to cats, but has to fulfill a hundred wishes from the cats or he'll turn into one himself.
Fukuyama Jun (Lelouch in Code Geass) as one of the cats.
10/01: 11eyes (Note: lack of spacing intentional)
Fantasy/action/harem show based on a H-game. Guy has a sister who commits suicide, goes emo, gets transported to magical world together with a friend, has to fight <things> to escape it. Main character voiced by
Ono Daisuke (Itsuki in Haruhi, Hosaka in Minami-ke, Battler in Umineko).
10/02: Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra (Battle Librarians: The Book of Bantorra)
Extremely generic-looking shounen fantasy fighting show based on a series of light novels where the souls of the dead are stored as "books" in a gigantic library that everyone is fighting over because of <reasons>.
Paku Romi (Ed in FMA) as the female lead;
Ishida Akira (Athrun in Gundam SEED, Xelloss in Slayers) as the male lead. Also stars
Kawasumi Ayako (Ayako Doctrine followers take note),
Tomatsu Haruka and
Sawashiro Miyuki. OP by ALI PROJECT.
10/02: To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
A spinoff of To Aru Majutsu no Index (A Certain Magical Index), which (in case you didn't remember) was an extremely bland and tedious shounen fighting show. Centered on the character that was generally seen as the least terrible one, i.e. Misaka Mikoto, the human railgun. New
director, whose main solo accomplishment seems to be Toradora.
10/02: Seitokai no Ichizon: Hekiyou Gakuen Seitokai Gijiroku (Discretion of the Student Council: Hekiyo Academy Student Council Minutes)
Studio DEEN does a moé harem/slice-of-life show about a guy who is the single male member of an otherwise all-female student council, whose members are chosen according to a popularity contest. Apparently 90% of the source material consists of the main cast sitting around and talking in the council room and making obscure references. There are literally no reasons to watch this, not even the usual famous voice actresses that most harem shows come with.
10/02: White Album Season 2
Second half of that retarded showbusiness harem show from a few seasons ago. The original series was kinda unintentionally funny but other than that there's really nothing interesting here.
10/03: Kotatsuneko (Kotatsu Kitty) (see
Kotatsu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
An anime with 5-minute epsiodes about two cats living under a kotatsu. Also about their owner, who is a shutin game nerd. Seems to have some kind of romance aspect on various levels.
Nogawa Sakura (Hinaichigo in Rozen Maiden, Shiho in Mai Hime) as one of the cats.
10/03: Seiken no Blacksmith (The Sacred Blacksmith/Blacksmith of the Holy Sword)
Manglobe does a shounen fantasy show with a premise that sounds like a cross between Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings: Long ago there was a war between good and evil; evil gets sealed away and the world is peaceful again. Later, female knight (voiced by
Fujimura Ayumi, aka. Azaka in Kara no Kyoukai) looks for someone who can repair her father's sword, runs into a blacksmith using evil power, <stuff> starts to happen. Directed by
this guy, who may be familiar as the director of the trainwreck known as Linebarrels of Iron (also involved with a lot of Pokémon).
10/03: Shugo Chara Party!
Some sort of bonus content show running alongside the ordinary Shugo Chara stuff.
10/03: Usaru-san (Mr. Usaru)
Kids show about a rabbit that can transform into Superman (Superrabbit? Supermonkey? whatever.) by wearing a monkey suit and eating bananas. Or something.
10/03: Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Fantasy/drama series about very serious business letter deliveries. Rather impressive voice cast including people like
Nakai Kazuya (Zoro in One Piece, Date Masamune in Sengoku Basara),
Fukuyama Jun (Lelouch),
Koshimizu Ami,
Mizuki Nana and
Sawashiro Miyuki.
10/03: Tentai Senshi Sunred Season 2 (Astro Fighter Sunred Season 2)
Second season of that sentai parody show where the bad guys aren't particularly bad and the good guy is an unemployed bum leeching off his girlfriend.
10/03: Inuyasha: Kanketsu-hen (Inuyasha: The Final Act)
if you care about this at all you'll know more about it than I ever will, so just move on ok
10/04: Yumeiro Pâtissière (Fabulous Pastry Chef)
Cooking show for and about little girls making pastries.
10/04: Sora no Otoshimono (Lost Property of the Skies)
lovely fanservice show with girls falling down from the sky etc. Main guy voiced by
Hoshi Souichiro (Gino in Code Geass, Kira in Gundam SEED).
10/04: Natsu no Arashi: Akinai-chuu! (Summer Storm: Open for Business!)
SHAFT and Shinbo Akiyuki does another season about timetravellers and obscure references etc. The title is a horribly elaborate pun, of course; paging Mandoric to this thread so he can explain it.
10/04: Miracle☆Train ~Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso~ (Miracle Train: Welcome to the Oedo Line)
Some kind of reverse fanservice show about pretty-boy personifications of train stations. Looks like Japan didn't think Akikan's premise was dumb enough, so they went to take it even further. For some bizarre reason it's directed by
that guy some of us love for Nodame Cantabile and Honey & Clover. Also features an all-star male voice cast with people like
Kamiya Hiroshi (Araragi in Bakemonogatari, Tieria in Gundam 00) and
Yoshino Hiroyuki (Allelujah in Gundam 00).
10/05: Shin Koihime Musou
The most bizarre and/or terrible Three Kingdoms adaption that ever existed gets another season.
10/05: Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu (Animew Detective Kiruminzuu)
Ultramoé show about girls that transform into animals, or something.
10/05: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza♪ (Nogizaka Haruka's Secret: Purity)
I can't even remember what the first season was about other than some tsundere otaku girl but whatever, it wasn't worth caring about and this season won't be either.
10/06: Kobato
Madhouse adapts a CLAMP manga (a crossover with another CLAMP manga called Wish) about some girl that goes around and collects people's feelings, or something. Note: it's CLAMP, which means hilariously inappropriate <everything>, characters from other random CLAMP stuff and lots of poo poo that makes no loving sense. miasmacloud summed it up as "SD;LF;34;LKFG SHE HAS CUTE CLOTHES AND THERE IS THE CUTE BUNNY MESSENGER AND THERE ARE CUTE LITTLE BIRDIES EVERYWHERE AND JESUS gently caress AHSDFLJK24KJLDF’L23L;4KLK;FH." which is pretty much the entire point. Apparently they make a big thing out of the fact that the main character will be wearing different clothes every episode. Directed by
the guy responsible for Chi's Sweet Home and stars a pile of famous female voice actresses, like
Hanazawa Kana (Sengoku in Bakemonogatari),
Saito Chiwa (Senjougahara in Bakemonogatari, Meru in SZS, etc),
Orikasa Fumiko (Shirley in Code Geass, Rukia in Bleach) and
Kuwashima Houko (Tomoyo in Clannad).
10/06: Kimi ni Todoke (Reaching You)
Production IG does a romance show based on a manga about a wallflower girl who wants to make friends and be like her chill male classmate. The manga in question is reportedly very good. Female lead voiced by
Noto Mamiko (Fujino in Kara no Kyoukai, etc); male lead voiced by
Namikawa Daisuke (Rock in Black Lagoon, etc). Unfortunately it also stars Hirano Aya (Haruhi).
10/06: Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume Countdown (Secret Society Eagle Talon Countdown)
Some bizarro comedy show about... uh... I have no loving clue. Has the awesomest website I've ever seen. It's so totally awesome that I can't even link to it because SA's url tags don't like unicode domain names, apparently.
edit: link fixed
10/07: Cheburashka Areree?
Kids show based on
some Russian thing from the 60's.
10/07: Sasameki Koto (Whispered Words)
Yuri/lesbian high school romance show.
The director's only other notable accomplishment as a director is Kodomo no Jikan; no idea what this means. The two main characters are voiced by
Takagaki Ayahi (Feldt Grace in Gundam 00) and
Takamoto Megumi (Winry in FMA: Brotherhood) respectively.
10/08: Darker than Black - Ryuusei no Gemini (Darker than Black - Gemini of the Meteor)
BONES does a second season of the science fiction action show Darker than Black. Supposedly it picks up two years after the original series ended. Most of the old staff and cast is returning.
10/10: Gokyoudai Monogatari
Kid's slice-of-life show about a pair of siblings walking around their neighborhood in Tokyo.
10/10: Aoi Bungaku (Blue Literature)
Anime adaption of four famous Japanese novels, namely
No Longer Human,
Kokoro,
Run, Melos! and
Hell Screen. Four famous manga artists (Kubo Tite (Bleach) and Obata Takeshi (Death Note) are two of them) will be doing the character designs.
10/12: Shin Sanjuushi (New Three Musketeers)
Puppet show/stopmotion adaption of Alexandre Dumas' novel. Dunno why Moonphase is listing it.
10/12: Tamagotchi!
Some kid's show about, uh, Tamagotchi, I guess.
10/12: Fairy Tail
Shounen show about mage guilds fighting each other and poo poo. Zorak says: "It's (One Piece + Bleach)/(VERY FAST PACING*(this is bad))."
10/13: Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibouken~
No clue what makes this particular Disney franchise so popular in Japan.
10/14: Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)
Collection of short ghost stories (three per episode?).
10/15: Kiddy Girl-and
Satelight does a spinoff/sequel/??? of the 2002 Gonzo sci-fi/action series Kiddy Grade (which actually was one of Gonzo's less terrible works); reportedly it takes place 50 years after the original series ended. Much of the original staff and cast is listed as returning, but the focus will be on new characters.
10/15: Kuuchuu Buranko (Flying Trapeze)
The team behind Mononoke (the horror show) and the Bakeneko arc of Ayakashi does something that seems like a trippy psychological drama, based on a series of light novels about a weirdo doctor and his nurse helping people. Airs in the somewhat famous Noitamina timeslot (that gave us things like Eden of the East and Honey & Clover). Great male voice cast with people like
Miki Shinichiro (Kurz in FMP, Lockon in Gundam 00),
Sakurai Takahiro (Oshino in Bakemonogatari, the Medicine Seller in Mononoke) and
Morikawa Toshiyuki (Griffith in Berserk).
10/17: Fuyu no sonata (Winter Sonata the Animation)
Anime adaption of
a silly Korean melodrama/soap opera show. People get cancer, lose their memories and get brainwashed left right and center, all for the sake of forced drama. The plot is really remarkably similar to Kanon/Clannad/other Key bullshit, but without the
~magic~, so it's even more stupid. Apparently voiced in Korean by the original live action voice actors.
10/17: Hidamari Sketch x365 Tokubetsu Hen 1/2 (Sunshine Sketch Special Chapter, Part 1 of 2)
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OVA that airs on PPV TV.
10/17: Mahoromatic Tokubetsu Hen ~Tadaima◇Okaeri~ 1/2 (Mahoromatic Special Chapter ~I'm Home, Welcome Back~, Part 1 of 2)
Gee thanks Gainax, this is exactly what we needed (no). OVA on PPV TV.
10/24: Hidamari Sketch x365 Tokubetsu Hen 2/2 (Sunshine Sketch Special Chapter, Part 2 of 2)
10/24: Mahoromatic Tokubetsu Hen ~Tadaima◇Okaeri~ 2/2 (Mahoromatic Special Chapter ~I'm Home, Welcome Back~, Part 2 of 2)
October: Sangoku Engi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Some kind of Japanese-Chinese co-production. Delayed from the summer season.
Fall OVA's and movies
09/17: Mahou Sensei Negima ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ OVA 01
SHAFT and Shinbo does yet another Negima OVA. No idea what part of the manga they're adapting now.
09/30: BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER -PILOT Edition-
Pilot episode of the Black Rock Shooter anime that's set for a spring 2010 airing. See below.
10/02: TO
Two CG-animated sci-fi episodes based on a short "hard sci-fi" manga series from 1985 called
2001 Nights. Looks drat slick with gigantic spaceships and huge explosions all over the place. Warning: voice cast contains Hirano Aya. However, it also has
Fukuyama Jun,
Outsuka Akio (Batou in Ghost in the Shell, Snake in the Japanese MGS) and
Paku Romi (Ed in FMA, Loran Cehack in Turn A Gundam, Osaki Nana in NANA).
10/03: Tales of Vesperia ~The First Strike~
Production IG does a prequel movie to the game.
10/10: Kaiji
Apparently everyone's favorite apocalypse gambler bum is getting a (live-action?) movie. Not very many details to be found as of right now.
edit: yep, it's live action, and the details are that they're making Kaiji a pretty boy and are also adding a female character. Outlook not good.
10/15: First Squad
Fangz says: "A Studio 4°C film made for a Russian audience, about teenage Soviet espers defending the motherland from Nazi zombie supersoldiers. What's there not to like? Out in cinemas October 15th, dunno about DVD."
Bolding because of 4°C.
10/23: Shakugan no Shana S OVA 01
First episode of a Shakugan no Shana OVA series. I kinda sorta stopped caring about this franchise a long while ago so I dunno what they're up to now.
10/23: Kemono to Chat (Chatting with Creatures)
Comedy OVA series (?) based on a 4-panel manga about a girl who talks to cats.
Sakamoto Maaya as the girl in question; also stars
Ueda Kana and
Yahagi Sayuri.
10/28: Cencoroll
Sci-fi/supernatural drama short written, directed and animated by a single guy (that you'll probably be hearing a lot about in the future). Music by internet celebreties supercell (aka. the ones responsible for the Bakemonogatari ED). Listed date is the DVD release date. Watch the trailer and you'll understand why I'm bolding it.
11/17: Mahou Sensei Negima ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ OVA 02
11/17: Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi OVA 1
Yet another SZS OVA. Mr. Despair ain't stopping. Paging Mandoric to this thread so he can translate the title and explain the inevitable pun.
11/21: Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwari no Utahime (Macross F the Movie: Songstress of Lies)
Nope, no idea what this one is going to be about. Alternative title is The False Diva.
11/28: Higashi no Eden Gekijouban I - The King of Eden (Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden)
Hoping for a conclusion here. See the
thread.
12/04: Denpa Teki na Kanojo OVA 2
12/09: Kara no Kyoukai The Garden of Sinners 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Go) (Boundary of Emptiness - The Garden of Sinners, Chapter 7: Murder Speculation (Second Half)
The final movie. Listed date is the DVD release date. See the
thread.
12/12: Shin Uchuu Senkan Yamato - Fukkatsu Hen (New Space Battleship Yamato - Rebirth Chapter)
Movie sequel to the 1974 classic Space Battleship Yamato, also known in the US as "Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar". Directed by
the guy who was the producer of the original series.
12/12: One Piece Film: Strong World
One Piece fans inform me this is apparently going to be good, and that it's written by Oda himself. Zorak says: "The plot IIRC is the Straw Hats going after an infamous pirate from the age of Gold Roger who escaped Impel Down because he can make poo poo float and he doesn't give a gently caress."