Fall Anime Starting!

Posted by gaiden

Despite the high piles of anime consuming my external HDD space need attention, these few titles caught my attention after reading a few blogs' entry on it, particularly hashime.

Basically, I would love to run through all the anime titles because yuu never know until yuu try it. However, it is impossible. Not to mention summer, even the spring season anime or the last year's one are still pending. *Z0MG*

Anyway, with reference to hashime's entry, here's a few titles I would love to watch:

Mokke

Ever since Ghost Hunt, I had been going after any anime that is spiritual-related eg. ~ayakashi~ Japanese Classic Horror, TMGK, Shounen Onmyouji. Therefore I'm not going to let go of this one. Plus, this is a Madhouse production and I pretty fancy Kawasumi Ayako (Saber in FSN, Nodame in Nodame Cantabile, Rurippe in Gatekeepers).

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

New Gundam Series with lots of bishies. Reminds me alot of Gundam Wing. I love bishies, thus I don't see a reason why I'm not watching this. :P

Clannad

I wanna watch anything produced by Visual Art's/Key. This time, KyoAni takes part in the production as well. I just love music by Key particularly those from AIR - because I haven't finish watch Kanon yet. ^^;;

You're Under Arrest!: Full Throttle

This really makes me feel nostalgic! The second season (I didn't get to watch first season though) aired on AXN many years back was one of my favourite. Seriously, I thought that was the last and never had expect a third installment. Gonna watch it to find out what's more with Miyuki and Natsumi.

For the time being, this 4 series would suffice. I would pick up a few more titles as the series started airing and the chances of me watching more is subjected to time, HDD space and fansubs availability.

-gaiden

Falling For Autumn Anime

Posted by Shin

Yep, it's that time again. Come September we will have a new lineup of shows, some highly anticipated, some a big surprise and some better than others. Here are some of the stuff I'd definitely be trying out.

Genshiken 2

Finally! I've been praying for a new season of this ever since it finished airing back in 2005. The so called second season that was subsequently announced turned out to be nothing but a spinoff of the anime series featured in the show itself, and the few OVAs released sparingly from time to time could not quench my thirst for this quintessential otaku slice-of-life anime series.

Shakugan no Shana 2

Despite being a self professed Rie Kugiyama fan, I've personally never seen this show, despite it being the latter's more popular works >< Hopefully they do a recap of the previous season, but then again, I pretty much know the gist of the story, so I guess it wouldn't matter too much. Just like Rozen Maiden and Nanoha, I actually watched the 2nd season first xD

You're Under Arrest ! Full Throttle

This show really brings back memories, as it was among the first few anime I watched when I first got into it, circa 2002. Can't wait to see Miyuki and Natsumi come out from retirement and stop crime in their unique and often humorous manner.

Gundam 00

Despite the travesty that was Gundam SEED Destiny, Sunrise attempts to revive the franchise with yet another installment of their flagship brand under the an entirely new production team(yeah no more F***ing Fukuda), although I'm not sure about bringing in Loveless' character designer(pretty boys overload bleargh)

Kodomo no Jikan

You know, despite being lolicon, I've not seen that many loli themed shows, but I'm really excited about this one. Based on the controversial manga of the same name, this series features Kokonoe Rin, a third grader who has a crush on her class teacher. What's so bad, you ask? Let's just say it never made it to the States as originally planned, due to inappropriate content(it's not Hentai) Well, just read the manga to know what the controversy is all about. =)

Clannad

No real clue on what this show is about, other than the fact it's based on a visual novel from the same people who brought us Air and Kanon and that it's being animated by Kyoto Animation, which isn't a bad thing. I've neglected harem shows lately, but I guess it's high time to get sucked right back in this fall with Clannad.

That sums up all the notable shows for autumn. although titles like the new Da Capo, Prism Ark, Kimi Kiss and Maple Story(wtf) should be worth taking note as well. Shin out.

Hot Summer, Lukewarm Shows(?)

Posted by Shin

Unlike the high profile nature of spring, the shows this summer, at first glance doesn't seem to be all that exciting, save a few of them. Let's take a sneak peek at some of the animes Japan has in store for us this July.

Code Geass 24 & 25

Serving as the final episodes for the first season, it'd be interesting to see how they'll end this great show, although I pretty much ruined the excitement for myself by reading magazine spoilers, lawl.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

One of more interesting shows of last year, we finally get a proper sequel, which incidentally has been giving a higher budget this time around (That probably means we'll see less of those bad(ass) animation during certain scenes. Judging from what I've read, the entire show will be those so-called "solution arcs" that explain the mysteries and dead-ends from the previous season.

Zero no Tsukaima 2: Futatsuki no Kishi

Probably my most anticipated show in summer, for obvious reasons (OH GOD, LOUISE IS HOT!!!11). The second season will feature a slew of new characters that include Louise's sisters, from initial perceptions, another tsundere and a gentile MILF-like character (voiced by Inoue Kikoku of Belldandy fame). Expect more of the same brand of comedy, ecchi and sadomasochism that made the first season so endearing.

School Days

Based on the visual novel of the same name, this is yet another harem/romance/school life/drama anime. However, having said that, you can kind of tell this is pretty neat stuff despite coming from that overcrowded genre. Unlike most harem leads that harbor their true feelings and pick their girl of choice towards the end of the show, our protagonist has already confessed to his dream girl and was accepted (the last time I saw this happening was in Ichigo 100%). Obviously to make the show more interesting, their relationship doesn't go all too well, with the main guy's good friend, who helps him get his girl in the first place also falls for him. What would really be interesting though is whether or not they incorporate any of the bad endings from the game(which made it so popular in the first place, apart from the fact the entire game is animated) into the anime.

Doujin Work

From the acclaimed doujin artist EPIC EXPRESSIONS Hiroyuki comes a hilarious anime based on his latest 4koma work about the life of an upstart female doujinshi artist who wants to make a fortune publishing these fan made mangas. Not much else to talk about this show of great potential(the fact it's so excruciatingly short doesn't help either) other than the fact it gives an abstract view of the doujin scene in Japan and contains much lulz

Well, that pretty much covers the first impressions of the shows for me this season, although I'll be keeping tabs on shows like Umisho, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Zombie Loan, for watch out for future posts. Shin out.