Spring 2012 Anime Preview

Resources ANN & MAL & Crunchyroll

Spring 2012 Season is here!
(Last Updated: March 2, 2012)
New titles kept on popping up like Seagulls, I thought it was never going to end…
Titles that have been excluded from the Preview Lineup 
Fushigi no Umi no Nadia Remastered, Kikansha Thomas & Train Hero, Beyblade Zero-G

Ozuma

Animation Company:  LandQ studios
Website: http://ozuma.jp/
Genre: Sci-Fic
Airing Date:  March 16, 2012
Summary: In the far future, the elevated irradiation from the sun has destroyed the environment of the earth and the birthrate of humans has drastically decreased. The government controls society with an army of cloned soldiers called “Ideal Children (IC)”. Sam Coin is a trader in a desert. One day, he saves a beautiful woman Maya, who has been chased by Theseus, a corps of IC. He shelters her in his trade ship, but the destroyers of Theseus surround Sam and Maya.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Sign me up, I’m definitely interested in this- it sounds pretty badass.
ZeroG: I don’t think I’ll be covering this , I might watch it though, it might be interesting in some ways.
Vantage: Post apocalyptic sci-fi is always a good thing. Not in love with the art style though.
Kaitou:  Creator of Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy Express 999? WIN. I’m watching this. Not enough people watch old school stuff.
Oki: Actually this seems really good. I’ll give it a shot! I like the art style and this screams dystopian future without too much rape. …But we’ll see. XD
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Oki, Kaitou

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Ginga e Kickoff!!

Animation Company: TYO Animations
Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/ginga/
Genre: Sport, Shounen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The story follows a boy who was in a soccer team, but it was disbanded due to not enough players. However, after the boy meets a female professional soccer player, he aims to bring his soccer team back.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: WOOHOO ANOTHER SOCCER ANIME!!!
ZeroG: I stopped reading at Sport, then looked at the picture, then scrolled down even further.
Vantage: I tried a soccer once. Didn’t make it very far.
Kaitou:  Same as last season, unless it has a demon QB (QUARTERBACK, NOT EVIL CONTRACTING PLUSHIE) and insane-themed teams, I won’t watch it.
Oki: I hate all sports. 😐
Possible Bloggers: Eva

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Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 2

Animation Company: Sunrise
Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/phibrain/
Genre: Action, Game
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Second season of Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: WHY IS THIS GETTING SECOND SEASON- WHY!?! WHY?! SERIOUSLY- WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS SHOW?! COME ON-
ZeroG: I think I’ll kill someone, I could not finish the first season how much it was shit, why would anyone watch a second season of this boring piece of puzzle crap.
Vantage: Let’s just say this was one of the pre-decided second seasons, like how Blood-C was slated for a movie even before the fan hate and rage it so rightly deserves.
Kaitou:  Black Rock Shooter gets 8 episodes, and this show gets a second season. I would watch it for RookxKaito, but it’s not worth sitting through the terrible episodic adventures and kitschy villains. It’s OK for the puzzles, but that’s not an excuse to throw away character development and story.
Oki: lololol I just like to see Eva squirm over this XD
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Fate/Zero 2

Animation Company: ufotable
Website: http://www.fate-zero.jp/
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Sequel of the Fate/Zero Part 1. Taking place 10 years before the events of Fate/stay night, this series chronicles the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War. The War of the Holy Grail is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete to obtain the power of the “Holy Grail”, which grants a miracle.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: YES! COME TO BE BABY, CONTINUE FROM THAT CRAZY CLIFFHANGER YOU LEFT US WITH! NO NEED TO ASK, I WILL CONTINUE COVERING THIS!
ZeroG: While Eva will be blogging this, I will watch it, the first season was already amazing, I simply cannot wait for the continuation of this amazing show.
Vantage: Gotta watch the first season, and maybe Fate/stay night before the first season.
Kaitou:  Not at the top of the list, but I’d watch it to keep up. I never watched Fate/Stay Night, but Fate/Zero season 1 was decent enough. Decent graphics, decent story, memorable characters, a little something for everyone.
Oki: I’ll watch it and read Eva’s reviews…20 episodes after it starts airing XD
Possible Blogger: Eva

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Kimi to Boku Season 2

Animation Company: J.C Staff
Website: http://www.kimiboku.tv/
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shounen, Slice of Life
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Second Season of Kimi to Boku.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Couldn’t get into it, pass.
ZeroG: I haven’t watched the first season and I certainly won’t watch the second either.
Vantage: Uh, no.
Kaitou: Didn’t get into it last time around…too fluffy-brainless-boys-school-life.
Oki: Naw man not into it.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Zetman

Animation Company: TMS Entertainment
Website: http://zetman.jp/index.html
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Jin, a mysterious kid with a halo carved in his hand, and extraordinary fighting skills, lives with his grandfather in a beggar’s community. In other places, the old scientist Amagi is searching for Professor Kanzaki, to ask him for the whereabouts of the “player”, a kind of genetic altered humans – Zet, which they created some years ago. Soon, Jin and his grandfather are attacked by a mysterious man who turns into a monster…
Trailer: PV 1, PV 2,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: The animation style looks different from what I’m used to, and it has all the ingredients for genres I like… except for the horror bit. I’m a bit unsettled about that in particular, so there’s no telling whether I’ll be checking this out or not.
ZeroG: This looks awesome, I’ll blog this if I have the opportunity to do so.
Vantage: I’ll give it a go – looks pretty amazing even though I’m not too sure what exactly it’s about.
Kaitou:  I’ve already read the manga, so it might be predictable…but then again, how is ZETMAN predictable? It’s a seinen anime about super heroes, lots of drama and ideology differences. DEATHNOTE fans, rejoice! I can’t wait to see the two titans clash, the animation looks gorgeous. BUT THAT’S SPOILERS. I wonder how much of the story they’ll manage in this season, and how they’re going to handle the violence. Σ(・∀・；)
Oki: This looks awesome but Kaitou shotgunned it so, tears. Tears of a thousand lifetimes.
Possible Bloggers: Kaitou, ZeroG

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Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Jigoku Hen

Animation Company: Studio Deen
Website: http://kadokawa-anime.jp/zombie/
Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Magic
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Sequel of the Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? series.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Pass, haven’t watched the first- so I won’t be watching this.
ZeroG: Awesome, it is finally here, the continuation to my favorite show of winter 2011 ! I’m looking forward to even more wtf and laugh from Kore Wa Zombie Desu ka !
Vantage:  I knew this would be turning up sooner or later with that kind of ending in Season 1. Well, loved that, will definitely be watching this.
Kaitou:  Pass.
Oki: Well the first season was made of absolute fucking crack so I’ll look forward to the absolute fucking crack once again!
Possible Bloggers: ZeroG

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Acchi Kocchi

Animation Company: AIC
Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ackc/
Genre: Romance, School, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Wouldn’t you just love to poke in a relationship between two young high schoolers who have a subtle distance between each other? Of course you would. Tsumiki and Io have this subtle distance that anyone would want to jump in between just to bug them. That’s what the other characters are there for. Tsumiki, being a tsundere and all, won’t be honest about her feelings toward Io. Io on the other hand is unaware of Tsumiki’s feelings, hence the subtle distance between the two. Now, let’s watch these two and see what events await them…
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Romcom count me in. Definitely something I’ll check out.
ZeroG: Meh, Romance, I’ll let the girls have their fun with that.
Vantage: This looks like a nice romcom to get into, complete with tsundere and all xD If there isn’t any progression though, I’ll just end up getting pissed at other people constantly poking into their relationship.
Kaitou: What anime doesn’t have it’s share of tsundere characters? I’ll try it. She looks so young though. =__=
Oki: Not a fan of the art style so I won’t be checking it out unless Vantage says it’s super good.
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Vantage

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Hyou-ka

Animation Company: Kyoto Animation
Website: http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/kotenbu/
Genre: Mystery
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Oreki Hotaro is a high school boy, who always acts passively. One day, he enters “Koten Bu (Classic Literature Club)” as recommended by his elder sister. There he meets Chitanda Eru, Fukube Satoshi, and Ibara Mayaka. Chitanda is a calm beautiful girl but she turns into an embodiment of curiosity once she says, “I’m interested in it (Watashi, Kininarimasu)”. Fukube is a smiling boy who excels in memory, but he never constructs his own deduction. Ibara is a short girl and is strict with others and herself. She loves Fukube, but he always dodges her approach.
They begin to investigate a case that occurred 33 years ago. Hints of the mystery is buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Koten Club. The collection is titled “Hyouka”.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: This looks really good, I’m definitely curious about where this can go!
ZeroG: This looks boooooring, pass.
Vantage: I sense a lot of potential from this, not only from the setup, but also as a mystery series. Every season needs a good mystery to go with it.
Kaitou: Too many names. Pass. I’ll watch it if someone tells me that it’s good.
Oki: I’ll watch the first few episodes to see if I should rec it to my friends, but otherwise not interested.
Possible Bloggers: Eva

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Sankarea

Animation Company: Studio Deen, Lantis
Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/sankarea/
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
Airing Date:  March 16, 2012
Summary: Furuya’s obsessed with zombies. He collects any figurines, watches any movie, and plays any game with the living dead, and is even only interested in zombie girls. When his cat dies, Furuya begins trying to raise it from the dead using an ancient book of the occult he bought from a shop. But what will happen when he sees the idol of a nearby all girl’s school walking close to where he conducts his experiment, wishing to die and be reborn as a different person?
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I was totally interested until I spotted Horror. I’ll stick to checking out the manga instead. I don’t need zombie nightmares.
ZeroG:  Ecchi, horror, comedy, supernatural ! Awesome ! I want to cover this now…now !
Vantage: Yes, ecchi, comedy and horror. Yes, it works. Somehow. Anyway, I loved what little there was of the manga, and it really brought a unique twist to the whole zombie concept. 
Kaitou: Ecchi and romance never mix well in my books. No interest.
Oki: It looks good but I don’t think I have the time to cover it unless it gets more interesting. I’ll give it a shot.
Possible Bloggers: Vantage, ZeroG

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Arashi no Yoru ni – Himitsu no Tomodachi

Animation Company: Sparky Animation
Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/arashinoyoruni/
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Airing Date:  March 16, 2012
Summary: A story about a goat and a wolf who become friends in a stormy night, and how they overcome differences and hardships.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: …I’m absolutely certain I heard of this series before- but I have no idea where.
ZeroG: wut…
Vantage: Pass, not up for it.
Kaitou:  They made a movie of this years ago. Even as a kid, I wouldn’t have been tricked into watching this. Eva, I think you mean the Arashi no Yoru Ni movie. Le sigh.
Oki: Not really a fan of animal based stories.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Kuroko no Basuke

Animation Company: Production I.G
Website: http://www.kurobas.com/
Genre: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports
Airing Date:  April 7th, 2012
Summary: Kuroko is a member from the legendary middle school basketball team known as “The Generation of Miracles”, and while nobody seems to know about him, the main 5 players of the team all admit that he is a better player. When he joins the high school basketball team, everyone is surprised to find out that he is small, weak, and easy to miss. What is the secret that makes him so strong, and how will he help his high school team?
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: MINE. ALL MINE. YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS FROM ME. I read this manga like- I don’t know three-five years ago, but I recognized this in a heartbeat the minute I heard about this being green-lit. You can count on me covering this, and I won’t have to rant about the lack of ‘strong adaptions’ if it fails to do so since I barely remember what the hell happened except for the type of characters they are. UFF BASKETBALL- COME TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZeroG: Sport, that is bad for my health, I’ll skip
Vantage: Sports! Been there, done that…failed.
Kaitou: Ba-su-ke…? *squints*
Oki: I HATE ALL SPORTS there is not a single one I enjoy I AM SERIOUS
Possible Bloggers: Eva

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Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

Animation Company: Silver Link
Website: http://amnesia-tv.com/
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Romance, School, Shounen, Supernatural
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: A young woman, by some strange occurrence, was left to die alone in the former building of Seikyou Academy. Mysteriously, there is one person who can see her in ghost form: Niiya Teiichi, a freshman. Now they both seek to find out the reasoning behind her death, and what could have caused it.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I’ve actually read the manga, but I know for sure this is definitely something I will not be able to tolerate watching. *Shudders* If you like Another, you will probably enjoy this too.
ZeroG: Horror ! I love those, I might blog this, but I will watch it for sure.
Vantage: That summary reminded me of the anime movie Colorful, which also had a soul find out reasoning behind death. Anyway, these shows tend to have amazing plot twists, and are really interesting in general as well. Totally not going for this because of Yuyuko’s backstory from Touhou 07 Perfect Cherry Blossom.
Kaitou:  So much shonen romance. The supernatural aspect sounds promising.
Oki: It looks good and interesting but mystery shows and I don’t tend to mix well. I always want to know how the mystery ends and wait for it to finish before watching!
Possible Bloggers: Vantage, ZeroG

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Hiiro no Kakera

Animation Company: Studio Deen
Website: http://www.ytv.co.jp/hiiro/ | http://www.hiironokakera.tv/
Genre: Action, Romance
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The protagonist is a teenage girl (Tamaki) who revisits a small village, she remembers from her childhood and gets caught up in her family’s history and supernatural dangers surrounding it. While walking along the hillsides waiting for the person who her grandmother sent to fetch Tamaki to the village, Tamaki comes across a small, white round object with sticks for limbs and talks. It runs off soon after, with Tamaki chasing after it. Soon Tamaki finds herself in a place where ‘it doesn’t feel like the world I came from’. She gets attacked by three slime creatures, and a male comes charging in to save her – by clamping his hands around her body and mouth and telling her to be quiet.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Although it isn’t said here, it’s a real shame that the characters aren’t going to have the same seiyuus they had in the game. That alone is quite frustrating- especially to those who are fans of this game. Another thing is that after seeing the trailer, I find the character designs are absolutely HORRENDOUS much like Hakuouki’s Anime compared to the originals. Come on Studio Deen, you can do better than that!!!
Despite that said I’m really looking forward to this as this is one of the otome games I’ve been dying to play but can’t since I don’t understand the language. I’m counting on Studio Deen to do this properly  and execute as well as they did with Hakuouki.
There has been already three shotguns for this show. Therefore, it will be likely that there will be THREE of us covering this because we are ALL (except for Zero and Vantage- OBVIOUSLY) looking forward to this.
ZeroG: I might watch it, but I’m not sure if I’ll like it that much, I guess I’ll judge after the first episode air.
Vantage: *backs away slowly*
Kaitou:  …It looks like Studio Deen didn’t put as much weight into animation quality in this show. Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan wasn’t bad for animation quality and voice acting (using the same actors as the games), but they switched them up for this anime. It’s not really a problem until they bring the game over here which is never, ever going to happen, sorry Eva, don’t kill me. No one can animate Yone Kazuki’s work! But I’m looking forward to it because it means a) more people becoming aware of otome games b) like Eva, I can’t read Japanese that well, so I’m willing to take this to see what the story is like. Someone post the Hakuoki: Reimeiroku PV already! @///A///@
Oki: OH BABY COME TO MEEEEEEE COME TO MEEEE FUFUFUFUFUFUUFU
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Kaitou, Oki

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Eureka Seven Ao

Animation Company: BONES
Website: http://eurekaao-prj.net/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The story is set on Okinawa’s isolated island of Iwado, which has seen a growing movement advocating a return to an autonomous government. Ao Fukai, a 13-year-old boy with a missing father, lives on the island with an old doctor named Toshio and is about to enter middle school. Ao’s mother was taken away a decade ago by unknown individuals. Naru Arata, Ao’s 13-year-old childhood friend and the story’s heroine, lives with her father, older sister, and grandmother. She has a “Yuta” power awakened within her due to an incident when she was young. A mysterious entity called “Secret” suddenly appears and launches an attack on the Scub Coral lifeform on the island. Ao launches a certain military FP called “Nirvash” aboard a Japanese military transport in his fervent desire to protect the island.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I had just recently purchased Eureka Seven and decided to have a marathon for this. I also took a look at the manga- it looks fairly interesting. We’ll see if this will turn out as successful as Eureka Seven.
ZeroG: I’ve never watched any Eureka Seven, and I don’t think I’ll start just now.
Vantage: Er, either I go watch Eureka Seven at some point or just try this without any info from its prequel. ES was amazing though, I know that much.
Kaitou: Watching it, never seen EurekaSeven, so I might as well give it a shot. *slowly becoming more forgiving of the mecha genre*
Oki: Well shit. Mecha. Gotta do it. But no free time. Ugh. Uh. I’ll let Eva have this one.
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Oki

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Upotte!!

Animation Company: Xebec
Website: http://www.upotte.jp/
Genre: Action, Comedy, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: A teacher is looking for a school by the name of Seishou Academy, as he is a new transfer teacher for that school. Seishou Academy is known for having students with excellent marksmanship. However, he gets lost along the way and decides to look for someone who knows where the school is at a summer festival. He encounters a girl at a shooting range and finds her marksmanship skills to be professional. The girl tells the new teacher that she is an assault rifle, not a student. Her name is FNC and is an assault rifle of Seishou Academy. The new teacher attends school the next day to find students, including FNC, practicing shooting M16s and realizes that he has come to an unbelievable school. How will his experience be at Seishou Academy?
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: The odds of me watching this… highly unlikely.
ZeroG: What the hell is that, she is an assault rifle? She is not a shooter, she is a gun? What?
Vantage: So it’s like…Hidan no Aria, except without the Shakugan no Loli concept and more about shooting? Or girls, from that promo pic.
Kaitou: I’m surprised it’s not ecchi, considering the way that skirt is floating in the promo picture. I guess it’s a SOUL EATER with cute girls? @.@
Oki: Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Again, not my art style.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Medaka Box

Animation Company: GAINAX
Website: http://medakabox.jp/
Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Martial Arts, Romance, School, Shounen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the “Medaka Box”. Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone. Since Medaka won the Student Council elections with a staggering 98% of the vote, she ends up as the Council’s only member. She asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help and he grudgingly agrees, becoming the Student Council’s lowest ranking member. Soon Medaka recruits two more people to the Student Council, the former judo club member Akune Kouki as secretary and the current swim club member Kikaijima Mogana, on loan for 300 yen a day, as treasurer. Now the Student Council members spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don’t belong, girls who need help writing love letters or people who’ve lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I will definitely check this out, but I can’t stay for sure whether it’s something I’ll be interested in blogging. I’ll leave that opportunity to the overs.
ZeroG: I’ll take a look at this, but only because there is the premise of huge boobs and naked virtual girl.
Vantage:  This looks like SKET Dance except much more unique. Nisio Isin (Monogatari series, Death Note) wrote this so that’s more than enough for me to look forward to it – I’d be interested in covering it too. Also Medaka has big boobs the art looks pretty ^_^
Kaitou: I, unfortunately, was so tired after reading the story premise that I’ll just chant along with Oki. *depressed*
Oki: BOOBIES BOOBIES BOOBIES BOOBIES BOOBIES BOOBIES BOOBIES ….also the plot looks really intricate and BOOBEIS BOOBIES BOOBIES
Possible Bloggers: Vantage, Oki, ZeroG

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Uchuu Kyoudai

Animation Company: A-1 Pictures
Website: http://uchukyodai.com/
Genre: Sci-Fi, Space, Slice of Life, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: One night in 2006, when they were young, the two brothers Mutta (born 1993) and Hibito (born 1996) saw what appeared to be a UFO heading for the moon. They decided that night to both become astronauts and travel out into space. In 2025, Hibito has become an astronaut, and he’s going to go to the moon. Mutta ended up following a more traditional career path with an auto development company. However, Mutta just ruined his career through a violent altercation with his boss. Now, not only has he lost his job, he appears to be blacklisted in the entire industry. Maybe this is a rare opportunity for Mutta to once again chase his childhood dream and become an astronaut like his little brother!
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Space eh? That doesn’t sound too bad- especially this isn’t about Mobiles Suits, Wars and Space Pirates… or is it? /SHOT
ZeroG: SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE! no but seriously I don’t give a fuck.
Vantage: Uchuu Kyoudai…so Space Brothers? Never really got into the genre, but I might try it if everyone else says it’s good.
Kaitou: I’m getting the same vibe as Planetes, so it might have a chance.
Oki: I HATE SPACE. Not as much as sports, but yeah, I hate it.
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Kaitou

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Accel World

Animation Company: Sunrise
Website: http://accel-world.net/
Genre: Action, Romance, School, Sci-Fi
Airing Date:  March 16, 2012
Summary: One autumn day in 2046, Haruyuki has an encounter with Kuroyukihime, the prettiest girl in his school. For the middle school boy who is often bullied, the meeting changes his life. Through a mysterious piece of software from her, Haruyuki learns of the existence of the virtual Accel World. In that moment, the lowest of the “school caste” becomes “Burst Linker”, a knight defending a princess.
Trailer: PV 1, PV 2, PV 3,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Shotgunned by Vantage. I checked out the manga after he recommended it to me, it’s pretty darn awesome, and it’s something I’ll be looking forward to see animated as there’s a lot of action involved. Please don’t disappoint us, Sunrise.
Oh yeah and this also being released as a PSP/PS3 Game *O* THAT’S SO BADASS, ME WANT! *w*
ZeroG: That looks awesome, while Vantage will be the one covering it, I will watch this for sure.
Vantage: Mine! Back off. Amazing manga, amazing PV, what’s not to like? The main danger with this is whether Sunrise ruins it or not. The manga hardly gets anywhere with how little of it there is, so I’m actually really interested to see where this goes after the first few episodes since it’s a two-cour.
Kaitou: Everyone says it’s good. D: The first PV was transformation, the second PV a preview of the gaming environment. I’m probably one of the most anti-MMORPG type non-gamer out there, I get bored so fast with this stuff. And why is the guy drawn like that? >_<
Oki: This was already raped by Vantage and also I am tired of shounenesque seinen currently.
Possible Blogger: Vantage

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Tsuritama

Animation Company: A-1 Pictures
Website: http://www.tsuritama.com/index.html
Genre: Sci-Fic
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Yuki Sanada is a high school boy who cannot communicate with people well and doesn’t have a single friend. He lives on Enoshima island with his French grandmother. One day, he meets a boy named Haru. Haru calls himself an alien who visited the Earth for fishing. Another high school boy, Natsuki, and a mysterious Indian, Akira, join the two and the island becomes the center of the event which determines the fate of the world.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Sure count me in. Looks rather interesting.
ZeroG: I’ll look into this show, it might either be awesome or terrible with the description it has.
Vantage: I won’t discriminate from the bishounens because of the Sci-Fi tag. I’ll give it a go.
Kaitou:  …ooo, pretty hair! Cute bishonen! Looks light, enough with potential to be really, really good. The premise sounds promising enough.
Oki: Do not know if want..
Possible Bloggers: Eva, ZeroG, Kaitou

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Sengoku Collection

Animation Company: Brains Base
Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/sencolle/
Genre: Samurai, (Historical?)
Airing Date:  March 16, 2012
Summary: Anime adaptation of Konami’s Sengoku Collection social networking service game, set in the tumultuous Sengoku Era of historical Japan, when military masters circle the figurative throne of Japan’s first shogunate.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I’m quite fond of plot settings in the Sengoku Era, so I’ll be checking this out.
ZeroG: Nope.
Vantage: I’ll try it, but to be honest it doesn’t really look all that good.
Kaitou: Did I mention I managed to sit through Sengoku Basara only because of the sheer stupid hilariousness and bishonen eye-candy? This…doesn’t even have bishies in it. >.> I would watch it to see what it’s like, but I won’t care too much. Meh, girls. Meh, Sengoku era. No crazy men riding up wall yelling “ARE YOU READY?” in english. Meh.
Oki: I’ll watch an episode for the art but I don’t know enough and I’m not that interested.
Possible Bloggers: Eva

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Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan

Animation Company: Production I.G
Website: http://shining-world.jp/heartsTV/
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: One day, a mysterious girl named Kaguya was washed ashore the island of Wyndaria after a great storm. She encounters Rick, a swordsman who wound up working at the island’s bakery. Apparently, Kaguya is suffering from having lost her memories and emotions. In addition, the usually peaceful Wyndaria is now swarming with pirates who came seeking for the special spirit stone that is worn around Kaguya’s neck. Knowing the situation, Rick and his co-workers, Nellis, Amyl, and Aerie decided to bring back peace to island and help Kaguya regain her lost memories and emotions.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I’ve never played the game, but this is a good opportunity to learn a bit about it.
ZeroG: I’m not even sure I would watch that if it was an ecchi…
Vantage: This sounds like the start of a plotline from Zelda, except it’s all mixed up and turned around.
Kaitou:  No, pass. Sounds anti-climactic.
Oki: The plot seems cliche and I’ll watch it, but unless the first episode leaves a real impression I won’t cover it.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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AKB0048

Animation Company: Satelight
Website: http://akb0048.jp/
Genre: Music
Airing Date:  March 16, 2012
Summary: In the beginning of the 21st century, a world war breaks out over interplanetary travel tech. The environment is pretty much destroyed so mankind leaves Earth and starts Star Calendar 00. Entertainment and songs become heavily regulated and eventually banned due to their power to move people, but a brave idol group puts on guerrilla performances in the name of a famous act from earlier times that sang to Earth’s bitter end, AKB48. The illegal revival group’s name is… AKB0048.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: … So let me get this straight: it’s a group of illegal group of singers who sang to the Earth’s Bitter End. That’s pretty badass, and considering this is Satelight doing the job, count me in.
ZeroG: I don’t like musicals, so no.
Vantage: Nothing will ever fill the idol slice-of-life gap left by The iDOLM@STER, but this series looks set to give it a good shot. Post-apocalyptic Earth setting is always nice too (apart from KyoSen, which was beyond confusing). I dunno…I’ll give it a try, but no guarantees.
Kaitou:  I know AKB48  is really popular and all, and I’m not in the target audience, but a television show? I won’t watch it. It seems almost a crime to, since I know it’s going to be sickly sweet  and damn moe. Pass.
Oki: Eh.
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Vantage

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Saki: Achiga-hen Episode of Side-A

Animation Company: Studio Gokumi
Website: http://www.saki-anime.com/
Genre: Game, School, Slice of Life
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The Achiga Girls’ Academy in Nara once defeated regional mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. It advanced into the national team semifinals but lost to the eventual champion, and the mahjong club was later disbanded. Six years later, elementary school student Shizuno Takakamo befriends transfer student Nodoka Haramura. The two eventually enter Achiga Girls’, but Nodoka transfers out of the school in the second year. When Shizuno sees Nodoka on television the following year as the national middle school individual mahjong champion, she decides to revive Achiga’s mahjong club.
Trailer: PV 1, PV 2
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I’m surprised this isn’t a direct sequel of Saki. I’m familiar with Saki but I eventually dropped it because I grew bored of it. I’ll probably give this one a shot, but it’s pretty unlikely that I’ll cover it or continue watching it beyond three episodes.
ZeroG: As much as I love Chihayafuru, I don’t feel like watching another show about board/card game.
Vantage: Never ended up finishing Saki *stares at On-Hold list* Maybe in a few years time.
Kaitou:  …do you actually learn mahjong in this show? I might watch Saki for that, since I’m clueless about it. “OTZ But the fact that it’s yet another school story means I won’t be watching it.
Oki: I couldn’t get into Saki, so not really.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Koi-Ken! ~Watashi-tachi Anime ni Nacchata!~

Animation Company: Marvy Jack
Website: http://koiken-anime.jp/
Genre: School
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Anime based on Vector’s social network bishoujo game.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: …Err… If it’s cute, maybe?
ZeroG: bishoujo…meeh.
Vantage: I’d just like to say that for bishoujo series, I believe in quality instead of quantity. Except in iDOLM@STER, they managed both.
Kaitou: I’d probably die if I had to watch this. @_@
Oki: NOT INTERESTED.
Possible Bloggers: Eva

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Sakamichi no Apollon

Animation Company: Tezuka Productions
Website: http://www.noitamina-apollon.com/
Genre: Drama, Historical, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Josei
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Oh gosh I want to see this! This sounds like it has a great potential and looks to be a complete package.
ZeroG: Not interested in the least.
Vantage: I can already see the ending…either there’ll be a bittersweet breakup between the friends, or protagonist will rebel and stay in this town to be with his friends.
Kaitou:  Yes, just because it’s labelled josei. MY GOD, THINGS LIKE THIS EXIST? It’s going to be bitterweet, but I’ll shovel down every second.
Oki: Naw man.
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Kaitou

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Queen’s Blade: Rebellion

Animation Company: ARMS
Website: http://queensblade.tv/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: After the 30th Queen’s Blade, Claudette becomes the queen. At first, she governs the country well by abolishing the heavy taxes and the aristocracy. However, her reign turns into terrorism by power and the Queen’s Blade is repealed. The Princess Knight of Rebellion, Annelotte organizes a rebel army and declares war against Claudette.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: … Is this ever going to end? I heard the plot is decent but I never dared to watch it, nor will I do so now nor in the future.
ZeroG: HAHAHA,HAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHAHA, hahaha, ha , ah….
Vantage: The series sounds familiar…but no, not really interested.
Kaitou:  I can’t see my answer, giant breasts got in the way.
Oki: Maaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyybe
Possible Bloggers: Oki (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Haiyore! Nyaruko-san

Animation Company: Xebec
Website: http://www.nyaruko.com/
Genre: Comedy, Parody, Sci-Fi
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The story of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity of chaos (Nyarlathotep) who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: HEY GUYS REMEMBER THIS FLASH ANIME?! HAHAHA, pass.
ZeroG: Yai, shitty stuff, no thanks
Vantage: That flash anime? Err, vaguely. Doesn’t catch my interest though.
Kaitou: Why are there so many bad shows this season?
Oki: This sounds interesting, but I think I’ll pass.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Natsuiro Kiseki

Animation Company: Sunrise
Website: http://www.natsuiro-kiseki.jp/
Genre: Slice of Life
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Original anime featuring the four members of sphere as voice actresses.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: :\ Not much of an explanation to understand what this is about besides featuring the Sphere members… So I guess I’ll just have to see how it turns out.
ZeroG: No way I’m watching a slice of life about music, the only thing missing is sport and I would puke just reading the title.
Vantage: I like Sphere’s music, but an anime with them as the seiyuu? Ah, four cute girls doing cute things again. I’ll wait for Yuru Yuri S2 in the summer.
Kaitou:  That’s all for a summary? The AKB0048 anime is going to crush this like a toothpick. It…looks…s0…slow…dammit…so…noooooo.
Oki: …No thanks.
Possible Bloggers: Eva

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Nazo no Kanojo X

Animation Company: Hoods Entertainment
Website: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/nazokano_x/
Genre: Mystery, Ecchi, Romance, School, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: One day, a strange transfer student appears before Tsubaki. Urabe Mikoto is an antisocial girl, whose hobby is just sleeping during class-breaks. One day, Tsubaki goes to wake her up and accidentally tastes her drool… And gets hooked on that! After that, he starts going out with her and gets to know her better. Her second hobby, as it turns out, is carrying around scissors in her panties and cutting paper into flowers…
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: …. Well, we’re certainly in for a unique series.
ZeroG: This looks so fucked up and awesome, I want to cover it !
Vantage: How unusual, the protagonist starts out already having a girlfriend xD Anyway, I’ve read the manga, but forgot why I stopped reading it. Maybe this is a good chance to find out…
Kaitou: Ecchi and romance again? How are pervs romantic? STAY AWAY FROM ME.
Oki: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I WANT IT
I love this. Mangoooooooooooo
Possible Bloggers: Oki, ZeroG

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Shirokuma Café

Animation Company: Studio Pierrot
Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/shirokumacafe/
Genre: Comedy
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Comedy anime about a polar bear that runs a cafe with 3 regulars: a panda, a koala, and a penguin.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: …What? 
ZeroG: One day, me and my oncle went to the beach to fish, It was a regular sunny day, but there was this weird atmosphere around us… you aren’t sure where I’m going with this? Well I don’t either, but I have no clue where this show is supposed to be going either.
Vantage: So, a panda, koala and penguin walk into a bar…
Kaitou:  Why on earth would anyone want to make an anime of this?
Oki: ….Naw man. I ain’t into animal shit.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Pretty Rhythm Dear My Future

Animation Company: Tatsunoko Production
Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/prettyrhythm/dmf/
Genre: Music, Shoujo, Sports
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Three years after the events of “Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream”, a five-girl Korean idol unit appear as a rival group of the new four-girl Prism Stars Prizzmy.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: Hahahaha, I tried Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream, and guess what? It was so ridiculous, the CG was so horrendous (and mind you right after the first two performances I SKIPPED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM) that the only reason I kept on watching it up to Episode 20 was because I was bored out of my mind one day and before I knew it I was skimming the performances and everything. Oh and did I mention that the heroines have to listen for their clothes’ melody aka their clothes singing?!? Like hell I’d bother watching this and let alone cover it!
ZeroG: Music? Sport? Shoujo? 3 Strikes, OUT!
Vantage:  I’m sorry, I really can’t be asked to think of something insulting to say here.
Kaitou: I think I just got a visual cavity. Ow. Ow. Ow. ;A; My eyes hurt.
Oki: No. I’VE HAD ENOUGH PRETTY PRETTY SHINY SHINY SHOWS FOR A LONG TIME OKAY
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Shiba Inuko-san

Animation Company: AIC / Xebec
Website: N/A
Genre: Comedy
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Shibainuko-san is a 14-year-old girl who looks exactly like a Shiba Inu dog. One of her classmates, Ishibashi Chako, wonders about her appearance, but no one else thinks it is strange.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: … Uhhhh… I’m not sure how to react to this….
ZeroG: You know that story earlier with my uncle? well it was a lie, sorry.
Vantage:  You know, with a big season you usually get loads of epic stuff among all the…uh, what exactly is this?
Kaitou: I, too, can bark like a dog. I’m running out of insults for shows. >.>
Oki: No.
Possible Bloggers:  …. Eva might do a Quick Look entry on this…

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Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden

Animation Company: Studio Pierrot
Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/lee/
Genre: Action, Comedy, Parody
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The gag comedy anime centers around the secondary Naruto character Rock Lee.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I won’t even touch this. Well the best part is that it’s taking Bleach’s time-slot- WHICH IS FINALLY GOING ON HIATUS/ENDING!
ZeroG: I don’t intend to watch Naruto, even less one of its spinoff
Vantage:  I saw a bit of this, at the end of this week’s Naruto episode. No way in hell am I going near this.
Kaitou: I used to like the big Three (One Piece, Bleach and Naruto) because they were good. That no longer holds true, and stuff like this makes me want to cry.
Oki: I HATE NARUTO WHY WOULD I WATCH THIS.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Saint Seiya Omega

Animation Company: Toei Animation
Website: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/seiya/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The first Saint Seiya TV series in 25 years. It will have an original story and new characters.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: When I first saw this pop up, I was like, “OMG OMG OMG!” I’m definitely interested in seeing how this turns out! I’m already loving the fact they are keeping the classic character designs! This looks so badass, I can’t possibly ignore it.
ZeroG: Not interested
Vantage: I need to watch the original series at some point.
Kaitou: Honestly, this is the first show I’m judging as having bad character designs (aside from the boob jokes). I know Saint Seiya is a classic and all, but I just can’t get into it.
Oki: Oh god now I have to watch it. /signs up/ I mean…it’s me. And….I love these kinds of shows. And…Saint Seiya!!!
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Oki

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Jewelpet Kira Deco

Animation Company: Studio Comet
Website: N/A
Genre: Magic, Shoujo
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The fourth season of Jewelpet.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: PASS. I couldn’t even tolerate watching the actual show, there’s no way I’m going to check it out now.
ZeroG: “The Fourth Season of I-haven’t-watched-the-first-three”
Vantage:  ARGH, MY EYES. IT BURNS. *cries tears of blood*
Kaitou: What is this again? *huddles behind ZETMAN*
Oki: No.
Possible Bloggers: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Gakkatsu

Animation Company: Fanworks/NHK
Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/gakkatsu/
Genre: Comedy, School
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: In a fictional school, “Tender Tank” Rareko is constantly opening absurd yet strangely enthusiastic debates, this way creating a lively classroom life. Bringing up tremendous themes, she and her classmates exchange words like sword-strokes, and here and there even a profound remark is slipped in. Fun and informative debate comedy, packed into only five minutes each time.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: 5 minutes episodes about debates. I looked at the website and PV and it didn’t appeal to me whatsoever.
ZeroG: I might or might nor cover that, but I’ll give it a tried.
Vantage: Not really my type of thing. Five minute shows have never really clicked with me anyway.
Kaitou:  “Tender Tank”? What? I’m confused.
Oki: Nooooooooo. I just can’t handle anymore freaking slice of life stories right now NOT UNLESS THEY ARE MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X
Possible Bloggers: ZeroG

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Cardfight! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen

Animation Company: TBA
Website: N/A
Genre: Action, Game, Shounen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Sequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I haven’t even watched the first season yet… Supposedly it’s good.
ZeroG: I don’t care about cardfight, only about catfight
Vantage: Unfamiliar with the first season. Wait, isn’t this another one of those monster card game series?
Kaitou: I watched it at an anime event. It was OK, but you have to be a  6-year-old to fully enjoy this thing. Even with the whole implied AichixKai. “OTZ
Oki: My boyfriend is addicted to this show and I work at a place that sells these…so MMIGHT AS FREAKIN WELL!
le BLOGGERS: Oki

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Jormungand

Animation Company: WHITE FOX
Website: http://www.jormungand.tv/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: The series follows Koko Hekmatyar, a young arms dealer who sells weapons under HCLI, a weapons corporation. As one of the company’s unofficial weapon sellers, she secretly sells weapons in many countries while avoiding the local authorities and law enforcements as most of her work is actually illegal under international law. Traveling with her is her team of bodyguards who are mostly composed of ex-military veterans. Her latest addition to her crew is Jonah, a seemingly emotionless child soldier who is skilled in combat yet ironically hates arms dealers. Jonah joins Koko as he wishes to find the arms dealer responsible for his family’s death. What follows is Koko and her crews escapades around the world.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: COUNT ME IN. THIS IS WHITEFOX PRODUCTION, HOW COULD I POSSIBLY IGNORE THIS?!
ZeroG: This looks incredible, I want to watch and Blog it !
Vantage: This looks really epic. Now if only I had the time to blog this…
Kaitou:  Sounds cool, the studio did Stein;s Gate, after all. I’m in.
Oki: THIS LOOKS BADASS. But orz, me and my bad habits and late posting.
Possible Bloggers: Eva, Kaitou, ZeroG

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Yurumates 3D

Animation Company: C2C
Website: http://www.takeshobo.co.jp/sp/tv_yuru/
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Seinen
Airing Date:  April 2012
Summary: Yurume, an 18-year-old “ronin” and recent high school graduate, has high hopes of being accepted and attending Tokyo University. She moves into an apartment complex, the Maison du Wish, located on the outskirts of Tokyo where other ronins living there are studying for upcoming college acceptance exams.
Trailer: PV 1,
Team’s Impression:
Eva: I’m not sure how much this will interest me. Well it doesn’t hurt to check it out.
ZeroG: I don’t like the art and the description just didn’t caught my attention.
Vantage: It looked alright up until I realized it was in 3D. Something is telling me to stay away from this.
Kaitou: It sounds boring, more weird stuff being shoved into a cute art style of a show.
Oki: Nawww man.
Possible Bloggers: Eva

~*~Overall Thoughts:
Eva: Looks like we have a strong season, but almost half of it are sequels, which isn’t a bad thing- especially for shows like Fate/Zero, holy shit. APRIL IS ALMOST HERE!!!! I’m going to be freaking out like crazy! And then we have a bunch of new shows and adaptions… I have a number of them that I’d LOVE to cover to the point I’m actually worried about whether I’ll be able to pull it off. Fate/Zero 2, Kuroko no Basuke, Hiiro no Kakera, Eureka Seven Ao, Accel World, Sakamichi no Apollon, Saint Seiya Omega, Jormungand are all shows I’m most looking forward to. That alone right there seven (excluding Accel World) I am/could possibly be covering and I still have to keep in mind that there will be three shows continuing from the Winter 2012 Season (Aquarion EVOL, Area no Kishi, Smile Precure!) that I will be covering. I know my limit is ten series, but at this rate, if these shows prove to be spectacular- I might actually push myself to twelve. *Shrugs* We’ll see.
ZeroG: A lot of great shows this season. While there are also many shows that I’m wondering what the hell they are about, most shows seems quite decent. It can be deceitful sometimes to judge book by their cover, but at the very least, we know that we have some good damn covers. I’m looking forward to cover those shows, there is so many horror and ecchi show for me to have fun with !
Vantage: I really wish I had more time to cover more series, since this season looks like it’ll churn out a lot of high quality stuff, as per usual for Spring seasons. My hopes are riding with Accel World and Tasogare Otome, as well as stuff like Zetman and Jormugand which pulls you in just from the synopsis. There’s always the hope that the shows that we know nothing about or look crappy turn out to be good too. Anyway, you gotta separate the gold from the sports shows trash, but your mileage will vary.
Kaitou: We waded through that much garbage for a handful of decent shows. I was surprised there was more than one sports anime, I guess it’s the season. The “weirder” shows are the only ones that really caught my eye, because all the other ones seemed like they’ve been done a million times before.  As long as Zetman doesn’t crap out and do a Claymore, I’ll be very, very happy this season. Even if I have to nibble on things like Hiiro no Kakera before the next season of Hakuouki’s PV drops, or watch Fate/Zero 2 as a dinner/common discussion anime. Same old, same old, just as dash of spice here and there.
Oki: A lot of stuff this season just seems completely in another field from me. Not to say the ideas aren’t creative, because they are. There is a lot of variety and that is always a good thing, and there are so many things I can’t even begin to claim there’s nothing good. There’s plenty of good stuff, so much so this season should have at least two shows for everyone. Lets hope the adaptations, like Mysterious Girlfriend X, and the originals too will be done well.