Announcement
Once again, I realize that this is an old list. I figured since someone asked me for the Winter one, it's only a matter of time before someone asks for the Spring list. I decided to just redo it since I'm in the processes of merging the blogs anyway. While transferring the information over to this blog, I realize that some of these anime shows sound really interesting and I never bothered to watch them. You'll probably be seeing reviews on them soon.
Once again, I realize that this is an old list. I figured since someone asked me for the Winter one, it's only a matter of time before someone asks for the Spring list. I decided to just redo it since I'm in the processes of merging the blogs anyway. While transferring the information over to this blog, I realize that some of these anime shows sound really interesting and I never bothered to watch them. You'll probably be seeing reviews on them soon.
Danball Senki
An anime about a new popular video game. The only other info I can find on it, is some sites claim that there's going to be an actual real video game just like the one in the show. It could be interesting. From the pictures I've seen, it looks a bit childish. Similar to the card game shows.
An anime about a new popular video game. The only other info I can find on it, is some sites claim that there's going to be an actual real video game just like the one in the show. It could be interesting. From the pictures I've seen, it looks a bit childish. Similar to the card game shows.
Expected Genres: Science Fiction, Fighting, Comedy
Moshidora
The story follows Minami Kawashima who, as a favor to her childhood friend, Yuki Miyata, takes over as manager for the Hodokubo High School Baseball team when she is hospitalized with an illness. With no previous experience managing a team, Minami ends up picking up a copy of Peter Drucker's business management book, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, and starts to manage the baseball team like one would manage a business, with the goal of reaching the nationals.
Edit: This anime was cancelled after episode 10. However, they ended up making a Live Action movie based off of it.
The story follows Minami Kawashima who, as a favor to her childhood friend, Yuki Miyata, takes over as manager for the Hodokubo High School Baseball team when she is hospitalized with an illness. With no previous experience managing a team, Minami ends up picking up a copy of Peter Drucker's business management book, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, and starts to manage the baseball team like one would manage a business, with the goal of reaching the nationals.
Edit: This anime was cancelled after episode 10. However, they ended up making a Live Action movie based off of it.
Excepted Genres: Baseball, Drama, Sports
Toriko
In a world where the taste and texture of food is extremely important, there exist individuals known as Gourmet Hunters who specialize in the acquisition of rare ingredients and animals. Toriko is one of these hunters and it is his dream to find the most precious foods in the world and create the ultimate dinner course. As one of the most skilled hunters in the world, he is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich to seek out new ingredients and rare animals. A man with inhuman ability, he utilizes his incredible strength and knowledge of the animal kingdom to capture ferocious, evasive, and rare beasts to further his ultimate goal. He is accompanied by a weak and timid chef named Komatsu who, inspired by Toriko's ambition, travels with him to improve his culinary skills and to find rare ingredients. An organization that seeks to take control of the world's entire food supply increases the struggle.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
In a world where the taste and texture of food is extremely important, there exist individuals known as Gourmet Hunters who specialize in the acquisition of rare ingredients and animals. Toriko is one of these hunters and it is his dream to find the most precious foods in the world and create the ultimate dinner course. As one of the most skilled hunters in the world, he is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich to seek out new ingredients and rare animals. A man with inhuman ability, he utilizes his incredible strength and knowledge of the animal kingdom to capture ferocious, evasive, and rare beasts to further his ultimate goal. He is accompanied by a weak and timid chef named Komatsu who, inspired by Toriko's ambition, travels with him to improve his culinary skills and to find rare ingredients. An organization that seeks to take control of the world's entire food supply increases the struggle.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Comedy, Fighting, Cooking, Adventure
Tiger & Bunny
In Sternbuild City, corporate logos not only cover billboards, but also the costumes of the super-powered heroes that act as its protectors. Veteran and newcomer warriors of justice alike compete in a reality TV show that offers points for apprehending criminals while giving champions' sponsors a chance to promote their brand. When the low-ranking Wild Tiger loses his backing after a string of outrageous, botched rescues, he finds himself paired with an up-and-coming spotlight-seeker called Barnaby. But with their wildly different personalities, will the pair be able to save their beloved Sternbuild City and win the game show, or will their constant tension be the undoing of the world's first hero team?
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
In Sternbuild City, corporate logos not only cover billboards, but also the costumes of the super-powered heroes that act as its protectors. Veteran and newcomer warriors of justice alike compete in a reality TV show that offers points for apprehending criminals while giving champions' sponsors a chance to promote their brand. When the low-ranking Wild Tiger loses his backing after a string of outrageous, botched rescues, he finds himself paired with an up-and-coming spotlight-seeker called Barnaby. But with their wildly different personalities, will the pair be able to save their beloved Sternbuild City and win the game show, or will their constant tension be the undoing of the world's first hero team?
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Comedy, Mecha, Fighting
We, Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky
An anime based off a popular adult visual novel that came out in 2009. It's about a group of people who keep running into each other over the course of one winter and relationships are formed.
An anime based off a popular adult visual novel that came out in 2009. It's about a group of people who keep running into each other over the course of one winter and relationships are formed.
Expected Genres: Harem, Mature, Drama, Comedy
Nichijou
Yuuko, Mio and Mai are regular high school girls who lead a normal everyday life. However, with bizarre explosions causing random objects to rain down on their heads, lunch turning into an epic battle between girl and wiener, and students riding to school on goats, their lives are anything but ordinary. Meanwhile android Nano spends her days wishing she were a normal human, but keeping house for her creator, the playful and immature child genius Hakase, dealing with talking cat Sakamoto, and trying to keep a hold of her multitude of easily-detachable body parts, her dream is far from a reality...
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Yuuko, Mio and Mai are regular high school girls who lead a normal everyday life. However, with bizarre explosions causing random objects to rain down on their heads, lunch turning into an epic battle between girl and wiener, and students riding to school on goats, their lives are anything but ordinary. Meanwhile android Nano spends her days wishing she were a normal human, but keeping house for her creator, the playful and immature child genius Hakase, dealing with talking cat Sakamoto, and trying to keep a hold of her multitude of easily-detachable body parts, her dream is far from a reality...
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Comedy, School Life, Randomness
Showa Monogatari
First anime ever created that targets seniors. It's an anime about two families and their experiences during the 1964 Summer Olympics, when Japan hosted it.
First anime ever created that targets seniors. It's an anime about two families and their experiences during the 1964 Summer Olympics, when Japan hosted it.
Expected Genres: Drama, Sports, Slice of Life
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
When Ritsu was in high school, he fell in love with a boy who broke his heart, changing his view of love forever. Now a jaded adult, Ritsu has just transferred to the Marukawa Shoten company in hopes of publishing literature, only to be told that he'll be working in the shoujo manga division instead. What's worse, his boss is brash, rude and seems to have an interest in him! However, the biggest surprise is yet to come for Ritsu, as he soon discovers that his boss is none other than his lover of his past!
When Ritsu was in high school, he fell in love with a boy who broke his heart, changing his view of love forever. Now a jaded adult, Ritsu has just transferred to the Marukawa Shoten company in hopes of publishing literature, only to be told that he'll be working in the shoujo manga division instead. What's worse, his boss is brash, rude and seems to have an interest in him! However, the biggest surprise is yet to come for Ritsu, as he soon discovers that his boss is none other than his lover of his past!
Expected Genres: Romance, Boy Love, Otaku
Blue Exorcist
Rin Okumura is a seemingly ordinary boy living at the Southern Cross Boys' Monastery. One day, however, Rin encounters a boy who has been possessed by a demon. Amidst the struggle, he not only awakens latent powers sealed within him, but also learns that he is the son of Satan! No longer able to stay under the protection of the church and with his very existence straddling the line between human and demon, Rin decides to fight against his parentage and joins the True Cross Order as an exorcist. Now, the teen must attend the True Cross Academy and begin special exorcist training alongside his new comrades all while keeping his identity a secret; but can the son of Satan really become a true exorcist?
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Rin Okumura is a seemingly ordinary boy living at the Southern Cross Boys' Monastery. One day, however, Rin encounters a boy who has been possessed by a demon. Amidst the struggle, he not only awakens latent powers sealed within him, but also learns that he is the son of Satan! No longer able to stay under the protection of the church and with his very existence straddling the line between human and demon, Rin decides to fight against his parentage and joins the True Cross Order as an exorcist. Now, the teen must attend the True Cross Academy and begin special exorcist training alongside his new comrades all while keeping his identity a secret; but can the son of Satan really become a true exorcist?
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Supernatural, Fighting, Drama
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
Makoto Niwa has just moved from his rural hometown to live with his aunt and experience high school life in the big city first hand. Unfortunately, his dreams of an adolescence filled of dates and school activities are soon shattered by having to share his new home with Erio, his deluded cousin who thinks she's an alien and spends most of her time wrapped in a futon for protection! Now, in addition to enduring his aunt’s energetic attention and flirting awkwardly with the girls in his class, Makoto finds himself drawn into helping Erio rejoin regular society and stopping her 'alien' antics.
Makoto Niwa has just moved from his rural hometown to live with his aunt and experience high school life in the big city first hand. Unfortunately, his dreams of an adolescence filled of dates and school activities are soon shattered by having to share his new home with Erio, his deluded cousin who thinks she's an alien and spends most of her time wrapped in a futon for protection! Now, in addition to enduring his aunt’s energetic attention and flirting awkwardly with the girls in his class, Makoto finds himself drawn into helping Erio rejoin regular society and stopping her 'alien' antics.
Expected Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance
Deadman Wonderland
Middle school student Ganta Igarashi witnessed the slaughter of his entire class by the mysterious 'Red Man', and as the only survivor, he was labeled a mass murderer and sentenced to death. Now an inmate at the privately-owned prison and ‘amusement park' known as Deadman Wonderland, Ganta must try to survive in a place where inmates are the main attraction in brutal gladiator-style games. At the same time, he must attempt to uncover the truth behind the ‘Red Man', his mysterious childhood friend Shiro, and why he was the only survivor that bloody day.
Middle school student Ganta Igarashi witnessed the slaughter of his entire class by the mysterious 'Red Man', and as the only survivor, he was labeled a mass murderer and sentenced to death. Now an inmate at the privately-owned prison and ‘amusement park' known as Deadman Wonderland, Ganta must try to survive in a place where inmates are the main attraction in brutal gladiator-style games. At the same time, he must attempt to uncover the truth behind the ‘Red Man', his mysterious childhood friend Shiro, and why he was the only survivor that bloody day.
Expected Genres: Mature, Fighting, Science Fiction, Drama
C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Kimimaro Yoga could use a break. At nineteen years old, he's not only a student at Heisei College of Economics, he's also a part time employee and flat out broke. So when an eerie man offers the boy a special ATM card and an exorbitant amount of cash, Kimimaro gives in to temptation – but there's a catch. In exchange for his good fortune, Kimimaro's very future is put at stake, held as collateral by the Bank of Midas and tied to the amount of yen in his bank account. In addition, he must participate in a special battle every week in the mysterious 'Financial District' – a battle where losing against one's opponent can mean bankruptcy, a fate that carries an unthinkable cost in the normal world...
Kimimaro Yoga could use a break. At nineteen years old, he's not only a student at Heisei College of Economics, he's also a part time employee and flat out broke. So when an eerie man offers the boy a special ATM card and an exorbitant amount of cash, Kimimaro gives in to temptation – but there's a catch. In exchange for his good fortune, Kimimaro's very future is put at stake, held as collateral by the Bank of Midas and tied to the amount of yen in his bank account. In addition, he must participate in a special battle every week in the mysterious 'Financial District' – a battle where losing against one's opponent can mean bankruptcy, a fate that carries an unthinkable cost in the normal world...
Expected Genres: Games, Gambling, Psychological, Science Fiction
A Channel
Tooru and Run have been close friends for years. One day Tooru learns that she has passed the entrance examination and immediately goes to tell Run that they will now be attending the same high school. However, since Run is one year older, not only will the two girls be in different classes, but the air-headed second year has already made her own friends at school, Yuuko and Nagi. Now the small, volatile and overprotective Tooru must learn to share her best friend and get to know her new acquaintances, as the four girls make the most of each new day.
Tooru and Run have been close friends for years. One day Tooru learns that she has passed the entrance examination and immediately goes to tell Run that they will now be attending the same high school. However, since Run is one year older, not only will the two girls be in different classes, but the air-headed second year has already made her own friends at school, Yuuko and Nagi. Now the small, volatile and overprotective Tooru must learn to share her best friend and get to know her new acquaintances, as the four girls make the most of each new day.
Expected Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi
Kazuma Hoshino is a young Japanese student, who in the company of his younger brother Ayumu, move from undisclosed urban Japan into the rural city of Yamabiko. On their way to Yorozuyo Inn, where they are prearranged to lodge, the boys get on the wrong bus and are forced to wait out the next ride at a stop. Lounging around and passing time, a wild monkey mischievously steals Ayumu's apple cap; and upset Kazuma giving chase.
Minutes pass, and though scuffed and worn, Kazuma is able to recover the hat to the realization that he is lost. Ui Nakatsugawa, a schoolgirl, happens upon the lad and happily leads him in the direction of the bus stop. Watching her hop across river rocks with ease, Kazuma attempts the same feat but trips; tackling Ui to the ground with a kiss. Scolded by her friend Ibuki Hinata, Kazuma leaves, disheartened that his time with Ui was momentary.
The following day, having moved into his room, Kazuma and Ayumu head to their new school, Yamabiko South Academy, as transfer students. It is during his introduction to the class that he meets Ui and Ibuki again.
Kazuma Hoshino is a young Japanese student, who in the company of his younger brother Ayumu, move from undisclosed urban Japan into the rural city of Yamabiko. On their way to Yorozuyo Inn, where they are prearranged to lodge, the boys get on the wrong bus and are forced to wait out the next ride at a stop. Lounging around and passing time, a wild monkey mischievously steals Ayumu's apple cap; and upset Kazuma giving chase.
Minutes pass, and though scuffed and worn, Kazuma is able to recover the hat to the realization that he is lost. Ui Nakatsugawa, a schoolgirl, happens upon the lad and happily leads him in the direction of the bus stop. Watching her hop across river rocks with ease, Kazuma attempts the same feat but trips; tackling Ui to the ground with a kiss. Scolded by her friend Ibuki Hinata, Kazuma leaves, disheartened that his time with Ui was momentary.
The following day, having moved into his room, Kazuma and Ayumu head to their new school, Yamabiko South Academy, as transfer students. It is during his introduction to the class that he meets Ui and Ibuki again.
Expected Genres: Harem, Comedy, Mature
30-sai no Hoken Taiiku
An anime based on a self-help book about teaching shy guys over 30 how to date and have sex with women. Each episode is roughly 13 minutes long.
An anime based on a self-help book about teaching shy guys over 30 how to date and have sex with women. Each episode is roughly 13 minutes long.
Expected Genres: Comedy, Mature, Slice of Life
Sket Dance
At the Kaimei Academy three classmates, “Bossun” Yusuke, “Onihime” Himeko and “Switch” Kazuyoshi have established their own club: the Academy Activity Support Club. Known as Sket-Dan for short, the trio accept any odd jobs that come their way in the name of maintaining a peaceful life for the students of the academy. Whether identifying a graffiti artist, fixing the school gym shed or helping a new student fend off his childhood bullies, no task is too big and no job too small for the Sket-Dan.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
At the Kaimei Academy three classmates, “Bossun” Yusuke, “Onihime” Himeko and “Switch” Kazuyoshi have established their own club: the Academy Activity Support Club. Known as Sket-Dan for short, the trio accept any odd jobs that come their way in the name of maintaining a peaceful life for the students of the academy. Whether identifying a graffiti artist, fixing the school gym shed or helping a new student fend off his childhood bullies, no task is too big and no job too small for the Sket-Dan.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life, Drama
Hidan no Aria
Kinji Tōyama is a student at Tokyo Butei High, a universal educational facility. At this school, students undertake special training in order to learn the path of the Butei, which is a national qualification permitting its holders to arm themselves and capture criminals. The Butei were established to counter the worsening crime conditions, with training in various specialized fields. One day, Kinji decides to quit the Academy, until he is mysteriously attacked by the Butei Killer, a notorious criminal hunting down Butei with passion. The elite Assault prodigy Aria H. Kanzaki comes to his rescue. From this point on, Kinji's future as a Butei changes drastically.
Kinji Tōyama is a student at Tokyo Butei High, a universal educational facility. At this school, students undertake special training in order to learn the path of the Butei, which is a national qualification permitting its holders to arm themselves and capture criminals. The Butei were established to counter the worsening crime conditions, with training in various specialized fields. One day, Kinji decides to quit the Academy, until he is mysteriously attacked by the Butei Killer, a notorious criminal hunting down Butei with passion. The elite Assault prodigy Aria H. Kanzaki comes to his rescue. From this point on, Kinji's future as a Butei changes drastically.
Expected Genres: Action, Romance, Comedy
Hanairo
Ohana Matsumae is a sixteen-year-old girl with no purpose or direction in life. One day, however, she gets the chance to reinvent herself when her mother and her boyfriend do a moonlight flit to escape his debts. Left alone, Ohana goes to live with her estranged grandmother, but when she arrives she finds herself forced to work at the family’s hot spring resort, the Kissui Inn. With her grandmother considering her nothing more than an employee and a roommate who hates her, Ohana’s happy dream of a new life soon turns into a nightmare. Now the wide-eyed girl must learn the value of hard work as she attempts to make friends and familiarise herself with life at the resort.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Ohana Matsumae is a sixteen-year-old girl with no purpose or direction in life. One day, however, she gets the chance to reinvent herself when her mother and her boyfriend do a moonlight flit to escape his debts. Left alone, Ohana goes to live with her estranged grandmother, but when she arrives she finds herself forced to work at the family’s hot spring resort, the Kissui Inn. With her grandmother considering her nothing more than an employee and a roommate who hates her, Ohana’s happy dream of a new life soon turns into a nightmare. Now the wide-eyed girl must learn the value of hard work as she attempts to make friends and familiarise herself with life at the resort.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Lotte no Omocha!
In the medieval fantasy world of Álfheimr, succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar, the first princess of the kingdom of Ygvarland, has just reached the age of 10. For the coming years of a young succubus' life, it is necessary for them to have a male harem. In order to maintain their body and preserve their beautiful appearance, they must consume a substance only found on males. This substance is a liquid called Sauzfryma, better known as semen. The princess, however, bears a great dislike against men, and only agrees to create a harem if a human male is to join, as human males are said to be impossible to find. However, her followers are somehow able to find a human male named Naoya Tohara who, along with his daughter Asuha, is brought to the demon world to be part of Astarotte's harem.
In the medieval fantasy world of Álfheimr, succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar, the first princess of the kingdom of Ygvarland, has just reached the age of 10. For the coming years of a young succubus' life, it is necessary for them to have a male harem. In order to maintain their body and preserve their beautiful appearance, they must consume a substance only found on males. This substance is a liquid called Sauzfryma, better known as semen. The princess, however, bears a great dislike against men, and only agrees to create a harem if a human male is to join, as human males are said to be impossible to find. However, her followers are somehow able to find a human male named Naoya Tohara who, along with his daughter Asuha, is brought to the demon world to be part of Astarotte's harem.
Expected Genres: Mature, Fantasy, Loli, Comedy, Reverse Harem
Hyouge Mono
In the age of civil war, when the shadow of Oda Nobunaga was still cast over the land, the warlord Furuta Sasuke lost his soul to the tea ceremony. While war shook the world around him, he faced his own conflict between his desire for promotion and his love for his art.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
In the age of civil war, when the shadow of Oda Nobunaga was still cast over the land, the warlord Furuta Sasuke lost his soul to the tea ceremony. While war shook the world around him, he faced his own conflict between his desire for promotion and his love for his art.
Edit: This anime is still ongoing! (As of September 2011)
Expected Genres: Historical, Slice of Life
Marvel Anime: X-Men
The X-men take a field trip to Japan! I refuse to look more into this and will just assume that this is Disney's way of Trolling. Ever since they bought Marvel, it has been going downhill. They tend to ruin a lot of good things, so this doesn't really come to me as a surprise.
The X-men take a field trip to Japan! I refuse to look more into this and will just assume that this is Disney's way of Trolling. Ever since they bought Marvel, it has been going downhill. They tend to ruin a lot of good things, so this doesn't really come to me as a surprise.
Expected Genres: Fighting, Science Fiction, Crap
Steins;Gate
Taking place a year after the events of Chaos;Head - This story isn't a sequel. The entire season is it's own story, but it just takes place in the same world. However, some characters, buildings, and events from Chaos;Head are shown, but these are for the fans and have no real connection to the main plot. The story of Steins; Gate is based around time travel. Using a custom built microwave, the main character and his friends use it to send text messages to the past. This changes the timeline, but only the main character notices the changes. The story really picks up when he receives a strange e-mail stating; "You know too much."
Taking place a year after the events of Chaos;Head - This story isn't a sequel. The entire season is it's own story, but it just takes place in the same world. However, some characters, buildings, and events from Chaos;Head are shown, but these are for the fans and have no real connection to the main plot. The story of Steins; Gate is based around time travel. Using a custom built microwave, the main character and his friends use it to send text messages to the past. This changes the timeline, but only the main character notices the changes. The story really picks up when he receives a strange e-mail stating; "You know too much."
Expected Genres: Science Fiction, Suspense, Psychological, Drama