15) おおきく振りかぶって Ookiku Furikabutte (http://www.oofuri.com/) – airing April 12

Introduction:
Mihashi moves on to high school convinced he is a lousy baseball pitcher. There he meets the catcher Abe and the team manager Momoe who together work to make Mihashi and the team shine. -ANN

Now if that’s not enough… here’s a more convincing intro from entropy, the group who scanlates it (which I’m also part of) :3

Voted the number one baseball manga of all time! It also won the Tezuka Cultural Award in May 2006 for showing new possibilities of expression in baseball manga.

Ookiku Furikabutte isn’t just a baseball manga. It’s the story of a timid young man who was made an ace pitcher in middle school because of family connections. Now he’s in high school and it’s his time to shine as an ace in his own right.

Reading this story will get your blood boiling, heart pumping and tears flowing. It has been popular since it was serialized, a true Japanese high school baseball manga! – http://entropy-manga.com

Impression:
The first time I read Ookiku Furikabutte, I thought that the main lead was a whiny character… LOL. But of course that’s just the start of everything. He seemed to be a weakling at first because of the lack of confidence he had, despite his innate potential ace-abilities Anyways, I would no doubt be watching out for this because I know it’s gonna turn out great! And I love sports animes~ especially baseball :3 AND, of course there’s a reason as why it actually got the Tezuka Cultural Award, right? So go watch~ :p

You can go read the manga scanlated by the wonderful entropy~ either through the direct download links they’ve graciously provided on their webpage, or through their IRC channel Make sure to read it~ And hopefully, convince you to go watch the anime too (Ok… now this became more of an ad plug than simply my ‘impression’ :p)

16) Emma – Victorian Romance Second Act (http://www.emma-victorian.com/) – airing April 16

Introduction (1st Act):
In late 19th century London, William Jones, a member of the gentry, meets and falls in love with Emma, and she with him. This chance meeting overturns both their lives – for Emma is a maid, and the barriers of class and wealth stand between them.

Impression:
I haven’t really seen the first season, but I’ve been wanting to watch it because of the great reviews I’ve seen. And also because I just love some good ol’ romance stories~ :p Especially this one, which has great characters and plot development. Now in this Second Act, they’ve seem to spiced-up the romance more, as they introduce this new guy who develops a romantic interest in Emma (he’s pretty *ahem* aggressive (?) too… that’s the impression I get from that pic in the site o_o), and this woman of nobility who will most likely be romantically-linked to William [we now have a love-square ^^;;]. Anyways, also looking forward to this one~ But I’m most likely going to watch this after I’ve finished watching the 1st season :p

17) Devil May Cry (http://dmc-tv.com/) – airing June 14

What a long wait… >.<
Based on the Devil May Cry game, whose plot I don’t really know much of… (I just know it’s some gothic horror action type of game) I’ve seen my brother playing the game, and thought it looked really cool~! It has this Trinity Blood feel to it – the goth, the bloodlust eyes of Dante~ <3 + those cool weapons and stunning action! Can’t wait till June~ >.>

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