Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: AIC & BeSTACK
Notable Works: [AIC]: Ah! My Goddess, Burn Up Excess, El Hazard, Gall Force, Tenchi Muyo [BeSTACK]: Blue Drop, Sasami, Nightwalker, Tokyo Majin
Seiyuu: Hiro Shimono
Air date: 3/20/2009 4:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: A Tenchi Muyo! Anime spinoff that has been in development for over a decade. Set in an alternate world called Geminar, where 15-year-old Kenji Masaki, the half-brother of Tenchi Muyo! protagonist Tenchi Masaki, is summoned from another world to pilot the legendary weapon Seikishi. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Unremarkable and uninspired, like Kenchi’s character design and name.
usagijen: With the lead guy similarly as un-bishie as his half brother Tenchi, he must be loathing why he looks like his bro now, or not since he’ll still get the girls despite his looks.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Yumeta Company
Notable Works: Angelique, La Corda D’Oro, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, Neo Angelique Abyss
Seiyuu: Akemi Satou, Daisuke Kishio, Hideo Ishikawa, Jun Fukuyama, Katsuyuki Konishi, Kentarou Itou, Kisho Taniyama, Mamoru Miyano, Masakazu Morita, Satoshi Hino
Air date: 3/27/2009
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Hino Kahoko continues to improve her skills at the Seiso Academy participating in music competitions with the help of Lili, the music fairy, the students from the music department, and a new blond charming character. – ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I should be squealing like the fangirl that I am, but I won’t. Not that I have ungodly self-control, but because I have yet to watch the first season.
usagijen: Moar Corda is always welcome. This is my guilty pleasure YEAH! But what the heck, first ep airs on March 26, then ep June?!!! FFFFFFFFFFF.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: NTV
Notable Works: Astro Boy, Death Note, Detective Conan, Lupin III
Seiyuu: Kanichi Kurita, Minami Takayama
Air date: 3/27/2009 9:00:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: A special feature to commemorate the 55th anniversary of NTV and the 50th anniversary of Yomiuri TV.
An original story revolving around a treasure will unite the two heroes from Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama’s manga stories for a “legendary match.” -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Will the meeting of two great characters result in an epic crossover experiment? Hell, yes!
usagijen: OMG Lupin x Conan gattai! O_O Looking forward to how this crossover will turn out — Will they be sworn enemies? Will they be a deadly duo? Oh the possibilities! There’s also the BL possibility– but DO NOT WANT.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Madhouse Studios
Notable Works: Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Claymore, Death Note, Monster, NANA, Trigun, X
Seiyuu: Satomi Koorogi
Air date: 3/30/2009 6:40:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Chi is a kitten who accidentally gets separated from her mother, and is unable to find her way home again. A boy and his family find Chi and give her a home, although all Chi wants is to return to her mother. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Nyanko-sensei, you should totally demand for your own show.
usagijen: Chi’s Sweet Home is cute and sweet… but I’ll have to pass. My heart is not ready to take you in just yet, Chi, sorryyyy D:

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: NAS & Studio DEEN
Notable Works: [NAS]: Akazukin Cha Cha, Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis [Studio DEEN]: Fate/stay Night, Fruits Basket, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Haruka Fukuhara
Air date: 3/30/2009 5:40:00 PM

Synopsis: The weekday cooking anime for elementary schoolchildren, where they can learn to cook with the heroine Main as she demonstrates various dishes in the anime half of the program. The live-action half of the program will have Main’s voice actress, Haruka Fukuhara, taking on the challenge of cooking the actual dishes. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Is the live-action part of the show a new way to challenge (read: torture) seiyuus?
usagijen: Cooking Mama! I mean, Ai Mai Main! (Strawberry Eggs?)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Toei Animation
Notable Works: Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, Pretty Cure, Gegege no Kitarou, One Piece, Sailor Moon
Air date: 3/31/2009 7:25:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Marika moves to a town and finds that all the neighbors are famous scientists. Galileo Galilei is living next door, Isaac Newton is working in a grocery store, and John Ambrose Fleming is doing a part-time job at an electronic store. They teach Marika science comically with jokes, dances and music. For example, “Fleming’s left hand rule” will be taught with a hip-hop song “Love Coil” sung by Fleming himself. -dtshyk from MAL

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Marie is quiet, I like her. Gali is high strung and loud, it makes me want to strangle him… in a good way.
usagijen: This would be more relevant to my interests if Gali was a bishie than a FUGLY mad scientist. Learn to pander to your audience, plz!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio Gallop
Notable Works: Eyeshield 21, Initial D, Kodacha, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Seiyuu: Kumiko Mori
Air date: 4/1/2009 7:00:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Based on the newspaper’s Mainichi K?san (Daily/Everyday Mom) gag manga by Rieko Saibara, describing the humorous everyday experiences of Saibara’s own life with her two children. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Family comedy super-deformed style!
usagijen: is this Chibi Maruko-chan, kaasan version? :))

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Thefool
Notable Works: [NAS]: Akazukin Cha Cha, Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis [Studio DEEN]: Fate/stay Night, Fruits Basket, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Misako Yasuda
Air date: 4/2/2009 12:40:00 AM

Synopsis: The story centers on Charady (Misako Yasuda), a fictional 26-year-old woman from San Francisco who graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design’s Department of Character Design. Charady loves jokes from around the world, and each daily short will present a different joke. Slated to run for 365 days -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: You think I have the willpower to follow something for a whole year? I’m not that strong.
usagijen: You’ve got to be kidding me if you think I’m gonna follow this, take that you big JOKE! And uhm, I think that “bunny” over there was made to look like a condom or uhm… a d:|do .__. The color! The lewd eyes! The horny bunny ears!!! *shudder*

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Production I.G.
Notable Works: Blood+, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Chocolate Underground, Cromartie High School, Eyeshield 21, FLCL, Ghost Hound, Ghost in the Shell, Toshokan Sensou, Prince of Tennis, Tokyo Marble Chocolate, xxxHolic
Seiyuu: Kazuya Nakai, Norio Wakamoto, Souichiro Hoshi
Air date: 4/2/2009 1:34:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Anime adaptation of CAPCOM’s Sengoku Basara (Devil Kings) action-adventure game

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Historical heroes amped up with superpowers in an attempt to make it less boring. It’s… not… working.
usagijen: This makes me want to watch Gintama instead… oro~

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: ARMS
Notable Works: Elfen Lied, Genshiken 2, Himawari!, Ikkitousen, Kite Liberator
Seiyuu: Atsuko Tanaka, Aya Hirano, Ayako Kawasumi, Mamiko Noto
Air date: 4/2/2009 8:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: In 4 years time the competition that will decide the next Queen, the strongest warrior who will rule the country, shall soon commence. The contestants need only be older than 12 years, and they’re allowed to use any weapon of their choice. The rules for the tournament are simple: fight to the death, or until someone flees from battle or is rendered unable to move.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Unabashed, gratuitous, shameless fanservice set on overdrive and very in your face. There will be panty shots, boobs (lots of it), criminally skimpy clothes, tentacles, and wardrobe malfunctions (read: NIPPLES!!! I SEE NIPPLES!!!). You have been warned.
usagijen: No matter how much story and depth this would have, I doubt it would outdo the amount of boobies and titties and tentacles this show has.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Seven Arcs
Notable Works: Inukami!, Magical Girl Nanoha, Sekirei
Seiyuu: Miyu Irino
Air date: 4/2/2009 9:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The semi-serious school action story revolves around Tomoharu Natsume, a boy who has been haunted by a ghosty girl who was a childhood friend. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I can’t even remember what the PV was about now.
usagijen: “Semi serious”, sounds like “half baked” to me :[

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Notable Works: Air, Clannad, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Seiyuu: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita
Air date: 4/3/2009 1:00:00 AM

Synopsis: Rebroadcast of the first series, and not a second season. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Just when I thought I'd finally get more Yuki. KyoAni is such a tease.
usagijen: If I know, hamster chef Seleria just wanted a sorry excuse to use that sexay Haruhi pic

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Satelight
Notable Works: Aquarion, Galazy Angel Rune, Heat Guy J, Hellsing, Macross Frontier, Shugo Chara!
Seiyuu: Hiro Shimono, Shizuka Itou, Yuuichi Nakamura
Air date: 4/3/2009 1:25:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story takes place on the planet Earthdash, where its inhabitants gaze on its moon and the technologically advanced lunar city of Mooneyes with awe. Dan JD, a boy living in Rollingtown on Earthdash’s surface, gets caught up in Bigfoot Basketball ? a fast-paced sport played with giant Bigfoot robots. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Animation looks insanely badass, the Nike kicks are sweet, and the mecha-basketball concept is just so, whats the word… GANGSTAH!
usagijen: Mecha in my basketball?! You’ve gotta be kid– WOW THIS IS EXCITING! And omg that Ice Man is HAWT.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Xebec
Notable Works: Bottle Fairy, Love Hina, Martian Successor Nadesico, Shaman King, Stellvia, To Love-ru
Seiyuu: Ayako Kawasumi, Junko Minagawa, Kousuke Toriumi
Air date: 4/3/2009 1:29:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Oz Bezarius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. He can discern, he’s cast into the prison known as the “Abyss”, only to be saved by a “chain” known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit. Thus starts his quest to find out what exactly happened, and how the organization known as “Pandor” fit into this picture.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I like the dark fantasy, gothic feel to it and it reminds me of Kingdom Hearts a bit (not just because of the ‘Hearts’ either). Fine, fine… I admit I’m watching because of the shota. Happy now?
usagijen: A blond shota in pain, hawt brunette bishie in chains — No doubt, this show was made for me.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Notable Works: Air, Clannad, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Seiyuu: Aki Toyosaki, Youko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki
Air date: 4/3/2009 1:59:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story follows four girls who try to rescue their high school’s light music club, even though they are all novices who cannot play instruments or read music. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: KyoAni, you’ve made me tsuntsun with that Haruhi stunt, but I’m all deredere now because of K-ON! I call this genre ‘moesic’ (moe+music). Feel free to quote me on that.
usagijen: Novices they may be in handling musical instruments, but not in capturing your heart with their moe-sic antics! Trust KyoAni for your seasonal moe fix~! (Oh, and I caught a glimpse of the manga and saw Detroit Metal City references, FUNNN!)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Bee Train
Notable Works: Blade of the Immortal, El Cazador de la Bruja, .HACK, Noir, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Seiyuu: Ayahi Takagaki, Miyu Irino
Air date: 4/3/2009 2:15:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: In the American underworld, Mafia leaders are being killed one after another, with rumors of “Inferno” and the group’s top assasin “Phantom” circulating around them. A boy, traveling alone in America becomes involved in one of these incidents and unexpectedly encounters Phantom -moetron

Chef Chaff
Seleria: It looks kinda cool. Mafia, conspiracies, and assassins all sound very tempting and delicious, but can it deliver the goods?
usagijen: Is that you Yagami Kazuma? Sagara Sousuke? Oh nooo, I’m seeing things~!! But ohh, some steamy-looking situation they got there (guy on top of the girl in the PV), not sure if I’ll get into this one though.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Kinema Citrus
Seiyuu: Romi Paku
Air date: 4/3/2009 6:20:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Higepiyo (literally “Mustache-Peep”) revolves around Hiyoko, a “surreal” bird that happens to have a mustache. Hiyoko can talk with “Piroshi” ? Hiroshi, the human boy who won her in a fair ? and the two become BFFs, with Hiyoko teaching.Hiroshi how to win brawls in elementary school, and she sometimes fights a bullying girl on Hiroshi’s behalf. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: A chick with a beard. That’s a HUGE TURN ON, am I right?
usagijen: BWAHAHAHAHA. Can we call this “One Hot Chick”? Also, the trailer calls it the “Ultra Chick” ROFLMAO.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: J.C. Staff
Notable Works: Azumanga Daioh, Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile, Revolutionary Girl Utena, R.O.D., Shakugan no Shana, Toradora!
Seiyuu: Rie Kugimiya, Rie Tanaka, Ryoko Shiraishi
Air date: 4/4/2009 1:23:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Continuation of the first series.

16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. His unemployed parents are good-for-nothings who waste the money they have on gambling. One day, his parents have racked up a huge gambling debt that they had to sell Hayate to the yakuza for the value of his organs. In a desperate attempt to avoid that fate, Hayate decides to become a “bad guy” and kidnap someone to be held for ransom, but his efforts to do so are mistaken as a confession of love by the girl he targets. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I still need to play catch up with this title.
usagijen: Skippu~! tralalala~

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: GK Entertainment and GONZO
Notable Works: [GK Entertainment]: Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear [GONZO]: Basilisk, Full Metal Panic!, Hellsing, Kiddy Grade, SaiKano, Vandread
Seiyuu: Takashi Kondo
Air date: 4/4/2009 2:45:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Anime adaptation of Neople’s Arad Senki massively multi-player online role-playing game.

The story takes place after “the cursed light of Kazan” has fallen upon the continent of Arad. Baron vows to unravel the secret of the curse that has possessed one of his arms, and a motley assortment of characters joins him on his quest. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I’m not watching, even if you spank me.
usagijen: Let’s form a Slap Up Party for GONZO YEAH \m/, slap ‘em for working on this fugly-looking anime instead of just concentrating their whole damn budget and effort in making Shangrila and Saki successful adaptations! >:[

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Shogakukan Music and Digital Entertainment and Synergy SP
Notable Works: [Synergy SP]: Hayate the Combat Butler, Major, Kirarin Revolution, Zettai Karen Children
Seiyuu: Mana Ogawa
Air date: 4/4/2009 9:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: In the story, Mimi Kitagami is a kind, level-headed girl who aims to be the best, coolest student council president of her high school class. However, three trouble-making boys are always causing her grief ? and she has a one-sided crush on one of the boys, Ushio T?j?. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: That hamster has sparklier eyes than I do. THAT’S JUST WRONG!!!
usagijen: I’ve outgrown this stuff, and it’s not really the timeless kind of shoujo classic =/ Even the hamster won’t save this show for me D:

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Bee Media and CODE
Notable Works: [NAS]: Akazukin Cha Cha, Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis [Studio DEEN]: Fate/stay Night, Fruits Basket, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Ayumi Fujimura, Kenji Akabane, Yasuaki Suzuki
Air date: 4/4/2009 11:20:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Several characters of the original Mazinger Z series return to this installment. It is suspected, however, that the series will be a remake which combines elements from the Z Mazinger manga and from other Mazinger series. -Go Nagai wiki

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Old school mecha is not my kind of thing.
usagijen: Mazinger! Mazinger! Mazinger Z… Hen! Err, ok, should’ve figured that would sound weird right from the start.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Notable Works: [NAS]: Akazukin Cha Cha, Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis [Studio DEEN]: Fate/stay Night, Fruits Basket, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Air date: 4/4/2009 11:22:00 PM

Synopsis: Saint-Laurent originally created the cartoons in his picture book in 1956, when he was a 20-year-old working for the Christian Dior haute couturier. The cartoons follow the bizarre fantasies of a mischievous girl named Lulu. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: A glimpse at what goes on the great YSL’s mind. I want to know how nasty this little Lulu can be.
usagijen: Seeing this “nasty Lulu” would be quite a drastic change from the mischievous “Little Lulu” I was used to watching way back my Cartoon Network days lol.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: A-1 Pictures Inc.
Notable Works: [NAS]: Akazukin Cha Cha, Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis [Studio DEEN]: Fate/stay Night, Fruits Basket, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Marina Inoue, Susumu Chiba
Air date: 4/5/2009 1:35:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The original game, which is set in the wartorn country of Gallia in a fictional version of 1930s Europe -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Feels a like Pumpkin Scissors and I dropped that show after just one episode.
usagijen: Heard great things about the game, but the PV is boring T__T; Will see what good comes out of this one!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Diomedea
Notable Works: Nanatsuiro Drops, Dai Mahou Touge, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Seiyuu: Haruka Tomatsu, Hiroshi Kamiya
Air date: 4/5/2009 1:30:00 AM

Synopsis: This new Polyphinica series will again focus on Corticarte, but will tie into Ichiro Sakaki and Noboru Kannatsuki’s Shinkyoku S?kai Polyphonica crimson S light novel adaptation, which are set during the Academy years of the storyline. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: S for skip!
usagijen: Does the “S” there in the title stand for “Skinny”, coz it seems like the characters are suffering from anorexia nervosa. I would’ve been happier if they animated the otome game version of Polyphonica instead >:[

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Synergy SP
Notable Works: Hayate the Combat Butler, Major, Kirarin Revolution, Zettai Karen Children
Seiyuu: Aki Kanada
Air date: 4/5/2009 8:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Ginga is a determined beyblader; he will fight 100 beys from the Face Hunters and meet Kyouya, Kyouya is Ginga’s best friend Ginga will make friends with Kenta,Madoka. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I refuse to be subjected to marketing ploys for boys, even if its shiny and… omg it twirls! +__+
usagijen: Omg this franchise is still alive?! This is why we can’t have nice things, only twirly toys to lure young boys.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Toei Animation
Notable Works: Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, Pretty Cure, Gegege no Kitarou, One Piece, Sailor Moon
Seiyuu: Masako Nozawa
Air date: 4/5/2009 9:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Remastered rebroadcasts of the Dragon Ball Z anime series.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Maybe I can finally finish all of DBZ now. No?
usagijen: No matter what Kai (改/change) Dragon Ball undergoes, I doubt my impression of it will change (neutral).

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio Comet
Notable Works: Capeta, Captain Tsubasa, Onegai My Melody, School Rumble
Air date: 4/5/2009 9:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Meet the Jewelpets from the magical kingdom of Jewelland~ Sparkly furry adventures here we go!

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I lived out my Pokemon days a long time ago.
usagijen: Sounds like NeoPet… at least that was fun

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Synergy SP
Notable Works: Hayate the Combat Butler, Major, Kirarin Revolution, Zettai Karen Children
Seiyuu: Miyu Irino, Haruka Tomatsu
Air date: 4/5/2009 10:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Koh is a genius hitter, but has no knowledge of any other aspect of baseball. Aoba, a younger girl, is an adept pitcher and hitter. As he plays baseball, he tries to live up to the expectations of those who know his true talent, and cope with the tragedies and relationships he must deal with. -moetron

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Probably the only true slice-of-life show for the season. A must for a healthier anime diet.
usagijen: I love Mitsuru Adachi, despite not really finishing his works (I “read” Rough, Miyuki, H2, Touch, Hiatari Ryouko… never got to finish them orz). Anyways, baseball + slice of life + Adachi = winning formula for me!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: BONES
Notable Works: Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ouran High School Host Club, RahXephon, Soul Eater
Seiyuu: Rie Kugimiya, Romi Paku
Air date: 4/5/2009 5:00:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: A remake of the first Fullmetal Alchemist series, following the manga more closely this time around.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Awesome FMA more likely made awesomer (it’s a word says urban dictionary) in the ever able hands of BONES.
usagijen: Oohh, guess it’s not too late to get into FMA with this one right?!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Nippon Animation
Notable Works: Antique Bakery, Hunter X Hunter, Hyakko, Trapp Ikka Monogatari, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
Seiyuu: Rina Hidaka
Air date: 4/5/2009 7:30:00 PM

Synopsis: Before Green Gables (translated as Konnichiwa Anne by Akiko Usagawa) describes the early life of the Canadian orphan girl Anne, before she meets her adoptive family Matthew and Marilla in the first Anne novel, Anne of Green Gables (Akage no Anne). -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Not my kind of thing, but this is definitely up usagijen’s alley.
usagijen: As much as I’d like to think this would be great, I think slow classical animes like this is better watched in marathon… or better yet, on TV where I watched most classic animes!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Notable Works: Bleach, Emma, Fancy Lala, GTO, Hikaru no Go, Naruto
Seiyuu: Aya Endo, Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Ono, Jun Fukuyama, Toshiyuki Morikawa
Air date: 4/5/2009 11:00:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story surrounds a political mystery involving a small Middle-Eastern country. A powerful industrialist directs his daughter to pick a husband from three chosen candidates. They enter her life, impressing her with their uniqueness, and they all leave an outstanding impression on her. -MAL

Chef Chaff
Seleria: A flower-filled reverse harem could-be-emofest love polygon. *starts to walk away, but…* Did somebody say bishies?!
usagijen: Gorgeous bishies sadhadasdasdas *faint*. Seriously though, I think there’s more to this than meets the eye, simply because it’s based on Itsuki Natsumi-sama’s manga (and yes I know very well that I’m ‘cheating’ here :P). Oh and ahem guys, there’s a nekkid hawt girl there for you! (in the PV, at least)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Satelight
Notable Works: Aquarion, Galazy Angel Rune, Heat Guy J, Hellsing, Macross Frontier, Shugo Chara!
Seiyuu: Kenyuu Horiuchi, Mai Nakahara, Tsubasa Yonaga
Air date: 4/5/2009 11:29:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Somewhere in the Middle Country, there roams Guin,a mysterious warrior who is revered by the people. Wearing a leopard’s mask,he has lost all the memories he held except his combat instincts and the word “Aurra”. When the people of the Middle Country is attacked by demonic creatures,it is up to Guin to save them. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Said to be Japan’s LOTR, the novel is 124 volumes (still ongoing) worth of swords and magic epicness. And if you love your Final Fantasy as much as I do, you’ll be happy to know that Nobuo Uematsu is doing music for this show! *goes back listening to The Black Mages*
usagijen: Woah, is that Leopard dude from Thundercats or something? Or at least, the long lost relative of Lion-O, Panthro or whoever. Anyways. heard this went from GAR to GAY, so whatever floats your boat, there’s sure to be something here in store for you!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Gonzo
Notable Works: Basilisk, Full Metal Panic!, Hellsing, Kiddy Grade, SaiKano, Vandread
Seiyuu: Mikako Takahashi, Yui Ariga, Makoto Ishii
Air date: 4/6/2009

Synopsis: A striking vision of Earth’s future from some of Japan’s foremost creative talents, SHANGRI-LA is a tale of greed and division vs. bravery and the human spirit. Set against the backdrop of a Tokyo cityscape turned into a teeming jungle by runaway global warming, with the elite living in the comfort of the tower city, Atlas, and the less-privileged masses struggling in the squalor in the jungle — only one girl, Kuniko Hojo, and her band of guerrillas can find a way to preserve the future for everyone.. – http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I’m biting the bullet and taking a chance on this despite the studio working on it.
usagijen: For some reason the song “Shalala” comes into my mind at the mention of Shangri-la, but whatever! The Range Murata art is <3, which means that we’re assured of a ‘lovely trainwreck’ (literally), if all else fails (given GONZO’s reputation and all), at the very least.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: SILVER LINK
Seiyuu: Asami Shimoda, Kaori Mizuhashi, Noriko Rikimaru, Shizura Itou
Air date: 4/6/2009 12:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story centers on Yuuri Mito, the only son of the man who runs the Yachimata shrine, protected by the deity Tayutayu-sama who has been lost in time. After Mito and his friends discover a mysterious relic on the school grounds, a mysterious girl named Mashiro appears before Mito, sealing his fate with Mashiro and the Tayutayu legend.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: I’ll pass on the moe fox girl and naughty Pokemons.
usagijen: From Lump of Sugar comes Tayutama Kiss on my Deity! Doesn’t sound inviting to me. Will definitely Kiss This Goodbye.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: SHAFT
Notable Works: Ef – a tale of memories, Hidamari Sketch, Kino no Tabi, Mahoromatic, Negima, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Seiyuu: Yuuko Sanpei, Ryouko Shiraishi
Air date: 4/6/2009 1:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Based on the science-fiction romance manga by the author of School Rumble Jin Kobayashi, whose story centers on a boy named Hajime Yasaka who meets an older high school girl named Sayoko “Arashi” Arashiyama in an old town coffee shop. “Arashi” happens to have a secret that Hajime learns one fateful summer vacation. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: If it’s at par with School Rumble in crazy level, count me in.
usagijen: This is one storm I wouldn’t want myself to get into. I mean, a summer storm, in my Spring Season of animes?! GTFO! Uhm yeah, sorry but that “!” isn’t quite helping in making me any more excited for this.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: WHITE FOX
Seiyuu: Toru Ohkawa, Yuku Goto, Makoto Ishii
Air date: 4/6/2009 1:35:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Riannon is set to be sacrificed to appease the resurrected demon lord, Arawn. As her brother Arthur attempts to rescue her, Arawn defies those who resurrected him and frees Riannon from her captors, leading to her admiration for him. Arawn acts as a leader and assembles a party of companions. -moetron

Chef Chaff
Seleria: The PV bored me to tears.
usagijen: While the game OP’s animation was fuglier than the anime’s, it still fails to get me hooked. This is like Guin Saga, semi-serious version, definitely not a good sign.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Gonzo
Notable Works: Basilisk, Full Metal Panic!, Hellsing, Kiddy Grade, SaiKano, Vandread
Seiyuu: Kana Ueda, Ami Koshimizu, Rie Kugimiya
Air date: 4/6/2009 2:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story centers around Saki Miyanaga, a timid freshman girl who has never enjoyed the Asian tile game of mahjong. However, another freshman brings her into their high school’s mahjong club and into the competitive world of mahjong tournaments. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Welcome to the exciting(?!) world of mahjong. We proudly present our main attraction: Magical Battle Mahjong on Crack! *applause*
usagijen: I wasn’t really looking forward to this, until… I saw the awesome PV. Talk about mah(ou)jong (mahou shoujo + mahjong)! moe and GAR in your mahjong! Take that, Akagi!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio DEEN
Notable Works: Fate/stay Night, Fruits Basket, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Saiga Mitsuki, Sho Hayami
Air date: 4/7/2009 1:40:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Set in a gothic fantasy world, this is the story of Teito Klein, an orphaned slave who became the top military academy student. However, an unexpected turn of events left him pursued by the forces of the Barsburg Empire. Now an escaping convict, Teito’s sheltered by the church and it’s law of sanctuary. Here, he discovered many mysteries surrounding himself, the church, and the Empire itself. The fact that he might be connected to a dethroned king and the mystical stone of god, ‘The Eye of Mikhael’ made him the target of the empire more than ever. Teito’s future seems to have spiraled into an unexpectedly perilous path. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Hop aboard the MAHOU SHOUNEN train! Next stop, yaoi subtext! Choo~~ Choo~~
usagijen: Bishies and mystery, these are a few of my favorite things~ I see them here, but other signs are pointing me to NO GO. Not quite hopping aboard just yet!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Asahi Production
Notable Works: Blue Drop
Air date: 4/7/2009 7:30:00 AM

Synopsis: 3rd Sugar Bunnies anime after the 2007 series, 2008’s Sugar Bunnies Chocolat.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Can we not feed the rabbits sugar? It makes them hyperactive and they spontaneously start doing what bunnies do best.
usagijen: Err— those cross-mating bunnies are still at it?!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Madhouse Studios
Notable Works: Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Claymore, Death Note, Monster, NANA, Trigun, X
Seiyuu: Kouichi Yamadera
Air date: 4/8/2009 12:59:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The manga centers around Cao Cao, a warlord and second-to-last Han Dynasty chancellor who is best known through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms literary classic. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Too much testosterone and thick unkempt eyebrows for me to care.
usagijen: I expect my baka anikis to be all over this, but no not me. At least Koutetsu Sangokushi was good for the BL lulz. Speaking of which, Miyano Mamoru seemed to have undergone some kind of mahou shounen transformation as his role shifts from the uke Lu Xun in Koutetsu Sangokushi, to the GAR Cao Cao in Souten Kouro

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: David Production
Notable Works: Code Geass R2
Seiyuu: Fumiko Orikasa, Haruhi Terada, Kenji Nomura
Air date: 4/9/2009 2:08:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The manga’s story is set in a restaurant in Rome that the heroine Nicoletta visits from the countryside. Her parents divorced when she was young, so her grandparents raised her while her mother tried to remarry. Unfortunately for Nicoletta, her mother abandons her even after remarrying. Nicoletta goes to the restaurant that is now owned by the new husband of Nicoletta’s mother, and ends up apprenticing there among a kitchen staff of colorful characters. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Finally, some semblance of variety aside from all the heaps of fantasy crap. Ohhh!! It has food porn!
usagijen: People say this looks gay… but what the heck. I CAN BE GAY FOR ZIS SHOW FOR ALL ZEY CARE~!! Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? What? I just felt like saying that.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Production I.G.
Notable Works: Blood+, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Chocolate Underground, Cromartie High School, Eyeshield 21, FLCL, Ghost Hound, Ghost in the Shell, Toshokan Sensou, Prince of Tennis, Tokyo Marble Chocolate, xxxHolic
Air date: 4/10/2009 12:45:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: 3 months after the failed terrorist attack “Careless Monday”, Saki Morimi, a young woman in the USA on her graduation trip, runs into trouble outside of the White House. She is saved by Akira Takizawa, a mysterious naked man without his memory, owning only a gun and a mobile phone stored with 8.200 million yen -moetron.

Chef Chaff
Seleria: The second coming of Morita and Hagu! A stark nekkid Morita stands proudly in front of Hagu. Morita, I see you~~ and your pen:(s
usagijen: So the Morita-lookalike loses both his memories and clothes because of a *certain event*… I can only wonder what happened… O_O Anyways, I’m following this in a heartbeat <3 (not just because of the nekkid Morita mind you). 11days worth of adventure, romance, and overall excitement! ~kyaa!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: J.C. Staff
Notable Works: Azumanga Daioh, Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile, Revolutionary Girl Utena, R.O.D., Shakugan no Shana, Toradora!
Seiyuu: Mariya Ise
Air date: 4/12/2009
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Mizuki Kawashita’s original manga depicted many vignettes in the everyday lives of a junior high school girl named Ayumi and seven other junior high and high school girls. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: What’s spring without blossoming love in the form of moe school girls? If I had to pick one girl out of the bunch, I think I’ve taken a liking to, seemingly aloof, Misaki.
usagijen: I love Lilim Kiss! Oh wait, wrong series! Reminds me of KimiKiss though, and I likey~ <3

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: BONES
Notable Works: Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ouran High School Host Club, RahXephon, Soul Eater
Seiyuu: Atsushi Abe, Yuko Sanpei
Air date: 4/12/2009 2:25:00 AM

Synopsis: Enter Sentan, a lush, tranquil island encased in war between the military and those with Hiruko, known as X’amd. The story follows a boy named Akiyuki who is heading to school with two friends when an explosion occurs. In the mysterious light from the explosion, Akiyuki transforms into a creature called Xam’d. Xam’d goes on a rampage which is only stopped when a red-haired foreign girl appears. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: BONES squeezed in so much frames in there, it’s insane! Now, this is what I call ACTION!
usagijen: Seleria is slowpoke.jpg Then again, someone who hasn’t even watched a single ep of this don’t really have the right to say that .__. Is this like of better quality than the PS3-release version, I wonder? O.o

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Madhouse Studios
Notable Works: Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Claymore, Death Note, Monster, NANA, Trigun, X
Air date: 4/13/2009 7:00:00 PM

Synopsis: Yuuna and Stitch’s alien adventures in Okinawa continues!

Chef Chaff
Seleria: A change from the usual headline: ‘Alien invades Japan’. For once it’s ‘Japanese invades alien territory’.
usagijen: All I can say is… that other sidekick of Yuuna and Stitch looks like a hybrid of a kappa + kero kero keroppi (it’s the cheeks) + some Okinawan caveman. My mind says it ugly, but my heart wants a plushie. Irrelevant comment you say? I can’t hear you~~~

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio Hibari
Notable Works: Kasimasi, Major, Mirmo Zibang!, Sumomomo Momomo, Tsuyokiss, Venus Versus Virus
Seiyuu: Kaori Fukuhara, Ayahi Takagaki
Air date: 2009/05

Synopsis: A sci-fi comedy story that revolves around an alien “office lady” that comes to Earth to energize dejected people. -animenation

Chef Chaff
Seleria: More fanservice with a jolt of electricity. I’d rather pull the plug on this one.
usagijen: Tentacles and Electrofying boobs FTWTF! (ohh, it’s a palindrome!)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Telecom Animation Film
Notable Works: The Daughter of Twenty Faces, Futakoi, Ramen Fighter Miki
Air date: 2009 Spring

Synopsis: Stars a 12-year-old boy and his unicycle robot who are trying to win a motorbike race. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Rideback kiddy style?
usagijen: Is this another Capeta in the making? (and I meant that in a good way)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: TMS Entertainment and Sega Toys
Notable Works: [TMS Entertainment]: Buzzer Beater, Emily of New Moon, Hamtaro, KenIchi, Noramimi, Soreike! Anpanman, Zenryoku Usagi
Air date: 2009 Spring

Synopsis: The new season will continue the adventures of Daniel (Danma “Dan” Kuusou in Japanese) and his friends as they help free Vestroia, the alternate world of the Bakugan warrior Dragonoid (Drago for short). -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Skipsville, here we come!
usagijen: BAKUGAN BATORU BUROORAAZU!! Some mighty tactic to lure hapless kids (and their parents) into buying GUZZU from TOIZARASU!! (That’s “goods” and “Toys R’ Us” for you s-s-silly gaijins!)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Air date: 2009 Spring

Synopsis: Set in the 1950s, the critically acclaimed story centers around six junior delinquents and their mentor at the Shounan Special Reform School near Tokyo. The manga follows the boys’ lives during their time in the school and the years after they leave. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: The anime adaptation of the award-winning manga of the same name. This dark and edgy ghetto slice-of-life story might prove to be a good watch.
usagijen: I sense GTO-level epicness! Or even more.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Air date: 2009 Spring
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Based on the original novel that depicts the tumultuous warring period of second-century China and the political intrigue between the different factions. The Beijing Glorious Animation Co., an affiliate of the state-owned CCTV broadcaster, is producing on the Chinese side. On the Japanese side, Future Planet Co. is producing. -ANN

Chef Chaff
Seleria: Ok, the PV looked alright, except the part with the 3 old guys hugging and holding each other’s hands. No, BL for this PLEASE.
usagijen: whoa, 2 ROTK adaptations in one season? And are those Japanese subs I see in this anime? If so, count me in! (if only for that hardcore Nihongo-learning reason, won’t hurt to learn some Cantonese along the way too )