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 )

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Gainax & Feel
Notable Works: [Feel]: D.C. ~Da Capo~, Futakoi Alternative, Jinki: Extend, Nagasarete Airantou, Otoboku [Gainax]: He is my Master, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Evangelion
Seiyuu: Nana Akiyama, Tatsuya Hosome
Air date: 1/1/2009 10:30:00 AM

Synopsis: Sequel to Shikabane Hime: Aka, following the life (or rather after-life) of the “Corpse Princess” Makina, as she seeks to hunt down 108 corpses in order to gain entry into heaven.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Tried to watch the first season. It’s Gainax after all. Unfortunately, it was typical shounen fare.
BeLe: First season (first two episodes) didn’t really leave a good impression so paaaassss!
didinskee: I’m a chump for anything Gainax, prime the torrent engines!
Seleria: I am in the middle of finishing Aka. There’s enough action and intrigue for me to continue.
usagijen: If I was a necrophiliac, I’d probably be peeing my pantsu from overexcitement over this sequel. But no. Didn’t check out the first season, so I say skip!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio DEEN
Notable Works: Fate/stay Night, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Kana Ueda, Miki Itou
Air date: 1/3/2009 10:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Yumi Fukuzawa is living the life most Lilian students only dare to dream. Apart from being a member of the much-worshiped student council and constantly surrounded by the most celerbated school personalities, she is also the petite sœur (young sister in French) to the stunningly beautiful raven-haired heiress, Sachiko Ogasawara. Yet, underneath it all, one worry weighs heavily in her heart-her quest to find her own petite sœur.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Couldn’t be bothered to watch this.
BeLe: I’m a fan of the series so this is a must watch by default! Will have to watch the previous shows though to refresh my memory…it’s been a while since the last one came out.
didinskee: cute cover art, but I can’t imagine myself getting emotional over a french word
Seleria: #1 on my watch list. Those looking for some hawt yuri action should just step away. This show is too classy for that.
usagijen: Seleria is soooo into this it’s making me scared D: j/k. I stayed away from this out of fear to embrace my yuri-loving persona. Should I give into it now?

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Brains Base
Notable Works: Baccano!, Kure-nai, Natsume Yuujinchou, Spice and Wolf 2
Seiyuu: Jun Fukuyama, Sayaka Narita
Air date: 1/4/2009
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story revolves around a typical high school boy named Kakeru Daichi and the can of melon juice soda that he bought from a vending machine. The can suddenly transforms into a beautiful but standoffish girl that Kakeru nicknames “Melon,” and more “Akikan” (”empty can”) girls appear. However, Akikan girls need to be infused with carbon dioxide from kissing to survive. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: A melon soda transforming into a girl??? WTF!
BeLe: What will they think of next?!? o_O Heck, if it’s hilarious I’ll give it a go. I highly doubt it though.
didinskee: Oh wow! A crazy anime I can hook my jaded friends with, or at least make for otaku smalltalk fodder! First episodes worth a look.
Seleria: Everything about this shouts STUPID.
usagijen: Oh Japan, you’ll never cease to amaze me with the ingenious and WTF ways you devise just for the GF wish fulfillment of otakus.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Seven Arcs
Notable Works: Inukami!, Magical Girl Nanoha, Sekirei
Seiyuu: Aya Hirano, Nana Mizuki
Air date: 1/4/2009 2:00:00 AM

Synopsis: Adaptation of the eroge of the same title, which centers around T?ya Fuj?, a college student dating a rising idol singer named Yuki Morikawa, the trials and tribulations in their relationship. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Couldn’t be bothered to watch this either.
BeLe: One of my most anticipated shows this season since it was announced last year. I hope it doesn’t disappoint like some other visual novel to anime adaptations out there.
didinskee: Not R-18? Certains parties of my acquaintance will be disappointed
Seleria: I am an Aya fan, so I should at least watch an episode of this.
usagijen: Ohhh, I smell relationships~ I’d love to see this and give my pretentious analysis.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: SHAFT
Notable Works: Ef – a tale of memories, Hidamari Sketch, Kino no Tabi, Mahoromatic, Negima, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Seiyuu: Asami Sanada, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi
Air date: 1/5/2009 12:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story centers on a sophomore named Kanako who enrolls in all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants to find her destined yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria ? except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a cross-dressing sadistic boy. – ANN

Chef Chaff
BeLe: The preview looks too generic to me to be honest. But I’m willing to give it a chance since it has the potential to be funny.
didinskee: There’s apparently a lot more yuri stuff that have escaped hardcore genre than I imagined… but hold the presses! sadistic cross-dressing boy?!? too weird for me, sorry.
Seleria: Yuri and traps galore! As you would expect of a SHAFT production, this will be quite a visual feast. Though it seems that I might have a hard time stomaching Kanako’s suffering, or not.
usagijen: I can’t believe this has the same author as Hatenkou Yuugi, and I mean that in a good way. Seems trappyliciously fun!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: asread
Notable Works: Ga-Rei-Zero, Kiddy Grade 2, Minami-ke: Okawari, Shuffle!
Seiyuu: Marina Inoue, Minori Chihara, Rina Satou
Air date: 1/5/2009 1:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story of the Minami-ke sisters in their daily life — now back with a vengeance! or not.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Didn’t see the previous season but I guess this is a lot better compared to melon-soda girls and destined yuri partners.
BeLe: Would love to see this but since I haven’t finished watching the first and second season then this will have to go in the “on-hold purgatory” as usagijen puts it.
didinskee: Short synopsis: not intruiging enough
Seleria: The first season was the best, I don’t see that trend changing.
usagijen: I just can’t welcome the series with open arms with this new season, not because I didn’t like it, but because I placed this in the on-hold purgatory and will probably be neglected till who knows when.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Brains Base
Notable Works: Baccano!, Kure-nai, Natsume Yuujinchou, Spice and Wolf 2
Seiyuu: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue
Air date: 1/6/2009 1:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him. Containing the names of these spirits, a binding contract was formed between the spirits and the owner of the book. Now, Natsume is determined to free the spirits and dissolve the contracts. With the help of a spirit cat, his days are filled trying to return the names to these spirits. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Ah! My most awaited show of the season. I want to see more of Natsume’s adventures. And I especially love the fat cat!
BeLe: I have to admit I don’t know anything about this one. So Pass! :p
didinskee: Spooky paranormal stuff and cute animals remind me of Hayao Miyazaki, count me in ^_^
Seleria: LOVED the first season. I have a big crush on Natsume being bishielicious and nice and all. Not to mention, he has a fatass cat that turns into a big bad wolf.
usagijen: I know full well that not having finished this series is a total CRIME, but gah. Anyways, heartily recommended for slice-of-life fans, or those who want to see more of Nyanko-sensei’s mighty feats!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Sunrise
Notable Works: Code Geass, Cowboy Bebop, Gundam
Seiyuu: Aya Endo, Mako, Yui Makino
Air date: 1/6/2009 1:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story is set in the year 311 of the Orbital Calendar, when humanity has migrated to countless colony clusters in space. A space colony girl named Akiha Shishid? encounters a malevolent artificial intelligence named Leopard that has been installed on a colony. Akiha is joined by an Inter-Colony Police officer named Itsuki Kannagi, a taciturn young girl named Honoka Kawai, and a robot named Imoko “Imo-chan” Shishid?. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Ekh! Lolis!
BeLe: Oh Sunrise, I seriously wish you didn’t waste your time on making this show. It’s a bad show to start the year with. LOL
didinskee: If the fight scenes in the first ep are as cool as Yamamoto Yohko, I can bear the lolis
Seleria: Not sure about this one.
usagijen: I initially thought this was a spinoff of Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, and was already going ZOMG I can’t believe it!!! Then I look at the site and saw… boobsy lolis. Wtf.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: AIC & Digital Frontier
Notable Works: [AIC]: Ah! My Goddess, Burn Up Excess, El Hazard, Gall Force, S.A., Tenchi Muyo [Digital Frontier]: Appleseed, Resident Evil: Degeneration
Seiyuu: Megumi Toyoguchi, Takaya Kuroda
Air date: 1/6/2009 10:00:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story is set in the middle of the 21st century and revolves around the members of a private military company (PMC), and the uneasy tension between them and the regular military as they deal with terrorism and the aftermath of a war that caused massive environmental destruction.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: I wonder if this is good.
BeLe: Wooo! From the people behind AppleSeed. I hope the animation and the action is good. I can deal with the story being mediocre. Hahah. I just want some nice action with this.
didinskee: Nice art! I’ll try it for the fight sequences and promising CG sequences
Seleria: Not interested.
usagijen: Fans of the Appleseed director Aramaki seem to be all over this new series he’s going to direct, should I care?

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Madhouse Studios
Notable Works: Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Claymore, Death Note, Monster, NANA, Trigun, X
Seiyuu: Kohei Kiyasu
Air date: 1/7/2009 1:29:00 AM

Synopsis: Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career in this new sequel, set on the goal to know meaning of being strong, and looking forward to the day he’ll come face-to-face with his idol Ichiro Miyata once again — this time, as professional boxers.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Not a fan of boxing and sports anime in general.
BeLe: Not a fan of Hajime no Ippo. Still amazed how they can keep churning this shows out…are there really that many fans out there?
didinskee: Shame that I haven’t seen the first run, and I have a rule against watching something I haven’t properly started
Seleria: Joins the clamor for a Pacquiao vs Mayweather match-up. Ok, that has nothing to do with this show.
usagijen: My baka anikis loved this, and I ended up watching and enjoying the first series because of them. But they read the manga and got jaded about in the process, because the later chapters weren’t as epic, they say. I might just have to watch this and “troll” them, ohoho.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: AIC
Notable Works: Ah! My Goddess, Burn Up Excess, El Hazard, Gall Force, Tenchi Muyo
Seiyuu: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Rina Satou
Air date: 1/9/2009 1:29:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: A boy swordsman, Yoichi and his father stays in mountain training for his descent from the mountain. Yoichi comes to the city to lodge and stay with 4 beautiful sisters. A new more severe “training” regiment awaits him.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: And more lolis!
BeLe: I so like the character design but like Usagijen, this one looks so full of FAIL!
didinskee: Is “training to go down the mountain” really the most compelling plot they can come up with? No.
Seleria: Is this harem?
usagijen: Hmm… I’m not sure if my ‘anime senses’ have grown in a short span of time, but this one smells FAIL to me. I don’t feel much SOUL in this, and I can’t be arsed to check this out.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Gonzo
Notable Works: Basilisk, Full Metal Panic!, Hellsing, Kiddy Grade, SaiKano, Vandread
Seiyuu: KENN, Fumiko Orikasa
Air date: 1/9/2009 1:30:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The adventures of Jil continues, a warrior who embarks on a quest for the fabled Blue Crystal Rod, a powerful artifact rumored to be in the highest floor of Druaga. He comes across companions along the way, as well as competitors, including the kingdom of Uruk itself, who are after the treasure for their own reasons. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Haven’t seen the first season. Looks interesting though.
BeLe: The first season is still in the purgatory.
didinskee: I’ve a weakness for fantasy, and this one’s found some pretty creative depictions of it Count me in!
Seleria: The perfect cure for the insomniac. (read: Load. Of. CRAP) Although, in the later episodes of Aegis, the show managed to just phail instead of epic phail.
usagijen: Haven’t watched the first season; I heard many people say it’s actually good, but Seleria says it sucks. Who should I believe, oh noes~!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Sunrise
Notable Works: Code Geass, Cowboy Bebop, Gundam
Seiyuu: Daisuke Namikawa, Noriko Shitaya
Air date: 1/9/2009 2:40:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Based on a seinen manga by Dall-Young Lim and Sung-Woo Park serialized in the bi-monthly magazine Young GanGan. The story revolves around an ordinary game programmer named Keita who gets caught in a battle being fought by Kuro — a Mototsumitama or a guardian of the coexistence equilibrium. Kuro saves Keita’s life and regenerates an arm that Keita loses when they first meet. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: The girl in the picture reminds me of Shikabane Hime.
BeLe: Checking this out! I love dark-themed animes.
didinskee: Oooh, bi-monthly mag for credibility, reference to all powerful beings for mystique, and electronic gaming for some relatability, pretty promising, in my view. Though I’ve seen this shining punch thing on a live action series in japan… hmm.
Seleria: Being a Korean work originally, I hope to see something fresh and new.
usagijen: There’s something about animes with “fate” in the premise that never fails to suck me in. The line in the PV, “Can ‘fate’ kill a person?”, despite seemingly a cheap trick to lure people in, got me. Will check this out!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Notable Works: Ookiku Furikabute, Kannagi, Kuroshitsuji, Personal -trinity soul-
Seiyuu: Kanae Itou, Keiji Fujiwara, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyu Irino, Saeko Chiba, Shinji Kawada
Air date: 1/10/2009 2:10:00 AM

Synopsis: An alternate retelling of the 1996 OAV, revolving around the life of a young boy named Tsutomu, who gets caught up in an interplanetary mess where the reckless police officer Birdy accidentally kills him. As retribution, Birdy shares her body with the young guy, allowing him to live as a Spirit in the Shell (of Birdy), a lifetime gattai which drags Tsutomu into a crime-busting [super] heroic ride. – ANN

Chef Chaff
BeLe: I didn’t like the first season.
didinskee: Is that an EVA in the background? Might be worth a quick peek.
Seleria: Haven’t gotten around to actually watching any stuff relating to this.
usagijen: I loved the OAV, for some reason, but ended up being jaded and apathetic about the anime series…

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Notable Works: Buzzer Beater, D.Gray-man, Emily of New Moon, Itazura na Kiss, Scarecrowman, Zenryoku Usagi
Seiyuu:
Air date: 1/10/2009 8:30:00 AM

Synopsis: Follow the adventures of the “bean seal” Mamegoma, together with the rest of the Mamekawa family — mama, dada, and sista mamegoma!!

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Hahaha. A bean seal? Uber-kawaii!!!
BeLe: Errr. WTF?!? If I was a kid when they showed this I might have tuned in and enjoying it. Lol
didinskee: @_@ I thought they were just keychains!?!
Seleria: Cute and nothing else.
usagijen: Mamegomaaaaa~!!!!!! Kawaiii~!!! X333 Yes I’m aware that I’m scaring the sh*t out of people right now lol. It’s cute and all, but I can only wonder what Mamegoma’s gonna do in this anime, hop step jump? Or stay in its ‘aquarium’? o.O

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Synergy SP
Notable Works: Bakkyuu HIT! Crash Bedaman, Hayate the Combat Butler, Kirarin Revolution, Zettai Karen Children
Seiyuu: Shoutarou Morikubo, Masakazu Morita
Air date: 1/10/2009 6:00:00 PM

Synopsis: The 5th installment to the long-running baseball series starring Goro, a young pitcher who aspires to follow in his father’s footsteps into the major league. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Yet another sports anime. (I wasn’t aware it’s at its fifth installment already)
BeLe: I haven’t watched the first season and the purgatory is full enough as it is.
didinskee: Are there extensive locker room scenes? Sexual tension? Maybe not.
Seleria: Missed the first 4 season. Why not miss one more?
usagijen: Objectively speaking, I know MAJOR is great and epic, but geh, I don’t think I’d wanna marathon 4 seasons just to catch up.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Production I.G. and Transarts
Notable Works: [Prod.I.G.]: Ghost in the Shell, Toshokan Sensou, xxxHolic [Transarts]
Seiyuu: Nanase Hoshii
Air date: 1/10/2009 6:25:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Adaptation of the novel by Uehashi Nahoko (author of Seirei no Moribito), a fantasy adventure series about a young woman gifted with the ability to command animals, including dragons – as if she was playing a musical instrument, and her adventures in a distant land at a time of a war between kingdoms. – anime.mikomi.org

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Uehashi Nahoko x Production IG again! I wonder if this will be as epic as Seirei no Moribito. I do hope the animation will be as grand.
BeLe: Not really familiar with this and the preview didn’t give too much information so I don’t really know what to expect. Will have to wait for the other’s take on this.
didinskee: Kinda feels like a saturday morning kid’s show, but hey! I’m a kid at heart.
Seleria: Seirei no Moribito has left quite an impression on me and with P.I.G. working on this, I am quite hopeful for this show.
usagijen: Erin the beastmeistress!! I can sense the ‘Seirei no Moribito’ breed of epicness, despite not having finished Seirei no Moribito (yes I r pretentious). 52 eps for an epic work sounds good to me, though I think my attention span will fail me halfway through (or less). Hmmm… we’ll see?

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: ZEXCS
Notable Works: D.C. ~Da Capo~, H20 ~Footprints in the Sand~, Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!, Rental Magica, Sister Princess
Seiyuu: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Air date: 1/11/2009 1:00:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: In this school fantasy story set in the distant future, creatures contaminated by pollution have overtaken the land, forcing humanity to live in isolated mobile cities called Regios. One such city named Czerni is a self-contained school in which freshman Reifon Aruseifu has just enrolled. Reifon reluctantly joins the 17th Martial Arts Studies Unit led by the third-year student Nina Ant?ku and embarks on a series of adventures. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: *yawns*
BeLe: The PV looked kinda weak to me. I don’t think I can be bothered with this one.
didinskee: Wish the main was a guy, then this might have meant there’d be more action and less introspection. But the battles look epic, so might as well agree on this.
Seleria: Nothing about this stands out.
usagijen: I thought I was gonna be excited for this, like really. But I see the PV and I go *sweatdrop* Uhm, next anime please? Just inform me if this one gets better than my first impression.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Madhouse Studios and Digital Frontier
Notable Works: [Madhouse]: Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Claymore, Death Note, Monster, NANA, Trigun, X[Digital Frontier]: Appleseed, Resident Evil
Seiyuu: Nana Mizuki
Air date: 1/12/2009
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Ride Back tells the story of a girl a her “Iron Horse” robot motorcycle in 2020, a tumultous time of anti-goverment student protests. – ANN

Chef Chaff
BeLe: Checked the site out and I already liked it. Motorcycles that turns into mini-mechas? This I have to see.
didinskee: bike looks awkward, but it actually looks kinda fun. And with a girl driving, I’m sure the stereotype will suggest lots of awesome accidents to enjoy.
Seleria: I’ve been interested in this for quite a while now. I want mindless explosions and action! VROOM VROOM VROOM~~
usagijen: …and you haven’t mentioned anything about this to me, o hamster chef?! Anyways, if the hamster chef it’s good, I’ll happily follow. I mean, GIRLS ON BIKE?! That’s just BEGGING to be watched!

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: J.C. Staff
Notable Works: Azumanga Daioh, Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile, Revolutionary Girl Utena
Seiyuu: Megumi Hayashibara, Yasunori Matsumoto
Air date: 1/12/2009 9:30:00 AM

Synopsis: The 5th Slayers series to date, and the second 13-episode arc of the Slayers Revolution. More dragon slaying cum treasure-hunting adventures with Lina, Gourry and friends, and the hijinx thereof.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Oh the chaos!
BeLe: Pass! The last one was more of the same. After a decade you’d think they’d have added something to spark things up a bit.
didinskee: Slayers! Yes!
Seleria: No, for now.
usagijen: Hmm… I don’t really think I’m missing out all that much by not watching Slayers, right?

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Notable Works: Air, Clannad, Kanon, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Suzumi Haruhi
Seiyuu: Mai Aizawa, Chika Horikawa, Hiromi Konno
Air date: 1/14/2009 1:45:00 AM

Synopsis: Akuto, the main source of energy is running low and the Heavens, a world of islands, hidden beyond time, floating above ours, has united against the Magical Kingdom whom uses the most energy. To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and restore the flow of akuto, the Magical King Munto must follow a vision and find the girl Yumemi in the lower world. Yumemi herself is just a normal girl except that she is the only one who can see the islands of the Heavens floating above. When Munto appears before her she starts thinking about hers and others responsibility to the world – ANN

Chef Chaff
BeLe: The title alone is interesting to say the least. LOL. But seeing as it’s a sequel I don’t think I’ll have time to watch the “prequel”.
didinskee: A bit odd and sounds like a movie than an actual series. Curious and worth a peek.
Seleria: Otherwise known as Munto. The only KyoAni offering for this season. I can hear the squeals for fanboys from a distance.
usagijen: First off, I honestly don’t know how that longass title just became ‘Munto’, not that I’m complaining. I’m not really a KyoAni fan (I haven’t watched ANY KyoAni shows, duh. Ok I have, FMP). Might check this one out for curiosity’s sake.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Tezuka Productions and Tokyo Movie
Notable Works: [Tezuka Prod.]: Astro Boy, Black Jack, Flame of Recca, Oniisama E…[Tokyo Movie]: Aishiteruze Baby, Scarecrowman, Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children
Seiyuu: Aya Endo, Sakiko Tamagawa, Takahiro Sakurai
Air date: 1/16/2009 12:45:00 AM

Synopsis: Based on the 11th century romance novel by Lady Murasaki Shikibu that centers on the lives and loves of the emperor’s son Hikaru Genji.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: This season’s show for the noitamina block. Should be interesting.
BeLe: I hope it’s good. I seriously hope its good. On my to watch list!
didinskee: Japanese epic, I’m a sucker for classics so all systems go!
Seleria: I wonder how they’ll present this show. Something theatrical with lots colorful and symbolic visuals might suit this type of story.
usagijen: It’s emo, it’s tragic, it’s gonna rip my heart apart just as much as I’m gonna rip and bash Genji for his emoness once I start watching. But I’m masochistic that way, and besides, it’s not often that we get to have series I can throw my Real Life Romance perspective brickshats at

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio DEEN
Notable Works: Fate/stay Night, Full Moon O Sagashite, Gravitation, Jigoku Shoujo, Kyou Kara Maou!, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Read Or Die, You’re Under Arrest
Seiyuu: Daisuke Namikawa, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiroki Yasumoto
Air date: 1/25/2009 1:52:00 AM

Synopsis: The “cynical gag” story mainly recounts the era between World War I and World War II, with the stereotypical characteristics of each country or region (particularly northern Italy) anthropomorphized as bishounen. For example, Italia Veneziano is into pasta and women. Deutsch (Germany) loves potatoes and sausages, and Nippon is an otaku boy. Installments of the manga have jumped back and forth in setting from the ancient times to modern-day geopolitics. – ANN

Chef Chaff
absolute0: I have to say the stereotypes look interesting.
BeLe: Hmmm…bishies! Not my kind of bishies!
didinskee: There’s been lotsa blurb about this around my side of the internet, definitely watching ^_^
Seleria: Comedy and fake European accents! Sign me up, sil vous plait!
usagijen: World War has never been this GLORIOUS and bishie-filled.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Toei Animation
Notable Works: Galaxy Express 999, Hakaba Kitarou, One Piece, Saint Seiya, Slam Dunk
Seiyuu:
Air date: 2/1/2008 8:30:00 AM

Synopsis: New precures take the limelight in this fresh henshin of the long-running magical girl series Pretty Cure.

Chef Chaff
absolute0: Oh please!
BeLe: Can’t believe they’re still making more!
didinskee: No.
Seleria: Mahou ho ho ho ho~ Pass.
usagijen: Wow, talk about the LIFE SPAN of mahou shoujo shows! (also, Seleria seems to be on Minorin mode lol)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: ARMS
Air date: 6/11/2008 9:30 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The third season of the anime famously known as “The gender-bending of Romance of Three Kingdoms”, now with moar gratuitous fanservice, boobies, action (in more ways than one), and a batshit load of Sangokushi characters, reincarnataed and made fappable due to insistent public demand.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Production I.G. / Trans Arts
Air date: 6/12/2008

Synopsis: Adapted from the children’s novel Bootleg by the British author Alex Shearer, story centers on two 13-year-old boys who live in a country that has banned chocolate and mandated fruits and vegetables for daily consumption. The boys discover a stash of cocoa and sugar and decide to run a bootleg chocolate factory, in complete defiance of the government run by the oppressive Good for You Party. Their misadventures eventually sparks a revolution in the country. – ANN via MAL

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Tom’s Entertainment
Air date: 6/21/2008 6:25 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Ran is a bright and energetic first-grader in junior high school who possesses supernatual abilities. Together with Midori (her friend who also has supernatural powers) and Rui, the threesome are constantly embroiled in mysterious circumstances. Ran is troubled by her powers because it seems to spark off the ill intentions of people in contact with her. However, with the support of her family and peers, Ran learns to deal with her ‘other’ side and accepts who she is. The threesome also learn how to team up as a whole and solve these mysterious events. – ANN

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Madhouse
Air date: 7/1/2008 10:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The anime sequel to the stellar yet critic-bashed Hollywood movie starring Mila Jovovich. The anime somewhat diverts from the said movie, since the star here is 044, “a female warrior genetically engineered with high combat skills and ordered by the government to annihilate a vampire army” according to ANN and not ‘Violet’ (not sure if they’re one and the same)

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Seven Arcs
Air date: 7/2/2008 11:30 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Sekirei are 108 beautiful girls of unknown origin, who together with their Ashikabi (human partners), must battle with one another in order to determine who will ascend and claim the “prize”. What is the larger purpose of this event? What are the plans of the event’s overseer, the same individual who found these Sekirei and introduced them into society? -MAL

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: J.C.Staff
Air date: 7/3/2008 1:20 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The much awaited (read: 11 years) new sequel to the long-running series Slayers. Say hello to more dragon slaying adventures with Lina, Gourry and friends, retaining more or less the original Slayers seiyuu cast.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: HAL Film Maker
Air date: 7/3/2008 2:40 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Yume Kikuchi, a girl who can use magic, goes to Tokyo to be an apprentice mage to the handsome Masami Oyamada (a professional mage). In Tokyo, Yume learns about magic, helping people, and various other things on her way to being a mage. but she soon also finds out that even just magic alone isnt enough to make someone truly happy… – ANN

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Tokyo Movie
Air date: 7/3/2008 11:00 PM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: A regular old scarecrow has stood in a field for twenty years when one day, after a lightning storm, he comes to life. He becomes friends with the daughter of a scarecrow shop owner. – MAL

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Nippon Animation
Air date: 7/4/2008 12:45 AM

Synopsis: Ono has come a long way since the agonizing day in high school when he confessed his love to handsome Tachibana. Now, some 14 years later Ono, a world-class pastry chef and gay playboy has it all. No man can resist Ono’s charms (or his cooking skills!) but he has just found a new position under a man named Tachibana. Can this be the only man who resisted his charms, and if so, will the man who once snubbed the “magically gay” Ono get his just desserts? And how in the heck did a former middleweight boxing champion wind up as Ono’s cake boy? – DMP via MAL

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Shaft
Air date: 7/4/2008 1:25 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Continuation of the everyday lives of the resident of Hidamari Apartment.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: GONZO
Air date: 7/4/2008 1:20 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The story takes place on an alternate Earth in a time period equivalent to our late 1930’s and 40’s. In order to repel an invasion by mysterious bent on conquering Earth, the various superpowers have combined forces to develop a weapon system consisting of a melding of technology and magic that allows the human body to merge with technological components. – MAL

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Air date: 7/5/2008 1:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: An alternate retelling of the 1996 OAV, revolving around the life of a young boy named Tsutomu, who gets caught up in an interplanetary mess where the reckless police officer Birdy accidentally kills him. As retribution, Birdy shares her body with the young guy, allowing him to live as a Spirit in the Shell (of Birdy), a lifetime gattai which drags Tsutomu into a crime-busting [super] heroic ride.

note to Hayase: there IZ mecha desu!
hayase: If a mecha appears I’ll watch.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Dogakobo
Air date: 7/6/2008 12:30 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Based on a series of light novels written by Tanaka Yoshiki and illustrated by Kakinouchi Narumi.

The story revolves around Ryouko Yakushiji, a 27-year-old multilingual investigator that graduated from Tokyo University’s elite Department of Law, and the bizarre cases she faces while working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Yakushiji not only has to deal with supernatural beings in her line of work, but also her rival Yukiko Muromachi, another equally talented and beautiful police investigator.- AniDB

The manga adaptation caught my eye yearsss back (coz the artist was the Vampire Princess Miyu author), and I totally loved it for the KICKASS brainy sexy female detective. One of my most anticipated series of 2008. Even WabiSabi of Iwa ni Hana thinks so
hayase: Multi-lingual–I wanna be multi-lingual! I’m slowly working on it–but JLPT2 just makes me so stressed out lol. Anyway, so as not to waste my time I’ll just check out other bloggers’ impressions on this one. But it does sound interesting.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: J.C.Staff
Air date: 7/7/2008 12:30 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Zero no Tsukaima comes back with this 3rd sequel, to live up to the original series and make up for the butchered 2nd season? One can only hope.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Yumeta Company
Air date: 7/7/2008 2:00 AM

Synopsis: Arcadia is plagued with evil, life-draining demons called Thanatos and a vast lack of Purifiers to exterminate them all. While attending school, Angelique attracts the eye of a man who intends to turn the tides to the people’s favor. What lies within her is the key to Arcadia’s survival. – ANN

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Brain’s Base
Air date: 7/8/2008 1:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him. Containing the names of these spirits, a binding contract was formed between the spirits and the owner of the book. Now, Natsume is determined to free the spirits and dissolve the contracts. With the help of a spirit cat, his days are filled trying to return the names to these spirits. – ANN

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Studio Deen
Air date: 7/8/2008 1:05 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: The adventures of the [literally] electrifying Chinami Ebihara continues with this 2nd sequel.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Production I.G.
Air date: 7/8/2008 1:30 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Based on a soon-to-be-released sword & sorcery fantasy RPG game by Sega, which will also be having its manga spin-off by July. To be produced by Production I.G., with a star-studded cast (Maaya Sakamoto, Miyano Mamoru, Daisuke Ono), this series has really been hyped to the Nth level.

The game centers on a youth named Kirie Irunisu who secretly possesses the power to destroy the world. He is forced to join a party that aims not to save the world, but to eradicate it and start anew -ANN

Being one of the first Production I.G. game adaptation makes this a must watch for me. The character designs look pretty generic at first glance, but that mascot is certainly unique and cute :3 (it’s gonna be voiced by Tuxedo Mask’s seiyuu too! lolz).
hayase: Another game adaptation. The only game adaptation that seemed acceptable to me was Zegapain. But it’s Production IG so I might check it out.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Dogakobo
Air date: 7/9/2008 2:00 AM

Synopsis: The only eroge adaptation of the season, featuring the lolified Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters.

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Diomedia
Air date: 7/10/2008 2:00 AM
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu centers around Yuuto Ayase and Haruka Nogizaka. Yuuto is seemingly ordinary, but Haruka is attractive, intelligent, and rich, which prompts other students to idolize her and even give her French nicknames like “Nuit Etoile” (The Silver Star of the Night) and “Lumiere du Clavier” (The Shining Princess on the Piano). One day, Yuuto wanders into the school library in order to return a book and accidentally stumbles upon Haruka’s deepest, darkest secret: she is a diehard fan of anime and manga, in other words, a regular otaku. Promising Haruka to keep this a secret, Yuuto becomes her advisor and confidente of some sort and hangs out with her more, though earning some viciously envious glares from his fellow schoolmates. – ANN

Links: Website, ANN Encyclopedia
Studio: Diomedia
Air date: 7/14/2008
[Trailer]

Synopsis: Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die. – ANN

Links: Website
Studio: Tsuburaya Entertainment
Air date: 7/25/2008

Synopsis: Yet another stop-motion (”figu-mation”) anime featuring the life of Akiba-chan and her fellow otakus in Maison de Akiba.

Murasaki: Come Shinkurou! Let’s read this book together!
Shinkurou: But I still have to take care of these documents…
Murasaki: I’m reading it now!
Shinkurou: Alright, alright. So, what book is it?
Murasaki: It’s The Tale of Genji manga I borrowed from Tamaki! This story fits us to a tee, Shinkurou!
Shinkurou: Orly…? o_O

(Note: In the Tale of Genji, Genji becomes fascinated with this little girl named Murasaki, who turns out to be the niece of his stepmother, his first love. Enamored by the young 10-yr old, he “kidnaps” her, and brings her up to become his ideal lady. Murasaki is 8 years younger than Genji, and came to be known as his “most loved one”, among the MANY women in his life.)

before this, Shinkurou told Murasaki not to hesitate to ask him about anything that’s bother her, and soo…

Murasaki: Hey, Shinkurou. Which do you think is cuter between these two [panties]?
Shinkurou: Whichever is fine, so just go and wear it!
Murasaki: I said, which?!
Shinkurou: well then.. the white one.
Murasaki: Hrmm, so this is what Shinkurou likes. I’ll take note of that.
Shinkurou: Umm, you really don’t have to…