Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride
4.5.2013
Action, Fantasy
arms
Trailer: [spoiler][/spoiler]
#Synopsis
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels against his student council with the help of girls who’ve had the names of famous samurai heroes passed on to them. (Season 1)
Jrow
#Thoughts
The most fitting style of censorship for an ecchi series that’s aired on TV came from the first Samurai Girls series in which ink blotches covered up the naughty bits. Beams of light and shadows are a huge deterrent and make TV versions of ecchi shows close to unwatchable, so a classy censorship style can at least keep people like me settling for the censored cut while we wait for BD releases. It satisfied on the ecchi front as well as being the best overall animated series from studio ARMS to date. I did not expect or request a season 2, but I will take it. The trailer is a lengthy one is a great encapsulation of what S1 was, and if you did or didn’t like S1, your answer to S2 lies in that trailer.
Devil Survivor 2 The Animation
4.5.2013
Action, Fantasy
bridge
Trailer: [spoiler][/spoiler]
#Synopsis
Mysterious invaders called the Septentriones arrive in Japan and begin attacking the country on a Sunday. To fight back, the heroes in Devil Survivor 2 signed a pact with the devil to become the Thirteen Devil Messengers. The Septentriones show up at least once a day and you have a time limit of seven days to defeat them.
steev
#Thoughts
You might be asking yourself if this is a sequel and where is Devil Survivor 1? I am here to inform you that this is based off of a sequel of an RPG released for the Nintendo DS. Before you cut and run because most game based anime suck and the premise is ridiculously ordinary, I want to inform you that this is based off of an Atlus game. Atlus is the same developer that brought us the Persona series. That gives this series a bit of hope and it is also being directed by the same guy that directed the Persona 4 anime. I am still a bit iffy about this, but due to how much I enjoyed Persona 4, I am willing to at least give it a chance.
Yahari Ore no Seishun
4.5.2013
Comedy, Ecchi
brain’s base
Trailer: [spoiler][/spoiler]
#Synopsis
This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he see his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters, They’re a bunch of liars. When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, “Not working.” A teacher gets Hachiman to join the volunteer service club, which happens to have the school’s prettiest girl, Yukinoshita Yukino.
Amuro
#Thoughts
Judging by the name of the show “Of Course My Teen Romantic Comedy is All Wrong,” this show looks set to be rather self-aware of exactly what it is. That is, a typical high school rom-com. That said, depending on the approach taken, it might not be all bad. That said, the idea of a cynical male lead is appealing to me, so it has that going for it.
Photo Kano
4.5.2013
Drama, Romance
madhouse
Trailer: N/A
#Synopsis
The story revolves around the male protagonist who just got a DSLR camera from his dad and start to develop photography as his new hobby.
Jrow
#Thoughts
Sometimes a well-renowned studio will do an anime that looks somewhat questionable in terms of overall quality or excellence. Madhouse is producing an anime based off a dating sim in which the harem lead takes pictures of girls… sounds to me like a subscription-based website is in his future. I got very much an Amagami SS vibe, and that’s because the Photo Kano game is indeed a spiritual successor to it (also KimiKiss).
Danchi Tomoo
4.6.2013
Comedy, Slice of Life
shogakukan music & digital
Trailer: [spoiler][/spoiler]
Attack on Titan
4.6.2013
Sci-fi, Action
wit studio
Trailer: [spoiler][/spoiler]
#Synopsis
Many years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by giants. Giants are often several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings, and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure. A small percentage of humanity survived by hiding themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls. After 100 years have passed a teenage boy Elen and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a supergiant that appears. As the smaller giants flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Elen vows that he will murder every single giant and take revenge for all of mankind.
Jrow
#Thoughts
The award-winning manga from Hajime Isayama gets an adaptation from Wit Studio, a studio who is a spinoff production studio of Production I.G. Tetsuro Araki (Death Note) is directing, and the last time I remember hyping that name, Guilty Crown happened. I expect this to be a different matter since Guilty Crown was more a fault of piss-poor composition and Araki did very good at adapting Death Note many years back. Visually, Attack on Titan looks tremendous with giants tearing up the city and quality animation from Chief Animator Kyoji Asano, who’s done work on One Piece Movie 6 sakuga and character designs for Psycho-Pass. When I hear Yuki Kaji in the trailer, I cringe because I just get the feeling that the male lead is going to be a frustrating one to watch; Kaji sure seems to get those jobs.
Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san
4.7.2013
Comedy, Fantasy
tatsunoko productions
Trailer: [spoiler][/spoiler]
#Synopsis
Mukoujima Takurou is a lonely teenager who spends his time fishing at the pier and, to his incredible surprise, fishes up Muromi, a mermaid. Muromi first off doesn’t realize she’s a mermaid until she meets Takurou. Not only that, she is incredibly dense and crazy and has a drinking problem to top it off. Now every time Takurou goes fishing, Muromi appears and makes life interesting for him.
steev
#Thoughts
I like over the top comedies, but this anime looks like crap. Need I say more?