When Toei does a project like this, I expect awesome visual fidelity. Because this has been an ONA series, the quality isn’t quite matching up with the vision I’ve seen in the ONA and episode 1. This series will release 5 episodes (1 per month) at 10 minutes long, which should do wonders for the story in comparison to how rushed the ONA felt.

This actually looks like a pretty interesting series. It is based off a series of light novels and it is being produced by A-1, which recently brought us Sword Art Online and Space Brothers. So I kind of think there might be a lot of potential for this to be one of the most popular series this season. I am slightly concerned after watching the trailer that it might turn into some kind of school life anime and when it comes to their age, I tend to not like ones about 14 year olds. It is a sci-fi fantasy show though, which I really like. Also it has both Daisuke Namikawa and Hiroaki Hirata in it, which are fantastic voice actors. If anything, this might be a series I come to hate and Amuro comes to love… cause you know.. the loli characters.

Heard you like bishies… so here’s a shoujo story starring them and a girl. Can’t say this is in my wheelhouse, but shoujo has a way with all of us on Anivision so it’s got enough of a chance to maybe be a good show.

From what I understand this series will be done in shorts instead of a long episode. Something more akin to Nichijou or Arwakawa Under the Bridge. I am somewhat interested in this show because it is pretty popular in Japan, spinning off a stage play and a prequel manga. I love comedies and the darker the better. So this has a lot of potential to be good. The mangaka has produced many titles, but I haven’t read any of them. Hopefully this show will provide a lot of laughs, but I will keep my expectations low since I don’t really have too much to go on. Not even a trailer is out for it.

Brain’s Base is doing 2 shows this season and this one actually looks pretty good. For a genre that is overrun with generic shows, this one actually looks pretty funny. Brain’s Base doesn’t do a lot of comedies though, but from what I hear the material is actually really good. It is a widely popular manga, so if the manga is good, then the anime can be pretty good. The trailer doesn’t do much for me though, but I did like how they parodied quite a bit in it. I tend to love parodies and if the characters are good, then this might end up being one of my favorites from the new season. One other thing is that this series stars both Haruka Tomatsu and Tatsuhisa Suzuki, two voice actors that are no strangers to comedies. That is another reason I am excited about the series. If they bring their A game, then this is bound to be a hit.

I really like A-1 Pictures, but there is a line I draw for something I won’t watch. This is based off of an arcade card game, so I am not too impressed. It looks more like a Saturday morning cartoon or something you’d find on Huboom! or Disney Channel. For those who like series like this, more power to you. You couldn’t hope for a better studio and cast. As for me, I think I’ll pass on this one.

I adore the Hayate the Combat Butler anime…just not enough to ever go out and read the manga. Which is why I’m glad that we’re finally getting more animated Hayate. This time around the series is supposedly a reboot and has nothing really to do with the two previous series. That’s slightly disappointing, but it’s nice to see that the author behind the manga is working on this. Let’s hope it brings along plenty of plot to go along with the humor this time around.

This is probably the show I’m most looking forward to. It’s mother f-ing Kyoto Animation, and I’m a fan of just about all things Kyoani. The premise here of a kid who has moved on from his delusions of being a hero being dragged back into that world by a girl with those same delusions seems interesting, and I’m all for romantic tension. KyoAni hasn’t disappointed me yet, so I’m as excited as can be.

Little girls in mech suits?! Sounds freaken awesome.