Winter 2009 Season Preview
Hum. Winter’s coming, and with it, several new anime that are catching my eye.
There are lots of sequels this season, and not enough new series. =_= However, my choice of anime for winter consists of both, so let’s kick it off with Maria†Holic. (btw, sorry for dying on you guys - personal reasons.)
Maria†Holic
I haven’t met many yaoi fangirls yet, but I think I can assume that I’m one of the few that don’t mind yuri in itself. Just my assumption, but hey, I could be wrong. XD Anyway, Maria†Holic’s about a lesbian who transfers into an all-girl school with the hopes of finding her true love, and there she meets who else, but the perfect mate? She’s sweet, caring, and willing to help, and her name happens to be Maria. However, circumstances force our protagonist, Kanoko, to realize that Maria isn’t a she, but rather a cross dressing he who joined the school for his own reasons. Oh yeah, and the kid’s a sadist.
Ho boy. I’ve seen too many all-girl school yuri’s for my own good (anybody remember Strawberry Panic? Yeah.), but this one actually seems interesting. It’s an all-girl school yuri with a twist. :3 It’s going to air on January 4 (but I’ve actually seen the early release =_=), it’s being done by Shaft (Zetsubou Sensei, Hidamari Sketch, Ef).
Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou
Don’t say you didn’t miss our furry little friend Nyanko, because you did. For those who didn’t the first season, go watch it now, it’s an interesting watch. But yeah, it was cool enough for me to stick around and check out the second season. Production is done by Brains Base (Baccano!, Kure-nai,), and it’s coming out on the fifth.
Viper’s Creed
Summary? I actually have no clue whatsoever. Something to do with the military, I’m sure, but the last time I had any tanks and machine guns was probably when I was rewatching FMP a few weeks ago. I need some action tiem. XD Done by Sony (Gravitation (I know it sucked, but the manga’s better. I swear.), Advent Children), and it’s being released on January 6.
Kurokami the Animation
From what I see, it’s basically about a nerd who finds a girl one night and gives her his dinner, then decides to try and protect her from another girl who suddenly attacks them. He gets his left arm ripped off, but the first girl replaces it with her own, and then they stick together for the rest of eternity, blah dee dah dee dah. This kind of storyline is so typical, it’s almost scary. =_= Coming out on the eighth, and produced by Sunrise (Code Geass (lol), Cowboy Bebop, Gundam).
Kemono no Souja Erin
Oh god, 50 episodes of fantasy dragons and fighting kingdoms and other random cliches? Count me in. Released on the tenth and being done by Production IG (Azumanga Daioh, Mushishi, Ghost in the Shell) and Transarts (Prince of Tennis, Chocolate Underground).
Chrome Shelled Regios
The world was overtaken by global warming and other crap years ago and now beasts made out of the soda bottles you littered yesterday are roaming around and killing people. However, the same pollution gives a group of lucky bastards magical powers and now they fight to protect their mobile cities, the Regios.
Kids, this is what happens if you litter. Nuff said. It’s being produced by ZEXCS (Da Capo, Wagaya no Oinari-sama, H20 Footprints in the Sand), and it’s being aired on the tenth.
Hetalia Axis Powers
By far my most anticipated anime of winter 2009! Set in World War I and II, the story revolves around bishounen who represent their country - Italy loves pasta and women, Nippon is an otaku boy. MADE OF SOLID WIN. Being produced by Studio Deen (Fate/Stay Night, Jigoku Shoujo, Higurashi) and being aired on the 24th.
Konnichiwa Anne
Anne of Green Gables! w00t. But that’s about all I know. I’m also looking forward to this one, as Anne was a childhood favorite. I haev virtually no other information, so I guess we have to wait and see.
So there you have it. I’ll be watching every first episode, though, so you might see a first episode post on an anime listed here, that just happened to be surprisingly good. :3
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