Spring’s lineup is as yummy as bishie over here… =)
[EDITED: April 06] Spring will be spring. It never fails you. It comes and it will always come with a bang! Is Spring 2009 anime lineup smoking or what!? It’s coinciding with the toughest period of my last year of college. Do I care? No! Not with what’s in store for me!
There you have it. 39 titles for Spring 09! So I’m giving my own list of Spring 09 What’s Hot and What’s Not! Here we go~
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU AREN’T GONNA WATCH THESE???- LIST
Full Metal Alchemist (5th April)
Summary: I don’t need to.
Comments: DUH. WATCHING WITHOUT FAIL!!! (Miki Shinichirou!? Orikasa Fumiko! Even more the reason to watch!!!)
Pandora Hearts (2nd April)
Summary: Oz Bezarius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that 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. Why was he cast into Abyss, how does Alice factor into it all, and what does the organization known as “Pandora” want with him…
Comments: The manga is goddamn intriguing and the PV seems promising. So far so good. And we have Junko Minagawa, the seiyuu who voiced Ryouma in PoT, Toriumi, Junjun*squeals!* and Ishida Akira voicing for this. I can’t possibly pass this.
07 -Ghost (7th April)
Summary: 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. Fortunately the church is under the mythical 7 Ghost protection. But who are the Ghosts really. Will Teito be free from the military’s clutch, And what of his said mission to uncover the history. And who is the military’s Chief-of-Staff Ayanami exactly. Teito’s future seems to have spiraled into an unexpectedly perilous path.
Comments: Another manga turned anime that I CANNOT MISS FOR THE WORLD. Fantastic seiyuu lineup with Saiga Mitsuki, Junjun(again!), Suwabe Junichi, Miyata Kouki… Good story, good voices. Like Pandora, hardly one to pass.
Basquash (2nd April)
Summary: No friggin’ idea. Some hybrid futuristic game where you throw in a couple of transformer dudes and a basketball. Mmn… and add a nice dosage of Brazilian/Jamaican flava. There you go= Basquash.
Comments: The PV was awesome. Plus 1. Hey, I’m a fan of transformers, I grow up on it. So I do have a soft spot for machines. Plus 2. Robots playing basketball? Plus 3. Kids with awesome head gear and afro dos? Plus 4. Innovative name, Baquash? You mean basketball squash or basketball be squashed? Mm…. bonus marks plus 5. WATCHING!
Lookin’ hot, must try- List
Phantom ~Requiem of Phantom (2nd April)
Summary: A spate of mafia assasinations occurs in America, the work of the mysterious organization named Inferno. “Phantom” is their most strongest and capable assassin, however a lone tourist witnesses Phantom’s latest act of murder. He unwittingly exposes the top assassin’s true identity, a young girl named Ein. Witnesses are usually killed, but the man is captured and taken to be brainwashed into “Zwei”, Inferno’s newest assassin, with no memory of who he is. From this point on, Zwei is drawn into a world of conspiracy, deceit and violence.
Comments: Murderous girl. Random dude. American conspiracies. Throw in Sakurai Takahiro and pretty pretty art. You have me hooked already. Watching~~~
Sengoku Basara (1st April)
Summary: Japan warring period + Some historically non-existent but smoking hot dudes
Comments: Watching? Oh yeah… cos its gonna be a BL FIESTA. (^w^)
Guin Saga (5th April)
Summary: The ancient kingdom of Parro has been invaded by the armies of Mongaul, and its king and queen have been slain. But the “twin pearls of Parro,” the princess Rinda and the prince Remus, escape using a strange device hidden in the palace. Lost in the Forest of Rood, they are rescued from Mongaul soldiers by a strange leopard-headed man named Guin, who has no memories except for the word “Aurra.”
Comments: Gotta try. Can’t help it. I’m a sucker for fantasy.
Eden of the East (9th April)
Summary: On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as “Careless Monday,” does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later… Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her. However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery. He appears to have lost his memory. and he is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he’s holding with the other hand. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.
Comments: Cos the storyline is GENIUS and oh so post 911-ish.
Ristorante Paradiso (8th April)
Summary: The 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 Olga tried to remarry. Nicoletta goes to the restaurant owned by Lorenzo, Olga’s new husband, and ends up apprenticing there among a kitchen staff of colorful characters.
Comments: Cos there’s something deeply intriguing about European gentlemen with glasses.
ShangriLa (5th April)
Summary: The story is set in a neo-futuristic age, in which Tokyo has turned into the world’s largest “jungle-polis” that absorbs carbon dioxide. A tower city called Atlas houses the rich and privileged, and is the object of yearning of all that are not allowed to enter. But Atlas also has ancient secrets which cause a sudden whirl of events. Festooned by colorful characters such as a riotous teenage girl, a child genius, a juvenile princess, a drag queen, a female doctor, an army major, and an elderly gentleman and lady, SHANGRI-LA’s hard-core world view plays out as an anime action saga.
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Hanasakeru Seishounen (5th April)
Summary: A very powerful industrialist directs his daughter to pick a husband from three candidates he has chosen for her. They are to come into her life, and their uniqueness would cause her to recognize them immediately. All three of the candidates are outstanding. Well, it’s actually four… The story evolves along the lines of a power political mystery involving a small middle eastern country.
Comments: Reverse harem. Bishies. Morimori, Toriumi, JunJun, OnoD. It is a friggin’ fiesta baby! Downside? Harems usually turn out to be so wrooooong. Case in point? Crap like this.
I’LL GIVE THESE A SHOT – list
Senjou no Valkryia (4th April)
Summary: When Imperial forces attack the small border town of Bruhl, Welkin Gunther, son of late General Belgen Gunther, is forced to fight for his life alongside Town Watch captain Alicia Melchiott. Along with Welkin’s adopted sister Isara, the three escape to Gallia’s capitol and subsequently join the country’s militia forces. As members of the newly-formed Squad 7, they must work to repel the invading Imperial forces and discover the true purpose of the invasion itself.
Comments: Um… refer to review.
Tears to Tiara (5th April)
Summary: A Demon King named Arawn was sealed away for 1,000 years. After a girl named Rhiannon (Ri-a-n-no-n) released him, they started to travel together and she becomes emotionally attached to him.
Comments: RPG turns anime… I’ll give this a shot. Never say no to fantasy till they really really rot.
Saki (5th April)
Summary: Miyanaga Saki is a high school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?
Comments: I dunno why, but I’m beginning to feel a strong calling. Pffft. I’ll watch this after all. I hate mahjong though, seriously, I DON’T LIKE IT. But this anime looks… CUTE! Lolis playing mahjong… I dun think I’ll pass after all yeah? Cal, you shouldn’t too, its MAHJONG. Your favourite.
K-ON! (April)
Summary: A bunch of girls out to rescue their music club. The problem, they’re all noobs and they’re trying to form a BAND.
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Hatsukoi Gentei (11th April)
Summary: A series of short stories depicting the complicated love lives of eight middle school and high school girls, their classmates and relatives. These stories later intertwine to form a main story involving most of the cast.
Comments: I’m not a huge fan of shoujo works like this but I’ll still give this a try. Just for the heck of it.
YOU ARE KIDDING ME, YOU’RE A JOKE IF YOU WATCH THESE-LIST
Kin’iro no Corda (La Corda d’Oro) ~ secondo passo ~ (26th March)
This anime is a TOTAL JOKE. Fuck all those pretentious musical italian words. Fuck it all. Choice of music was rotten for season 1. The players were CRAP. I couldn’t get beyond her playing that hideous foxtrot on the violin. A music school would NEVER do this. FOXTROT? THAT FOXTROT? OH GOD. Bishies are great but seriously. The music part is a TOTAL JOKE. This anime makes me soooooo MAD. God guys, learn something from Nodame. That’s real research. Music choice is beautiful. The fingering are REAL, no nonsensical grabbling all over the strings/keys/ what have you.
Queen’s Blade ~Rurou no Senshi~ (2nd April)
O.O Queen’s blade or Queen’s Conclaves? What’s with all those mammary gland spillage!? Snakes as underwear? NO SERIOUSLY? So, metal plates the size of your nipples as your… well your nipple tapes! I would not see a difference if you tell me this is about a bunch of cows competing to be queen cow. Nothing you can milk from this anime, its confirmed a failure. People who insist on watching? Well… I hope you’re not lactose intolerant.
Gokujo!! Mecha Mote Iincho (4th April)
This blog’s great!! Thanks
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Awesome blog! I finally had some free time to watch the Spring lineup after nearly 2 months that these came out! lol
Loved your recommendations! Thanks a lot!
Have fun with them!!! Spring’s lineup is awesome.