Fall 09 anime season prejudging thread
PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:49 pm
Welcome to the thread for a very preliminary look at the shows that will be landing in the fall season. Let's just get this out of the way.
Boilerplate season thread preface
This is a thread I created for the discussion of new anime that will be airing on TV in Japan in the fall season. Anime typically gets released and runs for a number of seasons. The year is divided up into four seasons: January to March is winter, April to June is spring, July to September is summer, and October to December is fall. Each season is approximately 13 weeks.
Here, we can talk about what shows look interesting, what we plan to watch, and generally get giddy and excited for things that we've been anticipating for a while. There's a handy chart of all the shows that are coming up, with a short blurb about the premise of the show and what studio will be handling it. As we get closer to the season, more information shows up, like the first airing date. Other information like staff and cast obviously won't fit, but it's not too hard to use the Google to find out.
Go figure, that after an abnormally stacked summer season, we'd get one of the most disappointing fall seasons I've ever seen. Seriously, I'm in despair.
CHARTS ARE A GREAT WAY TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION, LIKE THE SHOWS THAT WILL BE AIRING IN THE FALL ANIME SEASON.
This time around, I'll try to give impressions about every show, because going through each show that I'm interested in would result in a very short list. My picks in bold.
Trapeze (Kuchu Buranko): I've heard good things about Mononoke, but I haven't seen it so I'll have to rely on others' opinions.
Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra: The description is hilariously madlibs.
Darker than BLACK: Comet of Gemini: I'm actually in the middle of watching DtB and it's great. I'm definitely looking forward to this, unless the ending somehow turns me against this show.
A Certain Scientific Railgun: Didn't like A Certain Magical Index, but I liked what I saw of Misaka. I hear this spinoff manga is worlds better than the Index anime, so I'll be checking it out.
Letter Bee: Yeah, I don't know.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: So after tons of crazy anime versions of Rot3K, it looks like we'll be getting a serious business version of the story. It'll depend on how interested I am in Rot3K in October.
The Sacred Blacksmith: Looks like generic fantasy.
Fairy Tail: I'll probably take a look at this just because I've been too lazy to check out the manga. Good news for you shounen fans, though, I guess. And, two interesting studios working on it: A-1 and Satelight.
Kobato: Apparently, it's CLAMP. Might pick it up randomly.
Kimi ni Todoke: (☞゚∀゚)☞ I really, really like the manga, so this is a guaranteed pickup for me. You should all read the manga unless you hate shoujo.
Sasameki Koto: Another yuri drama? ( ´_ゝ`)
Winter Sonata: Let's see if this actually gets aired this season or if it'll get pushed back again lololol. ┐( ´ー`)┌
Nyan Koi!: Looks like a terribly generic harem/romance.
Natsu no Arashi! 2: The first season was entertaining enough. Everyone other than the main character was interesting enough, although I'm not sure where they're going to go with this.
White Album 2: Funny story. My housemates were watching this and they like to mock the show. I heard some terrible sounding crying and I thought they were mocking it as usual. It was the main character crying. ( ´_ゝ`)
11eyes: People seemed to be interested in this and much like Pandora Hearts, I'm not sure why. Probably will check it out for the same reason.
Inuyasha Final Act: I'm sure Inuyasha fans are excited. I'm not one of them.
Asura Cryin' 2: I found the first season not very interesting, but I guess if you liked it, go ahead.
Kampfer: What is this I don't even
Heaven's Lost Property: Another generic harem, by the looks of it.
Seitokai no Ichizon: Painfully harem.
Queen's Blade: Heir to the Throne: I don't understand how this exists. Well, actually, I guess I do. ( ´_ゝ`)
Shin Koihime Musou: It's sad that this will probably be more popular than Rot3K. ( ´_ゝ`)
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza: Didn't see the first season, but it's a romantic comedy featuring a closet otaku ojou-sama if otaku girls entertain you.
Yumeiro Patisserie: I am genuinely curious as to whether this is a kids' show or if it's something more slice-of-life-ish.
Boilerplate season thread preface
This is a thread I created for the discussion of new anime that will be airing on TV in Japan in the fall season. Anime typically gets released and runs for a number of seasons. The year is divided up into four seasons: January to March is winter, April to June is spring, July to September is summer, and October to December is fall. Each season is approximately 13 weeks.
Here, we can talk about what shows look interesting, what we plan to watch, and generally get giddy and excited for things that we've been anticipating for a while. There's a handy chart of all the shows that are coming up, with a short blurb about the premise of the show and what studio will be handling it. As we get closer to the season, more information shows up, like the first airing date. Other information like staff and cast obviously won't fit, but it's not too hard to use the Google to find out.
Go figure, that after an abnormally stacked summer season, we'd get one of the most disappointing fall seasons I've ever seen. Seriously, I'm in despair.
CHARTS ARE A GREAT WAY TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION, LIKE THE SHOWS THAT WILL BE AIRING IN THE FALL ANIME SEASON.
This time around, I'll try to give impressions about every show, because going through each show that I'm interested in would result in a very short list. My picks in bold.
Trapeze (Kuchu Buranko): I've heard good things about Mononoke, but I haven't seen it so I'll have to rely on others' opinions.
Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra: The description is hilariously madlibs.
Darker than BLACK: Comet of Gemini: I'm actually in the middle of watching DtB and it's great. I'm definitely looking forward to this, unless the ending somehow turns me against this show.
A Certain Scientific Railgun: Didn't like A Certain Magical Index, but I liked what I saw of Misaka. I hear this spinoff manga is worlds better than the Index anime, so I'll be checking it out.
Letter Bee: Yeah, I don't know.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: So after tons of crazy anime versions of Rot3K, it looks like we'll be getting a serious business version of the story. It'll depend on how interested I am in Rot3K in October.
The Sacred Blacksmith: Looks like generic fantasy.
Fairy Tail: I'll probably take a look at this just because I've been too lazy to check out the manga. Good news for you shounen fans, though, I guess. And, two interesting studios working on it: A-1 and Satelight.
Kobato: Apparently, it's CLAMP. Might pick it up randomly.
Kimi ni Todoke: (☞゚∀゚)☞ I really, really like the manga, so this is a guaranteed pickup for me. You should all read the manga unless you hate shoujo.
Sasameki Koto: Another yuri drama? ( ´_ゝ`)
Winter Sonata: Let's see if this actually gets aired this season or if it'll get pushed back again lololol. ┐( ´ー`)┌
Nyan Koi!: Looks like a terribly generic harem/romance.
Natsu no Arashi! 2: The first season was entertaining enough. Everyone other than the main character was interesting enough, although I'm not sure where they're going to go with this.
White Album 2: Funny story. My housemates were watching this and they like to mock the show. I heard some terrible sounding crying and I thought they were mocking it as usual. It was the main character crying. ( ´_ゝ`)
11eyes: People seemed to be interested in this and much like Pandora Hearts, I'm not sure why. Probably will check it out for the same reason.
Inuyasha Final Act: I'm sure Inuyasha fans are excited. I'm not one of them.
Asura Cryin' 2: I found the first season not very interesting, but I guess if you liked it, go ahead.
Kampfer: What is this I don't even
Heaven's Lost Property: Another generic harem, by the looks of it.
Seitokai no Ichizon: Painfully harem.
Queen's Blade: Heir to the Throne: I don't understand how this exists. Well, actually, I guess I do. ( ´_ゝ`)
Shin Koihime Musou: It's sad that this will probably be more popular than Rot3K. ( ´_ゝ`)
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza: Didn't see the first season, but it's a romantic comedy featuring a closet otaku ojou-sama if otaku girls entertain you.
Yumeiro Patisserie: I am genuinely curious as to whether this is a kids' show or if it's something more slice-of-life-ish.