2011年 冬アニメ

Yes, the new season of anime is upon us, and it's time for another round of pre-air impression based on the introduction video on Niconico!

IS 〈インフィニット・ストラトス〉
- people fighting in mechanical suits
- Uchiyama Kouki and a number of the female seiyuu cast
- there's only one guy in the whole school...?
= Probably watching

夢喰いメリー
- Endou Aya and the male seiyuu cast
- never read the original manga, but the story looks kinda interesting
= Probably watching

魔法少女まどか★マギカ
- Shinbou Akiyuki as director and Urobuchi Gen as script writer
- music by Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina's song
- mahou shojo genre is really not my cup of tea
- character design, along with the seiyuu cast, is also not my type
= Probably not watching

Rio Rainbow Gate!
= Not watching. I think the reason is pretty obvious.

GOSICK
- BONES
- supporting seiyuu cast is pretty good, but newbie lead male seiyuu
- never read the original novel but the story might be interesting
= Probably watching

お兄ちゃんのことなんかぜんぜん好きじゃないんだからねっ！！
= Not watching. I think the reason is ultra obvious.

フリージング
- descent female seiyuu cast
- never read the original manga, but the story is by Lim Dal Young... 微妙だ
= Not sure, might trial watch...?

みつどもえ
= Not watching. Never watched the 1st season.

これはゾンビですか？
- seiyuu cast not bad
- never read the original novel, uncertain about story
= Probably trial watch

レベルE
- Namikawa Daisuke, Koyasu Takehito, Tachiki Fumihiko
- music by Ryo Kunihiko
- hearing Tachiki's narration reminds me of gag anime...
- never read the original manga
= Watching

ドラゴンクライシス
- nice seiyuu cast
- Ryuuji(竜司) is not to be confused with Ryuuji(竜児), since this time Kugimiya is a dragon with very loli voice instead of a tiger with a little loli voice. XD
= Watching

フラクタル
- image looks good
- descent seiyuu cast
= Watching

放浪息子
- character design not my type
- ストーリーはちょっと微妙すぎ...
= Not sure. Might trial watch...?

這いよる! ニャルアニ リメンバー・マイ・ラブ （クラフト先生）
= Not watching. I don't do 萌え系.

カードファイト!! ヴァンガード
- JAM Project's song
= Not watching. I don't do card battles.

もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら
- 「もしドラ」 for short XD
- there's only illustrations from the original novel so can't tell how the anime will look
- story seems interesting, and it's about high school baseball
= Watching

放課後のプレアデス
- SUBARU x GAINAX Animation Project #1
- YouTube exclusive?!
- looks like there might be mahou shoujo, but also seems to be space/star related?
= Watching

君に届け2
- 本命 for the winter season!
- I'm expecting more blinding lights XD
= Watching. Loved the 1st season.

Starry☆Sky
- plan to play the four original games... sometime in the future
- I don't think any anime can ever top this in terms of male seiyuu cast x__x
= Watching

Wolverine
- 声優の無駄使い -__-|||
- never read the original comic
= Wasn't planning to watch, but I might get lured by the seiyuu cast

べるぜバブ
- never read the original manga, but the story seems interesting
- really good seiyuu cast (アニキ！)
= Watching

スイートプリキュア♪
= Not watching. I'm not a Precure person :Q

Summary (total 22)
- Watching: 11
- Not watching: 7
- Undecided: 4

Even though I'm probably going to watch at least 11 of them, only a few jumped up for me. In general not a heavy season, but it's expected since winter isn't a big season for anime. Seiyuu-wise, a lot of new female seiyuu and not that many veterans, which is slightly disappointed for a seiyuu fan like me.

I look forward to the spring season in April (おい)! XD