Thursday, April 07, 2011

2011年 春アニメ

The spring season is upon us. Yes, it's time for another round of pre-air impression based on the introduction video on Niconico! The post will be very long due to the number of series airing this season.

花咲くいろは
- P.A. WORKS
- very beautiful visuals and nice character designs
- not into the group of lead female seiyuu, but the overall cast is good
- story seems interesting enough
= Watching

あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
- can't really tell what the story is about
- visuals look nice and fluid enough
- not into the lead group of seiyuu, but the overall cast is not bad
= Probably watching

C
- story kinda reminds me of Eden of the East (technology), but on the other side of the spectrum (fantasy)
- visuals don't appeal very much
- like the male seiyuu cast and looking forward to another Uchiyama lead XD
= Watching

Steins;Gate
- Nitro+... (いい意味で… 多分)
- didn't get a chance to watch CHAOS;HEAD, but I know there's blood and death (it is Nitro+)
- visuals look nice, and the seiyuu cast is very good
= Watching

緋弾のアリア
- haven't read the original novel but there should be potential
- 大河と竜児だ another Majima x Kugimiya pair!
- OP by May'n! XD
= Watching

青の祓魔師
- never read the original manga, but the story looks interesting
- music by Sawano! XD
- super heavy seiyuu cast! XD
= Watching

アスタロッテのおもちゃ!
- I don't dislike all harem series, but at least have the single male voiced by a male seiyuu...
- the all female seiyuu cast is not too bad, but unsure about the story
= Might trial watch on Crunchy, if I have time (read: pretty much never)

日常
= Might trial watch on Crunchy, if I have time (read: pretty much never)

Aチャンネル
- not sure how I'll like the flow of the series
- visuals look nice and fluid enough
- not into the lead group of seiyuu, but the teacher seiyuu are nice
= Probably trial watch

俺たちに翼はない
- the name reminds me of a certain ダメ姫 who claims both 妖精女王 and 緑毛 as his wings...
- ero-game adaptation, will see how the chapters are structured
- don't care for any of the female seiyuu, but the male seiyuu cast is good
= Probably trial watch

星空へ架かる橋
- another ero-game adaptation
- reminds me of Fortune Arterial and Princess Lover, but at least they have a decent enough seiyuu cast
- Asanuma alone isn't enough to make me watch this
= Probably not watching

変ゼミ
- the name is short for 変態生理ゼミナール ORZ
- I got lured by Ishida and Hanazawa to watching the OAD... ORZ
- it really is very messed up ORZ
= Might watch ORZ (blame Ishida & Hanazawa)

30歳の保健体育
- hmm... maybe it's not gonna be as bad as the PV?
- nice seiyuu cast
- don't think anything can top 変ゼミ in hentai-ness, so this is likely all fine
= Probably watching

そふてにっ!
- story doesn't look interesting
- not that interested in the seiyuu cast
= Not watching

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
(this was in the winter 2010 list, but the broadcast is pushed back to spring 2011 season)
- 「もしドラ」 for short XD
- story seems interesting, and it's about high school baseball
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

へうげもの
- Sengoku period gag?
- both visuals and seiyuu cast are rather plain, but I don't mind XD
= Probably watching

ファイヤーボール チャーミング
- 神アニメ!Watch it! Replay every 2-minute episode until you memorize it!
- 本命 for the spring season!
- the design for the 1st season is cuter, but this design has its own charm (pun intended XD)
= Already watched the 1st episode, multiple times! :D

まりあ†ほりっく あらいぶ
= Not watching. Didn't even watch the 1st season.

神のみぞ知るセカイⅡ
= Not watching. Didn't watch the 1st season. Might watch on Crunchy if I have time.

聖痕のクェイサーⅡ
- in a way it's on par with 変ゼミ for the messed up level...
- ED by Shoujobyo...?!
= Not watching. Couldn't even finish the 1st volume of the original manga.

けんぷファー für die Liebe
= Not watching. Didn't watch the 1st season.

戦国乙女~桃色パラドックス~
- story setting has potential, but the all female seiyuu cast doesn't interest me
- suggest: go read Oda Nobuna no Yabou instead (haven't read it yet, but it seems more interesting)
= Not watching

Dororonえん魔くん メ~ラめら
- old looking visuals but youkai gag seems interesting XD
- heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching

TIGER & BUNNY
- Sunrise's American hero show with bad 3D modelling
- seiyuu is the only draw for me
= Might trial watch

殿といっしょ ~眼帯の野望~
- haven't watched the 1st season but will definitely get to it
= Watching

昭和物語
- I'm not into modern history stuff, but the story has potential
- visuals are nice and fluid
- seiyuu cast not heavy but stable
= Probably trial watch

フジログ
- story and setting is too regional for me
- visuals NG for me
= Not watching

SKET DANCE
- never read the original manga and unsure about the story
- visuals and seiyuu cast as expected from a Jump anime
= Watching

銀魂(第二期)
- haven't finished the 1st season yet (nor touched the manga) but will
= Watching

遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL
= Not watching

電波女と青春男
- never read the original novel and no idea what the story is about
- all right seiyuu cast
= Probably trial watch

デッドマン・ワンダーランド
- no idea what the story is about
- great seiyuu cast
= Probably watching

DOG DAYS
- another hero from another world story?
- very bright and colourful visuals and character design
- great seiyuu cast
= Watching

よんでますよ、アザゼルさん
- Production IG
- great seiyuu cast
- theme song by Team Nekokan feat. Yonekura Chihiro!
= Watching

逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇
= Not watching

世界一初恋
= BL却下

トリコ
- never read the original manga and no idea what the story is about
- character design not my style at all (hence never read the manga)
- great seiyuu cast
= Probably watching

爆丸 バトルブローラーズガンダリアンインベーダーズ
= Not watching

リングにかけろ1 世界大会編
- working on the Japan vs America arc right now
= Watching

ダンボール戦機
- treat it as any card game anime
= Not watching

プリティーリズム オーロラドリーム
- not interested in idol anime or LISP
= Not watching

ユルアニ?
- I have no idea what this is at all
= Probably not watching

Jewelpet Sunshine
= Not watching

はっぴーカッピ
- another kiddie show
= Not watching

Suzy's Zoo
- animals drawn not quite to my liking...
- all right seiyuu cast and narration by Sakamoto Maaya
= Might trial watch

Summary (total 45)
- Watching: 22
- Not watching: 17
- Undecided: 6

22! That's the total number of series for the last season... Luckily, a number of them have short episodes, ranging from 2 to 15 minutes each, so it's actually not as bad as it looks time-wise.

Similar to the last season, despite the high number of shows, very few jump up for me at this point, except for Fireball Charming. It might change when I actually get to watch at least the first three episodes. The majority are adaptations of an original work, none of which I've read or played, which might be another reason why I'm not getting too excited yet.

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