Sunday, December 25, 2011

2012年 冬アニメ

The year has gone by so fast. Before I knew it, it's the advent of the winter season!

Pre-air impressions based on the introduction video on Niconico. Beware of extremely long post.

偽物語
- sequel to Bakemonogatari; seems to be focus on the Araragi sisters (この姉妹は苦手 orz)
- takes place one month after Bakemonogatari, so some of the characters changed appearance
- almost the same staff as Bakemonogatari, so quality should be equally good
= Watching

アクエリオンEVOL
- I kinda liked Aquarion but would rather not see any more, since the movie ended well
- I guess it's fine if I just treat this as an unrelated show that happens to have similar elements
- the seiyuu cast is almost the same as Guilty Crown, including the two protagonists... orz
= Watching

妖狐×僕SS
- I've been reading the manga so the story is of no mystery to me
- actually don't see the merit of animating this series; I'd prefer drama CD
- but it's got a beautified Yamada nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

輪廻のラグランジェ
- the initial Jersey Club bit almost put me off, then robots showed up... XD
- OP & ED by Nakajima Megumi orz
- kinda meh on the main female seiyuu but the supporting cast is all right
= Probably watching (blame the robots)

あの夏で待ってる
- no idea what the story is about, but the atmosphere feels a bit like Ano Hana and Toradora
- music by I've sound
- very meh seiyuu cast; Shimazaki Nobunaga's 1st major role, will see how he turns out
= Probably watching

Another
- P.A.WORKS
- based on the horror mystery novel by Ayatsuji Yukito
- meh seiyuu cast with a few good ones
= Will wait for Neko-tan to watch first... orz

テルマエ・ロマエ
- the first PV was a fake BRS one XD
- 3-episode Flash anime
- no idea what the story will be about except it's bath related
= Probably watching since it's so short

ブラック★ロックシューター
- seems to a continuation of the infamous OVA; only 8 episodes
- animation of the inner world scenes looks much better than the OVA
- ED by supercell, so likely sang by Koeda (thankfully; wasn't impressed by GOMBAND from the OVA)
= Watching

男子高校生の日常
- story seems similar to Kimi to Boku but more outrageous
- average visuals and animation
- really heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching

モーレツ宇宙海賊
- story looks a bit mundane with mediocre character design
- 3D modelling kinda bad, 2D animation all right
- mostly meh female cast with a few good ones
= Might trial watch

パパのいうことを聞きなさい!
- not interested in loli shows
= Not watching

ハイスクールD×D
- not interested in light-censored boobs shows
= Not watching

BRAVE10
- been reading the manga; the story is pretty interesting
- not BL
- very heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching

キルミーベイベー
- I might want to read the 4-koma manga, but not the anime with such meh cast
= Not watching

探偵オペラ ミルキィホームズ 第2幕
- not interested in loli shows
= Not watching

ゼロの使い魔F
- fourth and final season of Hino x Kugimiya a fantasy adventure show
= Watching

<--no PV available for the rest, just one image & staff/cast info-->
アマガミSS+
- second season starring gentleman Tachibana XD
= Watching

夏目友人帳 肆
- 本命キタ━━━( ゚ ∀ ゚ )━━━!!
= Watching

戦姫絶唱シンフォギア
- original work by Agematsu from Elements Garden, so it'll probably focus on music
- OP by Mizuki Nana, ED by Takagaki Ayahi
- pretty nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

新テニスの王子様
- was never into the franchise
= Not watching

リコーダーとランドセル
- 5-min shorts
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

エリアの騎士
- never read the manga, but it's soccer so can't be bad
- likely good seiyuu cast (only 3 announced)
= Watching

ポヨポヨ観察日記
- 6-min shorts
- lots of cats! :3
= Watching

スマイルプリキュア
- I don't do Precure series
= Not watching

ゴクジョッ。
- no information except the one image
= N/A

Summary (total 25)
Watching: 16 (including 2 shorts)
Undecided: 3
Not watching: 6

Not a lot of eye-catching shows this season for me, which means the spring season will likely be another warring season. Fate Zero will be my 本命 again, but there's also Medaka Box, Kuroko no Basket, Shining Hearts, Uchuu Kyoudai, ZETMAN, etc.

What? Why am I thinking about the spring season already when I'm not even done with any of the fall season series?

I always look forward (not).

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