2012年 春アニメ

The spring season will be upon us in a week! I'm barely halfway through the winter season series. orz

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

アクセル・ワールド
- Yoshino Hiroyuki as the series coordinator. I'm worried. orz
- Kaji as male lead again... Otherwise all right cast
- haven't read the original novel, but the manga version was interesting enough
= Watching

氷菓
- KyoAni! Haven't watched their work in a few years
- Gatou Shouji as the series coordinator
- pretty nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

坂道のアポロン
- music by Kanno Yoko
- all right seiyuu cast
- story kinda seems like BECK, but Jazz
= Might trial watch

つり球
- nice seiyuu cast
- looks like another Daily type
- I expect lots of ツッコミ with this cast XD
= Watching

あっちこっち
- can't tell what the story is about, but likely another Daily type
- meh seiyuu cast, unimpressive character visuals
= Probably not watching

さんかれあ
- was gonna said very meh seiyuu cast, then Kuwashima's name came up! XD
- no anime visual shown so can't tell what it'll be like
- seems like a zombie story, but probably nothing serious
= Probably watching

夏色キセキ
- Sphere, from head to toe. XD
- story seems like another Daily type
- nice anime visuals and movements
= Probably watching

エウレカセブンAO
- I haven't watched Eureka Seven yet... orz
- majority of cast are probably new seiyuu
= grabbing but not watching yet

めだかボックス
- GAINAX doing a Jump anime
- nice seiyuu cast and visuals
- I've been reading the manga and look forward to the anime version~
= Watching

うぽって！！
- no idea what this is about, but definitely not my type
- especially when there's no seiyuu I like
= Not watching

黄昏乙女×アムネジア
- is this another Another for this season? orz
- meh seiyuu cast
- maybe I should read the first few chapters of the manga to see if this is horror
= Undetermined

緋色の欠片
- adapted from an 2006 otome game that I never played
- all right seiyuu cast
- I might prefer someone makes one for Mizu no Senritsu instead...
= Watching

黒子のバスケ
- Production IG making a Jump anime!? XD
- there are 3 Ono in the nice seiyuu cast XD
- OP by GRANRODEO, ED by Hydain
= Watching

ZETMAN
- never read the manga, but watched a ZETMAN SP on Niconico which piqued my interest
- story and visuals remind me of TIGER & BUNNY, but better animation
- pretty nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

ヨルムンガンド
- the few chapters of manga I read seemed interesting enough
- series coordination and script by Kuroda Yousuke
- all right seiyuu cast
= Watching

宇宙兄弟
- haven't read the manga, but I dig most things related to space. XD
- nice seiyuu cast for the brothers
- visuals seem simple like the manga, which is just fine
= Watching

Fate/Zero　2ndシーズン
- 本命ｷﾀ━━━( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )━━━!!
- OP by Kalafina
- I'll watch the BD box before watching this one~
= Watching

咲-saki- 阿知賀編
- not interested in Mahjong show
= Not watching

これはゾンビですか? オブ・ザ・デッド
- 2nd season of a zombie comedy series
= Watching

＜--no PV available for the rest, just one image & staff/cast info--＞
LUPIN the Third -峰不二子という女-
- I've actually never watching any of the LUPIN series
= Not watching

AKB0048
- having good production staff and heavy supporting cast isn't enough to stop my boycott
= Not watching

謎の彼女Ｘ
- I dropped the manga after the first two chapters
= Not watching

シャイニング・ハーツ ～幸せのパン～
- is this a happy version of Shining Hearts? (not that I've played the game) XD
- heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching

ゆるめいつ 3でぃ
- not my thing
= Not watching

戦国コレクション
- another female version of Sengoku(?) warriors
= Not watching

銀河へキックオフ
- soccer anime
- good seiyuu cast and has Kuwashima XD
- ED by 風男塾ｗｗｗ
= Probably watching

キングダム
- pretty bad visual, but a very rare Chinese Warring States Period anime
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

君と僕。２
- 2nd season of a nice and calm Daily show
= Watching

ファイ・ブレイン　～神のパズル　第2シリーズ
- aired right after the current season; don't understand why the 2nd series label...
= Watching

クイーンズブレイド　リベリオン
- ...I lost track of the number of seasons for this ero show
= Not watching

這いよれ！ニャル子さん
- never followed this series
= Not watching

秘密結社　鷹の爪 NEO
- never followed this Flash series
= Not watching

ガッ活！
- 5-min short by the author of やわらか戦車
= Probably watching

聖闘士星矢Ω
- I was really hoping this was only a joke...
= Watching

超ロボット生命体　トランスフォーマー　プライム
- I don't do Transformers
= Not watching

カードファイト!!ヴァンガード　アジアサーキット編
- I don't do card battles
= Not watching

プリティーリズム・ディアマイフューチャー
- I don't do Precure shows
= Not watching

ジュエルペット きら☆デコッ!
- I don't do regular Mahou Shoujo shows
= Not watching

あらしのよるに
- watched the movie version and listened to the drama CD version before
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

しろくまカフェ
- no idea what the story is about, but the animals look cute
- really nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

GON
- never read the manga, but it's dinosaur and animals
= Probably watching

黒魔女さんが通る
- no idea what the story is about
- main seiyuu cast not bad
= Might trial watch

オズマ
- the visuals are actually kinda bad (this one is already out)
- good seiyuu cast
= Watching

しばいぬ子さん
- 2-min short
= Probably watching

Summary (total 44)
Watching: 26 (including 2 short)
Undecided: 4
Not watching: 14

The spring anime season is indeed a warring period. This is way more than I expected. orz　A few might also be shorts so it might not actually be as bad... But add the 2-cours shows from the winter season, it'll still be bad. XD

So many good ones that I've been anticipating beside the 本命 Fate/Zero! I foresee very tough battles for the top five spots. There's also the last anime arc of Bleach that I'll be watching during the spring season period.

So much to watch, so little time! And Weekends are still for games, of course. XD

Now let me go back to my last week cramming...