Anime starting in Autumn 2010
Autumn 2010
23rd July
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
Tony Stark, CEO of a large weapons manufacturer, physicist, engineer, and brilliant inventor, is wounded by shrapnel from one of his own weapons. While held captive by terrorists, he develops the Iron Man Suit and escapes. From that day on, he vows not to waste his second chance at life and to change the world for the better. For that purpose, he comes to Japan.
In Lab 23 in Japan, great strides have been taken to develop, and build, a unique power station which does not run on fossil fuels, the Arc Station. Stark intends to join this project, and, for that, he is ready to announce his retirement as Iron Man. At the same time, he will also announce the Mass-produced Iron Men, to which he will pass on his duties. However, during the ceremonies, Stark is suddenly attacked by combat mecha belonging to an organization known as Zodiac.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: The first episode was aired at Comic-con 2010 in San Diego on July 23, 2010.
In Lab 23 in Japan, great strides have been taken to develop, and build, a unique power station which does not run on fossil fuels, the Arc Station. Stark intends to join this project, and, for that, he is ready to announce his retirement as Iron Man. At the same time, he will also announce the Mass-produced Iron Men, to which he will pass on his duties. However, during the ceremonies, Stark is suddenly attacked by combat mecha belonging to an organization known as Zodiac.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: The first episode was aired at Comic-con 2010 in San Diego on July 23, 2010.
4th September
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Hobby Japan's 40th anniversary mediamix project. The franchise includes a light novel series by Suzuki Akira and Nishii, published by HJ Bunko; a manga series by Shinano Yura published in Dengeki Daiou; a 4-koma web comic by Kazahana Chiruo; this anime adaptation by ARMS; figurines and so forth.
The era is Heisei 20+ in the reign of the 25th Tokugawa Shogun, Keikou. In the Christian calendar, it is a bit past 2000 in the Empire of Japan.
In the skirts of the Sacred Mount Fuji, there is an enormous school built in a vast area. Its name is Buou Private Academy. All students are children of samurai and while encouraged to study, they spend their days preparing themselves in battles that sometimes put their life at risk.
A peaceful school at first glance, but even there a shadow of turbulence draws near: the rebellious underground activities of discontents that oppose the Tokugawa clan that rules the school. Against the dissident students, the student council executive committee formed the Toyotomi Faction and began their suppression. Now with the Toyotomi Hunting as it became known, the tyranny of the student council escalated further.
The high school student Yagyuu Muneakira who attends the Buou Private Academy and is also the assistant instructor of fencing at the Yagyuu Dojo, while a servant to the Tokunaga family, he was opposed to the excessive oppression of the Toyotomi Hunting. And before Muneakira appeared several girls carrying the names of the ancient swordsmen and generals. Is this the beginning of a commotion that will shake History?
Source: fiwasaki.wordpress.com
Note: The first episode received an early broadcast on TOKYO MX on September 4, 2010. Additionally it was also screened together with MM! as part of the Media Factory Anime Festival 2010 on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Tokyo KFC Hall. The regular television broadcast started on October 4.
The era is Heisei 20+ in the reign of the 25th Tokugawa Shogun, Keikou. In the Christian calendar, it is a bit past 2000 in the Empire of Japan.
In the skirts of the Sacred Mount Fuji, there is an enormous school built in a vast area. Its name is Buou Private Academy. All students are children of samurai and while encouraged to study, they spend their days preparing themselves in battles that sometimes put their life at risk.
A peaceful school at first glance, but even there a shadow of turbulence draws near: the rebellious underground activities of discontents that oppose the Tokugawa clan that rules the school. Against the dissident students, the student council executive committee formed the Toyotomi Faction and began their suppression. Now with the Toyotomi Hunting as it became known, the tyranny of the student council escalated further.
The high school student Yagyuu Muneakira who attends the Buou Private Academy and is also the assistant instructor of fencing at the Yagyuu Dojo, while a servant to the Tokunaga family, he was opposed to the excessive oppression of the Toyotomi Hunting. And before Muneakira appeared several girls carrying the names of the ancient swordsmen and generals. Is this the beginning of a commotion that will shake History?
Source: fiwasaki.wordpress.com
Note: The first episode received an early broadcast on TOKYO MX on September 4, 2010. Additionally it was also screened together with MM! as part of the Media Factory Anime Festival 2010 on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Tokyo KFC Hall. The regular television broadcast started on October 4.
19th September
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
Sakurai Tomoki's peaceful life is long gone, since he now has to deal with the two beautiful Angeloids — Ikaros and Nymph, his busty tsundere childhood friend Mitsuki Sohara, along with all the other quirky friends from school.
Recently, Tomoki is plagued by a recurring dream, of an angel warning him of "heavens rage". Then one day a new angel, Astraea, as powerful as Ikaros, arrives on Earth with the sole purpose of terminating Tomoki's life. Apparently Tomoki's dreams have created a connection between Earth and the Synapse (where the Angeloids originated), something the masters of that other realm do not view kindly. Luckily, Astraea does not seem to be a very competent assassin.
Will Tomoki and the New World Discovery Club uncover the secrets of the Synapse and the Angeloids?
— written by foo2
Note: The first episode was aired during a special event on Sunday, September 19, 2010 in Laforet Museum Roppongi, Tokyo. The television broadcast started on 02.10.2010.
Recently, Tomoki is plagued by a recurring dream, of an angel warning him of "heavens rage". Then one day a new angel, Astraea, as powerful as Ikaros, arrives on Earth with the sole purpose of terminating Tomoki's life. Apparently Tomoki's dreams have created a connection between Earth and the Synapse (where the Angeloids originated), something the masters of that other realm do not view kindly. Luckily, Astraea does not seem to be a very competent assassin.
Will Tomoki and the New World Discovery Club uncover the secrets of the Synapse and the Angeloids?
— written by foo2
Note: The first episode was aired during a special event on Sunday, September 19, 2010 in Laforet Museum Roppongi, Tokyo. The television broadcast started on 02.10.2010.
23rd September
TV Series, 84 eps
Average:
23rd September
Web, 1 ep
* Based on an original idea of French-Japanese mangaka Christophe Kourita.
Paris, Montmartre. A shadow moves quickly between the roofs. It's Remi. The "honest people" call him a hooligan, but girls and kids perceive him as a hero, who knows how to keep the child's open mindset. "I'm the kid of the street and I hate traced paths! I will follow my own path, a path of a Bohemian!"
Note: Meant as the pilot episode for Remi la Boheme, streamed on the web since 23.09.2010. There was no follow-up series.
Paris, Montmartre. A shadow moves quickly between the roofs. It's Remi. The "honest people" call him a hooligan, but girls and kids perceive him as a hero, who knows how to keep the child's open mindset. "I'm the kid of the street and I hate traced paths! I will follow my own path, a path of a Bohemian!"
Note: Meant as the pilot episode for Remi la Boheme, streamed on the web since 23.09.2010. There was no follow-up series.
23rd September
OVA, 2 eps
Average:
* Based on a game by Leaf.
First Name — After classes are finished for the day, Takaaki and Manaka are usually found arranging books in the preparation room. The withdrawn Manaka, desiring to convey her unspoken feelings to classmate Takaaki, convinced Takaaki to help her tidy up with the excuse of for the sake of getting used to boys. Alone together in the preparation room, Manaka finds that she does not become flustered when the two of them practice calling each other by name. Manaka is excited thinking that their love is developing, but at the same time is fearful of messing up in front of Takaaki. One day, during practice, they are seen by Yuuji who tattles to the rest of the class... ~ translated and adapted from the official Japanese site by Cranston
Trash Basket Memory — A very much younger Takaaki tried to cheer up Kusakabe Yuuki, who was about to transfer to another school. Takaaki worded his support awkwardly though and at least to some degree Yuuki took it as a proposal. Now, several years later, Milfa ("Harumi") and Yuuki are in a fierce competition — hamburger baking, tennis, shougi, karaoke, table hockey, Twister, and maid service — to determine who will become Takaaki's wife. The final contest takes place at Takaaki's home, wifely duties, much to Silfa's dismay. — written by foo2
First Name — After classes are finished for the day, Takaaki and Manaka are usually found arranging books in the preparation room. The withdrawn Manaka, desiring to convey her unspoken feelings to classmate Takaaki, convinced Takaaki to help her tidy up with the excuse of for the sake of getting used to boys. Alone together in the preparation room, Manaka finds that she does not become flustered when the two of them practice calling each other by name. Manaka is excited thinking that their love is developing, but at the same time is fearful of messing up in front of Takaaki. One day, during practice, they are seen by Yuuji who tattles to the rest of the class... ~ translated and adapted from the official Japanese site by Cranston
Trash Basket Memory — A very much younger Takaaki tried to cheer up Kusakabe Yuuki, who was about to transfer to another school. Takaaki worded his support awkwardly though and at least to some degree Yuuki took it as a proposal. Now, several years later, Milfa ("Harumi") and Yuuki are in a fierce competition — hamburger baking, tennis, shougi, karaoke, table hockey, Twister, and maid service — to determine who will become Takaaki's wife. The final contest takes place at Takaaki's home, wifely duties, much to Silfa's dismay. — written by foo2
23rd September
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on the popular boys love visual novel game Togainu no Chi (Blood of the Reprimanded Hound) from Nitro+chiral.
After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan's capital city), where they are holding a battle game known as Igura. The game's main character, a young man named Akira, is falsely accused of a crime. Once arrested, a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat Igura's strongest man: the king, or Il-re. The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries developing around him.
Note: The first episode was streamed online on NicoNico Douga and U-stream as part of a special preview event on September 23, 2010. The regular television broadcast started on October 8, 2010.
After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan's capital city), where they are holding a battle game known as Igura. The game's main character, a young man named Akira, is falsely accused of a crime. Once arrested, a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat Igura's strongest man: the king, or Il-re. The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries developing around him.
Note: The first episode was streamed online on NicoNico Douga and U-stream as part of a special preview event on September 23, 2010. The regular television broadcast started on October 8, 2010.
24th September
Web, 1 ep
Average:
On a planet very similar to the Earth, the missile mechanoids developed a will of their own, went out of control, and started to pose a serious threat to human beings.
Shaleen is the last ICHIRIN-SHA (unicyclist), travelling the world on his beat-up motorized unicycle. One day, while fleeing from a swarm of missile mechanoids, he stops by a ghost town where he encounters a mysterious strong-willed girl living at a run-down fuel station. As it turns out the missile mechanoids have been trying to hunt her down, and only an energy field bubble around the station has been keeping her safe.
Certain that the girl is missing some action in her life, he grabs her hand and takes her on a wild unicycle ride...
Note: Originally meant to be a full-length movie, the project was cancelled, but a 7 minute trailer was released before that.
Shaleen is the last ICHIRIN-SHA (unicyclist), travelling the world on his beat-up motorized unicycle. One day, while fleeing from a swarm of missile mechanoids, he stops by a ghost town where he encounters a mysterious strong-willed girl living at a run-down fuel station. As it turns out the missile mechanoids have been trying to hunt her down, and only an energy field bubble around the station has been keeping her safe.
Certain that the girl is missing some action in her life, he grabs her hand and takes her on a wild unicycle ride...
Note: Originally meant to be a full-length movie, the project was cancelled, but a 7 minute trailer was released before that.
25th September
TV Series, 13 eps
Average:
* Based on Hoshino Lily's Otome Youkai Zakuro supernatural historical manga.
It is the Meiji Era in a slightly alternate Japan, and the Gregorian calendar has just come into effect. The fox-eared girls living in the youkai part of town are about to be put to work together with a delegation of young human soldiers, to promote interracial understanding. So what will happen when Zakuro's strong personality collides with human sensibilities?
Note: The first episode was streamed on Saturday, September 25, 2010 during a promotional event on NicoNico Douga. The regular television broadcast started on October 5, 2010.
It is the Meiji Era in a slightly alternate Japan, and the Gregorian calendar has just come into effect. The fox-eared girls living in the youkai part of town are about to be put to work together with a delegation of young human soldiers, to promote interracial understanding. So what will happen when Zakuro's strong personality collides with human sensibilities?
Note: The first episode was streamed on Saturday, September 25, 2010 during a promotional event on NicoNico Douga. The regular television broadcast started on October 5, 2010.
26th September
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga written by Kamachi Kazuma and illustrated by Fuyukawa Motoi, which in itself is a spin-off of the light novel, manga and anime series Toaru Majutsu no Index.
Set in Academy City, a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, located to the west of Tokyo, in a world where magic is also real. The story follows the adventures of Electromaster Misaka Mikoto, nicknamed Railgun due to her signature move, one of the Level 5 espers and the third strongest in Academy City, and her friends.
After the events of the Level Upper incident, normality seems to have returned to the life in Academy City. Until one day Mikoto gets the feeling that she is being watched. Eventually she finds out about the Someone is Watching You urban legend and that several other students have also been experiencing the same thing, eventually driving them into social withdrawal. As the number of such discomforting moments increases, Mikoto steadily becomes more paranoid and it is now up to her friends, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu Kazari and Saten Ruiko to help her out of this predicament.
Note: The OVA received an early pre-airing during the Dengeki Geneon Music Fest on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Tokyo Dome City's JCB Hall. The DVD/BD release date was October 29, 2010.
Set in Academy City, a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, located to the west of Tokyo, in a world where magic is also real. The story follows the adventures of Electromaster Misaka Mikoto, nicknamed Railgun due to her signature move, one of the Level 5 espers and the third strongest in Academy City, and her friends.
After the events of the Level Upper incident, normality seems to have returned to the life in Academy City. Until one day Mikoto gets the feeling that she is being watched. Eventually she finds out about the Someone is Watching You urban legend and that several other students have also been experiencing the same thing, eventually driving them into social withdrawal. As the number of such discomforting moments increases, Mikoto steadily becomes more paranoid and it is now up to her friends, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu Kazari and Saten Ruiko to help her out of this predicament.
Note: The OVA received an early pre-airing during the Dengeki Geneon Music Fest on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Tokyo Dome City's JCB Hall. The DVD/BD release date was October 29, 2010.
28th September
Web, 1 ep
Average:
"The Red" comes from students at the Communication University of China and tells the story of a comic-loving student who gets into trouble with his teacher... a situation that quickly and dramatically escalates (at least in the student's imagination).
While the action in the animation draws the viewer in, the film also reflects the education experience of post-80s generation kids in China and the strong impression it made on them.
While the action in the animation draws the viewer in, the film also reflects the education experience of post-80s generation kids in China and the strong impression it made on them.
29th September
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
Morimoto Kouji, the acclaimed Studio 4°C co-founder who worked on The Animatrix, Genius Party, and Memories, directed an animated music video for the electro rock band Masterlink. The music video is for Super Speed, the title track on the band's second CD single.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
2nd October
TV Series, 25 eps
Average:
* Based on a shounen manga by Ooba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump.
Bakuman follows the story of high school student Mashiro Moritaka, a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day he draws a picture of Azuki Miho, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class and forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to find that his classmate Takagi Akito is waiting for him with his notebook. Takagi tries to convince Mashiro to become a mangaka, a manga artist, with him, only leading to Mashiro's disagreement. Mashiro goes home and thinks about his mangaka uncle, who had only one successful series before he died in obscurity. Mashiro is interrupted by a phone call from Takagi, who says that he is going to tell Azuki that Mashiro likes her. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi waiting for him. Once Azuki comes out to meet them, Takagi tells her that he and Mashiro are aiming to be mangaka. Mashiro then learns that she wants to be a seiyuu, a voice actor, and has shown promise in the field. Mashiro, once again thinking about his uncle, accidentally proposes to Azuki who accepts. However, she will only marry him after they achieve their dreams.
Bakuman follows the story of high school student Mashiro Moritaka, a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day he draws a picture of Azuki Miho, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class and forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to find that his classmate Takagi Akito is waiting for him with his notebook. Takagi tries to convince Mashiro to become a mangaka, a manga artist, with him, only leading to Mashiro's disagreement. Mashiro goes home and thinks about his mangaka uncle, who had only one successful series before he died in obscurity. Mashiro is interrupted by a phone call from Takagi, who says that he is going to tell Azuki that Mashiro likes her. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi waiting for him. Once Azuki comes out to meet them, Takagi tells her that he and Mashiro are aiming to be mangaka. Mashiro then learns that she wants to be a seiyuu, a voice actor, and has shown promise in the field. Mashiro, once again thinking about his uncle, accidentally proposes to Azuki who accepts. However, she will only marry him after they achieve their dreams.
2nd October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on the adult visual novel by August.
Hasekura Kouhei transfers into a prestigious public school in the style of an English six-year school encompassing junior high and high school students. The school is on an island named Tamatsu Island, offshore from mainland Japan, and the only way to get there is by boat. Soon after transferring, he discovers that one of the students in the neighbouring class, Sendou Erika, is in fact a vampire.
Note: The first episode received an early preview screening on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Animate's Yokohama Branch. Another airing took place Sunday, October 3 at Akihabara Gamers Headquarters in Tokyo. The regular television broadcast started October 9, 2010.
Hasekura Kouhei transfers into a prestigious public school in the style of an English six-year school encompassing junior high and high school students. The school is on an island named Tamatsu Island, offshore from mainland Japan, and the only way to get there is by boat. Soon after transferring, he discovers that one of the students in the neighbouring class, Sendou Erika, is in fact a vampire.
Note: The first episode received an early preview screening on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Animate's Yokohama Branch. Another airing took place Sunday, October 3 at Akihabara Gamers Headquarters in Tokyo. The regular television broadcast started October 9, 2010.
2nd October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on Matsuno Akinari's light novel series by the same name.
Because of an traumatic incident in the past, Sado Tarou has turned into a masochist, deriving pleasure from when cute girls violently beat him up. He will never be able to normally love if he stays like this though and his friend Hayama Tatsukichi suggests to look for help. So to cure his condition, letting him confess his love to Shihori-hime, he visits the Second Voluntary Club, that supposedly fulfils the wishes of students. Arriving there he only finds Isurugi Mio, a deluded girl believing she is a goddess, and Yuuno Arashiko, the girl that unintentionally turned him into a masochist...
— written by foo2
Note: The first episode was screened together with Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls as part of the Media Factory Anime Festival 2010 on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Tokyo KFC Hall. Participants were chosen through a postcard lottery held until Friday, August 27, 2010. The regular television broadcast started October 2, 2010.
Because of an traumatic incident in the past, Sado Tarou has turned into a masochist, deriving pleasure from when cute girls violently beat him up. He will never be able to normally love if he stays like this though and his friend Hayama Tatsukichi suggests to look for help. So to cure his condition, letting him confess his love to Shihori-hime, he visits the Second Voluntary Club, that supposedly fulfils the wishes of students. Arriving there he only finds Isurugi Mio, a deluded girl believing she is a goddess, and Yuuno Arashiko, the girl that unintentionally turned him into a masochist...
— written by foo2
Note: The first episode was screened together with Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls as part of the Media Factory Anime Festival 2010 on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Tokyo KFC Hall. Participants were chosen through a postcard lottery held until Friday, August 27, 2010. The regular television broadcast started October 2, 2010.
2nd October
TV Series, 13 eps
Average:
There lies a city on the fault line between Heaven and Hell, Daten City, where humans live under the constant threat of attack from evil spirits. Darkness invades peoples' hearts, and not one person realises that it is consuming the city... There are those who seek to obliterate these manifestations of human desire with transcendent light. Has the duty of repelling the darkness fallen to the messengers of God or the servants of Satan? — from intro
Panty a teen-celebrity-like sex-crazed blonde-haired girl and a her sugar-addicted black-haired Goth Loli sister Stocking are kicked out of Heaven for their misdeeds there. These two angels now have to battle Ghosts on Earth for Heaven Coin, to pay for tickets back to Heaven.
"Do the angels bring tidings of hope and light? Or do they bring despair and darkness?" Better bet on the latter!
Panty a teen-celebrity-like sex-crazed blonde-haired girl and a her sugar-addicted black-haired Goth Loli sister Stocking are kicked out of Heaven for their misdeeds there. These two angels now have to battle Ghosts on Earth for Heaven Coin, to pay for tickets back to Heaven.
"Do the angels bring tidings of hope and light? Or do they bring despair and darkness?" Better bet on the latter!
2nd October
TV Series, 26 eps
Average:
* Based on the Super Robot Taisen series of tactical role-playing video games.
The story takes place half a year after the end of Divine Wars which had Earth's government facing off against the rebel Divine Crusaders and alien Aerogators.
As the struggle continues against Divine Crusader remnants, a new alien menace draws near.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
The story takes place half a year after the end of Divine Wars which had Earth's government facing off against the rebel Divine Crusaders and alien Aerogators.
As the struggle continues against Divine Crusader remnants, a new alien menace draws near.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
3rd October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on a light novel series of the same name by Fushimi Tsukasa, illustrated by Kanzaki Hiro.
Kousaka Kyousuke, a normal seventeen-year-old high school student, has not gotten along with his fourteen-year-old sister, Kirino, in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored him entirely and even abused him. It seemed their relationship would continue this way forever.
In what might have otherwise been just another day, however, he happens to find a DVD case for a mahou shoujo anime by the title of Hoshikuzu Witch Meruru (Stardust Witch Meruru) in his house's entranceway. He mentally inspects every member of his household as potential owners, but discards everyone as impossible cases. Upon carelessly checking the case contents, he is startled to find inside the case not the corresponding DVD, but instead an adult game called Imouto to Koi Shiyo! (Make Love with Little Sister!). Determined to find out the owner of the goods, Kyousuke brings Meruru up at the family dinner table in a roundabout manner. His parents react very negatively towards the subject, especially his father, a policeman with a firm personality and a prejudice against anime fans. Kirino, on the other hand, abruptly ends her meal and disappears into her bedroom. Concluding the box could only be hers, Kyousuke decides to bring the truth out of her.
In the dead of the night, Kirino violently wakes her brother up to talk to him, a completely unprecedented event. She drags him into her room and shows him a massive collection of cute girl-centered anime, manga and visual novels, a large share of which are adult games featuring young girls acting cute towards fictional older brothers, who are in fact the player. Kyousuke is taken aback, but now that Kirino has shared her secret with him, he is part of it, and there is no going back. He is about to be forcefully dragged into his sister's life, in a way he certainly neither expected nor would have chosen had he been given the chance.
— written by Hinoe
Kousaka Kyousuke, a normal seventeen-year-old high school student, has not gotten along with his fourteen-year-old sister, Kirino, in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored him entirely and even abused him. It seemed their relationship would continue this way forever.
In what might have otherwise been just another day, however, he happens to find a DVD case for a mahou shoujo anime by the title of Hoshikuzu Witch Meruru (Stardust Witch Meruru) in his house's entranceway. He mentally inspects every member of his household as potential owners, but discards everyone as impossible cases. Upon carelessly checking the case contents, he is startled to find inside the case not the corresponding DVD, but instead an adult game called Imouto to Koi Shiyo! (Make Love with Little Sister!). Determined to find out the owner of the goods, Kyousuke brings Meruru up at the family dinner table in a roundabout manner. His parents react very negatively towards the subject, especially his father, a policeman with a firm personality and a prejudice against anime fans. Kirino, on the other hand, abruptly ends her meal and disappears into her bedroom. Concluding the box could only be hers, Kyousuke decides to bring the truth out of her.
In the dead of the night, Kirino violently wakes her brother up to talk to him, a completely unprecedented event. She drags him into her room and shows him a massive collection of cute girl-centered anime, manga and visual novels, a large share of which are adult games featuring young girls acting cute towards fictional older brothers, who are in fact the player. Kyousuke is taken aback, but now that Kirino has shared her secret with him, he is part of it, and there is no going back. He is about to be forcefully dragged into his sister's life, in a way he certainly neither expected nor would have chosen had he been given the chance.
— written by Hinoe
3rd October
TV Series, 13 eps
Average:
* Based on a novel by Kaminaga Manabu.
Saitou Yakumo is a college student who was born with different eye colours. His red left eye gives him a special ability to see ghosts and spirits. He believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain cause, and simply eliminating that cause will let those spirits rest in peace. Being asked for help by Ozawa Haruka, they begin the investigation together.
Saitou Yakumo is a college student who was born with different eye colours. His red left eye gives him a special ability to see ghosts and spirits. He believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain cause, and simply eliminating that cause will let those spirits rest in peace. Being asked for help by Ozawa Haruka, they begin the investigation together.
3rd October
TV Series, 25 eps
Average:
In Southern Japan, there lies the verdant Minamijuuji Island.
One night, a youth by the name of Tsunashi Takuto arrives on one of the island's beaches. This youth, who had swam to the island from the mainland, subsequently enters Minamijuuji Academy's High School Division. Possessing a positive and forward-looking attitude, he easily develops relationships with Agemaki Wako, Shindou Sugata, and various other people he meets at the Academy.
However, Minamijuuji Academy hides a big secret. Beneath it, 20 humanoid constructs lie dormant.
In this land that lies under a blue sky and surrounded by blue seas, a story of love, dreams and friendship begins.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: The first episode received a private screening on Thursday, September 16 in Tokyo. 100 people were chosen to participate through the anime's official website. The regular television broadcast started on October 3, 2010.
One night, a youth by the name of Tsunashi Takuto arrives on one of the island's beaches. This youth, who had swam to the island from the mainland, subsequently enters Minamijuuji Academy's High School Division. Possessing a positive and forward-looking attitude, he easily develops relationships with Agemaki Wako, Shindou Sugata, and various other people he meets at the Academy.
However, Minamijuuji Academy hides a big secret. Beneath it, 20 humanoid constructs lie dormant.
In this land that lies under a blue sky and surrounded by blue seas, a story of love, dreams and friendship begins.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: The first episode received a private screening on Thursday, September 16 in Tokyo. 100 people were chosen to participate through the anime's official website. The regular television broadcast started on October 3, 2010.
3rd October
TV Series, 25 eps
Average:
* Adaptation of Asada Hiroyuki's fantasy drama manga series.
AmberGround, a world of endless night. In this world where the darkness is full of dangers, Letter Bees stake their lives to deliver the mail entrusted to them. Lag is one such Letter Bee, following in the footsteps of Gauche, a letter bee whom he met and admires from a young age.
Gauche has since been dismissed as a Letter Bee but Lag has sworn to bring him back. However, when they finally reunite, it is at opposite barrels of a gun as Gauche declares himself to be the bandit Noir!
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: Episode 1 was supposed to air on 02.10.2010 at 23:55, but was 15 minutes late and aired on 03.10.2010 00:10 instead.
AmberGround, a world of endless night. In this world where the darkness is full of dangers, Letter Bees stake their lives to deliver the mail entrusted to them. Lag is one such Letter Bee, following in the footsteps of Gauche, a letter bee whom he met and admires from a young age.
Gauche has since been dismissed as a Letter Bee but Lag has sworn to bring him back. However, when they finally reunite, it is at opposite barrels of a gun as Gauche declares himself to be the bandit Noir!
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: Episode 1 was supposed to air on 02.10.2010 at 23:55, but was 15 minutes late and aired on 03.10.2010 00:10 instead.
3rd October
TV Series, 13 eps
Average:
After 2 years studying abroad in Paris, Ichigo returns to Japan and St. Mary Academy as a 1st year high-school student. Together with the 3 Sweets Princes, Kashino, Andou and Hanabusa, she will once again form Team Ichigo in order to reach new heights in the art of the pâtissière.
Or so she thought.
The truth is, in the interim, the 3 have gone their separate ways in pursuit of their own ambitions. Ichigo is greatly shocked to learn that Team Ichigo is no more.
Before she can come to grips with this development, she is summoned to a meeting with Henri-sensei regarding a project assignment. The project: To establish and manage her own "Sweets Shop"! Furthermore, the members of the project team includes certain persons she knows quite well...
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Or so she thought.
The truth is, in the interim, the 3 have gone their separate ways in pursuit of their own ambitions. Ichigo is greatly shocked to learn that Team Ichigo is no more.
Before she can come to grips with this development, she is summoned to a meeting with Henri-sensei regarding a project assignment. The project: To establish and manage her own "Sweets Shop"! Furthermore, the members of the project team includes certain persons she knows quite well...
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
4th October
TV Series, 13 eps
Average:
* Based on a seinen gag manga by Nakamura Hikaru, serialised in Young GanGan.
The continuing story of the elite Ichinomiya and the homeless extraterrestrial Nino. The relationship of this unusual pair is, at times, odd and, at times, stifling. However, the days they spend with the weird inhabitants of the riverbed are never dull.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
The continuing story of the elite Ichinomiya and the homeless extraterrestrial Nino. The relationship of this unusual pair is, at times, odd and, at times, stifling. However, the days they spend with the weird inhabitants of the riverbed are never dull.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
4th October
TV Series, 10 eps
Average:
The Edo Era has ended after 260 years of history and the Meiji Era begins. However, bitter strife still continues between the soldiers of the new government and former Tokugawa retainers.
This is the stage in which the surviving members of the Shinsengumi find themselves upon their return to Edo following their defeat at Tobafushimi.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
This is the stage in which the surviving members of the Shinsengumi find themselves upon their return to Edo following their defeat at Tobafushimi.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
4th October
TV Series, 20 eps
Average:
A Tyrannosaurus called Heart was raised by a herbivorous dinosaur. As he grew up, he was scared by other dinosaurs. One day, Heart meets a baby Ankylosaurus and he names the baby "Umasou (looks delicious)". Umasou started to be attached to Heart and a strange family love develops between the two.
4th October
TV Series, 16 eps
Average:
* Based on Shimamori Natsuko's Shokupan Mimi (White Bread Mimi) 4-panel manga
4th October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
Kasugano Haruka and his twin sister Sora have lost both their parents in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town of Okukozome, where they once spent summers with their late grandfather. At first everything seems familiar and peaceful, but then things start to change as Haruka starts to remember his youth.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
5th October
Other, 1 ep
Average:
The electronics maker Panasonic sponsored a stereoscopic 3D animation project of Ishinomori Shoutarou's classic science-fiction manga Cyborg 009 with director Oshii Mamoru and the studio Production I.G. The high-definition anime short, which is four minutes and 45 seconds long, was unveiled at the Panasonic booth at the CEATEC Japan 2010 trade show. The show run at the Makuhari Messe event center in Chiba, Japan from October 5 to October 8.
5th October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on Anbe Masahiro's shounen comedy manga by the same name.
Ika Musume, Emissary of the Sea, vows to invade the beaches of mankind since humans have polluted the oceans. Of all the places to make landfall, she happens upon the Lemon Beach House restaurant, conveniently located near the ocean. So Squid Girl decides to make this land structure her new base of operations, for her upcoming inkvasion.
The hardworking tenants of the restaurant — reliable older sister Chizuru, energetic Eiko, and friendly younger brother Takeru — will hear nothing of Musume's plans though.
Much to Squid Girl's chagrin, she is not being taken seriously, and it appears that the inkvasion of mankind will become quite a bit more difficult than she could have possibly imagined...
— written by foo2
Ika Musume, Emissary of the Sea, vows to invade the beaches of mankind since humans have polluted the oceans. Of all the places to make landfall, she happens upon the Lemon Beach House restaurant, conveniently located near the ocean. So Squid Girl decides to make this land structure her new base of operations, for her upcoming inkvasion.
The hardworking tenants of the restaurant — reliable older sister Chizuru, energetic Eiko, and friendly younger brother Takeru — will hear nothing of Musume's plans though.
Much to Squid Girl's chagrin, she is not being taken seriously, and it appears that the inkvasion of mankind will become quite a bit more difficult than she could have possibly imagined...
— written by foo2
5th October
TV Series, 26 eps
* A television anime adaptation of the Tachumaru Zukan project. Tachumaru Zukan re-imagines some of Tatsunoko's most popular anime franchises as a newly evolved species of super-deformed animals known as Tachuu-rui.
The mysterious Tachumaru are small and cute, but have special fighting moves.
Source: ANN
The mysterious Tachumaru are small and cute, but have special fighting moves.
Source: ANN
5th October
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Can you share the yearning for space? An astronomy boy has grown up into an artist painting the universe, the world of Greek myths including the zodiac, and a variety of scenes with starry sky. The fulldome screen projects his fantastic CG movies. Receive a message from the artist, KAGAYA - "Enjoy science and art." "Chase your dreams!"
Source: KAGAYA Studio
Source: KAGAYA Studio
6th October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on a shounen manga written by Hasemi Saki and illustrated by Yabuki Kentarou, serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump.
A year after Lala came to Earth, she is all the more determined to make Rito fall for her, putting all her effort into it, even though she knows that Rito actually loves Haruna. Poor Rito will have to face tough times since Lala's younger twin sisters, Nana and Momo, now live in the same house, along with Rito's reliable sister, Mikan, and Celine.
Fun and trouble await with their friends from school, with Lala's usually catastrophic inventions, and Yami's contract to kill Rito...
A year after Lala came to Earth, she is all the more determined to make Rito fall for her, putting all her effort into it, even though she knows that Rito actually loves Haruna. Poor Rito will have to face tough times since Lala's younger twin sisters, Nana and Momo, now live in the same house, along with Rito's reliable sister, Mikan, and Celine.
Fun and trouble await with their friends from school, with Lala's usually catastrophic inventions, and Yami's contract to kill Rito...
7th October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on a manga series written and illustrated by Wakaki Tamiki, serialised in Weekly Shounen Sunday.
Katsuragi Keima, a second-year high school student, is an avid dating sim gamer. He is known on the Internet as The Capturing God for his legendary skills to be able to capture any 2D girl in games. However, in his actual school life, Keima is known as otamegane.
Keima receives an e-mail offering him a contract to capture girls. He accepts what is thought to be a challenge, and a demon from Hell nicknamed Elsee appears. She asks for his cooperation to help her in catching the runaway spirits. These spirits hide themselves inside the girls' heart, and Elsee suggests that the only method to force the spirits out is by capturing their hearts — making them fall in love. Appalled by the idea, Keima refuses after clarifying to Elsee that he is only interested in capturing 2D girls and that he detests reality. Nevertheless, with the contract already accepted, Keima will have to help Elsee no matter what; if they fail, both Elsee and Keima will lose their heads.
Note: The first episode was shown during an event at Akihabara UDX theatre on Saturday, September 25, limited to 100 participants chosen through a postcard lottery. The television broadcast started on October 07, 2010. Otamegane is a derogatory portmanteau of the two words otaku and megane (glasses).
Katsuragi Keima, a second-year high school student, is an avid dating sim gamer. He is known on the Internet as The Capturing God for his legendary skills to be able to capture any 2D girl in games. However, in his actual school life, Keima is known as otamegane.
Keima receives an e-mail offering him a contract to capture girls. He accepts what is thought to be a challenge, and a demon from Hell nicknamed Elsee appears. She asks for his cooperation to help her in catching the runaway spirits. These spirits hide themselves inside the girls' heart, and Elsee suggests that the only method to force the spirits out is by capturing their hearts — making them fall in love. Appalled by the idea, Keima refuses after clarifying to Elsee that he is only interested in capturing 2D girls and that he detests reality. Nevertheless, with the contract already accepted, Keima will have to help Elsee no matter what; if they fail, both Elsee and Keima will lose their heads.
Note: The first episode was shown during an event at Akihabara UDX theatre on Saturday, September 25, limited to 100 participants chosen through a postcard lottery. The television broadcast started on October 07, 2010. Otamegane is a derogatory portmanteau of the two words otaku and megane (glasses).
7th October
Other, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on Kagura Minori's slice-of-life comedy web manga series by the same name.
Koshino Hikari and Hikaru are two sisters that farm the rice paddy left to them by their parents.
Note: This short was produced to promote the August 12, 2010 release of the manga's first compiled print volume. It was screened in bookshops, anime speciality stores, on the manga's official website, and aired during an October 7 TV special on the Animax satellite TV network.
Koshino Hikari and Hikaru are two sisters that farm the rice paddy left to them by their parents.
Note: This short was produced to promote the August 12, 2010 release of the manga's first compiled print volume. It was screened in bookshops, anime speciality stores, on the manga's official website, and aired during an October 7 TV special on the Animax satellite TV network.
7th October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on a card- and video-game franchise developed by Bushiroad, featuring a moe team of loli detectives.
The story takes place in an imaginary world in "the Age of Detectives", where private detectives and phantom thieves overwhelm the cities. It is about four girls who aim to be great detectives.
Sherlock, Nero, Hercules and Cordelia have, in the past, solved many cases with the aid of their "Toyz", a form of psychic power, and are now famous in the Holmes' Detective Academy. In addition to their fellow students, they are also held in high regard by the citizens of Yokohama, who have nicknamed the quartet Milky Holmes.
However, one stormy night, the four girls lose their Toyz whilst engaged in battle against their nemesis, the Phantom Empire...
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
The story takes place in an imaginary world in "the Age of Detectives", where private detectives and phantom thieves overwhelm the cities. It is about four girls who aim to be great detectives.
Sherlock, Nero, Hercules and Cordelia have, in the past, solved many cases with the aid of their "Toyz", a form of psychic power, and are now famous in the Holmes' Detective Academy. In addition to their fellow students, they are also held in high regard by the citizens of Yokohama, who have nicknamed the quartet Milky Holmes.
However, one stormy night, the four girls lose their Toyz whilst engaged in battle against their nemesis, the Phantom Empire...
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
8th October
TV Series, 26 eps
The story centers around a mysterious tall tower built from an (unsteady) stack of building blocks. Every morning, noon, and evening, an old timekeeping man rings the bell in the tower to confirm the time for the local townspeople. However, one day at noon, the tower bell fails to ring — leaving the townspeople confused about when to eat lunch. The fantasy adventure begins when Karl, an inquisitive boy living in the town, decides to go to the tower's plaza to see what is the matter.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
8th October
OVA, 4 eps
Average:
Four unrelated short stories regarding four bespectacled girls and the love of their lives:
I Hate Not Wearing Them — It was love at first sight for the high school boy, Kamiya Jun'ichi, visiting the literature club, seeing Asou Kana without her glasses. Too bad that he hates glasses and that she never seems to take them off.
The Two After Taking Them Off — Ichinohe Aya, a currently popular idol, prefers to spend her breaks at a cafe wearing a disguise with glasses, reading books and relaxing instead of dating. On a rainy day Miyaguchi Takashi offers Aya an umbrella - not recognising her as an idol, but attracted to her quiet other self.
Transparent Hearts — After a chance encounter at the local optician, the college students Kimura Mitsuki and Tanaka Tooru begin to date. But both are extremely shy. When Mitsuki puts on Tooru's glasses it feels like looking through his eyes, a warm romantic feeling.
Foggy Warmth — One day in the third year of middle school the transfer student Kuramoto Chiaki appears in Takatsuka Tatsuya class. Though otherwise shy, running about with fogged-up glassed, she feels comfortable in the presence of the teasing Tatsuya. But when they entered high school, things started to change...
— written by foo2
Note: The first episode was streamed online for a limited time on Animeone starting from 08.10.2010. The retail version with all four episodes was released on 25.11.2010.
I Hate Not Wearing Them — It was love at first sight for the high school boy, Kamiya Jun'ichi, visiting the literature club, seeing Asou Kana without her glasses. Too bad that he hates glasses and that she never seems to take them off.
The Two After Taking Them Off — Ichinohe Aya, a currently popular idol, prefers to spend her breaks at a cafe wearing a disguise with glasses, reading books and relaxing instead of dating. On a rainy day Miyaguchi Takashi offers Aya an umbrella - not recognising her as an idol, but attracted to her quiet other self.
Transparent Hearts — After a chance encounter at the local optician, the college students Kimura Mitsuki and Tanaka Tooru begin to date. But both are extremely shy. When Mitsuki puts on Tooru's glasses it feels like looking through his eyes, a warm romantic feeling.
Foggy Warmth — One day in the third year of middle school the transfer student Kuramoto Chiaki appears in Takatsuka Tatsuya class. Though otherwise shy, running about with fogged-up glassed, she feels comfortable in the presence of the teasing Tatsuya. But when they entered high school, things started to change...
— written by foo2
Note: The first episode was streamed online for a limited time on Animeone starting from 08.10.2010. The retail version with all four episodes was released on 25.11.2010.
8th October
TV Series, 12 eps
Average:
* Based on a seinen manga by Ishiguro Masakazu, serialised in Young King Ours.
Clumsy Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. She works for an old lady's lacklustre maid café in a small shopping district. The café is largely unsuccessful in attracting customers aside from Sanada, a regular and one of Arashiyama's classmates (who has a secret crush on her). One day Arashiyama's clever friend Tatsuno is invited to the café, and, upon seeing the miserable state of things (and Sanada, whom she has a secret crush on), decides to work there. Don't miss the crazy antics of Arashiyama and friends, mismatched love stories, and all the hilarity that is created as a result, in Sore Machi.
Clumsy Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. She works for an old lady's lacklustre maid café in a small shopping district. The café is largely unsuccessful in attracting customers aside from Sanada, a regular and one of Arashiyama's classmates (who has a secret crush on her). One day Arashiyama's clever friend Tatsuno is invited to the café, and, upon seeing the miserable state of things (and Sanada, whom she has a secret crush on), decides to work there. Don't miss the crazy antics of Arashiyama and friends, mismatched love stories, and all the hilarity that is created as a result, in Sore Machi.
8th October
TV Series, 24 eps
Average:
* Based on a light novel series by Kamachi Kazuma, illustrated by Haimura Kiyotaka.
On a transfer from England to Japan the "The Book of the Law" has been stolen. This is all the more disturbing since deciphering this book supposedly spells the end of the Roman Catholic Church, and thus destroys the equilibrium of power in the world. To make matters worse the nun, Orsola Aquinas, who recently discovered a way to decipher the book, has been kidnapped...
At the Academy City the Daihaseisai, a sports festival, is underway. This "opportunity" is used to trade the Stab Sword — a spiritual weapon capable of killing Saints with one blow. But as it turns out the actual sword in question is far more dangerous...
— written by foo2
On a transfer from England to Japan the "The Book of the Law" has been stolen. This is all the more disturbing since deciphering this book supposedly spells the end of the Roman Catholic Church, and thus destroys the equilibrium of power in the world. To make matters worse the nun, Orsola Aquinas, who recently discovered a way to decipher the book, has been kidnapped...
At the Academy City the Daihaseisai, a sports festival, is underway. This "opportunity" is used to trade the Stab Sword — a spiritual weapon capable of killing Saints with one blow. But as it turns out the actual sword in question is far more dangerous...
— written by foo2
8th October
OVA, 3 eps
Average:
Two years after moving to Sakurashin, Rin lives happily with her friends, working at the noodle shop. However, Zakuro her old acquaintance appears in the city with the intention of taking Rin away and the members of the Hiizumi Life Counseling Office make a stand to protect their friend.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia
11th October
Web, 13 eps
Average:
Robin, a boy who likes to invent something alone, decides to make a lot of friends when he has to move from downtown to Green Village. At the stage of Green Village which is set the newest environment system for nature, each episode has a lot of questions about true ecology and true friends through the activities of Robin and his 100 friends.
11th October
TV Special, 1 ep
Average:
In 2050, the world's climate has changed for the worse. One rainy day, Tamala saves a honeybee named Kuronosuke from drowning in a gutter. As the last bee of the cat world, he invites Tamala on a magical journey back in time—back to our near future.
With Tamala's era quickly approaching, civilization has begun to waste and destroy the nature that lie around them. Roving around a land where all other animals are extinct, she finally begins to starve.. Until Kuronosuke offers himself as food.
Source: Official site
With Tamala's era quickly approaching, civilization has begun to waste and destroy the nature that lie around them. Roving around a land where all other animals are extinct, she finally begins to starve.. Until Kuronosuke offers himself as food.
Source: Official site
15th October
TV Series, 11 eps
Average:
* Based on Higashimura Akiko's Kuragehime josei manga.
The story centres around Kurashita Tsukimi, a huge fan of jellyfish (kurage, a wordplay on the "kura/mi" and "tsuki/ge" in her name), who transfers to Tokyo to become an illustrator. She moves into Amamizukan, an apartment complex that is full of fujoshi (diehard female otaku) with a no-men-allowed rule. However, one day, Tsukimi invites a stylishly fashionable woman to stay at her room at Amamizukan — only to discover that the guest is not who she seems to be.
The story centres around Kurashita Tsukimi, a huge fan of jellyfish (kurage, a wordplay on the "kura/mi" and "tsuki/ge" in her name), who transfers to Tokyo to become an illustrator. She moves into Amamizukan, an apartment complex that is full of fujoshi (diehard female otaku) with a no-men-allowed rule. However, one day, Tsukimi invites a stylishly fashionable woman to stay at her room at Amamizukan — only to discover that the guest is not who she seems to be.
16th October
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
A female Maiasaura finds a lost egg and decides to take care of it along with her own baby. Much to everyone's surprise, the child born from the stray egg is a Tyrannosaurus. Although the baby is a carnivore and his adoptive mother a herbivore, she is determined not to leave the newborn behind, so she abandons the pack and raises the two kids by herself.
Named Heart by his mother, the Tyrannosaurus grows up together with his Maiasaura brother, Light. Soon enough, Heart realizes the difference between carnivores and herbivores; as a result, he makes the tough decision of leaving the family and discovering where he belongs.
One day, Heart stumbles upon a baby Ankylosaurus. The baby mistakes him for his father, and accepts the word "umasou", which means "you seem delicious", as his actual name. Originally intending to eat him, Heart comes to be genuinely concerned for Umasou's well-being as a familial bond develops between them.
Named Heart by his mother, the Tyrannosaurus grows up together with his Maiasaura brother, Light. Soon enough, Heart realizes the difference between carnivores and herbivores; as a result, he makes the tough decision of leaving the family and discovering where he belongs.
One day, Heart stumbles upon a baby Ankylosaurus. The baby mistakes him for his father, and accepts the word "umasou", which means "you seem delicious", as his actual name. Originally intending to eat him, Heart comes to be genuinely concerned for Umasou's well-being as a familial bond develops between them.
20th October
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
One day, honor-student Shiizaki Lulu observes Katya and Hana together in the science lab preparation room. She is discovered and caught. Katya draws close to her but suddenly stops.
Shortly after, Lulu accompanies her mother to a suspicious ritual being performed by mysterious cult.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: Bundled with the 10th volume of Seikon no Qwaser manga.
Shortly after, Lulu accompanies her mother to a suspicious ritual being performed by mysterious cult.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
Note: Bundled with the 10th volume of Seikon no Qwaser manga.
21st October
OVA, 12 eps
Average:
A third set of animated shorts featuring the popular Imagin characters from the Japanese live-action series "Kamen Rider Den-O".
23rd October
Other, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on a manga by Tamura Ryuuhei, serialised in Shounen Jump.
Oga Tatsumi, the strongest juvenile delinquent watches over the Devil King's son Beelbou (and future Devil King) with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Note: This was an exclusively produced animation, which was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010, together with other currently serialised Shounen Jump titles.
Oga Tatsumi, the strongest juvenile delinquent watches over the Devil King's son Beelbou (and future Devil King) with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Note: This was an exclusively produced animation, which was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010, together with other currently serialised Shounen Jump titles.
23rd October
Other, 1 ep
Average:
The Nura clan have its own football W-Cup.
Note: This was an exclusively produced animation, which was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010 events, together with other currently serialised Shounen Jump titles. It was later included as a bonus on the Blu-ray Box 1, released on June 24, 2011.
Note: This was an exclusively produced animation, which was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010 events, together with other currently serialised Shounen Jump titles. It was later included as a bonus on the Blu-ray Box 1, released on June 24, 2011.
23rd October
Other, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on a shounen manga by Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump.
Note: This was an exclusively produced animation, which was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010 events, together with other currently serialised Shounen Jump titles.
Note: This was an exclusively produced animation, which was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010 events, together with other currently serialised Shounen Jump titles.
28th October
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on the Da Capo I and Da Capo II eroge series.
This OVA features animated confession scenes for the four main heroines of the two games, Nemu, Kotori, Yume, and Otome, and came on a Blu-Ray included with the Platinum Edition of the D.C. I & II P.S.P. game, which ports the games Da Capo I and Da Capo II on Sony's PlayStation Portable console. Moreover an additional DVD with animated special content for the OVA was included in the set.
This OVA features animated confession scenes for the four main heroines of the two games, Nemu, Kotori, Yume, and Otome, and came on a Blu-Ray included with the Platinum Edition of the D.C. I & II P.S.P. game, which ports the games Da Capo I and Da Capo II on Sony's PlayStation Portable console. Moreover an additional DVD with animated special content for the OVA was included in the set.
30th October
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Sakura Kurumi, Erika's mother, is preparing for a fashion show in Paris. The girls of the school's fashion club are going to model there, including some high school students. While in Paris, they meet a mysterious boy named Oliver. However, Baron Salamander of the Desert Apostles appears, and the girls transform into Pretty Cures to defend Paris.
1st November
TV Series, 26 eps
Average:
The Nippon Animation Studio adapted Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod and Olivier Tallec's Rita et Machin picture book series into anime. The books follow the happy daily lives of a precocious five-year-old girl named Rita and an easy-going yet somewhat lazy dog named Machin.
2nd November
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* In 1993, Toei Animation, in cooperation with Shounen Jump and V-Jump, produced a two-part OVA that served as a video strategy guide to the Family Computer game titled Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku. This OVA was remade for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.
Dr. Lychee may be the last of the Tuffle people, a race that was completely wiped some time ago by the Saiyans. He now plans to take revenge on the remaining Saiyans, Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, and Gohan. He creates a machine that will emit Destron, a gas that could destroy all life on Earth. The Saiyans, plus Piccolo, only have 72 hours to destroy this machine and find Dr. Lychee.
Source: Wikipedia
Dr. Lychee may be the last of the Tuffle people, a race that was completely wiped some time ago by the Saiyans. He now plans to take revenge on the remaining Saiyans, Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, and Gohan. He creates a machine that will emit Destron, a gas that could destroy all life on Earth. The Saiyans, plus Piccolo, only have 72 hours to destroy this machine and find Dr. Lychee.
Source: Wikipedia
5th November
Other, 1 ep
Average:
A project made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Animate mascot character Anime Tenchou, screened at the Animate Ichioshi Bishoujo Matsuri event in Tokyo.
5th November
TV Special, 4 eps
Average:
Shorts run during Shueisha's Saki-yomi Jum-Bang! (サキよみ ジャンBANG!) television programme.
6th November
Movie, 1 ep
* A scientific animation and the second project of Anime Innovation Tokyo, THINK Corporation and Tokyo Metropolitan Government's investment initiative to sponsor animation works by independant animators or small studios
What would be your guess of the world's fastest moving transport?
Haley is a student at the school of wizardry, doing nothing but racing with his friends on flying broomsticks. One day, Haley's teacher unveils one of his latest inventions - magic goggles that measure the speed of moving objects, simply by wearing them. He has Haley and his friends use these goggles and compete against each other to decide who will measure the fastest speed of any surrounding animal. Peter, frustrated after losing against Haley, challenges him to another match and the two head toward the human world, taking with them an advanced magic broomstick their teacher had developed. Although this broomstick was incomplete, Haley and Peter succeed in flying around the human world to discover the fastest moving object. Now, what do you suppose this could be...?!
Note: This short film was screened for a limited time on a 20m x 10m screen at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) from November 6, 2010 to November 14, 2010.
What would be your guess of the world's fastest moving transport?
Haley is a student at the school of wizardry, doing nothing but racing with his friends on flying broomsticks. One day, Haley's teacher unveils one of his latest inventions - magic goggles that measure the speed of moving objects, simply by wearing them. He has Haley and his friends use these goggles and compete against each other to decide who will measure the fastest speed of any surrounding animal. Peter, frustrated after losing against Haley, challenges him to another match and the two head toward the human world, taking with them an advanced magic broomstick their teacher had developed. Although this broomstick was incomplete, Haley and Peter succeed in flying around the human world to discover the fastest moving object. Now, what do you suppose this could be...?!
Note: This short film was screened for a limited time on a 20m x 10m screen at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) from November 6, 2010 to November 14, 2010.
6th November
Movie, 3 eps
Average:
* Based on Ubukata Tou's Mardock Scramble science fiction novel series.
Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.
Due to the high crime rate in Mardock, a new law called "Scramble 09" has given police carte blanche to take extreme and otherwise illegal measures to revive crime witnesses. With this in mind, they allow a professor to bring Ballot back from the brink of death by reassembling her entire body with reinforced synthetic fiber. When she finally wakes up, her confused mental state eventually turns toward revenge as Shell is revealed as her killer.
Note 1: The Gonzo anime studio had planned an original video anime (OVA) project of Mardock Scramble in 2005, but had cancelled the project in December of 2006 for "various reasons."
Note 2: New York Anime Festival (NYAF) presented world premiere screening of Mardock Scramble –The First Compression– on Friday, October 8, 2010 at the New York Comic Con and Anime Festival. The film opened in Japanese theaters on November 6, 2010.
Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.
Due to the high crime rate in Mardock, a new law called "Scramble 09" has given police carte blanche to take extreme and otherwise illegal measures to revive crime witnesses. With this in mind, they allow a professor to bring Ballot back from the brink of death by reassembling her entire body with reinforced synthetic fiber. When she finally wakes up, her confused mental state eventually turns toward revenge as Shell is revealed as her killer.
Note 1: The Gonzo anime studio had planned an original video anime (OVA) project of Mardock Scramble in 2005, but had cancelled the project in December of 2006 for "various reasons."
Note 2: New York Anime Festival (NYAF) presented world premiere screening of Mardock Scramble –The First Compression– on Friday, October 8, 2010 at the New York Comic Con and Anime Festival. The film opened in Japanese theaters on November 6, 2010.
6th November
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Irvine Lester is an AT repairman. In order to make a living for himself and his sister, he secretly fights in AT gambling matches and intentionally loses games for money. However, a local promoter Ishluna finds out about his excellent AT maneuvering skills and tricks him into a real battle against a bloodthirsty fighter named Pagan.
— written by Singan
Note: This OVA received a special screening as part of the Votoms Festival in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Wald 9 film theatre and Yokohama, Kanagawa, Burg 13 film theatre on Saturday, November 6, 2010. The DVD/Blu-Ray release was on February 25, 2011.
— written by Singan
Note: This OVA received a special screening as part of the Votoms Festival in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Wald 9 film theatre and Yokohama, Kanagawa, Burg 13 film theatre on Saturday, November 6, 2010. The DVD/Blu-Ray release was on February 25, 2011.
10th November
Music Video, 1 ep
An anime promotional video for Shinjou Mayu's manga series, Elite!! ~Expert Latitudinous Investigation Team~, features a theme song titled Karma, performed by Alice Nine.
13th November
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
A 3D film to the ATASHIn'CHI television anime series.
14th November
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on a children's story by Eduard Uspensky.
Gena is a crocodile who lives a lonely life in the city until he receives a box of oranges. Inside the crate he finds a strange little creature whom he names Cheburashka. They have many adventures as Cheburashka makes friends and little by little discovers the world around him.
Source: ANN
Note: Premiered in Russia on 14.11.2010. Screening in Japan started 18.12.2010.
Gena is a crocodile who lives a lonely life in the city until he receives a box of oranges. Inside the crate he finds a strange little creature whom he names Cheburashka. They have many adventures as Cheburashka makes friends and little by little discovers the world around him.
Source: ANN
Note: Premiered in Russia on 14.11.2010. Screening in Japan started 18.12.2010.
16th November
Web, 1 ep
Average:
Attraction is a revolutionary interactive anime film by Morimoto Kouji of Tokyo-based production studio 4°C and was requested by INPES (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation) to discourage first-time smokers.
The interactive aspect of Morimoto's anime utilizes the viewer's web cam and motion alignment to allow the user to move about within the film. Viewers can also interact with objects, listen into conversations, and so on and so forth.
The interactive aspect of Morimoto's anime utilizes the viewer's web cam and motion alignment to allow the user to move about within the film. Viewers can also interact with objects, listen into conversations, and so on and so forth.
16th November
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
An epic modern anime styled promo with touches of Studio Ghibli and Howl's Moving Castle. A girl creates a talisman and makes a wish for good weather on Christmas day. A fantastical and destructive event plays out that brings more than good weather.
17th November
OVA, 3 eps
Average:
* Based on Oh! Great's Air Gear manga.
First episode was bundled with the limited edition of the 30th manga volume and features the Ikki vs. Ringo face-off from the 16th manga volume.
Second episode was bundled with the limited edition of the 31st manga volume and contained the legendary battle between the Kogarasumaru team and the first Sleeping Forest team from the 24th and 25th manga volumes.
Third episode was bundled with the limited edition of the 32nd manga volume.
Note: This OVA features a different staff and cast than the previous TV series.
First episode was bundled with the limited edition of the 30th manga volume and features the Ikki vs. Ringo face-off from the 16th manga volume.
Second episode was bundled with the limited edition of the 31st manga volume and contained the legendary battle between the Kogarasumaru team and the first Sleeping Forest team from the 24th and 25th manga volumes.
Third episode was bundled with the limited edition of the 32nd manga volume.
Note: This OVA features a different staff and cast than the previous TV series.
17th November
OVA, 2 eps
Average:
* Based on a seinen manga by Konno Azure serialised in Comic Gum.
The story is about Aoyagi Kanna, a 16-year-old girl, who was asked to become an eroge seiyuu (voice actress for erotic games) on her 16th birthday by her 28-year-old sister, Yayoi, at her eroge company. She disagreed at first, but after thinking about all the things her sister did for her she finally agreed. But as a high school student, knowing nothing about eroge, is this actually the right job for her?
The story is about Aoyagi Kanna, a 16-year-old girl, who was asked to become an eroge seiyuu (voice actress for erotic games) on her 16th birthday by her 28-year-old sister, Yayoi, at her eroge company. She disagreed at first, but after thinking about all the things her sister did for her she finally agreed. But as a high school student, knowing nothing about eroge, is this actually the right job for her?
20th November
Other, 1 ep
Average:
A project made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Animate mascot character Anime Tenchou, screened at the Animate Ichioshi Bishoujo Matsuri event in Tokyo.
20th November
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on original story by Miyazaki Hayao. Miyazaki conceived the idea for the movie from the painting The Harvesters by the 16th century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel.
In a lonesome water mill deep in a forest of briers and brambles lives a witch named Baba Yaga. There the witch keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces the tiny egg-girl to do all the hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a large batch of kneaded dough resting in a trough suddenly comes to life from the witch's spell. Fearful of the witch, the Egg Princess and her new friend decide to run away. What will lay ahead for the two of them...?
Source: Ghibli Museum/nausicaa.net
Note: The eighth in a planned series of 12 short films which screen exclusively at the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan.
Currently there has been no commercial release for this film, which premiered at the museum on 20 November 2010.
In a lonesome water mill deep in a forest of briers and brambles lives a witch named Baba Yaga. There the witch keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces the tiny egg-girl to do all the hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a large batch of kneaded dough resting in a trough suddenly comes to life from the witch's spell. Fearful of the witch, the Egg Princess and her new friend decide to run away. What will lay ahead for the two of them...?
Source: Ghibli Museum/nausicaa.net
Note: The eighth in a planned series of 12 short films which screen exclusively at the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan.
Currently there has been no commercial release for this film, which premiered at the museum on 20 November 2010.
22nd November
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Bundled with Yagami Hiroki's G-Best -G-Taste Best Selection compilation manga volume. The 64-page volume collected selected stories from original full-colour erotic manga series, which ran in Young Magazine Uppers.
26th November
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Located far from town, standing on a headland, is Ginga Private Academy. The school buildings are refined and graceful, and waterways wind through the grounds. It is a large facility with 600 students in primary, middle, and high school sections, all studying the performing arts.
One spring, a certain boy transfers in...
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
One spring, a certain boy transfers in...
~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston
26th November
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
Music clip collection release from anime series Macross Frontier featuring eight music clips and popular scenes from TV series and theatrical features. Also includes newly-created footage such as interview with Ranka and Sheryl and TV spot starring Ranka plus choreography footage starring 3D character version of Nakajima Megumi & May'n.
Note: This collection received a limited screening in three film theatres previous to the Blu-Ray/DVD release, on Friday 26th, November, 2010. These screenings took place in Tokyo, Ikebukuro Cinema Sunshine, in Aichi, Fushimi Million and in Osaka, Cinelibre Umeda.
Note: This collection received a limited screening in three film theatres previous to the Blu-Ray/DVD release, on Friday 26th, November, 2010. These screenings took place in Tokyo, Ikebukuro Cinema Sunshine, in Aichi, Fushimi Million and in Osaka, Cinelibre Umeda.
26th November
TV Special, 13 eps
Average:
The spinoff is set in a parallel world known as Shin Jigen (Shin Dimension). The titular Shin-men team is composed of five heroes with supernatural powers symbolized by fire (Gou), water (Sui), wind (Hyuu), greenery (Nyoki), and iron (Kan). Together, they fight against their enemy, the evil pigs of Ton-Men.
Note: The anime launched with a one-hour special on November 26 at 7:00 p.m. After that, one new episode aired monthly in Crayon Shin-chan's usual time slot of 7:30 p.m. on Fridays.
Note: The anime launched with a one-hour special on November 26 at 7:00 p.m. After that, one new episode aired monthly in Crayon Shin-chan's usual time slot of 7:30 p.m. on Fridays.
27th November
OVA, 3 eps
Average:
In the year 2020, Aida Asumi is a cheerful high school student who lives a parallel life inside an online fantasy role-playing game called The World R:X. There her user name is Sakuya. While playing together with her classmates Ikuta Iori (user name Tobias) and Etou Eri (user name Mary) inside the game and having an ordinary treasure hunting adventure, they end up caught in an ominous situation: after an unfortunate encounter with an elite guild and a mysterious player named Hermit, Etou loses consciousness and for an unknown reason is unable to wake up.
Source: ANN
Note: The three main characters use player characters similar to Kite, BlackRose and Balmung.
Source: ANN
Note: The three main characters use player characters similar to Kite, BlackRose and Balmung.
27th November
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
In 2710, in the city of Nara, to where the national capital has been relocated. For historical preservation and tourism, the country's cultural treasures — including entire buildings — have been moved en masse and assembled inside a humongous building. A second-year high school student named Shin'ichi is visiting Nara on a field trip. No matter where he looks, there are deer everywhere. Shin'ichi is getting bored when suddenly, a deer takes off with his bag, leading to a mad chase through the streets of the city. In the middle of the chaos, a mysterious, beautiful girl named Toto helps Shin'ichi. Because of these odd circumstances, the two end up on a sight-seeing date throughout the locales of Nara.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
27th November
OVA, 3 eps
Average:
* Based on the Mazinger series by Nagai Gou.
Prior to the events of the anime, the three factions - the Garan Army, the Kiba Army, and the Hachiryoukaku (Aira Army), battle for total dominance of Machine Island, which they occupy. The island is basically a prison, isolated from the rest of the world. To assure total quarantine, a "Gravity Curtain" was formed within the island. Only machines created by the worldwide government WSO are capable of entry to the island. The island also contains vast amount of resources, allowing the three factions to create a near-limitless supply of giant robots for their respective armies.
The WSO has learned that the Gravity Curtain has reached an unstable status and will explode within 66 hours, destroying all of Earth and human life itself. Each of the three factions controls a part of the mechanism responsible for the Gravity Curtain's operation. Knowing the danger of disabling the Gravity Curtain and combating the various factions, the WSO decides to send the Skull Force. The Skull Force is divided into two squadrons - one of which is the 2 member-only Death Caprice Squad, composed of Kaidou Ken and Magami Ryou, pilots of the Mazinger called Mazinkaizer SKL.....
Source: Wikipedia
Note: All three episodes received an early screening at Anime FES. "VS" on November 27, 2010, December 25, 2010, and January 22, 2011, respectively, at 5 different cinemas across Japan. The regular BD/DVD releases took place on January 28, 2011, February 25, 2011, and April 7, 2011, respectively.
Prior to the events of the anime, the three factions - the Garan Army, the Kiba Army, and the Hachiryoukaku (Aira Army), battle for total dominance of Machine Island, which they occupy. The island is basically a prison, isolated from the rest of the world. To assure total quarantine, a "Gravity Curtain" was formed within the island. Only machines created by the worldwide government WSO are capable of entry to the island. The island also contains vast amount of resources, allowing the three factions to create a near-limitless supply of giant robots for their respective armies.
The WSO has learned that the Gravity Curtain has reached an unstable status and will explode within 66 hours, destroying all of Earth and human life itself. Each of the three factions controls a part of the mechanism responsible for the Gravity Curtain's operation. Knowing the danger of disabling the Gravity Curtain and combating the various factions, the WSO decides to send the Skull Force. The Skull Force is divided into two squadrons - one of which is the 2 member-only Death Caprice Squad, composed of Kaidou Ken and Magami Ryou, pilots of the Mazinger called Mazinkaizer SKL.....
Source: Wikipedia
Note: All three episodes received an early screening at Anime FES. "VS" on November 27, 2010, December 25, 2010, and January 22, 2011, respectively, at 5 different cinemas across Japan. The regular BD/DVD releases took place on January 28, 2011, February 25, 2011, and April 7, 2011, respectively.
4th December
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
"Hell" is the place where a person is sent to who committed violent crimes when they were alive. Shinigami are forbidden to go there. One day prisoners revolt and make their escape to Karakura - the real world - where Ichigo and his friends live in. Ichigo and his friends are defeated one after the other by prisoners with overwhelming power. A mysterious man appears who comes to their rescue. With Kokutou leading the way Ichigo, Rukia, Uryuu, and Renji marches into Hell to save the world.
Note: Episode 299 of Bleach serves as a prologue to this movie.
Note: Episode 299 of Bleach serves as a prologue to this movie.
4th December
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Votoms Finder will center around Aki Tesuno, a guard for scrap salvagers and a pilot of a robotic mecha called an At or Altro (as opposed to VOTOMS' trademark Armored Trooper mecha).
Note: This OVA received a special screening as part of the Votoms Festival in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Wald 9 film theatre and Yokohama, Kanagawa, Burg 13 film theatre on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The DVD/Blu-Ray release was on March 25, 2011.
Note: This OVA received a special screening as part of the Votoms Festival in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Wald 9 film theatre and Yokohama, Kanagawa, Burg 13 film theatre on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The DVD/Blu-Ray release was on March 25, 2011.
8th December
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
An official People In The Box music video.
9th December
OVA, 3 eps
Average:
* Based on a manga by Mitsunaga Yasunori, serialised in Monthly Shounen Sirius.
Hiyorimi Hiro moves to a new city to live with his older sister, but dies before he can find her. He then awakens to a new life as a servant of a Princess of the Monster Realm, who just happens to be employing his sister. Monsters soon appear to attack or pester the princess since she is in line for the royal throne, and Hiro must protect her with his life (and repeated deaths).
Soure: ANN
Note: The first episode was bundled together with the limited edition of the 13th volume of the manga and features a different staff and cast from the previous television series. The second episode was bundled together with the limited edition of the 14th volume of the manga and contained an adaptation of three story episodes — Tokkyuu Oujo, Chou Tokkyuu Oujo, and Kessen Oujo — from the ninth manga volume.
Hiyorimi Hiro moves to a new city to live with his older sister, but dies before he can find her. He then awakens to a new life as a servant of a Princess of the Monster Realm, who just happens to be employing his sister. Monsters soon appear to attack or pester the princess since she is in line for the royal throne, and Hiro must protect her with his life (and repeated deaths).
Soure: ANN
Note: The first episode was bundled together with the limited edition of the 13th volume of the manga and features a different staff and cast from the previous television series. The second episode was bundled together with the limited edition of the 14th volume of the manga and contained an adaptation of three story episodes — Tokkyuu Oujo, Chou Tokkyuu Oujo, and Kessen Oujo — from the ninth manga volume.
9th December
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on a manga by Esuno Sakae, serialised in Shounen Ace.
Second-year middle school student, Amano Yukiteru, finds it difficult to make friends. He only thinks of himself as a bystander, just someone who watches the world go by, writing down everything he sees in his cell phone diary.
Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru begins to imagine things like a friend called Deus ex Machina, who is apparently the Lord of Time and Space. Seeing Yukiteru in such a miserable state, Deus gives him a new ability. His diary now spells out events that will happen in the near future, updated daily, for the next 90 days. This gift inadvertently forces Yukiteru to participate in a game where the winner — the last one alive — will become Deus' successor. Should Yukiteru lose the diary he will be dead, and there are quite a few other scrupulous players participating in this very deadly game.
Note: This OVA was bundled as an extra together with the limited edition of the 11th manga volume.
Second-year middle school student, Amano Yukiteru, finds it difficult to make friends. He only thinks of himself as a bystander, just someone who watches the world go by, writing down everything he sees in his cell phone diary.
Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru begins to imagine things like a friend called Deus ex Machina, who is apparently the Lord of Time and Space. Seeing Yukiteru in such a miserable state, Deus gives him a new ability. His diary now spells out events that will happen in the near future, updated daily, for the next 90 days. This gift inadvertently forces Yukiteru to participate in a game where the winner — the last one alive — will become Deus' successor. Should Yukiteru lose the diary he will be dead, and there are quite a few other scrupulous players participating in this very deadly game.
Note: This OVA was bundled as an extra together with the limited edition of the 11th manga volume.
11th December
TV Series, 11 eps
Average:
The story centers around Nyarlko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of anyone it wishes, but particularly the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Yasaka Mahiro is a normal high school student who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyarlko saves him.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
15th December
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
Music video by DECO*27.
A girl struggles with her fear of a relationship, feeling drowned by the possibilities of the future. But she's not the only one drowning...
Source: MAL
A girl struggles with her fear of a relationship, feeling drowned by the possibilities of the future. But she's not the only one drowning...
Source: MAL
17th December
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
After fourteen years in the Major League Baseball, Goro returns to Japan because of a surgery that forced him to quit his life as a pitcher. He prepares to restart his baseball career as a fielder. His family struggles with his decisions; especially his daughter Izumi, who doesn't know enough about her father to understand why he is so absent from their lives. Goro will stop at nothing until he's in the game once again; everything is now for the sake of the only gift he has to offer his children: Baseball.
Source: ANN and watchanimemovie.com
Note: Was bundled with the limited 78th Major volume.
Source: ANN and watchanimemovie.com
Note: Was bundled with the limited 78th Major volume.
18th December
Movie, 1 ep
The story follows 12 bear cubs living in a dormitory on the top of a mountain.
18th December
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on Kashmir's surreal gag comedy manga Yuri Seijin Naoko-san ("Lesbian Citizen Naoko-san").
Misuzu thinks her older sister Naoko is coming home from studying overseas. However, the person returning is not Misuzu's older sister Naoko, but rather Naoko-san, an alien girl from the planet Yuri, who is enamoured with lolicon and lesbianism.
Note: Bundled with the 3rd volume of the manga.
Misuzu thinks her older sister Naoko is coming home from studying overseas. However, the person returning is not Misuzu's older sister Naoko, but rather Naoko-san, an alien girl from the planet Yuri, who is enamoured with lolicon and lesbianism.
Note: Bundled with the 3rd volume of the manga.