Number of episodes: 12
Production Studio:
Brains Base, Marvie Jack
Fansub Release Viewed: Frostii
Likelihood of US Release: High
The trials and tribulations of a traveling merchant and his wolf goddess companion continue in this sequel to the popular fantasy series.
Number of episodes:
4 15-minute episodes
Production Studio: David Production
Fansub Release Viewed: Frostii
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
In a world where violence, crime and genetic manipulation have become commonplace, four people meet as they search for answers regarding their pasts.
Number of episodes: 12
Production Studio: J.C. Staff
Fansub Release Viewed:
twrev-Doremi
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
In 1925, after being told by a baseball player that women should be housewives rather than go to school, two 14-year-old high school girls decide to form their own baseball team to prove him wrong.
Number of episodes: 3
Production Studio: Studio Fantasia
Fansub Release Viewed: Mamiko
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
The series known for its low-angle camera work returns. Aika investigates some mysterious school girl disappearances and nearly ends up a victim herself.
Number of episodes: 11
Production Studio: J.C. Staff
Fansub Release Viewed: Shinji
Likelihood of US Release:
Streaming on crunchyroll.com
Fumi and Akira, best friends ten years ago, reconnect while in high school and help each other deal with their respective romantic problems.
Number of episodes: 12
Production Studio: ZEXCS
Fansub Release Viewed: Jade
Likelihood of US Release: Low
Marin and Urin live under the sea, but one day a ring falls into the water, and the two go above the surface to return it to its rightful owner.
Number of episodes: TBA
Production Studio: Madhouse
Fansub Release Viewed: L-I-F
Likelihood of US Release: Low
After World War 3, diseased humans with special powers called “Needless,” appear. The Needless settle in polluted Black Spots, which are unlawful quarantined areas of Japan.
You know what's kind of irritating? Having a song stuck in your head. It's even worse when the song isn't one that you really like all that much. I tend to get anime themes trapped in my mind, and they're often from series that I've seen maybe one episode of before dooming it to the recycle bin for all eternity. But this really takes the cake. My review for Taishou Yakyuu Musume hasn't been posted yet, but the first episode has an unexpected musical number in it that's been stuck in my head since I first watched it. It didn't help that I took the time to upload it to Youtube, and thus had to hear it more times while I was editing the video. So if you haven't heard it yet, here's the accursed thing for you. Share in my pain.
Please don't hate me too much.
Number of episodes: 13
Production Studio: Shaft
Fansub Release Viewed: gg
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
The suicidal high-school teacher and his class full of bizarre students return for a third helping of quirky comedy and social commentary.
Number of episodes: TBA
Production Studio: Studio DEEN
Fansub Release Viewed: gg
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
The head of a wealthy family is near death, and his family members gather at the island Rokkenjima to decide how to split his assets. A typhoon traps them there and soon murders begin to occur.
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Takeshi and Michi are drawn into the Card Battle world, and must win card battles in order to return home.
Number of episodes: 12
Production Studio: GoHands
Fansub Release Viewed: Hitode
Likelihood of US Release: Low
Teppei lost both parents in a traffic accident, but his grandfather happens to head a financial empire, making Teppei next in line for the family fortune. He enrolls in an academy for the elite to prepare for his debut in high society.
Number of episodes: 15
Production Studio: SHAFT
Fansub Release Viewed: Anon
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
Koyomi Araragi is a third-year high-school student who briefly became a vampire. One day a girl falls into his arms who weighs almost nothing.
Number of episodes: TBA
Production Studio: Feel
Fansub Release Viewed: BANZAI
Likelihood of US Release:
Available streaming at crunchyroll.com
Kana Nakamichi, a middle-schooler who has lost both parents and the grandmother with whom she was living, ends up living and working at a newspaper delivery office.
Number of episodes: 12
Production Studio: AIC Plus
Fansub Release Viewed: Dmon Hiro
Likelihood of US Release: Low
Here we have yet another slice-of-life series revolving around a high school art class, this time starring five freshman girls.
Number of episodes: 13
Production Studio: TMS Entertainment
Fansub Release Viewed: Gleam
Likelihood of US Release: Low
In this OVA, three orphans make a pact to reunite, but when they do it is under circumstances that they never would have imagined.
Number of episodes: 13
Production Studio: P.A. Works
Fansub Release Viewed: gg
Likelihood of US Release: Medium
A group of unrelated people are brought together by bizarre events that have worldwide implications.
...Or so one would think listening to forum chatter (which is a bad, bad idea, I tell you). Something that continues to amuse me no matter how many times I hear it and how many new anime seasons I sample is the enraged outcry of at least one person proclaiming that the current/upcoming season is "the worst ever" and how "anime continues to go downhill." To me this is mostly a case of what someone online cleverly deemed "rose-colored nostalgia glasses;" of course anime of the past seems better, because we've all forgotten the junk that was released alongside it. Can any average anime fan name even ten or even five other anime that came out the same year as something like Cowboy Bebop or Neon Genesis Evangelion? I would guess probably not.
The only thing that bothers me a bit (judging mostly from this image of upcoming series) is that there seem to be more sequels than usual, and many of them are sequels of series that I haven’t watched which makes them difficult to write about, and I don't really feel like doing the prerequisite "research" on Inu Yasha (and I think more Queen's Blade will turn me into mush).
Anyway, the moral of this story is to lighten up and just watch a few series. I'm sure just about anyone will find something that they enjoy, and maybe others will learn to broaden their horizons.
