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Winter 2010!
The previews for the Winter 2010 animes are out on Random Curiosity.
I'll just list the few I'm interested in. (Descriptions and information taken from Random Curiosity)
So-Ra-No-Wo-To
http://www.sorawoto.com/
Premieres on January 4th, 2010
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Mondays at 25:30
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Mondays at 11:30
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList, syoboi
So-Ra-No-Wo-To is the first show for the new Anime no Chikara project which is aimed at creating original anime series, as opposed to those based on manga, games, or light novels. It follows a girl who obtains a trumpet from a female soldier, and she falls under the misconception that she’ll be able to play this trumpet by joining the military, so she enlists and gets assigned to a small garrison force with several other girls. If you look at the promo material for the show, one of the first things you might notice is that this series bears a striking resemblance to K-ON and Kannagi. I’m not sure if they were going for the K-ON similarities (it’s hard to ignore the fact that four of the five girls resemble K-ON girls), but it’s being produced by A-1 Pictures and shares some of the same staff as Kannagi - though notYamakan. In any case, the original anime part was enough to get me interested in the series, and the promotional videos just fueled that interest further.
Dance In The Vampire Bund
http://www.vampirebund.com/
Premieres on January 7th, 2010
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 09:00
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Wednesdays at 19:00
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList, syoboi
The first of SHAFT’s two Winter series, and arguably the series I’m most excited about out of this entire list, is Dance In The Vampire Bund. It’s about the princess of all vampires and her bodyguard as they establish a new kingdom in Japan and all the challenges and dangers they run into with humans and with other vampires. The main girl is a bit like Nagi from Hayate, but instead of a comedy, this is a dark and much more mature series with a dose of politics and plenty of backstabbing. I could barely put down the manga because it was such a fun and interesting read, and hopefully SHAFT will do a good job with it.
Durarara!!
http://www.durarara.com/
Premieres on January 7th, 2010
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 25:25
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 11:25
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList, syoboi
Replacing Darker than BLACK in this Thursday MBS timeslot is a series based on a light novel written by the same guy who wrote the Baccano! series. The anime is being produced by the same Brains Base team that animated Baccano! as well, and it features a large cast of characters centered in Ikebukuro, including a mysterious black motorcycle rider and a guy who just moved there to attend high school. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this series, and it’s in a timeslot I normally watch, so it’s guaranteed that I’ll be blogging the first few episodes.
Seikon no Qwaser
http://www.qwaser.jp/
Premieres on January 9th, 2010
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Saturdays at 27:28
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Saturdays at 13:28
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList, syoboi
Seikon no Qwaser takes place in a Japanese Eastern Orthodox school that sees the arrival of a mysterious boy who is a Qwaser, i.e. a person with special powers who wields a certain chemical element. It follows the girl who meets him and how he has to fight a group that is after an icon depicting the Virgin Mary breastfeeding an infant Jesus. The series is heavy with Eastern Orthodox religious ideas, and connected to all this is probably the most controversial part of the series: the use of breastfeeding to restore a Qwaser’s power. The manga certainly doesn’t skimp on the nudity and sexual themes, but I doubt all broadcasts of the anime version will be uncensored like the promo video is below. I would guess that only the AT-X version will be, however the AT-X broadcast doesn’t start until two weeks after all the other channels (the first of which being MBS) begin airing it. In any case, I’m curious enough to watch the first episode, but unless it turns out to be really good, I’m not keen on picking up a Saturday show.
Nodame Cantabile Finale
http://www.nodame-anime.com/
Premieres on January 14th, 2010
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 24:45
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 10:45
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList, syoboi
Taking its last turn in the noitaminA programming block is the final Nodame Cantabile series. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, it’s a classical music-focused title that follows the lives of a conductor and the eccentric pianist girl who loves him, and the second series brought them to Paris. The Nodame manga finished in October, and this third season will cover from where the second season stopped until the manga’s end, which should be about 40 chapters worth. I would be more excited about it, especially since I like Kawasumi Ayako in the Nodame role, but I stopped reading the manga somewhere in the middle of the Paris stuff and never felt motivated to pick it up again. And like I said above about Ookami Kakushi, there are other Thursday shows I’m more interested in.
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Omg finally an end to Nodame's story, can't wait for it. I'll probably follow these anime though I'm not too sure about Durarara!! ... it seems interesting yet boring at the same time so I'll give it a few episodes xD
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