Monday, September 12, 2011

Upcoming Anime: Autumn 2011

So... Next season is right around the corner, even though the corner feels far off. This means a new entry is here, and that many new reviews are on their way. Sadly Last Exile 2 didn't end up among them, but lineup changes doesn't really get all the way to my knowledge right away. Anyway, here's the autumn lineup that I know of! With possible changes in dates or shows forcing fans to wait for yet another season.

I was supposed to post this,but blogger refused to let me log in for the longest period of time, so here comes an incomplete version. I'll be updating it as I get time, I promise!


Battle Spirits: Heroes 
Starts airing: September 18
Comment: Fourth series
Summary: -
Genre: Action
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/11017/Battle_Spirits:_Heroes

Crossfire B-Daman
Starts airing: October 2
Comment: -
Summary: -
Genre: Adventure
MAL page: -

Hunter x Hunter
Starts airing: October 2
Comment: Remake of the 1999 TV series of Hunter x Hunter based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro.
Summary: A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him.
After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapica, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter. (MAL)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/11061/Hunter_x_Hunter_%282011%29

Chihayafuru
Starts airing: October 4
Comment: -
Summary: Chihaya is a lighthearted tomboy, who's not especially good at anything in particular. Her dream has always been for her sister (an aspiring model) to become the number one beauty of Japan, or perhaps of the world. But then one day she meets someone who tells her that a dream is something that should concern only herself - and something she has to work hard for as well.
At the same time, Chihaya discovers a passion for the old Japanese game hyakunin ishhu, also called "karuta". (MAL)
Genre: Drama, Sports
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10800

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
Starts airing: October 9
Comment: -
Summary: It has been a few hundred years since humans began to live on space colonies. In A.G. 101, an unknown enemy (UE) "GAFRAN" suddenly attacks one of the colonies "Angel". A long war against UE has begun.
In A.G 108, seven year old Flit Asuno lost his mother when UE attacked his colony "Ovan". His mother left him a memory unit "AGE" which had stored data of an ancient mobile suit Gundam. In A.G. 114, Flit completes the Gundam AGE and counterattacks against GAFRANs. (MAL)
Genre: Slice of Life, Action Sci-fi
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10808

UN-GO
Starts airing: October 14
Comment: -
Summary: Based from Sakaguchi Ango’s novel “Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonocho”.
Meiji-era story about a detective named Yuki Shinjuro, who solves various incidents that happen in his circle of friends. The adaptation will utilize an original story set in the near future, revolving around the detective and a boy named Inga, who continually encounter mysterious cases. (MAL)
Genre: Mystery
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10798
 
Fate/Zero
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: Prequel to Fate/stay night
Summary: War of the Holy Grail - Pursuing the power of the "Holy Grail" which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the fourth war commenced again. Entrusting their dearest wish of victory, the magi joined the battleground called "Fuyuki", but amongst them, there was a man who was always alone, and could not find out the meaning behind his fights. His name was Kotomine Kirei. Not comprehending the guidance of fate, Kirei was lost, and had kept questioning. Why someone like his was given the Command Seals. However, the fate of his fights crossed Kirei's path with a nemesis by chance. That person is - Emiya Kiritsugu. A man who was sterner than anyone else, more merciless than anyone else, and who sought the miracle of the Holy Grail.
Merely recited in fragments in Fate/Stay Night, this is the Fourth War of the Holy Grail 10 years ago. The truth which unfolded behind the battle between Shirou's foster father, Rin's father, and the younger Kotomine Kirei, is finally revealed... (Baka-Tsuki)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Drama
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10087/Fate/zero

Shakugan no Shana III
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: Third season of the hit Shakugan no Shana
Summary: -
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Romance, Comedy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/6773/Shakugan_no_Shana_III_%28Final%29

Bakuman II
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: Second season
Summary: -
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10030/Bakuman_2

Working'!!
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: Second season
Summary: -
Genre: Comedy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10521/Working!!

Guilty Crown
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: The story takes place in Tokyo in 2039. After the outbreak of the unidentified virus "Lost Christmas" in 2029, Japan has been under the control of a multinational organization called GHQ. Ohma Shu is a 17 year old boy who has a psychic power in his right hand. He can use the power "Ability of King" to extract tools or weapons from his friends. He has been avoiding making trouble for others but his life changes when he meets a girl named Yuzuriha Inori, a member of a resistance guerrilla group called "Undertaker", whose members pilot mecha weapons to fight against the government. (MAL)
Genre: Sci-fi, Action, Fantasy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10793/Guilty_Crown

Mirai Nikki
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: Middle school 2nd year, Amano Yukiteru, is a boy who has problem making friends. He thinks of himself as a bystander and will always write down everything he sees in a cell phone diary.
Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru began to imagine things like a friend called Deus Ex Machina who is apparently the Lord of Time & Space. Seeing Yukiteru's miserable state, Deus gives him a new ability. His diary will now record events that will happen in the near future. Yukiteru is then forced to participate in a game which the winner will become Deus's successor. (Mangaupdates)
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy, Thriller, Psychological, Action
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10620

Kyokai Senjou no Horizon
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: In the far future, humans abandon the devastated Earth and move to the upper world "Tenjo". But Tenjo and the law of causation collapse by a war and humans returns to the Earth, which has turns into an inhabitable planet except for Shinshu area.
Shinshu is too small to accommodate all the humans, so they duplicate the area and create "Juso Sekai" in a parallel world. In order to rebuild Tenjo and the law of causation, the returned humans start reproduction of the history from B.C. 10,000. When the reproduction proceeds to A.D. 1413, a war breaks out in Shinshu and Juso Sekai falls onto the original world.
The humans living in Juso Sekai lose their land and invade the original world. People in Shinshu surrender and the land is divided by the invaders from Juso Sekai. They try to resume the history reproduction from A.D.1457, but the update of the history terminates in A.D.1648. A rumor of apocalypse begins to spread the world. (MAL)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10456/Kyoukai_Senjou_no_Horizon

Tamayura: Hitotose
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: -
Genre: Slice of Life, Comedy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10232

PhiBrain: Kami no Puzzle
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: Daimon Kaito is a high school boy, who loves puzzles. One day, the president of the student council gives him a mobile device and it leads him to an underground ruin buried in the school. He challenges an " insolvable puzzle" hidden in the ruin with his girlfriend Nonoha, but the puzzle turns out to be the dangerous "The Puzzle of Sage" created by the black society "POG". He manages to solve the puzzle but it's the beginning of a puzzle battle against POG.
Genre: Fantasy, Action
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/9981

Kimi to Boku.
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: The story revolves around four teens — the good-looking twins Yuuta and Yuuki Asaba, the effeminate Shun Matsuoka, and the class head Kaname Tsukahara — who have known each other since early childhood. While they are not necessarily good or bad friends, they continue to hang out well into high school. The half-Japanese transfer student Chizuru Tachibana joins the circle of friends in this comedy about the everyday life of adolescence. (MAL)
Genre: School, Comdey, Drama, Slice of Life, Romance
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10460

Mashiro-Iro Symphony: Love is pure white
Starts airing: October ??
Comment: -
Summary: One day, Shingo's school combines with a girls' school. As a specially selected student, Shingo temporarily joins the girls' school until they officially consolidate. He meets various unique girls there, but they all dislike male students. To improve their relationship, Shingo works hard, and... (MAL)
Genre: Harem, School, Drama, Romance
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10397/Mashiroiro_Symphony:_Love_Is_Pure_White

Persona 4
Starts airing: -
Comment: -
Summary: -
Genre: Action Fantasy
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10588

Maken-Ki!
Starts airing: -
Comment: -
Summary: -
Genre: Harem, Fantasy, Ecchi
MAL page: -

Shinryaku? Ika-Musume
Starts airing: -
Comment: -
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Fujilog
Starts airing: -
Comment: Second season
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Lupin III
Starts airing: -

Comment: Fourth TV series
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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Starts airing: -
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Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!!
Starts airing: -
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C3 -CubexCuredxCurious-
Starts airing: -
Comment: -
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MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10578

Ben-To
Starts airing: -
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Busou Shinki Moon Angel
Starts airing: -
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Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam
Starts airing: -
Comment: Second Season/Original tale in the LE universe
Summary: Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing is a new original tale in the Last Exile universe. It features new characters, new mechanics and an all new story centered around the young ace vanship pilot, Fam, and her trusted navigator, Giselle, as they pilot their vanship, Vespa, through the free and peaceful skies. (Funimation)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-fi
MAL page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10336/Last_Exile:_Ginyoku_no_Fam