What the hell is wrong with Impz, you say? The fall season is hardly over just yet (we still have a good full month before it ends) but here I am waiting already for the new season to arrive. It is not to say that I have no interest on what happens in this season, but there seems to be quite a few series that I am pretty keen already! Yes, the full list is not out yet but that does not stop me from speculating and loving anime more. By the way, thanks to alkanphel for posting the site for winter listing! He is really the random link master!
Fansub for test wiki has also upped the English version.
Time to start siphoning out the ones that I like or dislike. Some might be ongoing series but the fact that I cannot read any Japanese and depending on the evil google translator means I will get things wrong…sometimes. Maybe more than expected, ~ahaha.
Note: The scale goes from NEVER, Maybe, Yes, YES and YESSSS!
————————————————-
List of anime!
 |
 |
Winter Garden Now we are talking. This seems to be an OVA that will be shown on TBS on December 22th. I always like a snow Christmas setting and with the decent graphics and 2 episodes, you can hardly lose any sleep even if it’s bad. The screenshots do not impress too much but it seems to be simply a sweet little story. Can’t complain. Watching: YES (Starting on December 22th) |
 |
|
Rozen Maiden: Ouverture This seems to be an OVA that will be shown on TBS as well on December 22th. With Rozen maiden, you have a strong fan base and it has to seriously suck for it to fail. A guaranteed popular series. No story as yet but it seems to be much darker in plot…Which is damn good. I heard the OP for it and it is hauntingly wonderful. Too short though. Watching: YES (Starting on December 22th) |
 |
|
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter Inferno Whatever man, I could care less if you wear golden, silver or bronze. The graphics do not interest me at all and it seems to be action. No no no, it does not have green haired gals too. I got a feeling that this is an ongoing series but I have no idea. Not my genre. Watching: NEVER (Starting on December 15th) |
 |
|
CATBLUE: DYNAMITE A cat like main lead? I do not see the love for it and the graphics style is something I really dislike quite a bit. Hence, with action in the mix, that is out for me. (Remember, i am a shoujo and slice of life fan). The design to me feels like a slightly cheap cel styled drawing and honestly, it does not impress me. Watching: NEVER (Starting on December 22th) |
 |
|
Saint October This seems to be a devil hunt of three girls who solved grotesque murders and cases involving the supernatural. The design itself looks decent but I seem to be repeating myself quite a bit with the demon story. I am not too sure about this myself…but i will wait to see. With cute gals fighting demons, will there be fanservice? *nose bleeds* Edits: I see a green haired girl!!!! Watching:From Maybe to YES (Starting on January 4th) |
 |
|
Kyoshiro Sora !0 years after the collapse of the world, there is a revival. This is where two people met in school and a high school romance started. Seems to be rather generic (and NOOO, NO CRESCENT LOVE GRAPHICS PLEASE) but I will take a lookout for it at the very least. I see a meido that is in the main page. *laughs* I heard from others that this is Yuri-based. Is it? Watching: MAYBE (Starting on January 5th) |
 |
|
Les Miserables~ Les Miserables follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that includes the Napoleonic wars and subsequent decades. Principally focusing on the struggles of the protagonist—ex-convict Jean Valjean—struggling to redeem himself, the novel examines the impact of Valjean’s actions as social commentary. If the anime can do that, it wins…IMMEDIATELY. Watching: YES (Starting on January 7th) |
 |
|
Shuffle! Memories There’s Asa. Nothing can go wrong with a a hot green haired gal. Ok, I will add more. It seems to be a sort of remake and some original content. That also means it is unlikely i will blog about it but watching it? HELL YES! Watching: YES (Starting on January 7th) |
 |
|
Manabi Straight The setting seems to be 2035, when children are getting less due to low birth rate. One day, a transfer student came and….Honestly, I could care less about the story but there’s cute lolis. LIKE UBER CUTE ONES! So ermm…ermm….YES!!!! Manabi Preview Trailer is here, and with the girls seemingly changing to an angel in one of the PVs, this is definitely a promising hit from ufo after that Coyote mess. Watching: YESSSS! (Starting on January 7th) |
 |
|
Hidamari Sketch The setting seems to be an art school, surrounding the three residents of this place. Like above, the character design is cute and it is a slice of life series (both factors siding with Impz’s liking). If it maintains to be so, YES, GIVE ME THIS NOW!!! I NEED MY CUTE FIX! I don’t care the content, give me my cute gals! (I sound disturbing like a lolicon) Watching: YESSSS! (Starting on January 11th) |
 |
|
Venus vs Virus A girl, after obtaining a necklace (brooch) of power, possess the strength and embodiment of a demon. I Kinda like the idea plus the character design seems to be rather decent. I am not too sure whether I pick this up as it seems to be rather strong action. The two gals look pretty cute too. (man, i think i used the word cute 10 times in this preview already) Watching: Yes (Starting on January 11th) |
 |
|
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Seems to be a shounen series, with the title seemingly like the admission of students with spiritual power and the likes? In literal translation, it means demon training school…Ermm, maybe. I am scared and add that to the part that I do not like shounen stuff too much. Watching: Maybe (Starting on January 19th) |
That’s it for an overview of the series that have a date fixed to them. So cheers ^______^. Hope you get a little bit of each anime series. That said, I did not cover Kamisama Kazoku 2nd season, FLAG 2nd season or Major 3rd season since I have not watched the original seasons. That also means it will be unfair for me to gauge it at all.
A 2nd batch of previews will come later when I get the release dates!
Browse Timeline
- « “How do you want to die?” - Hellsing Ultimate Site Launch!
- » “Reproduction for survival” - Red Garden Episode 9
Comments (15)
Hey Impz, are you certain that’s a 2nd season of Kamisama Kazoku? I thought it was simply a re-run? Good news if it is but I haven’t heard it announced anywhere…???
Anyway not much for me there except Les Miserables (I love long serious animes) and FLAG. I’ll be watching the second season of Himawari! too. Cunning titled Himawari!! lol 
Yup, Kamisama Kazoku is a rerun, no second season.
I’m especially looking forward to Master of Epic and Les Miserables.
psgels added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 3:25 pmwhoa… wasn’t Les Miserables a book(that was very! very! thick O_O)
Commenter added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 3:34 pmit is, commenter, and i read it twice. It’s NOT that thick.
Oh, it’s just a re-run? Oh well ^^;;; not watching it anyway. lalala~
Impz added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 4:19 pmManabi Straight looks pure awesome (it better be, ufotable still owe me 4 and a half hours back for that Mister horsecrap).. is it the heart warming tale of a bunch of kids on their quest to spread the straight-edge lifestyle throughout their school? MAYBE!
One of the lolis looks exactly like some chick from the mai hime/otome series too, but whoever it is escapes me.
Crayotic Rockwell added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 4:36 pm“The setting seems to be an art school, surrounding the three residents of this place. Like above, the character design is cute and it is a slice of life series”
HONEY AND CLOVER PART 3 - THE LOLI CHAPTER!?
Tallon added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 4:51 pmIt’s a rerun, impz. I hope there’s better animation, and of course, I’ll watch it again. ^^ (about Kamikazo)
Michael added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 6:54 pmLes Miserables~ kinda reminds me of Le Chevalier so I think I’d be bored watching it
Venus vs Virus and Tokyo Majin Gakuen are probably going to be shounen style animes.
alkanphel added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 8:34 pmI think Venus vs Virus looks really hot… Other than that, probably only Minabi Straight, which is too cute to pass up. Tokyo Majin Gakuen sounds like it could be good as well, so I might give that a look too.
Lupus added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 8:54 pmKyoshiro Sora appears to be some sort of sequel to Kannazuki no Miko, another yuri series.
because as you know, Chikane is now Kaon, Himeko is now Himiko, and Oogami Souma is now Oogami Jin. Too many parallels, but i hope it’s not a yuri series tho… i like the SoumaxChikane pairing =P
Artemis added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 9:15 pmWell, it’s not exactly a sequel, I think. A better description would be an anime with Kannazuki no Miko cameos. I read somewhere that Chikane and Himeko are going to be the bad guys this time.
psgels added these pithy words on Dec 06 06 at 11:44 pm… No josei. =( Les Miserables has some potential, but other than that I’m not holding by breath. I don’t even consider Master Of Epic could be good after that MOE acronym in the website and of course the fact how Gonzo and good anime don’t fit to same sentence.
Anga added these pithy words on Dec 07 06 at 12:04 amI read somewhere that Chikane and Himeko are going to be the bad guys this time
that sort of intrigues/turns-me-on, I may have to place this in the “definites” category for January.
As for Les Miserable, I’ve taken in the story, but I’m not sure if its goal is the same/similar social commentary. And for a “thin” book, 52 episodes seems an awful lot.
Ryan A added these pithy words on Dec 07 06 at 8:24 amI’m worried about the ‘YESSSSS’s on Manabi Straight and Hidamari Sketch…I hope you don’t drown yourself if they turn out to be crap 