Winter 2012 Anime Spotlight: The List
by Bamboo Dong & Justin Sevakis,Featured Series (Click for more)
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Title: Amagami SS+ Starts:Friday, January 6 at 1:55AM JST on AT-X Studio:AIC Genre: Drama, Romance Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/amagami/ |
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Summary: Following on the heels of the first season, Amagami SS+ will continue to feature each of the heroines in two-episode mini arcs, similar to the first season. The series follows a previously love-lorn high school student named Junichi Tachibana who develops relationships with six different girls. Through their interactions, Junichi's broken heart is slowly healed. |
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Title: Ano Natsu de Matteru Starts: Tuesday, January 10 at 1:30AM JST on TV Aichi Studio: J.C. Staff Genre: Comedy, Romance Website: http://www.ichika-ichika.com/ |
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Summary: Created by Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins story creator Yousuke Kuroda, with original character designs by Onegai franchise designer Taraku Uon, Ano Natsu de Matteru will be an adolescent romantic comedy about two girls named Ichika Takatsuki and Remon Yamano, and a boy named Kaito Kirishima. This project will also reunite director Tatsuyuki Nagai and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, who worked together on the popular AnoHano series. |
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Title: Aquarion Evol Starts: Monday, January 9 at 1:35AM JST on TV Tokyo Studio: 8-Bit Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Mecha Website: http://aqevol.com/ |
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Summary: Joining the Aquarion franchise is Aquarion Evol, a sequel to the Aquarion TV series that takes place 12,000 years later in a futuristic Hong Kong. New characters and a new Aquarion mecha will have to take on enemies from another dimension. |
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Title: Area no Kishi Starts: Saturday, January 7 at 6:00AM JST on TV Asahi Studio: Shin-Ei Animation Genre: Action, Sports Website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/knight/ |
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Summary: Aizawa Kakeru has always loved soccer, but he doesn't think he has any talent for the game. Instead, he serves as the manager of his school's soccer team, where his older brother Suguru is the star player. However, a terrible tragedy forever changes Kakeru's life and his involvement in the sport. |
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Title: Black Rock Shooter TV Starts: Friday, February 3 at 12:45AM JST on Fuji TV Studio: Ordet/SANZIGEN Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy Website: http://www.noitamina-brs.jp/ |
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Summary: The next project in a franchise that already includes an OAV, games, figures, a serial manga, and a four-panel manga, "Black Rock Shooter" was originally a single released by the Japanese dojin music act supercell, which is led by the composer Ryo. This new eight-episode anime series will be produced Ordet, which also made the 50-minute Black Rock Shooter OAV, and will have CG battles directed by Gainax's Hiroyuki Imaishi. |
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Title: Kill Me Baby (Baby, Please Kill Me!) Starts: Friday, January 6 at 1:25AM JST on TBS Studio: J.C. Staff Genre: Comedy Website: http://killmebaby.tv/ |
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Summary: Sonya is an assassin, but in between all her missions, she still has to go to school like every other kid. She's joined by her fearless, but air-headed friend Yasuna, and a girl name Agiri, a ninja from her organization. The manga is based on the four-panel manga series of the same name, which ran in Manga Time Kirara Carat. |
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Title: Nisemonogatari Starts: Sunday, January 8 at 12:00AM JST on Tokyo MX Studio: SHAFT Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural Website: http://www.nisemonogatari-anime.com/ |
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Summary: Set in the early 21st century, Nisemonogatari is a sequel to Bakemonogatari, and will center around the "Fire Sisters" Tsukihi and Karen Araragi. It will be based on NisiOisin's light novel of the same name. |
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Title: Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki Starts: Sunday, January 8 at 7:24AM JST on TV Tokyo Studio: Dax Production Genre: Comedy, Slice of life Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/poyo/ |
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Summary: Based on a four-panel manga by Rū Tatuki, Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki follows the adventures of a mysterious, round cat named Poyo. We also get to meet Poyo's family and the people that encounter this spherical creature. |
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Title: Recorder to Randoseru Starts: Friday, January 6 at 1:00AM on Teletama Studio: TBA Genre: Comedy Website: http://www.takeshobo.co.jp/sp/tv_rikoran/ |
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Summary: Recorder to Randoseru follows two unique siblings— Atsushi Miyagawa, an 11 year-old boy with the height and looks of an adult, and his elder sister Atsumi, a 17 year-old with the short frame of a child. Even though Atsumi looks like a grade schooler, she needs to look after her brother, who despite his tall physique, still acts his age. The anime is based on Meme Higashiya's four-panel manga. |
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Title: Rinne no Lagrange - Flower declaration of your heart Starts: Sunday, January 8 at 10:00PM JST on Tokyo MX Studio: XEBEC Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Mecha Website: http://lag-rin.com/ |
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Summary: Madoka's life forever changes when she's recruited by a girl named Lan to pilot a robot and protect her hometown Kamogawa City from space invaders. Their efforts are bolstered by a girl named Muginami, but they're still unsure of why their enemies are attacking. |
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Title: Senki Zesshō Symphogear Starts: Friday, January 6 at 11:00PM JST on TV Yokohama Studio: Encourage Films Genre: Action, Science Fiction Website: http://www.symphogear.com/ |
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Summary: Created by video game producer Akifumi Kaneko and Elements Garden composer Noriyasu Agematsu, this new series follows two girls in a musical group named Zweiwing. Together, they must protect Earth against a threat known as "Noise" by donning weapons called Symphogear. |
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Title: Smile Precure! Starts: Sunday, February 5 at 8:30AM JST on TV Asahi Studio: Toei Animation Genre: Magical Girl Website: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/smile_precure |
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Summary: Focused around five magical girls and their fairy mascot Candy, Smile Precure! will be the ninth in the Precure franchise. An evil emperor named Pierrot has invaded the peaceful fairy land of Marchenland, sealing away the Queen. In order to revive her, Candy and the other girls must find the Cure Decor to restore happiness. |
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Title: Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 Starts: Thursday, January 5 at 11PM JST on Tokyo MX Studio: J.C. Staff Genre: Comedy, Fantasy Website: http://milky-holmes.com/ |
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Summary: Not too much information has been released yet about this sequel to Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, but in the first series, people in the future use "Toys" that grant them superhuman powers. This results in an increase of crime, but the Milky Holmes detective agency is there to make sure all the perpetrators are brought to justice. |
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Title: Thermae Romae Starts: Friday, January 13 at 12:45AM JST on Fuji TV Studio: DLE Inc. Genre: Comedy Website: http://thermae-anime.jp/ |
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Summary: Roman architect Lucius gets sucked down the drain of a public bath, only to emerge in a bathhouse in 20th century Japan. Through his time-travel adventures, he gets a chance to compare two cultures that love their baths. Three Flash-animated episodes will be aired, but if that's not enough, there will also be a live-action film opening in April, 2012. |
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