Posted by Though there may not be much going on this and next week as we celebrate the new year, things will get busy again once the Winter 2007 season kicks off. Before we get started on all the upcoming shows, a few notes. I am once again not specifically saying what I am and am not going to watch. As usual, I’ll watch the first episode of almost every show within certain parameters (in other words, probably not the kiddie shows like Pokémon or Pretty Cure). What I will say is what the odds are of me blogging a show. However, even if chances are good that I’ll blog the first episode of a series, that doesn’t mean I’ll stick with it for more than that. Certain days of the week – Thursdays and Saturdays – have always had too many interesting shows, and I have to ultimately make a decision on what to follow and what not to. Because I have so many shows that are continuing from the fall, there can only be so many new series that I can afford the time to pick up.
By no means does this list reflect all of the anime that are going to be aired, though I did try to be as comprehensive as I could. Check out MOON PHASE for an entire listing, syoboi’s calendar for specific air-times, and AndrewLB’s Winter 2006/2007 Wiki for who’s tentatively subbing what.
Technical Note: All times are given in a 24-hour, relative-day format where times are extended to show which day they belong to. For instance, Friday morning at 1:30AM would become Thursday at 25:30 to show that the episode aired late Thursday night.
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Saint October http://www.konami.jp/visual/saintoctober/ Premieres January 4th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 25:55 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 11:55 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo I think it’s a bad sign that the commercial for this series started out with “White loli, black loli, red loli…” That just made me laugh, but not in a good way. I think I even saw a Tuxedo Mask in there. The website had me intrigued, but the commercial definitely made it clear that this 3-girl detective show wasn’t for me. And that’s not even considering that this is airing on Thursdays, meaning that it’d have to be an incredible series for me to add to the current GEASS and Kanon lineup. Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora http://www.kyoshiro-sora.net/ Premieres January 5th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Fridays at 13:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 23:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo You may remember me talking about it earlier this month and the Kannazuki no Miko connections that it has. That alone is enough to get me to watch it, but Megami magazine spreads like this or this don’t hurt either. The story is about a girl named Shiratori Ku who has a dream about a prince and then actually meets that prince in real life. Somewhere along the line they’ll likely work in plenty of fanservice/semi-yuri and mecha action. I’m honestly trying to keep my expectations low so that I don’t disappoint myself in case this doesn’t live up to KnM’s legacy. It’s just a shame that KOTOKO isn’t doing the OP or ED, which are apparently being handled by CooRie and Ceui, respectively. Odds I’ll Blog This: Guaranteed |
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Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~ Kagayaki no Ashita ~ http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/neoromance/tv/ange/ Premieres January 5th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Fridays at 25:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Fridays at 11:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo I don’t know how many people watched the first Angelique series this past summer, but I wasn’t one of them. I’ve got nothing against this type of girl-surrounded-by-many-Bishounen series – it’s just not for me. Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Deltora Quest http://www.deltoraquest.jp/ Premieres January 6th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Saturdays at 8:00 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Fridays at 18:00 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo At first glance, I dismissed this series as Saturday morning kiddie fodder, but more research showed there’s actually some interesting background on it. This anime is based on a set of books by the same name written by award-winning Australian author Emily Rodda. TV Aichi’s website for the series offers a trio of videos (click the orange colored boxes in the middle and on the bottom of the page) about the show, including an interesting interview with Emily Rodda herself. Those videos showed some decent animation, some bad-looking CG, a story about looking for artifacts to defeat a greater evil that didn’t look very original, but one of the videos did have some rather epic/Final Fantasy-sounding music (the one on the bottom of the page). All this doesn’t mean that Deltora Quest won’t turn out to be a kiddie show anyway, but at least there appears to be a good basis for it. Odds I’ll Blog This: Decent |
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Himawari!! http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/himawari2/ Premieres January 6th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Saturdays at 24:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Saturdays at 10:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo Here’s another series that I didn’t watch the first season of (notice that the difference between this show’s title and the previous show is a single exclamation mark), though I did manage a couple of episodes before I stopped. The new website did raise my interest level a little since Himawari looked cooler and more mature, but then I saw the commercial for the show and everything seemed like the same as before. The show is still about ninjas, and I highly doubt I’ll watch it given that what I saw of the first season didn’t interest me enough. Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Les Misérables Shoujo Cosette http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/lesmise/ Premieres January 7th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Sundays at 19:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Sundays at 5:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo After almost ten years off the air, World Masterpiece Theater is coming back with a 52-episode adaptation of Victor Hugo’s famous Les Misérables. The focus here seems to be more on Cosette than Jean Valjean, and I’m very curious to see how they’ll handle this type of story. At the same time, 52 episodes seems like a lot for them to do, even with all 1400+ pages of the novel (not all of which is usable for an anime of this nature). All things considered, odds are good that I won’t be watching this on Sundays and will instead be watching… Odds I’ll Blog This: Decent |
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SHUFFLE! MEMORIES http://www.shuffle-tv.com/ Premieres January 7th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Sundays at 24:00 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Sundays at 10:00 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo …SHUFFLE! MEMORIES. This is being billed as a director’s cut of the show with new OP and ED, and they’re promising to include a new original story. It’s not clear how much of it they’ll be reusing and what all is going to be new, but since I liked SHUFFLE!, this is definitely worth me watching at least a few episodes to see what direction they might be taking it. The entire cast is coming back too, so it’ll be good to hear everyone again, particularly Sugita Tomokazu as Rin and Gotou Yuuko as Kaede. Oh, and have you seen the huge magazine spread of Asa from this month’s Megami? Odds I’ll Blog This: Guaranteed |
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Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! http://www.ufotable.com/manabi/ Premieres January 7th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Sundays at 25:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Sundays at 11:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo Of course if SHUFFLE! MEMORIES doesn’t work out, then there’s always Manabi Straight. The story takes place in the year 2035 when birthrates have dropped so much that high schools are being forced to close because of the decrease of students. Horie Yui’s main character Manami (aka. Manabi) arrives at one particular high school and starts stirring things up. There’s something about a moe seinen series that has me very intrigued and incredibly excited, especially after seeing all the amazing promotional videos that came with the character CDs these past few months. ufotable is handling the animation production and the cast consists of big names including Horie Yui, Nonoka Ai, and Hirano Aya. If any of this sounds interesting, be sure to check out all the promotional material that’s already on YouTube. Odds I’ll Blog This: Guaranteed |
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Master of Epic: The Animation Age http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/moetaa/ Premieres January 7th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Sundays at 26:00 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Sundays at 12:00 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo This is based off an an MMORPG of the same name. I haven’t had very good luck with similar series (Ragnarok and .hack), and from the commercial, it looks like a generic fantasy show that probably won’t interest me very much. With all the other stuff being shown on Sundays, I just can’t see myself watching Master of Epic. Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Nodame Cantabile http://www.nodame-anime.com/ Premieres January 11th, 2007 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 Nodame Cantabile is the story of a guy who aspires to be a conductor and the free-spirited, piano-playing girl who attaches herself to him. If you’ve read the manga or seen the television drama, you probably already know how good of a series this is. As I mentioned before, the anime version is going to have Kawasumi Ayako voicing Nodame, Seki Tomokazu voicing Chiaki, and Noto Mamiko voicing Sakura. It’s being animated by J.C.STAFF and being directed by Kasai Kenichi (aka. the director of Honey and Clover) for FujiTV’s Noitamina block replacing Hataraki-Man. I’ve got high expectations for the quality of the music that goes into this show (the Nodame Orchestra CD reached #7 on the Oricon charts), and it’ll be interesting to see how close they stick with the still-ongoing manga. As much as I abhor picking up a third Thursday series, there’s just no way I can let this one go. Odds I’ll Blog This: Guaranteed |
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Hidamari Sketch http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/ Premieres January 11th, 2007 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 Hidamari Sketch is about a girl named Yuno who enters the art department of a private high school and the friends she makes as she pursues her dream. Fans of Pani Poni Dash! and Negima!? should take note that this show is being animated by SHAFT and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. Given the director and given the fact that Hidamari Sketch started out as a 4-koma, I expect this to have a lot of comedy. Unfortunately, I doubt that I’ll have the time to blog this series, particularly if I end up picking up Nodame Cantabile. Odds I’ll Blog This: Decent |
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Venus Versus Virus http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/vvv/ Premieres January 11th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 25:55 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 11:55 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo This show is about two girls who fight demons called Viruses. The girl with the eyepatch Lucia runs an antique shop called Venus Vanguard, hence the show is named Venus Versus Virus. The commercial for it – the one from the end of Rozen Maiden Overture – shows some pretty good looking animation courtesy of Studio Hibari, and it gave me Karin and Black Cat vibes for whatever reason. For what it’s worth though, VVV has some of the same staff as Tsuyokiss – director Kimura Shinichiro, character designer Agata Yoshimi, and Yamada Yasutomo in charge of series composition. Under different circumstances (ie. Thursdays without CODE GEASS, Kanon, and potentially Nodame Cantabile), this would get pretty high odds at getting blogged, but since this is airing on Thursdays, I can only say it’s got a decent chance. Odds I’ll Blog This: Decent |
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Getsumen To Heiki Mina http://www.mi-na.jp/ Premieres January 13th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Saturdays at 25:45 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Saturdays at 11:45 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo If nothing else, Mina has a pretty colorful history. Way back in the early 80s, Gainax (then Daicon Film) created a short called Daicon IV which featured a bunny girl doing battle. This became somewhat of a legendary film and was paid homage to some 20-odd years later in the opening sequence of the super-popular Densha Otoko drama, created by GONZO. The bunny girl that GONZO used was named Mina and was featured quite prominently throughout the Densha Otoko series. The character of and the merchandise around Mina became so popular and the demand was so high that GONZO decided to create an actual anime about her. As for the actual plot, Mina is a high school sports announcer who accidentally gets involved with space aliens. Somewhere along the line, she gets powers and transformed into a bunny girl who has carrot weapons. I can’t say much for the story, but since I’m well-acquainted with the Densha Otoko series, I’m very interested in seeing how this turns out. Odds I’ll Blog This: Good |
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GR -GIANT ROBO- http://gr-anime.com/ Premieres January 18th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 24:00 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 10:00 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo This is the 13 episode series being made in commemoration of the forty year anniversary of the beginning of Giant Robo. The story has Giant Robos appearing all over the world and destroying cities. Everything is in the hands of one boy who finds his own Giant Robo in some ancient ruins to save the world. The GR1 that the main character Daisaku pilots looks like a cross between an Egyption pharaoh and Optimus Prime (because of the coloring in this promo shot). The other robots in this show don’t look all that great either, but I guess it’s the style. Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho Tou http://www.majin.tv/ Premieres January 19th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Fridays at 23:00 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Fridays at 9:00 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo Originating from a series of Playstation and Playstation 2 games, this show is about a group of teenagers with various fighting skills (kendo, wrestling, archery) going up against Oni. But regardless whether or not this turns out to be Tenjou Tenge or Tokko or something similar, it likely won’t be my type of show. Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Juusou Kikou Dancouga Nova http://dancouganova.com/ Premieres February 15th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 22:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 8:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo Based on an 80s series with the same Dancouga name, this series is about a huge robot called the Dancouga Nova in the 22nd century that sides with the weak in times of war. This robot has four parts – body, head, left foot, right foot – and four pilots who apparently don’t know the true meaning to the Dancouga Nova’s existence. I like this robot design a bit better than the aforementioned Giant Robo, but you still probably shouldn’t count on me watching this since it airs on Thursdays (though not until February). Odds I’ll Blog This: Poor |
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Rocket Girls http://www.rocket-girl.jp/ Premieres February 21st, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Wednesdays at 24:00 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Wednesdays at 10:00 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo Rocket Girls replacing Soukou no Strain in the Wednesday night slot on WOWOW. Originally published as a light novel, the plot involves a Solomon Space Agency working to launch the first Japanese manned rocket, but because their current rocket lacks power, they need an astronaut who doesn’t weigh much. Thus, they end up recruiting a high school girl named Yukari who weighs only 38kg (she’s 154 centimeters tall). I think this has one of the more interesting premises of the upcoming season, and since I’m already blogging Soukou no Strain, I might find a way to make room for this once that’s over. Odds I’ll Blog This: Good |
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Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny http://www.ikkitousen.com/ Premieres February 26th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Mondays at ? Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Mondays at ? Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo The first season of Ikkitousen was well known for its level of fanservice as well as fighting. I don’t expect much different from this sequel Dragon Destiny, but it should be noted that the seiyuu for some of the characters have changed, including Saji, Sousou, Kakouton, Kaku, and Kan-u. The staff has changed too, and it’s interesting that the new character designer is Rin Shin who is well known for his hentai work. I may give this a look when the time comes, but that’s still two months away and doesn’t even have an announced airtime yet. For fans of the series, here’s a nice magazine scan to tide you over. Odds I’ll Blog This: Decent |
This covers the 18 series that are premiering in January or February of 2007, which is significantly less than the 37 series I had to go through in the Fall 2006 preview, so I ended up writing slightly more about each show here. Aside from the obvious kiddie shows (like Kyouryuu King and PreCure 5), I also decided not to include REIDEEN or MOONLIGHT MILE because March is still quite a ways away. Anyway, I suspect I’ll have time to pick up around three new shows, and the ones I have marked Guaranteed are looking pretty good to me right now, but we’ll see how things turn out when the time comes.
Note: For a limited time, I have torrented the promos and commercials for Himawari!!, Manabi Straight, Les Miserables Shoujo Cosette, Master of Epic, Saint October, Venus Versus Virus, and Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora. You can find it on Tokyo Tosho or Point-Blank.
The important question is of course, what are you going to be watching?
As always, Comments, Questions, and Suggestions are welcome.
Sadly, I think I’m going to be inmmune to any sort of fanservice for quite a while after seeing Curse of the Golden Flower… 😛
Shuffle Memories and Dragon Destiny (btw, read Three Kingdoms, fantastic book!) are sure for me.
On my maybe list are Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora and Himawari.
The series i am going to definitely watch:
Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny – fanservice at it´s best ^^
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora – Somewhere is the yuri hidden!
Venus Versus Virus – Has yuri so that´s make it onto the list.
SHUFFLE! MEMORIES – More of Psycho-Kaede!
And i could proably watch the first episode of:
Getsumen To Heiki Mina (Densha Otoko made this possibly)
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!(Azumanga Daioh?)
hehe the second season of ikkitousen was a surprise but i’m realy looking forward to seeing
how shuffle turns out this time.
holly crap. alot of loli fetish girls :(.
I’ll watch SHUFFLE! MEMORIES that’s for sure…hmm,
I’ll try:
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora
Deltora Quest
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
Venus Versus Virus
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho Tou
Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny
Maybe Hidamari!! but if I have the time.
Fall season animes + around 7 new animes…T_T soo much.
anyone think TYPE MOON will do the same with FSN
with a new original story?
let me see…
Saint Ocotober
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora
Venus Versus Virus
I’ll start with these shows.
dude i didn’t c naruto on the list is it bcuz ur not gonna put it. cus i heard theres a new series of naruto coming first week of febreuary 2007, where it looks like it’s based on the manga
ikkitousen and shuffle! r probably the one’s i’m totally interested it looks like the shuflle is gonna b more funnier than the last.
I heard Venus Versus Virus has yuri (or just a ridiculous amount of yuri undertones) so I’m checking that out! Hmmm, Shuffle! Memories….will Asa be the victor once again?!! 😀
I’ll try watching all the shows but then it gets boring I’m gotta drop it.
Thanks for the previews!!!! =)
anyone think TYPE MOON will do the same with FSN
with a new original story?
They are actually working on the movie of their first novel, named “Kara no Kyoukai”. I don’t think they have the time to do another batch of FSN episodes. Besides, if any of their releases needs a remake or any of that sort, it would be Tsukihime. 😉
From the list you put, I guess I’ll wait for the Shuffle! Memories and Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora. I think these two for now 🙂 Oh! and that Asa pic is definitely FTW!
I was really hoping for sousei no aquarion 2 this time 🙁 Mabye hopefully it’ll show in the summertime?
Gah, I so wish Getsumen To Heiki Mina was being done by Gainax instead of Gonzo. I swear I saw Nono in that trailer though:P Must be because Okama is directing (hence the fanservicey costumes). I’m quite looking forward to Deltora Quest, Giant Robo and keeping my fingers crossed that Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho Tou turns out be to something decent.
Nodame!!!! Yay! I figure out that its going to be an anime right after I start reading the manga! Lucky!
And my list:
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora – I was sold at the first glance.
Venus Versus Virus – Also sold at the first glance at the commercial.
Sky Girls – A Mech anime? Count me in…
Dancouger Nova – FINALLY, a new Dancouger anime. I was wondering when this was going to happen. The only complaint from me is how the characters don’t look so badass anymore.
Giant Robo – Mech anime = automatic chance…Although if animation isn’t so good, I probably wouldn’t follow it…
Gakuen Utopia – My two favorite seiyuu’s (Yui-chan and Aya-chan ^^) in the same anime? What is the reason NOT to watch?
Shuffle Memories! – I’ll probably give it a chance or two…Though I’m not expecting much from it.
Tokyo Majin Gakuen – Two words: Horie Yui.
Reideen – Seemingly a sequel of yet another retro mech anime…Sold.
So Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny is a sequel and not a remake as Moetron reported courtesy of Moonphase Diary then?
Saint October and Venus Versus Virus both look awsome!please blog both of them my brother is interested in a few of these animes too.So i can safely say your site rox!
Apparently Dragon Destiny is a sequel to the original 2003 series. I just never got around to updating that last report I made. However a few felt it was just a remake when the announcement was first made
Nodame Cantabile is my most anticipated show for this season. There’s really no way for it to go wrong with such good staff and cast.
I’ll also be watching Shuffle Memories for sure as long as the new material is significant enough, and I’ll be giving a try to all these other series:
Venus Versus Virus
Getsumen To Heiki Mina
Hidamari Sketch
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora
Angelique ~ Kagayaki no Ashita ~
… and maybe Les Misérables and Deltora Quest if they don’t aim for a too young audience. Unfortunately it seems like they’ll be including some awful 3D enemies à la MÄR in Deltora Quest, judging from the trailer that I’ve seen.
Deltora Quest
I´ll watch everything at first and then I´post my impressions for you guys here!!!
But hey nice shot OMNI creating a torrent with CM and OP of this new animes for the people!!!If I got my 10MB conection next year I´ll start posting torrent files for RAW stuff and help my otaku brothers out there to download faster and with a better precision at almost the same day they are released in japan!!!AFTER:
” YOUTUBE ” COMES ” YOUANIME ” AND ” I´M GOING TO BE RICH!!! ” 😀
SO HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU GUYS AND I DO HOPE THE BEST FOR US NEXT YEAR AND OF COURSE TO ALL THE NEW SEASON THAT WILL COME TO HELP US TO STRESS OUT NEXT YEAR AND FOR GAMES TOO!!!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION – VIVA LA HI-DEFINITION – AND THE TECHNOLOGY TO!!
SO let´s just relax this week that we won´t have too much animes to watch, to take a break and rest so we can come back with our UGUU POWER……er…..I mean OTAKU POWER!! 😛
I am going to watch:
Saint October
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora
Shuffle! Memories
Venus Versus Virus
Juusou Kikou Dancouga Nova
Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny
WoW… The Shows next year will be great 🙂
NODAME CANTABILE!
I am SO happy you’ll be blogging this series, am absolutely giddy with anticipation. 😀
I was hopin for a really violent one this season but i guess i’m outa luck. Most of them looks like crap, though a couple look good and i’ll probably pick them up myself.
Thanks for that list, I might add two more to my list.
I’ll be watching the Movie 5cm, wait for the comments on the Gainax series, and probably will be watching Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, since the history seems promising and ufotable is an amazing studio (they made my 2005 favourite, Futakoi Alternative). I might be watching Nadame Cantabile too, since I’m a fan of Honey & Clover.
The other shows aren’t really interesting, as Ikkitousen will probably end up as crap, as the first season was. Horrid show.
My three for this season are:
SHUFFLE! Memories
Hidamari Sketches
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
i will watch shuffle memories even if it kills me.
as for any others i mite watch the first bits of deltora as i have read the books and they are pretty good. i guess i’ll have to see what comes around
hahaha that one anime is really like kannaduki no miko!! and those two girls are they ill watch that!!
For those who haven’t fgure it out yet.
Dragon Destiny: Left to Right
Guan Yu
Zhang Fei
Lui Bei
Zhuge Liang
Zhao Yun
The manga was alot better then the anime. But i will give the sequel a shot.
Shuffle Memories (AAA unite)
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora
VVV
Giant Robo will round out the stuff i will be following next season.
hey did u know that there’ll be a 2nd series of “Higurashi no naku koro ni” ? futhermore there’ll be a series called “Natsuiro Drops” which design is by the same designers of haruhi und shakugan no shana i think this anime will be quite interesting and there’ll be an anime version of “clannad” which was created by the same ones as “Air” und “Kanon” so i think it’ll be a quite interesting year ^^ i’ll watch nanoha strikers too but that’s not for everybode cauz it’s quite weird
Hey Omni, the promotional pack sounds interesting!
Btw, think a poll about which series is most anticipated next year would be nice(Winter season).
Omni, how many pics of that megami mag do you have?
You should check this site:
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/view/93351
KNEWS!!!
Kyo no go no ni – school rumble kids is going to have move ovas and the third one is going to be released at 24/01/2207 it´s on the anime site!!! 😀
Inukami movie and shakugan no shana movie confirmed to april!!!! 😀
and a BASTARD yes that´s RIGHT my old nickname DARK SCHENEIDER is going to have an online game even with the rights to have factions and clans on the game I´ve seen the opening –
OH MY GOD!!!The manga is still have been produced at now days soooooo….with this new game produced by Tecmo WHO KNOWS!!!! we could EVEN get a TV series!!! :D….metalicana….here I GO!!!And A LOT more news that I´ll post later!!!!
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AHHHHHH!! – KNEWS = KNOWN + NEWS !!!! 😀
wtf is up w/ all the loli and girly crap shows ur choosing?? considering ur huge love for yuri and female oriented shows, i guess i shouldnt really be surprised.
-Saint October (I’ll check it out)
-Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora
-Les Misérables Shoujo Cosette
-SHUFFLE! MEMORIES
-Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
-Hidamari Sketch
-Venus Versus Virus
-Getsumen To Heiki Mina
-Rocket Girls
Crap, I still have many other series from the last two seasons that I have yet to finish or start.
Yes! Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! You should have heard me squee when I saw the odds that you’d be blogging this one.
Nonaka Ai + Horie Yui + adorable characters that remind me of Ichigo Mashimaro = win. ^^
arent you going to watch naruto par 2 because if you are you are making a big mistake
Speaking from a point of view where I actually have read the Deltora Quest series, I find the chances quite low of this series being promising. However, my only hopes that this could actually be a good anime is if the producers are aiming for a more adult-like audience.
I too will be watching the first episode and if all turns sour, I’ll stick to my animes now. ;P
I’m going watching :
Shuffle memories, Nodame cantabile, Kyoshirou to towa no sora, gakuen utopia manabi straight ! ( looks very good )
Saint october, Deltora quest, Hidamari sketch, venus versus virus, tokyo majin gakuen kenpucho tou, rocket girls ( looks good )
The most i wanted is SHUFFLE ! MEMORIES~^^~
a couple of promising shows, especially looking forward to Shuffle! Memories, although I’m the Asa fan (nice shot in the magazine whee), so maybe the “new” story, with a “new” ending won’t be something for me, although I do hope they make a Asa ending again, only a bit different, call me a dreamer 🙂
blog naruto part 2 please please
just curious when was that anime about romeo and juliet going to be aired. it would be nice to see that one because the animation and the cg dont look half bad…
Romeo x Juliet in April-ish.
I’ll recommend people to watch NODAME CANTABILE!! Although a shoujo series but the element of it is very light(IMO). I’ve also watched the whole drama series(last episode ended on Christmas). It’s a very GOOD drama. Just hope that the anime won’t be a disaster.
I am only looking forward to the animated Nodame Cantabile. This anime has been on my top list of anticipated animes in the new season, and that’s after having been so awed by the drama version. 🙂 And since it’s by the people who did Honey and Clover, I hope they do a good job with this.
I’m actually quite disappointed by this upcoming season’s anime selection. I think the only anime from the list you mention I’ll really want to watch is Nodame Cantabile.
Some of them are quite interesting, but i really need to focus what i’m still going to do when the New Year comes. But I will not let some good series pass me by and I’m looking espesilly forward to Spring 2007’s Series!
Meh a lot of persons are stuck omni, could you please reseed since everyone is stucket at 99.8
“They are actually working on the movie of their first novel, named “Kara no Kyoukai”. I don’t think they have the time to do another batch of FSN episodes. Besides, if any of their releases needs a remake or any of that sort, it would be Tsukihime.”
That’s exactly what I said.
The only shows that interest me remotely are that Kyoushirou and Shuffle: memories (I watched some of the first Shuffle I thought it was….alright)
A lot of trailers here http://www.moetron.com/2006/12/30/c71-teasers-kino-no-tabi-tos-nanatsuiro-drops-more/
I thought for sure you would have considered iDolmaster, Omni:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGX8_II9a5M
This is so freaking awesome. I’ll probably be watching Shuffle and Mina. Oh and not to forget Nodame because J.C Staff is amazing and so is the director. On top of that, the main character will be voiced by Ayako, the VA for Saber in FSN and Kaori in Kanon.
Right now I think I will definitely watch Les Misérables Shoujo Cosette and Nodame Cantabile. I’m considering Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora.
HMMMMMMMM…….
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More more more! Moe! Shuffle-moe! Just can’t wait!!! Hopefully Rozen Maiden III is this year too…
*Aims his giant Moe-Cannon*
FIRA-, err, Fire!
Inuhanyou: It was announced Sousei no Aquarion is getting an early Summer OVA. Thus, it doesn’t qualify to be mentioned in this preview, but I do have my eye on it.
Levantine: Higurashi doesn’t have an airdate yet, and it’s likely not going to be the Winter 2007 season. Thus, doesn’t qualify. Nanatsuiro Drops doesn’t have an airdate yet, and it’s likely not going to be Winter 2007 season. Also doesn’t qualify. Nanoha StrikerS is coming April 2007. It will qualify to be mentioned in the Spring 2007 Preview, but that’s still 3 months away.
Uipt: The February 2007 issue of Megami had a TON of great spreads.
qwertypoiuy: I don’t consider Naruto to be a new series, regardless of how they’re trying to sell it, since it has been continuing to air new episodes throughout the past few years. You’ll notice that I didn’t add Bleach on here either because that’s also not a new show.
random conscience: RomeoXJuliet is coming April 2007. It will qualify to be mentioned in the Spring 2007 Preview, but that’s still 3 months away.
chupacabra: It’s fixed. There was a thumbs.db problem. Just download the new torrent over your old folder.
Shippoyasha: Idolmaster XENOGLOSSIA is not coming until April 2007. It will qualify to be mentioned in the Spring 2007 Preview, but that’s still 3 months away.
I think I’ve repeated myself more than a few times. You get the idea.
This preview covers only shows premiering in January and February. Please check your airdates before you imply that I forgot something.
Les Misérables Shoujo Cosette
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
Nodame Cantabile
Hidamari Sketch
Maria-sama ga Miteru OAVs
Yes! PreCure5 (I’ve got a weakness for magical girls.)
I was waiting for your review. Thank you very much, great job.
I hope you give a tr to to sohws that you think are’t good, cause sometimes yuo cant judge a book by its cover… 😉
Btw, I don’t see the torrent you mentioned on Tokyotosho. Where is it?
Aishiteru: Search for “Winter 2007”
You have a good eye when picking up series Onmi, so I’m with you in this Winter 2007 season and give some chance to a few show tha tcatch my attention. I’m going to download the pack and see the previews.
good night…
Shuffle Memories and Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora stand out the most and IIRC Hana Yori Dango season 2 should be out in January -> definitely watching that =D
I am most anxious for the movie, ” 5cm/s “.
Is Mandaba Straight = Lolita + Yuri????? Cuz that’s how the pic at AniDB, as well as the trailer look to me.
Hidamari Sketch should be a nice light comedy. I like the 4koma a lot, hope they will do a good job making it into an anime.
Other than that, more Kaede please!
Going for Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora and Venus Versus Virus for one simple reason.
Shoujo-ai.
Muahaha.
im so backlogged on anime i still havent started watching some of the shows from last season (and the season before that….and the season before that….heck i still havnt gotten around to watching school rumble and most of negima!?) but from my experiance with any shows just watch it whenever you get time… and if you like it by the dvds if not well you just wasted 25 mins of your life (have a cookie)
have the promos been taken off the tracker because i cannot find them.
Hmm… as far as those that are feature in this article, I may end up watching Getsumen To Heiki Mina, just because of Densha Otoko. 😛
NiceNice preview o.O!
didnt thought there was new shows at the beggining of 2007xD
think gonna check all first ep of the shows first…Lol
maybe it gonna be interesting later o.O?!
My two default shows will be:
1 – Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora; a sister of Kannaduki no Miko is always welcome
2 – Codame Cantabile: Ayako Kawasumi & Tomokazu Seki are pure win to me, and together do great things.
yay! I love nodame contabale, i watch it on tv and read it at the bookstore
Great preview Omni. 🙂
Looking forward to Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! & Getsumen To Heiki Mina.
Rocket Girls kinda reminds me of the Sky Girls OVA.
NOTHING of Winter 2007 interests me. Very poor season, mainly due to no big franchises. Though I can’t wait for another Haruhi to show up.
I may take a look into:
Les Miserable (needs 50+ episode syndrome)
Virus VS Venus (Rozen Maiden Ouverture end-of-episode commercial)
Nodame Cantabile (live-action drama at Memento)
SHUFFLE! MEMORIES (JUMP THE SHARK!)
Manabi Straight (5 lolis with cell phones in low birthrate world intrigues me)
I guess most of us can look forward to Mai Otome Zwei episode 02 in Febtober.
Nodame Cantabile. Hopefully it’ll be a good one!
Deltora Quest: Hmmm, I still have those books, I’ll watch one.
Shuffle! Memories: Gonna watch this.
Nodame Cantiable: Piano music is pure win, enough said.
Merry New Year everyone
Hayate the combat butler!
I’m afraid I’m not interested in as many winter 2007 animes as it was the case with the fall 2006 ones..
I will check out Venus versus Virus, Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora, Hidamari Sketch and Nodame Cantabile for sure though, maybe some others too (Saint October?). Perhaps I will end up watching more than I had planned to…
There’s also gonna be a Kamichama Karin anime by Koge-Donbo! Satelight is producing it.
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Nobunaga at 4:39 pm on December 30th, 2006
The series i am going to definitely watch:
Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny – fanservice at it´s best ^^
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora – Somewhere is the yuri hidden!
Venus Versus Virus – Has yuri so that´s make it onto the list.
SHUFFLE! MEMORIES – More of Psycho-Kaede!
And i could proably watch the first episode of:
Getsumen To Heiki Mina (Densha Otoko made this possibly)
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!(Azumanga Daioh?)
This person is on the right wavelength.
As it is, my list is as above.
shuffle memories (just more, please!!!)
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (it looks soo good)
Getsumen To Heiki Mina (bunny girl!!??)
Rocket Girls(hmm, funny)
2007 seem soo good, if everything goes as I predicted, then this years would be pretty fun
” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY NEW ANIME YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ”
😀 😛
Eh…the typical watch the first few eps and see what ends up appealing to me. Sad to say it, but this season nothing has caught my eye and made me go “Wow! I’ve got to watch that!”.
Let’s wait and see what surprises me.
Definately Deltora Quest first lol coz i like read all 3 series ages ago and sometimes i like to re-read em. and the books were kinda short (100-200 pages or so) so i could read like 4-5 books in a day ^___^ only the first series though hah.
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! sounds interesting plus the good voice actresses that are in it and also Nodame Cantabile sounds good too 😀 Venus Versus Virus too…. shuffle memories too. so many my dl limit will be reached faster than before haha.
Probably gonna watch just Nodame Cantabile.
I’m not finding many of the shows this season appealing.
Might also catch up with Code Geass and Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto though.
OH shit.. new ikki!!!
gonna watch deltora quest, its pretty good though i don’t realy agree with the character designs. lots of twists in it~~
Omni, one question: have you seen the 7-episode Giant Robo OVA? It’s a fantastic but obscure gem of a series, despite its heavily retro look. That obscurity and visual style lowered my expectations initially; but the OVA’s superb direction, characters, plot and musical score just blew me away.
If you haven’t seen the Giant Robo OVA, that would explain your lack of interest in the new series, and I can only recommend you see the OVA posthaste. If you have seen the OVA, would you care to elaborate on why you’re apparently not interested in the new series?
Probably watching Nodame Cantabile and that weird thing with the bunny girl.
Happy New Year!
DEVIL MAY CRY!!! I love that game so much and can’t wait till the anime.I waited and now its 2007 so in a month or two it will come. XD You should watch it or at least one epi because due to bloggers like you, I look up anime on youtube to watch. So usually due to screencaps and summaries I keep up with shows. But try DMC even if you don’t blog it I’ll still watch it. Also can’t wait for IkkiTousen season 2.
Omni, you should seriously include the new series for Naruto. Actually, the fillers will be over on feb. 15 & is back w/ the cannon eps. which is said to be called as Naruto: Shippuuden (Hurricane Chronicles).
YURI YURI!!!
n shuffle n ikkitousen…XD
*does not like yuri* Nothing looks remotely exciting apart from Shuffle. Ah well. =\
no Devil May Cry???
i heard there is in 2007
There isn’t a lot of show compared to other seasons, I’ll try:
SHUFFLE
Nodame Cantabile (I liked the drama)
and
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora;Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! because it seems to interest you a lot!
Nodame Cantabile All the way!! With JC.Staff who understand and bring out the beauty of Honey&Clover, I can’t help but have to think this will be a great show for sure.
Definitely Dragon Destiny. The new character designs look really good, especially Kan’u
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I’m not really looking forward to any of them … If i HAD to choose i guess it be shuffle memories… but it’s nothing to be hyped about.. for me of course.. i’m no Yuri fan so that Kannazuki no Miko thing isn’t very impressice . I’ll stick with Code geass, Soukou no strain, death Note, and kanon for the spring.
I’m not looking forward to naruto either. Keep in mind this is all my opinion… Thank you for the blog entry OMNI.. Arigatou Gozaimasu!
Mao
I’m not looking forward to naruto either
you are making a mistake and dont tell me you dont watch bleach either
i respect your opinion ofcourse but you must watch naruto
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