Year: 2012

「信奈とサル」 (Nobuna to Saru)
“Nobuna and the Monkey”

It’s another anime about the Sengoku period, but should you be so quick to dismiss it?

「朱の場の部員達」 (Shu No Ba No Buin Tachi)
“Club Members in Scarlet”

Musashi starts off fighting Tres España, and then flies straight into another confrontation, this one with Great Britain. They just can’t get a break, can they? Hopefully not, because the action, the comedy, the romance…this episode was fun!

「Violation; 侵入」 (Shinnyuu)

I was expecting a new OP and ED this week! It would’ve been perfectly timed with the new arc and the introduction of a new mysterious student.

「妖精さんの、ひみつのこうじょう」 (Yousei-san no, Himitsu no Koujou)
“The Fairies’ Secret Factory”

Tanaka Romeo and Kishi Seiji have thrown down the gauntlet: is it possible to make an anime that’s too weird? The answer, my friends, is a resounding “No!”

「Il Comandante della Squadra Protezione Animali」
“Commander of The Animal Protection Team”

Cats…

「飛び出したり誘ったり」 (Tobidashishitari Sasottari)
“Running and Inviting”

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t too excited the moment I opened the first episode of TARI TARI. Most of it probably came from Divine’s less than excited opinion about another slice-of-life anime from P.A. Works with a premise that on paper sounds about as fun as playing with a dead cat. However, by the time the credits started to roll I was a little shocked by how strongly the show really grabbed me in.

「宇宙の話をしよう」 (Uchuu no Hanashi o Shiyou)
“Let’s Talk About Space”

In a sense, it feels like a fair bit of this episode was spent giving us a subtle refresher of some of the events that happened earlier in the series.

「そっくりだね」 (Sokkuridane)
“It Looks Just Like Him”

Latter halves of most series are marked by a tonal change, and Kuroko no Basuke is no different as the “premiere” of its second half takes off with a big bang.

「気づいた時には始まっていたという話」 (Kizuita Toki ni wa Hajimatteita to Iu Hanashi)
“A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It”

Here I present a new supernatural/comedy/romance series that features a group of students who seem to swap souls at random.

「はじまりの物語」 (Hajimari no Monogatari)
“Tale of the Beginning”

Don’t expect Campione! to break new ground. But with that said, it doesn’t mean fun can’t be had with its intriguing premise.