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「刻、動き出す」 (Koku, Ugokidasu)
“Carving, Set in Motion”
When the number of lines in hair exceeds the twenty mark without any additional shading and the male characters have narrow faces with pointy chins like they do here, it’s clear indication to me that I’ve bordered into shoujo territory.
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「After the rain」
MADHOUSE is badass and doesn’t mess around here, so if you’re looking for a dark series that is far beyond the usual stuff, consider this adaptation of Abe George (Jouji) and Kakizaki Masumi’s award-winning manga. Just don’t let the title fool you. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows here.
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「迷い猫、駆けた」 (Mayoi Neko, Kaketa)
“Stray Cat, Dashed”
If you’ve been missing AIC and their great cat comedy Nyan Koi, then look no further than their new project this season involving the same felines we love, but of a slightly human variety too!
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「救出行」 (Kyuushutsu-kou)
“Rescue”
Coming off the completion of their first project, So-Ra-No-Wo-To, Anime no Chikara follows up with their second original series — an espionage anime involving secret intelligence agents who can use super-human abilities.
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「1 BRIDGE」
The one series I was worried about due to SHAFT studio and director Shinbou Akiyuki‘s involvement turned out much better than I expected in its premiere episode.
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「ワグナリアへようこそ♪小鳥遊、働く。」 (Wagunaria he Youkoso♪ Takanashi, Hataraku.)
“Welcome to Wagnaria♪. Takanashi, Work.”
Clean slice-of-life comedic fun with an all-star casts comes our way from a family restaurant of all places! Given how a lot of anime these days are high school-based, it never hurts to change up the scenery at the very least, which is what we have with WORKING.
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「#01」
Yes, the soccer anime is here! I never thought I’d be saying that until a week ago when I was writing up the Spring 2010 Preview and stumbled on this little gem.
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「雪華の都」 (Sekka no Miyako)
“Sekka Capital”
Being based on a female romance adventure game, Hakuouki is one of the series I knew the least about coming into its premiere episode, but may just prove to be a dark horse this season.
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「青空が描きたい」 (Aozora ga Kakitai)
“I Want to Draw the Blue Sky”
The GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class OVA is out! I wasn’t planning to post about this, but I love this quirky art school-themed series and wanted to share some thoughts since I didn’t cover the TV series last year.
