Ayakashi Ayashi – 13
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Summary:
In Meiji Period Year 17 (1884), the famous artist Kawanabe Kyousai is painting a dragon when a foreigner named Condell asks him how he can draw it so realistically.
Hana Yori Dango 2 – 01
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Summary:
Tsukushi finds herself in New York asking for directions in English, but things don’t quite work out and she gets her bag stolen.
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CODE GEASS – 12
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Summary:
Cornelia is in a conference where it is being reported that the Japan Liberation Front was almost annihilated.
Kanon – 14
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Summary:
During breakfast, Yuuichi has on his mind what Mai said about the demons being after him, though his attention is soon turned to Ayu commenting on the jams that Akiko made.
Negima!? – 14
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Summary:
Some of the girls are ready to fight against the new monster, but Takamichi acts first with a blast of his magic.
Random Musings – Hana Yori Dango Returns Edition
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There’s not much going on today (Happy New Years!) so I’d thought I’d write up a quick reminder that Hana Yori Dango 2 is premiering this Friday, January 5th, at 9PM JST with a two hour special. TBS is doing tons of promotional stuff in preparation for this second series, meaning that Matsumoto Jun, Inoue Mao, and the others have been appearing everywhere on TV. Many of the commercials and promos show that Tsukushi and Rui are going to New York where Tsukasa is, and they even did a live broadcast to TBS’s Ping Pong program while they were filming there earlier last month. Anyway, Hana Yori Dango 2 is set to be 15 episodes long and the theme song (heard in all of the commercials) is Arashi’s Love So Sweet. I am tentatively planning to blog it, but that all depends on how my own schedule works out.
Winter 2007 Preview!
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.
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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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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 |
Note: This is a rather long and fairly comprehensive list of the shows coming in January and February. Much much more after the jump.
Kanon – 13
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Summary:
The morning after the dance festival, Nayuki asks Yuuichi if something happened because he’s been acting strange ever since he got back, but he tells her that it’s just her imagination.