Spring Anime 2011 - Part 2

A Channel

Synopsis: The story revolves around the everyday life of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tōru, the timid Yūko, and the level-headed Nagi.

First Reaction: They look kawaii.

Ao no Exorcist

Synopsis: Based on a supernatural manga. It focuses on Rin Okumura, a boy raised by a famous exorcist named Father Fujimoto. After an argument between the two, Rin discovers he is the son of Satan. Rin decides to fight his fate by joining the True Cross Academy to become an exorcist and defeat demons. However, when he draws his father’s sword, it releases a dark power within him.

First Reaction: *Drool*

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shirana

Synopsis: Six childhood friends grew apart in high school. One of them is Jintan, now a shut-in. He gets a request to fulfill a wish for Menma, the only one of their friends to have stayed the same over the years. In order to grant her wish, he will have to find and reunite their old friends.

First Reaction: Hmmm, not sure.

[ C ] THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY CONTROL

Synopsis: The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved, and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his maternal grandmother after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to avoid all this and live a stable life. One day, however, he meets a man who offers him a large sum of money if he’ll agree to pay it back. From then on his fate is radically altered as he’s drawn into a mysterious area known as “The Financial District.

First Reaction: Sounds intriguing, not overly interested through.

Deadman Wonderland

Synopsis: Ganta Igarashi has been convicted of a crime that he hasn’t committed, and sent to a new, privately owned and operated prison, where the inmates are the main attraction in a modern day twist to the gladiatorial coliseums of ancient times. Throw in a healthy dose of weird little girl, some new-found super powers, and a little conspiracy theory, and you have Deadman Wonderland.

First Reaction: Looks 100% awesome.

Gintama 2

Synopsis:

Edo-period at Japan suffers a big cultural shock. First, the aliens invaded the earth, overpowered the nation’s government, disbanded carrying swords for the once proud samurais. moreover; these aliens took the people’s jobs and are currently running a sweatshop using them as laborers. going with the flow, Sakata Gintoki, an enigmatic vagrant samurai whose personal trademark is not only his naturally permed silver hair but also his love of anything sweet and addiction to Shonen Jump is making a life out of this chaotic era. He is self employed in a do-it-all shop named Yoruzuya Gin-chan who offers any job for any amount of money. Their jobs range from searching lost kittens and saving the world

First reaction: HELL YES!

Hana-Saku Iroha

Synopsis: The story centers around Ohana Matsumae, a 16-year-old Tokyo native who ended up working at a onsen ryokan (hot spring inn). Matsumae has yet to decide her future.

First Reaction: I bet this one will be interesting.

Hen Zemi

Synopsis: Nanako Matsutaka is an innocent university student who is participating in a sexual perversion seminar led by the deviant professor Kenji Meshiya. She desperately tries to keep her morals as well as her sanity while amidst the strange group of students in the study group.

First Reaction: Pah!

Spring Anime 2011 - Part I

Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei

Synopsis: The story revolves around Kibayashi-sensei, a teacher whose hobby is speaking with the dead and whose special talent is exorcism. Kibayashi-sensei knows everything about the other world, but nothing about our own world

First Reaction: You have my attention.

Kämpfer für die Liebe

Synopsis: Senou Natsuru is your normal, everyday high school student. However he´s been chosen to be a Kampfer, who’s objective consists on fighting other Kampfer with either guns, swords or magic, however, there’s catch; first you can’t chose if you’re a Kampfer or not, and second, you must have the body of a girl to use your powers.

First Reaction: The abridged series is hilarious!

Maria Holic Alive

Synopsis: The story centres on a sophomore named Kanako who enrols in all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants to find her destined Yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria — except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a cross-dressing sadistic boy.

First Reaction: Not seen the original, sounds like it could be interesting, if handled right.

Seikon no Qwaser II

Synopsis: In St. Mikhailov Academy, Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver haired boy called Alexander. He is a Qwaser, a being who can manipulate iron and draws his power from breast milk. A mystery surrounding an Icon transforms the academy into the setting for conflict between the various different Qwaser.

First Reaction: I’m sorry, he gets his power, where???

(Side note: I couldn't even find a PG13 image :S)

Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi

Synopsis: The story follows the tension between a newly recruited manga editor and his tyrannical editor-in-chief — who happen to share a common past.

First reaction: This looks EXACTLY like Junjo Romantica. So, yeah, I'm gonna watch it :P

Steins;Gate

Synopsis: Steins;Gate is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

First Reaction: Wow. Looks fantastic!

X-Men

Synopsis: Does it need one? Oh, okay. This is the third adaptation from Madhouse, following Iron Man and Wolverine. Through little has been officially announced, it seems it will focus on the first class x-men. Take that and eat it, film of the same title.

First Reaction: Please no more Wolverine. Cannot wait! Of all the adaptations, this is the one I was most looking forward too.