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Spring 2012 Anime Season Roundup – OZMA
To mark the 20th anniversary of Japanese satellite channel WOWOW, for many years a regular home to anime (although less so these day, apparently), we get the latest outing from Leiji Matsumoto: OZMA, where the fate of the dying Earth hangs in the balance. Naturally. What They Say: Leiji Matsumoto’s…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Mirai Nikki: The Future Diary
Well, here’s an… interesting piece of work. When the God of Space and Time, Deus Ex Machina, decides he needs a replacement (not as omnipotent as you might think from his name), he decides on a rather strange form of Elimination Game to choose his successor. Contestant number 1, Yukiteru…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Listen to Me, Girls, I’m Your Father!
I can’t help but read the title for this one in a Darth Vader voice. Now there’s a Star Wars spinoff that someone should male (not really). College student Yuuta’s about to find himself thrust into fatherhood, when the apparent death of his big sisters leaves him caring for her…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Inu x Boku Secret Service
This’ll be a strange one to write up – it’s been about a week since I watched the final episode of Inu x Boku SS, and I’m still not entirely sure how to rate the series. Ririchiyo and the other residents of Maison de Ayakashi each possess an unusual heritage…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Brave 10
Sometimes you start a show without any real expectation of getting much out of it, and Brave 10 would be one of those shows. On the surface something for the fangirl / fujoshi crowd (manly men doing manly things, with one or two notable exceptions), it doesn’t exactly do anything…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Ano Natsu de Matteru (Waiting in the Summer)
Bringing back very fond memories of Onegai Teacher, Ano Natsu de Matteru brings alien girl Ichika into the otherwise ordinary life of high-schooler Kirishima Kaito – in the process creating one of the most engaging love polygons I’ve seen in a long time… What They Say: With summer about to…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Natsume Yujinchou Shi
One last outing for Natsume and friends, with Natsume Yujinchou Shi, and the focus this time around is on Natsume finding his place in the world, after years of being the outsider. Which, to be honest, is nothing less than he deserves… What They Say: Takashi Natsume has been able…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Last Exile –Fam, the Silver Wing-
Making what should have been a triumphant return around eight years after the original Last Exile comes the second season of GONZO’s signature work. With the Exiles having returned home, pressure for resources and conflict between the returnees and those who had remained on the planet are creating an unstable…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Another
Another brings the teen horror movie to anime, which is something I don’t think I’ve seen before. A years-old curse is about to strike the senior class of North Middle School, threatening the lives of them all unless they can work out which of their number is already dead… What…
Winter 2012 Anime Season Roundup – Highschool DxD
Sometimes a series promises plenty, and delivers nothing other than perhaps epic disappointment. I’ve seen a few of them lately. On the other hand, you get the occasional series that, when you see the initial promo clips, promises absolutely nothing, and then turns around and delivers… well, at least something…