Well it appears that the list for the Spring Season is out. This season seems to be composed of mostly sequels and the rest being new series from manga’s or light novels. It seems that I’ll be watching a lot of shows but out of the many shows I’m watching I’ll blog between 5-7 shows from the Spring Season. I will mention a few anime that are carrying on from the Winter Season, Beelzebub, Gosick, Starry Sky and Supernatural: The Animation. Anyway if you want to get the entire Spring listing please go to MOON PHASE alternatively if you want the specific airtimes check out synobi’s calendar (though be warned its in japanese), finally if you want to know who is fansubbing which anime go to Fansub Wiki’s Page. I will now tell you a few of the anime’s on the Spring Season I will omit the kids shows but they’ll be in the table I just won’t give any information besides that, I will also mention the long running shows that have been airing for a while minus One Piece.
Quick side note: In japan the time is given in 24-hour, relative time format which technically means the times are extended to show which day they primarily belong too. So for example, Thursday morning at 2:00am would become Wednesday 26:00 to show that the episode aired late Wednesday night. Before I forget I’m from the United Kingdom so I write the date differently from Americans and Japanese i.e. date, month, year 02/01/2011.
Anime Table
| Toriko │トリコ | Website: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/toriko/ |
| Animation Production: Toei Animation | Trailer: Toriko |
| Opening Song: Guts Guts!! by Akira Kushida 「串田アキラ」 |
Ending Song: Satisfaction by Ftisland |
| Airdate: 03/04 | Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 09:00 | Airtime in U.K: 01:00 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: Fuji TV |
In the world where the taste and texture of food are very important there is Toriko, a hunter of precious foods regularly hired by restaurants and the rich. A man with inhuman skills to capture the ferocious, evasive and rare animals to complete his ultimate dinner course and then the chef Komatsu, his current accomplice: a weak timid person who was inspired by Toriko’s greatness and accompanies him on all his journeys on his quest for the course of his life.
| Ao no Exorcist │青の祓魔師(エクソシスト) | Website: http://www.ao-ex.com/ |
| Animation Production: A-1 Pictures | Trailer: Ao no Exorcist |
| Opening Song: CORE PRIDE by UVERWORLD |
Ending Song: Take Off by 2PM |
| Airdate: 17/04 | Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural. |
| Airtime in Japan: 17:00 | Airtime in U.K: 09:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 25 | TV Station: TBS/MBS |
This world consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact between the two, is impossible. However the demons can pass over into this world by possessing anything that exist within it. Satan the god of demons, but there’s one thing that he doesn’t have, and that’s a substance in the human world that is powerful enough to contain him!! For that purpose he created Rin, his son from a human woman, but will is son agree to his plans? Or will he become something else…? An exorcist?
| Hanasaku Iroha │花咲くいろは | Website: http://www.hanasakuiroha.jp/ |
| Animation Production: P.A. Works | Trailer: Hanasaku Iroha |
| Opening Song: Hana no Iro ハナノイロ by nano.RIPE | Ending Song: Hazy by Sphere |
| Airdate: 03/04 | Genre: Comedy, Shounen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 22:00 | Airtime in U.K: 14:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 26 | TV Station: TOKYO MX |
Ohana Matsumae is sent to live with her grandmother, who she has never met nor spoken to, at her Taisho-era (1920s) hot springs inn. It’s not a lifestyle that Ohana would have chosen, but she decides not to be discouraged and to make the most of her new circumstances.
| Showa Monogatari │昭和物語 | Website: http://www.showa-movie.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Wao World | Trailer: Showa Monogatari TV |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 03/04 | Genre: Drama, Historical. |
| Airtime in Japan: 22:00 | Airtime in U.K: 14:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: KBS |
Dramatic story of the Yamazaki family during the year Showa 39 (1964), the year that Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics.
| Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai │俺たちに翼はない | Website: http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/oretsuba/ |
| Animation Production: Nomad | Trailer: Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai |
| Opening Song: Spread Wings by Aki Misato ｢美郷あき｣ | Ending Song: NEVERLAND by Miyuki Hashimoto ｢橋本みゆき｣ |
| Airdate: 03/04 | Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Romance. |
| Airtime in Japan: 24:30 | Airtime in U.K: 16:30 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: Chiba TV |
It’s winter in the big city of Yanagihara, and young people will meet and fall in love. Takashi is a boy who plans to escape to another world, but is held back by thoughts of his younger sister Kobato and girlfriend Asuka. Shusuke is a poor part-timer who has to work with student-author Hiyoko in spite of their initial dislike for each other. The antisocial Hayato makes his living as a handyman until he is visited by a girl name Naru.
| Ring ni Kakeru 1 Sekai Taikai-hen │ リングにかける１世界大会編 | Website: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/sp/rin-kake1_wcs/ |
| Animation Production: Toei Animation | Trailer: Ring ni Kakeru 1 Sekai Taikai-hen |
| Opening Song: Asu e no Tōshi 「明日への闘志」 by Marina del ray | Ending Song: Niji no Kanata 「 虹の彼方」 by Marina del ray |
| Airdate: 10/04 | Genre: Action, Shounen, Sports. |
| Airtime in Japan: 21:00 | Airtime in U.K: 13:00 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: ANIMAX |
After defeating Black Shaft’s makeshift Team USA and proving their worth to the Shadow Clan, Team Golden Japan Jr. will finally enter the World Jr. Boxing Tournament. In order to fulfill their goal of a perfect victory they’ll have to take on teams from countries like Mexico, Italy, France, Germany, and the mysterious and godlike Team Greece.
| Asutarotte no Omocha! │ アスタロッテのおもちゃ! | Website: http://www.rotte-omocha.com/ |
| Animation Production: Diomedea | Trailer: Lotte no Omocha! |
| Opening Song: Tenshi no CLOVER 「天使のCLOVER」 by Aimi | Ending Song: Manatsu no Photograh「真夏のフォトグラフ」by Azusa |
| Airdate: 10/04 | Genre: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural. |
| Airtime in Japan: 23:30 | Airtime in U.K: 15:30 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: Chiba TV |
In the medieval fantasy world of Alfheimr, succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar, the first princess of the kingdom of Ygvar, has just reached the age of 10. For the coming years of a young succubus’ life, it is necessary for them to have a male harem. In order to maintain their body and preserve their beautiful appearance, they must consume a substance only found on males. This substance is a liquid called Sauzfryma, better known as semen. The princess, however, bears a great dislike against men, and only agrees to create a harem if a human male is to join.
| Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi │星空へ架かる橋 | Website: http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/hoshikaka/ |
| Animation Production: Dogakobo | Trailer: Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi |
| Opening Song: Hoshikaze Horoscope ｢星風ホロスコープ｣ by Nomiko 「のみこ」 | Ending Song: Dash do Cinderella ｢だっしゅどシンデレラ｣ by Eriko Nakamura ｢中村絵里子｣ & Ai Shimizu ｢清水愛｣ |
| Airdate: 11/04 | Genre: Harem, Romance, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 09:00 | Airtime in U.K: 01:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: AT-X |
Kazuma has moved to a small town in the country. On his first day at school, he meets Ui when he is lost his way. They go to school together, but Kazuma accidentally slips and kisses Ui…. To make matters worse, Ibuki, Ui’s close friend, sees it…. Well, what will happen to his new school life…?
| Gintama’ │ 銀魂’ | Website: http://www.j-gintama.com/ |
| Animation Production: Sunrise | Trailer: Gintama’ |
| Opening Song: Tougenkyou Alien by serial tv drama | Ending Song: Samurai Heart (Some Like it Hot!!) by SPYAIR |
| Airdate: 04/04 | Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Parody, Sci-fi, Shounen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 18:00 | Airtime in U.K: 10:00 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: TV Tokyo |
The continuation of Gintama.
| Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~ │ 戦国乙女 ~桃色パラドックス~ | Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/sengoku_otome/ |
| Animation Production: TMS Entertainment | Trailer: Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~ |
| Opening Song: Kagerou by Tenka Tori Tai | Ending Song: Atsuki Ya no Gotoku ｢熱き矢の如く｣ by Tenka Tori Tai |
| Airdate: 04/04 | Genre: Samurai. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:00 | Airtime in U.K: 18:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: TV Tokyo |
In the story, a modern middle school girl named Hideyoshi is suddenly transported to a mysterious land where she meets Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, Data Masamune, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, and other sengoku warriors. Nobunaga is assembling the “legendary crimson armor” to unify all of the people of the land.
| Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabou │殿といっしょ眼帯の野望 | Website: http://tono-anime.com/ |
| Animation Production: Gathering | Trailer: Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabun |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 04/04 | Genre: Comedy, Historical, Parody, Samurai, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:14 | Airtime in U.K: 18:14 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: Yomiuri TV |
Follows the daily lives and details the eccentricities of Date Masamune, Uesugi Kenshin, other famous territorial lords, and their followers during Japan’s Warring States period.
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal │遊☆戯☆王 ZEXAL | Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yugioh-zexal/ |
| Animation Production: Studio Dice | Trailer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL |
| Opening Song: Masterpiece by mihimaru GT | Ending Song: Boku QUEST ｢僕QUEST｣ by Golden Bomber ｢ゴールデンボンバー｣ |
| Airdate: 11/04 | Genre: Action, Game, Shounen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 19:30 | Airtime in U.K: 11:30 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: TV Tokyo |
The story takes place in the near future. Due to some unforseen circumstances, Yuma gets challenged to a duel by Kamiyo, the toughest delinquent in school. There, an identified life form, Astral, appeared…!? A new legend begins now!
| Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai II │ 神のみぞ知るセカイII | Website: http://kaminomi.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Manglobe | Trailer: Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai 2nd Season |
| Opening Song: Whole New World God Only Knows by Oratorio The World God Only Knows | Ending Song: Ai no Yokan ｢アイノヨカン｣ by Kami nomi Zo Shiri Tai |
| Airdate: 11/04 | Genre: Comedy, Harem, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:30 | Airtime in U.K: 17:30 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: TV Tokyo |
Keima Katsuragi is an avid galge gamer known at his school as “Otamega” (a derogatory term combining the words Otaku and Megane) and on the internet a “The Capturing God.” One day he receives an e-mail offering him a contract to “capture” girls. He accepts thinking it’s a challenge and a demon from Hell named Elsee appears. She asks for his help in capturing runaway spirits that are hiding in “real” girls. He refuses stating he only like the girls from the game and she tells him that if he refuses then both of their heads will be cut off.
| Seikon no Qwaser II │ 聖痕のクェイサーⅡ | Website: http://www.qwaser.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Hoods Entertainment | Trailer: Seikon no Qwaser II |
| Opening Song: Rasen, Arui wa Seinaru Yokubou. 「螺旋、或いは聖なる欲望。」 by Faylan | Ending Song: metaphor by Shoujobyou |
| Airdate: 11/04 | Genre: Action, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:30 | Airtime in U.K: 18:30 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: TOKYO MX |
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.
| Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen │逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇 | Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kaiji_hakairoku/ |
| Animation Production: Madhouse Studios | Trailer: Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen |
| Opening Song: Chase the Light! by Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 05/04 | Genre: Game. Thriller, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 24:59 | Airtime in U.K: 16:59 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: NTV |
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well…
| Steins;Gate │シュタインズ ゲート | Website: http://steinsgate.tv/ |
| Animation Studio: WHITE FOX | Trailer: Steins;Gate |
| Opening Song: 「Hacking to the Gate」 by Kanako Itou 「いとうかなこ」 | Ending Song: Tokitsukasadoru Jūni no Meiyaku 「刻司ル十二ノ盟約」 by FES ft. Yui Sakakibara「FES cv.榊原ゆい」 |
| Airdate: 05/04 | Genre: Adventure, Sci-fi, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:05 | Airtime in U.K: 18:05 |
| Number of Episodes: 24+1 | TV Station: TV Saitama |
Steins;Gate is set in the summer of 2010, approximately one year after the events that took place in Chaos;Head, in Akihabara.
Steins;Gate: 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.
| 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku │ 30歳の保健体育 | Website: http://30sai.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Gathering | Trailer: 30-Sai no Hoken Taiiku |
| Opening Song: Koi no Doutei 「恋の道程」 by kanon x kanon | Ending Song: Learn Together by AiRI |
| Airdate: 06/04 | Genre: Ecchi, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 27:00 | Airtime in U.K: 19:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: TOKYO MX |
The guide book teaches shy men around 30 how to date and have sex with women.
| SKET DANCE │ スケット・ダンス | Website: http://sketdance.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Tatsunoko Production | Trailer: SKET DANCE (click on movie to see the trailer) |
| Opening Song: 「カッコ悪い I Love You」 by French Kiss ｢フレンチ・キス｣ | Ending Song: Comic Sonic by The Pillows |
| Airdate: 07/04 | Genre: Comedy, Drama, Parody, School, Shounen, Slice of Life. |
| Airtime in Japan: 18:00 | Airtime in U.K: 10:00 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: TV Tokyo |
The story is told through a series of short, self-contained stories focusing on cases undertaken by the Sket Dan (Suketto dan means helper group in Japanese), usually told in the space of one to two chapters. Cases to date focus on a variety of issues from more humorous cases like chasing monkeys around the school or helping a wanna-be samurai find out why he cannot win kendo tournaments to more serious cases that hint at Onihime’s violent past or deal with near-terminal illness.
| Hyouge Mono │へうげもの | Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/heuge/ |
| Animation Production: Bee Train | Trailer: Hyouge Mono |
| Opening Song: Bowl Man by IKZO | Ending Song: KIZUNA by Yuki Saito ｢斉藤由貴｣ |
| Airdate: 07/04 | Genre: Historical, Samurai, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 23:00 | Airtime in U.K: 15:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 39 | TV Station: NHK-BS2 |
The story is set during Japan’s Sengoku Jidai (Era of the Warring States) and centers on Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of the great warlord Oda Nobunaga and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Oda and the legendary tea master Sen no Soueki, Furuta walks the way of the Hyouge Mono.
| Hidan no Aria │ 緋弾のアリア | Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/aria/ |
| Animation Production: J.C. Staff | Trailer: Hidan no Aria |
| Opening Song: Scarlet Bullet by May’n | Ending Song: Camellia no Hitomi ｢カメリアの瞳｣ by Aiko Nakano ｢中野愛子｣ |
| Airdate: 14/04 | Genre: Action, Comedy. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:25 | Airtime in U.K: 17:25 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: TBS |
The story takes place in Tokyo Butei High School, a special school where armed detectives — “Butei” — are trained to use weapons. Kinji Tooyama is a second-year-student who has a special ability, but he keeps it a secret to maintain an ordinary, peaceful life. However, when he gets caught in a bombing on the way to school, he encounters H. Aria Kanzaki, the most powerful S-Rank Butei student in Assault Studies.
| A Channel │ Aチャンネル | Website: http://www.a-ch.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Studio Gokumi | Trailer: A Channel |
| Opening Song: Morning Arch by Marina Kawano | Ending Song: Humming Girl 「ハミングガール」 by Aoi Yuki 「悠木碧」 Kaori Fukuhara 「福原香織」 Minako Kotobuki 「寿美菜子」 Yumi Uchiyama 「内山夕実」 |
| Airdate: 07/04 | Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:40 | Airtime in U.K: 17:40 |
| Number of Episodes: | TV Station: MBS |
The story revolves around the everyday life of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tooru, the timid Yuuko, and the level-headed Nagi.
| Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko │ 電波女と青春男 | Website: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/denpa/ |
| Animation Production: SHAFT | Trailer: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko |
| Opening Song: Os-Alien ｢Os-宇宙人｣ by Erio wo Kamatte-chan | Ending Song: Ruru ｢ルル｣ by Etsuko Yakushimaru ｢やくしまるえつこ｣ |
| Airdate: 14/04 | Genre: Comedy, Sci-fi, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:55 | Airtime in U.K: 17:55 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: TBS |
The story revolves around a highschool boy named Niwa Makoto. He lives with his aunt’s family since his parents are away on business. It is there where he meets his mysterious cousin of the same age Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. Her staple food is pizza. Erio had been missing for half a year and was found floating in the sea. She doesn’t remember anything about what happened during that period of time, but she began to think that it was the act of an alien and wanders the neighbourhood wrapped in the futon.
| Maria†Holic Alive │まりあ†ほりっく あらいぶ | Website: http://www.mariaholic.com/ |
| Animation Production: SHAFT | Trailer: Maria†Holic Alive |
| Opening Song: Runrunriru Ranranrara ｢るんるんりる らんらんらら｣ by Yuu Kobayashi ｢小林ゆう｣ | Ending Song: Mitei (Kari) ｢未定（仮）｣ by Asami Sanada ｢真田アサミ｣ Yuu Kobyashi ｢小林ゆう｣ Marina Inoue ｢井上真里菜｣ |
| Airdate: 07/04 | Genre: Comedy, Parody, Romance, School. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:15 | Airtime in U.K: 18:15 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: TV Tokyo |
It’s not easy to find the perfect girl, even when you’re the same sex! Kanako thought attending an all-girls school would be the perfect way to meet the girl of her dreams, but after her hot new roommate turns out to be a guy in drag, and catching the eye of the most popular girl in school only brings down the wrath of all the OTHER similarly obsessed girls, she’s not so sure! Complicate things with a cat-eared dorm leader, her roommate’s rude-mannered maid, an identical twin sister (who attends an all-boys school of course) and WAY too many attractive girls of questionable persuasions and the question becomes whether Kanako will die from frustrated nosebleeds! (Life would be SO much easier if guys didn’t literally give her the hives!) Will Kanako ever find a non-polar opposite of a compatible non-opposing polarity? Let’s just say that the quest for true love will not run straight in Maria Holic.
| Sofuteni │ そふてにっ | Website: http://www.softenni.com/ |
| Animation Production: XEBEC | Trailer: Sofuteni |
| Opening Song: Rulebook wo Wasurechae ｢るーるぶっくを忘れちゃえ｣ by ULTRA-PRISM with Shiratamachuu Soft Tennis Club | Ending Song: Tsumasakidachi 「つまさきだち」 by Kanae Ito 「伊藤 かな恵」 |
| Airdate: 07/04 | Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, School, Sports. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:30 | Airtime in U.K: 18:30 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: TOKYO MX |
The tennis comedy centres around the members of a female middle school soft tennis team and the twists and turns that their lives take as they aim for the nationals.
| ［C］THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY CONTROL | Website: http://www.noitamina-control.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Tatsunoko Production | Trailer: ［C］THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY CONTROL (click on the trailer in bottom left of screen) |
| Opening Song: Matoryoshika by NICO Touches the Walls | Ending Song: RPG by School Food Punishment |
| Airdate: 14/04 | Genre: Sci-fi. |
| Airtime in Japan: 24:45 | Airtime in U.K: 16:45 |
| Number of Episodes: 11 | TV Station: Fuji TV |
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.”
| Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai │ あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。 | Website: http://www.anohana.jp/ |
| Animation Production: A-1 Pictures | Trailer: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Name o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. |
| Opening Song: Aoi Shiori｢青い栞｣ by Galileo Galilei | Ending Song: Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kuretamono~ ｢Secret Base ~君がくれたもの~｣ by Ai Kayano ｢茅野愛衣｣ Haruka Tomatsu ｢戸松遼｣ Saori Hayami ｢早見沙織｣ |
| Airdate: 14/04 | Genre: Slice of Life. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:15 | Airtime in U.K: 17:15 |
| Number of Episodes: 11 | TV Station: Fuji TV |
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.
| X-Men │ エックスメン | Website: http://www.animax.co.jp/marvelanime/x-men/ |
| Animation Production: Madhouse Studios | Trailer: X-Men (Click on the video on the bottom left of the screen) |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 01/04 | Genre: Action. |
| Airtime in Japan: 22:00 | Airtime in U.K: 14:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: ANIMAX |
The X-Men are a team of elite super-powered mutants gathered by Professor X to protect ordinary humans even as they are persecuted by them. In the wake of the death of one of their own, however, the team has stopped operations for a whole year. Then Professor X receives word of a mutant girl’s mysterious disappearance in Japan. Sensing that something larger is afoot, he reassembles the team and sends them to investigate. They uncover a connection between her disappearance and an anti-mutant group known as the U-Men.
| Sekaiichi Hatsukoi │ 世界一初恋 | Website: http://sekai-ichi.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Studio DEEN | Trailer: Sekaiichi Hatsukoi |
| Opening Song: Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru ｢世界で一番恋してる｣ by Shuhei Kita ｢喜多修平｣ | Ending Song: Ashita, Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Iku. ｢明日、僕は君に会いに行く。｣ by Wakaba ｢ワカバ｣ |
| Airdate: 08/04 | Genre: Comedy, Romance, Shounen Ai. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:05 | Airtime in U.K: 17:05 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: TV Saitama |
Onodera Ritsu has just transferred from his father’s publishing company to Marukawa Shoten. Assigned to the shoujo manga division, he crosses path with the person he’d least expected to meet. Takano Masamune is the editor-in-chief of the division Ritsu’s been assigned to, and the two seem get off on the wrong foot right from the very start when Takano unexpectedly kisses him. However, there is more to than what meets the eye: Takano is actually Saga, Ritsu’s senpai and high school love, whom Ritsu had thought to have played him for a fool by taking his affections for granted when he confessed and summarily dumped him.
| DOG DAYS TV │ | Website: http://www.dogdays.tv/ |
| Animation Production: Seven Arcs | Trailer: DOG DAYS TV |
| Opening Song: SCARLET KNIGHT by Nana Mizuki ｢水樹奈々｣ |
Ending Song: PRESENTER by Yui Horie ｢堀江由衣｣ |
| Airdate: 02/04 | Genre: Action, Shounen, Supernatural. |
| Airtime in Japan: 23:30 | Airtime in U.K: 15:30 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: TOKYO MX |
In the land of Fronaldo, the Republic of Biscotti has been aggressively attacked by the Lion Kingdom of Garette. Facing potential defeat, Princess Millhiore summons a hero who can save the country. What she gets is Izumi Shinku, a middle-school boy from Japan. Awaiting him in Fronaldo is the task of becoming hero enough to defeat his enemies while learning the peculiar rules of battle in this strange new world.
| Tiger and Bunny │ タイガーアンドバニー | Website: http://www.tigerandbunny.net/ |
| Animation Production: Sunrise | Trailer: Tiger and Bunny |
| Opening Song: Orion wo Nazoru ｢オリオンをなぞる｣ by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN | Ending Song: Hoshi no Sumika ｢星のすみか｣ by Aobouzu ｢藍坊主｣ |
| Airdate: 02/04 | Genre: Mecha. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:58 | Airtime in U.K: 17:58 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: MBS |
Schternbilt City is home to people called “Next,” who use their special abilities to protect the people as superheroes. These heroes solve cases and save lives so they can wear sponsor logos or acquire “hero points.” Their activities are documented on the popular program “Hero TV,” which picks the “King of Heroes” in a yearly ranking. The veteran hero Wild Tiger has always preferred to work alone, but now he’s been assigned the rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr., who has a different perspective on being a superhero.
| Nichijou │ 日常 | Website: http://www.shinonome-lab.com/ |
| Animation Production: Kyoto Animation | Trailer: Nichijou |
| Opening Song: Hyadain no Kakakata☆kataomoi-C 「ヒャダインのカカカタ☆カタオモイ-C」 by Hyadain | Ending Song: ｢Zzz｣ by Sayaka Sasaki ｢佐咲紗花｣ |
| Airdate: 02/04 | Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life. |
| Airtime in Japan: 26:20 | Airtime in U.K: 18:20 |
| Number of Episodes: 26 | TV Station: TV Aichi |
While the title suggests a story of simple, everyday school life, the contents are more the opposite. The setting is a strange school where you may see the principal wrestle a deer or a robot’s arm hide a rollcake. However there are still normal stories, like making a card castle or taking a test you didn’t study for.
| Hen Zemi │ 変ゼミ | Website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/hensemi/ |
| Animation Production: XEBEC | Trailer: Hen Zemi |
| Opening Song: Punctuation by Kana Hanazawa ｢花沢香奈｣ | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 08/04 | Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Seinen. |
| Airtime in Japan: 23:15 | Airtime in U.K: 15:15 |
| Number of Episodes: 13 | TV Station: AT-X |
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.
| Deadman Wonderland │デッドマンワンダーランド | Website: http://dwl.jp/ |
| Animation Production: Manglobe | Trailer: Deadman Wonderland |
| Opening Song: One Reason by fade | Ending Song: Shiny Shiny by Nirgulis |
| Airdate: 16/04 | Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-fi. |
| Airtime in Japan: 25:00 | Airtime in U.K: 17:00 |
| Number of Episodes: 12 | TV Station: TV Kanagawa |
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.
OVA/OAD/Specials/Movies Table
| April | May | June |
| Yozakura Quartet ~Hoshi no Umi~ 08/04 (2/?) | Hoshi no Ou Kodomo 07/05 |
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? 03/06 (1/1) |
| Fairy Tail: Yōkoso Fairy Hills!! 15/04 (1/1) | Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail 11/05 (5/5) | Sengoku Basara –The Last Party- 04/06 |
| Seitokai Yakuindomo OAD 15/04 (1/1) | Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! Special 11/05 (1/1) * Postponed due to the earthquake | Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- 17/06 (3/?) |
| Amagami SS Special 20/04 (1/1) | Katteni Kaizo 25/05 (1/3) | Fairy Tail: Yōsei Gakuen Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan 17/06 (1/1) |
| Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – Meiō Shinwa 2 20/04 (2/6) | Kuroshitsuji II OVA: 25/05 (5/5) | Towa no Quon 18/06 (1/6) |
| Kuragehime Specials 22/04 (4/4) | MM! SS! 25/05 (6/6) | Katteni Kaizo 22/06 (2/3) |
| Gakuen Mokushiroku: High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead 26/04 (1/1) | Shiki OAD 25/05 (1/2) | KissXSis OVA 22/06 (5/?) |
| Sex Pistols 26/04 (2/2) | Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai: Hada-iro Ritsu Kyū-wari Zō!? 27/05 (1/1) | Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai 22/06 (1&2/4) |
| Kuroshitsuji II OVA : The Tale of Will the Shinigami 27/04 (4/5) | Enyu Densetsu Sora no Kieski –/05 (1/?) | Shiki OAD 22/06 (2/2) |
| MM! SS! 27/04 (5/6) | Saiyuki Gaiden 24/06 (2/3) | |
| Koe de Oshigoto 29/04 (2/?) | Yurumeirsu wa? 24/06 (2/?) | |
| Sora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid 25/06 | ||
| Senjou no Valkyria 3: Dare ga Tame no Juusou 29/06 (1/2) |
| Fairy Tail: Yōkoso Fairy Hills!! | Anime Production: A-1 Pictures & Satelight |
| Trailer: Fairy Tail: Yōkoso Fairy Hills!! | Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Shounen. |
| Opening Song: Eternal Fellows by Tetsuya Kakihara ｢柿原徹也｣ | Ending Song: Daily Hymn by Aya Hirano ｢平野綾｣ |
| Airdate: 15/04 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
Lucy comes across a mysterious written request. The client is looking for an object that is in Fairy Tail’s female dormitory, Fairy Hills. To verify the request, Lucy visits Fairy Hills, and discovers that the client is Hilda, the dormitory head who is looking for a “shining treasure.” Meanwhile, Natsu and the other guild members are cleaning their pool.
| Seitokai Yakuindomo OAD | Anime Production: GoHands |
| Trailer: Seitokai Yakuindomo | Genre: Comedy, School, Shounen. |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 15/04 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
OVA of Seitokai Yakuindomo which will be bundled with the volume 5 of the manga.
| Amagami SS Special | Anime Production: AIC |
| Trailer: Amagami SS | Genre: Drama, Romance, School. |
| Opening Song: - | Ending Song: Suteki na Aru Hi ｢素敵なある日｣ by Kana Asumi ｢阿澄佳奈｣ |
| Airdate: 20/04 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
Bluray vol. 13 of Amagami SS includes a special episode featuring Tachibana Miya as the main heroine.
| High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead | Anime Production: Madhouse |
| Trailer: High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead | Genre: Action, Drama, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Supernatural |
| Opening Song: - | Ending Song: Best friends by Maon Kurosaki ｢黒崎真音｣ |
| Airdate: 26/04 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
An OVA of Highschool of the Dead bundled with the 7th manga volume.
| Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! Special | Anime Production: J.C. Staff |
| Trailer: Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! Special | Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Shoujo. |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 11/05 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
Extra episode included in Blu-ray and DVD volume 10.
| Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo | Anime Production: CoMix Wave |
| Trailer: Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo | Genre: Romance |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 07/05 | Episode Number: None it’s a movie. |
Asuna lost her father and lives a lonely life listening to mysterious music coming from her father’s crystal radio. One day she sets out for a journey to see a boy again. Through the adventure, she experiences a parting and finds the cruelty and the beauty of the world.
| Katteni Kaizo | Anime Production: SHAFT |
| Trailer: Katteni Kaizo | Genre: Action, Comedy, Parody, School, Sci-Fi, Shounen |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 25/05, 22/06 | Episode Number: 1/3 2/3 |
Katsu Kaizou is a very gullible 17 year old high school student, and a believer in science fiction, aliens, ghosts, UFOs, conspiracies, etc. He thinks that everything going on around him is the result of some sort of alien plot to take over the world. Each story is pretty much self-contained and is completely bizarre. Kaizou joins the school’s science club, makes new friends, and ends up coming in contact with all sorts of strange things like log people, deadly sushi, pee-blades, scary infections, robot invasions, ghosts, living dolls, and more!
| Shiki Special | Anime Production: Daume |
| Trailer: Shiki Special | Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural. |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 25/05, 22/06 | Episode Number: 1/2, 2/2 |
The eighth volume will ship with Episode 21 and the unaired episode “Dai Futatō to Han wa” (a wordplay for “Episode 20.5″) on May 25, 2011, while the ninth volume will ship with Episode 22 and the unaired episode “Dai Futatō-ichi to Han wa” (“Episode 21.5″) on June 22.
| Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? | Anime Production: Studio Deen |
| Trailer: Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? | Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Magic, Shounen, Supernatural. |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 03/06 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
The series’ episode 13, which will not be aired on TV.
| Sengoku Basara –The Last Party- | Anime Production: Production I.G |
| Trailer: Sengoku Basara –The Last Party- | Genre: Action, Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai,. |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 04/06 | Episode Number: None it’s a movie. |
The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.
| Fairy Tail: Yōsei Gakuen Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan | Anime Production: A-1 Pictures & Satelight |
| Trailer: Fairy Tail: Yōsei Gakuen Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan | Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Shounen. |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 17/06 | Episode Number: 1/1 |
The anime adaptation of the manga side story “Yousei Gakuen Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan,” which puts the characters of Fairy Tail in a school setting. The title is a parody of Miki Yoshikawa’s “Yankee-kun to Megane-chan.”
| Towa no Quon | Anime Production: Bones |
| Trailer: Towa no Quon | Genre: Supernatural |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 18/06 | Episode Number: 1/6 |
The story follows a boy named Quon and others who suddenly wakes up with supernatural powers.
| Sora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid | Anime Production: AIC A.S.T.A |
| Trailer: Sora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid | Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Supernatural |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 25/06 | Episode Number: None it’s a movie. |
Movie adaptation of the Sora no Otoshimono manga, based on Kazane Hiyori’s arc.
| Senjou no Valkyria 3: Dare ga Tame no Juusou | Anime Production: A-1 Pictures |
| Trailer: Senjou no Valkyria 3: Dare ga Tame no Juusou | Genre: Action, Fantasy, Military |
| Opening Song: | Ending Song: |
| Airdate: 29/06 | Episode Number: 1/2 |
Two-episode OVA based on SEGA’s Valkyria Chronicles 3: Unrecorded Chronicles game.
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Neonstar: Wow, I have reviewed all of the anime’s that are due to be released this Spring and the shows which are in bold and italics I shall be blogging the ones only in italics I shall just be watching there are 42 new shows out in the Spring season. The new shows that I’ll be watching and blogging are, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai, Ao no Exorcist, Asutarotte no Omocha! C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control, Deadman Wonderland, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, Dog Days, Hana Saku Iroha, Hidan no Aria, Hoshizora e Kakakru Hashi, Hyougemono, Gintama, Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai 2, Maria Holic Alive, Moshidora, Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, Seikon no Qwaser II, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Sket Dance, Steins;Gate, Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabun with Beelzebub, Starry Sky, Gosick and Supernatural: The Animation carrying over from the Winter season.
Here are some of the OVA/OAV/Specials I will be blogging are, Kuroshitsuji II OVA’s, Fairy Tail OVA’s, Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead, Kaicho wa Maid-Sama! Katteni Kaizo, Shiki, Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka? and Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky-. Bear in mind that with Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- I will do a blog for each of the OVA’s that have already been released.
Seiyū Round-up:
Male: Tomokazu Sugita (9 roles), Daisuke Ono, Junichi Suwabe, Miyu Irino (8 roles), Hiro Shimono, Nobuhiko Okamoto (7 roles), Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Tetsuya Kakihara, Tomokazu Seki, Yuuichi Nakamura, Yuuki Kaji (6 roles), Akira Ishida, Daisuke Namikawa, Kazuya Nakai, Souichiro Hoshi, Takahiro Sakurai (5 roles), Daisuke Kishio, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kenichi Suzumura, Kentarou Itou, Koji Yusa, Noriaki Sugiyama, Ryotarou Okiayu, Satoshi Hino, Shinichiro Miki, Susumu Chiba, Takehito Koyasu, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Toru Ohkawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa (4 roles), Hikaru Midorikawa, Hiroaki Hirata, Hiroki Yasumoto, Junji Majima, Mamoru Miyano, Masakazu Morita, Rikiya Koyama, Shinnosuke Tachibana, Shintaro Asanuma, Wataru Hataru, Wataru Takagi, Yoshihisa Kawahara (3 roles), Daisuke Hirakawa, Gackt, Hideo Ishikawa, Hirofumi Nojima, Jouji Nakata, Katsuyuki Konishi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kazuma Horie, Keiji Fujiwara, Kousuke Toriumi, Kouki Uchiyama, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Norio Wakamoto, Shinji Kawada, Shintarou Oohata, Showtaro Morikubo, Takashi Kondo, Takayuki Kondou, Takuya Eguchi, Tomoaki Maeno, Yoshimisa Hosoya (2 roles), Atsushi Abe, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Hiroki Takahashi, Kappei Yamaguchi, KENN, Ken Narita, Kishio Taniyama, Kouki Miyata, Naoya Uchida, Notobushi Canna, Takahiro Mizushima, Takuma Terashima, Tessho Genda (1 role).
Female: Kana Hanazawa (11 roles), Yu Kobayashi (9 roles), Eri Kitamura, Miyuki Sawashiro (8 roles), Aki Toyosaki, Haruka Tomatsu, Marina Inoue, Rina Satou, Saori Hayami, Yukari Tamura (7 roles), Kana Asumi, Yoko Hikasa (6 roles), Ayana Taketatsu, Fumiko Orikasa, Junko Takeuchi, Mamiko Noto, Nana Mizuki, Yui Horie (5 roles), Aya Hirano, Aoi Yuuki, Emiri Katou, Iori Nomizu, Kanae Ito, Megumi Toyoguchi, Minako Kotobuki, Rie Kugiyama, Rie Tanaka, Romi Park, Ryoko Shiraishi, Satomi Satou, Sayaka Ohara (4 roles), Ami Koshimizu, Asuka Oogame, Ayumi Fujiwara, Saori Goto, Satsuki Yukino, Yuko Sanpei (3 roles), Ai Kayano, Ai Shimizu, Ayahi Takagaki, Hitomi Nabatame, Ryoko Shitani, Satomi Akesaka, Yuko Kaido (2 roles), Ai Nonaka, Asami Sanada, Chihiro Suzuki, Chiwa Saito, Haruhi Terada, Kikuko Inoue, Maaya Sakamoto, Mitsuki Saiga, Ryou Hirabashi, Sanae Kobayashi, Yui Makino, Yuiko Tatsumi, Yuki Matsuoda (1 role).
Random Information
→All the information that has been gathered here to create this list can be found from the anime’s official sites and twitters, ANN, MAL, BakaUpdates.
→This post is a live one and when more information is available it will be updated.
→Crunchyroll has started to announce their 14 simulcasts for Spring 2011 they are Gintama’, Hana-Saku Iroha, Nichijou, Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, Asutarotte no Omocha! Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabun, Sket Dance, Deadman Wonderland, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai II, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~, Steins;Gate, Ao no Exorcist.
→VizAnime will simulcast Tiger & Bunny and Ao no Exorcist.
→Funimation will simulcast Toriko and C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control.
→The Anime Network will simulcast Maria Holic Alive.
→Aniplex will simulcast Ao no Exorcist* (simulcasts on other US streaming sites).
Thank you.