Stripey's Blog

I don't usually do season previews but was sufficiently psyched up after reading Hashihime's (a very excellent guide indeed) to put up mine. Here's 10 series I've got my eye on.





Pick #10 - Kimikiss pure rouge

With Tanaka Rie, Koshimizu Ami, Nogawa Sakura, Nakahara Mai and Mamiko Noto onboard, this is one series packed with seiyuu talent. Of course it could become another Lovedol but I'm sure JC Staff wouldn't allow that.



Pick #9 Mokke

(Nana Mizuki X Kawasumi Ayako)^Madhouse = Sure win! Or so I hope. Madhouse has been steadily rising through my studio ranking lately with Claymore, Black lagoon etc. But how they would handle something as delicate as Mokke remains to be seen. I have yet to forget the atrocity that is Ichigo 100%.



Pick #8 - Ghost hound

I'm mainly drawn to the fact that this is Production IG's 20th anniversary celebratory production. Of course it may not mean much after all Gainax's 20th anniversary commemorative work was the very forgettable Konomini.



Pick #7 - Myself; yourself

With 'heartful love story' as its promo slogan, it's hard to resist. It also boasts of a talented seiyuu cast involving Koshimizu Ami, Nakahara Mai and Tamua Yukari. My only uncertainty is the animation studio - Dogakobo?



Pick # 6 - Shana II

I'm looking for more closure to those dangling storythreads in season 1. It'd also sweet to see continual Yuuji/Shana's growth and Kazumi's futile challenge. Oh, looking forward to seeing Shana level up to match Alastor's flame I mean fame.



Pick # 5 - Gundam 00

SUNRISE? GUNDAM? Sign me on! Trainwreck or not, it's going to be an interesting ride. Let's see if SUNRISE breaks the body count record this time.



Pick #4 - Rental Magica

Oh how I miss ZEXCS! I doubt there'll be much siscon drama here but with a scenario writer who did Da Capo/Kagihime and a director who worked on Canvas2/Megadere, I can definitely hope.



Pick # 3 - DC II

Frankly, I'm surprised myself that DCII is not in the 1st of 2nd place of this list. I suspect it's because I've been spoilt. I don't know the details but I have very unfortunately been exposed to one of the major twist of the plot. Plus there's no real siscon in the series despite 'nii-san' or 'otouto-kun' being strewn around. Because Otome and Yume are merely childhood friends with Yoshiyuki. Besides, I'm still bitter over FEEL's DCSS. Still, it IS no. 3 on this list so yeah, I'm probably tsundere for this show possibly out of my love for the cast's grandmothers.



Pick #2 - ef ~ a tale of memories

The true spiritual successor with Da Capo in this season in my opinion. The preview highlighted 4 key aspects - onii chan, confrontations, good music and Nanao Naru's beautiful character designs. All of these are instrumental in elevating Da Capo to my top 5 series. If only ZEXCS was helming this production....

Edit: Included the preview bgm. Enjoy!




Pick #1 - Clannad

KyoAni X KEY = OVER 9000000000000!!!! Honestly I'm looking forward to this more than I did with Kanon since I know zilch about the plot.

Ahh, looks like a busy season ahead.