It's that time again. Yet again, here's the lineup coming this coming January - minus the kiddy shows as usual. This list is a little bit different this time around as it includes the entire voice cast (or whatever info was available) in alphabetical order. As usual, the names are done with the last name followed by their first name (or family name then given name). Statistically, this year there are fewer shows premiering compared to last year's winter season.
This list does not include Hetalia: Axis Powers which, as announced on Dec. 10th, will be continuing on into its third season. As trivial info: Hetalia started its first season last winter on the 26th of January.
Last updated: December 11th, 2009
History: November 29th, 30th; December 1st, 2nd, 6th, 11th
Winter 2010 TV Anime Line Up (15 total):
Cobra the Animation: Rokunin no Yuushi / Cobra the Animation: The Six Heroes ~ Action/Sci-Fi
Airing/Length: Jan 2nd / 13 episodes
Studio: Magic Bus (Cobra the Animation: The Psycho-Gun OVA; Time Drive OVA, Dragoon, Play Ball)
Main Cast: Sakakibara Yoshiko (Blue Seed, Hellsing series, Mobile Suit Gundam series, You're Under Arrest), Uchida Naoya (Death Note, Dinosaur King, Onegai Teacher!)
Supporting Cast: Honda Takako (Bleach, Hell Girl, Kara no Kyoukai, Trinity Blood), Inoue Marina (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Hayate no Gotoku! series, Kampfer, Maria Holic, Minami-ke series, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Valkyria Chronicles), Kusaka Yumi, Minagawa Junko (Aria series, Basquash!, CANAAN, Kampfer, Negima! Series, Trinity Blood), Ootsuka Akio (Black Jack series, CANAAN, Full Metal Panic! Series, Ghost in the Shell series), Orikasa Fumiko (Bleach, Chobits, Code Geass series, Digimon Tamers, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, One Piece, Shigofumi, Xam'd: Lost Memories), Sakamoto Maaya (Bamboo Blade, CANAAN, Death Note, Kanon (2002/2006), Kara no Kyoukai, Kuroshitsuji, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE), Shiraishi Ryoko (Da Capo, Hatsukoi Limited, Hayate no Gotoku! Series, Mahou Sensei Negima! Series, Natsu no Arashi! Series, Sky Girls), Takashima Gara (Cowboy Bepop, Detective Conan), Yamaguchi Kappei (Detective Conan, Death Note, InuYasha, One Piece, Pandora Hearts), Yamaguchi Mayumi (Digimon Tamers, Fullmetal Alchemist, Galaxy Angel)
Synopsis: Cobra, a well known space pirate, decides to change his face and clear all of his memories. He lives out a normal life but soon begins to remember old memories and sets forth to begin new adventures.
Sims: This is the second TV series for the Cobra series, the first one debuting back in early 1980's and is most likely a sequel.
Yes, this was totally copied straight out of the Summer 2009 TV series list.
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Owarinaki Unmei / In a Distant Time 3: Neverending Destiny ~ Adventure/Fantasy
Airing/Length: Jan 3rd / ??
Studio: Yumeta Company (Honey and Clover, Miracle Train ~Ooedo-sen he Youkoso~)
Main Cast: Kawakami Tomoko (Air, Aria series, Elfen Lied, Kanon series, Keroro Gunsou)
Supporting Cast: Hamada Kenji (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Honey and Clover series), Hanawa Eiji (Antique Bakery, Hataraki Man), Hoshi Souichiro ( Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Sengoku Basara), Inoue Kazuhiko (Detective Conan series, Naruto series, Seiken no Blacksmith), Ishida Akira (Chaos;HEAd, Neon Genesis Evangelion series), Kawamura Maria (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Slayers series), Kuwashima Houko (Clannad series, InuYasha series, Macross Frontier, Soul Eater), Miki Shinichiro (Fate/stay night, Full Metal Panic! Series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Initial D series, Pokemon series), Miyata Kouki (07-Ghost), Nakahara Shigeru (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing), Okiayu Ryotaro (Akikan!, Clannad series, Fullmetal Alchemist, Seiken no Blacksmith), Seki Tomokazu (Full Metal Panic!, Initial D series, Kanon, Lucky Star, Neon Genesis Evangelion), Takahashi Naozumi (Digimon series), Toriumi Kousuke (Naruto series)
Synopsis: The third and final season. Based on a female-targeted fantasy romance game.
Sims: Reverse harem. That's all you need to know.
Chu-Bra!! ~ Comedy
Airing/Length: Jan 4th / ??
Studio: ZEXCS (Macademi Wasshoi!, Umi Monogatari)
Main Cast: Chihara Minori (Ga-Rei -Zero-, Lucky Star, NEEDLESS, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Minami-ke), Kotobuki Minako (Hatsukoi Limited, K-ON!, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun), Yahagi Sayuri (Aoi Hana, Asura Cryin' series, Ga-Rei -Zero-, Guin Saga, Hatuskoi Limited, Shugo Chara! Series, sola, To Love-Ru)
Supporting Cast: Hikasa Youko (Asura Cryin', K-ON!), Oohara Sayaka (Aria series, Asura Cryin' series, Fairy Tail, Honey and Clover series, Uminkeo no Naku Koro ni, Valkyria Chronicles, xxxHOLiC), Sakurai Takahiro (Bakemonogatari, Code Geass series, Zero no Tsukaima series), Satou Yuudai (Souten no Ken)
Synopsis: Story revolves around Hayama Nayu (Chihara Minori), a middle school student who wears black lace underwear, the kind she likes to wear, on the first day of school. She wishes to spread this type of phenomenon via an underwear club with her fellow classmates who are worried about their body development and what type of underwear they should wear.
Sims: ...
So-Ra-No-Wo-To / Sora no Oto / Sound of the Sky ~ Music
Airing/Length: Jan 4th / 13 episodes
Studio: A-1 Pictures (Birdy the Mighty Decode series, Fairy Tail, Kannagi, Valkyria Chronicles)
Main Cast: Aikawa Juri (Sora no Manimani), Endo Aya (Basquash, Kanamemo, Lucky Star, Macross Frontier, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun), Kitamura Eri (Asura Cryin' series, Bakemonogatari, Ga-Rei -Zero-, Minami-ke series, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu series, Toradora), Kobayashi Yuu (Candy Boy, Gintama, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Maria Holic, Nyan Koi!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, School Rumble, Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Yasokawa Mayuno (Gedo Senki, Howl's Moving Castle), Yuuki Aoi (Akikan!, Kure-nai, Yumeiro Patissiere)
Supporting Cast: Fukuen Misato (Darker than BLACK series, To Love-Ru, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Yozakura Quartet), Ishizuka Unshou (Cowboy Bepop, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Initial D series, Pokemon series, Sousei no Aquarion)
Synopsis: In the future, in a town known as Seize, after long drawn out wars have come to a gradual decline, 15 year old Sorami Kanata (Aikawa Juri) enlists into the army joining a unit of five girls who protect a fortress near a small village. These girls play brass music that echo across the skies over towns and the ocean where neither people nor fish remain.
Sims: Yes, the character designs do look similar to K-ON!. The music director, Oshima Michiru, did the soundtrack for Fullmetal Alchemist (orig. series) and Nabari no Ou. Regardless of the character designs looking similar (I could careless), this series still looks promising.
Seikon no Qwaser / The Qwaser of Stigmata ~ Action/Supernatural
Airing/Length: Jan 4th / 24 episodes
Studio: Taki Corporation
Main Cast: Sanpei Yuko (Eureka Seven, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Kimi ni Todoke), Shimizu Ai (D.Gray-man, sola, Strawberry Panic!)
Supporting Cast: Chiba Susumu (Burst Angel, Gintama, Hikaru no Go), Chihara Minori (Ga-Rei -Zero-, Lucky Star, NEEDLESS, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Minami-ke)), Fujimura Ayumi (Hatsukoi Limited, Kaze no Stigma, Seiken no Blacksmith, Tegamibachi, Xam'd: Lost Memories), Hanazawa Kana (Asu no Yoichi, Bakemonogatari, Basquash!, Kobato., Sketchbook ~full color'S~, To Love-Ru), Hikasa Youko (Asura Cryin', K-ON!), Hirano Aya (Death Note, Fairy Tail, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, White Album), Kawasumi Ayako (Fate/stay night, Initial D series, Kanokon, Kanon, Nodame Cantabile, Shakugan no Shana), Ookawa Toru (CANAAN, Fullmetal Alchemist), Toyosaki Aki (Akikan!, K-ON!, Kanamemo, Seiken no Blacksmith)
Synopsis: St. Mikhailov Academy. Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver haired, Russian boy named Alexander (Sanpei Yuuko), or Sasha for short. He's a qwaser who can manipulate iron but he requires help from a girl in order to restore his power.
Sims: Read a few chapters of the manga when it was first announced back in May. Ehh, um, I wish I could explain how Sasha restores his power with the help of a girl. I'll give ya'll a hint: the bigger the knockers, perhaps the better the power restoration output.
Imagination at its peak, ladies and gentlemen.
Ladies versus Butlers! ~ Comedy/Romance
Airing/Length: Jan 5th / ??
Studio: XEBEC (Buso Renkin, Love Hina, Over Drive, Tales of Eternia, To Love-Ru)
Main Cast: Kawasumi Ayako (Fate/stay night, Initial D series, Kanokon, Kanon, Nodame Cantabile, Shakugan no Shana), Nakahara Mai (Bamboo Blade, Chrome Shelled Regios, Clannad series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, Midori no Hibi, sola, Spice and Wolf, Strawberry Panic!), Okitsu Kazuyuki (Toradora)
Supporting Cast: Goto Mai (ef series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu), Hidaka Rina (To Aru Majutsu no Index, xxxHOLiC), Ise Mariya (Hatsukoi Limited, NEEDLESS, Yes! Precure 5 series), Koshimizu Ami (Code Geass series, Eureka Seven, School Rumble series, sola, Spice and Wolf series, Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Kugimiya Rie (Fullmetal Alchemist series, Gintama, Hayate no Gotoku series, Shakugan no Shana series, Toradora!), Sakuma Kumi (Black Blood Brothers, Gokujo Seitokai)
Synopsis: Light novel adapatation. Hino Akiharu, an ordinary high school student, who looks like a delinquent, enrolls into an academy that used to accept only upper-class female students where the majority of the students are females, and is placed into the servant training department. This particular academy he enrolls into trains students to become either a maid or a butler.
Sims: There's only just the one male (Okitsu Kazuyuki) in the voice cast. Kugimiya voices a male character though.
Omamori Himari / Guardian Himari ~ Action/Comedy/Romance/Supernatural
Airing/Length: Jan 6th / ??
Studio: ZEXCS (Macademi Wasshoi!, Umi Monogatari)
Main Cast: Hirakawa Daisuke (School Days, Shangri-La, Zero no Tsukaima), Koshimizu Ami (Code Geass series, Eureka Seven, Kimikiss ~pure rouge~, Maria-sama ga Miteru, School Rumble series, sola, Spice and Wolf series, Strike Witches, Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Supporting Cast: Okame Asuka (Chrome Shelled Regios), Neya Michiko (Eureka Seven, Full Metal Panic! Series, Fullmetal Alchemist, Honey and Clover, Hyakko, Initial D series), Nomizu Iori (Sora no Otoshimono), Shimamura Yuu (NEEDLESS), Shindou Kei (Kodomo no Jikan, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Sora no Otoshimono)
Synopsis: Seven years ago, Amakawa Yuuto's (Hirakawa Daisuke) parents died leaving him living alone at home without a single relative to take care of him. His childhood friend, Kuzaki Rinko, has taken care of him since then. However, the only thing he possesses from any relative is a mysterious charm given to him by his grandparents. Up until his 16th birthday, the charm will cease to protect him from evil spirits and he walks into Himari, a cat spirit who wields a katana and hunts down demons, who swears to protect Yuuto at all costs. The issue here is: Yuuto's very allergic to cats.
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu / The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures ~ Comedy/Fantasy/Romance
Airing/Length: Jan 6th / ??
Studio: SILVER LINK (ef -a tale of melodies-, Tayutama ~Kiss on my Deity~)
Main Cast: Harada Hitomi (Sasameki Koto), Shimono Hiro (Asura Cryin' series, ef series)
Supporting Cast: Hirata Mana (Taishou Yakyuu Musume.), Isomura Tomomi, Katou Emiri (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Bakemonogatari, Lucky Star, Princess Lover!, Soul Eater, Telepathy Shoujo Ran), Miyata Kouki (07-Ghost, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series), Mizuhashi Kaori (Aria series, Hidamari Sketch series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, To Love-Ru), Nanjou Yoshino (CANAAN, Da Capo II), Ootsuka Akio (Black Jack series, CANAAN, Full Metal Panic! Series, Ghost in the Shell series), Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Sora no Otoshimono), Taketatsu Ayana (K-ON!, kissXsis), Terashima Takuma (Chrome Shelled Regios, Macademi Wasshoi!, Princess Lover, Shigofumi, Sousei no Aquarion), Tsuda Kenjiro (Prince of Tennis series)
Synopsis: Light novel adaptation. Set in a school that strictly ranks each student into their classes and the type of equipment each classroom uses based on their test scores. Akihisa Yoshii, the "idiot", is in the 2nd year F class the lowest ranking class in the school where the classroom is ill-equiped. Himeji Mizuki, the smartest girl of all the 2nd years and Akihisa has feelings for her, had a fever one day and couldn't take a test and was placed into F class thereafter. Along with Yuuji Sakamoto, class F's president, Himeji and Akihisa, they aim to take on higher-tiered classes with the help of summoned creatures. And, so begins the win-all take-all battle for supremacy.
Sims: The trailer has caught my attention. I *might* watch this purely for the comedy.
Dance in the Vampire Bund ~ Action
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: SHAFT (Bakemonogatari, ef series, Maria Holic, Natsu no Arashi series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series)
Main Cast: Nakamura Yuuichi (Clannad series, Fairy Tail, Kimi ni Todoke, Macross Frontier, Shangri-La, Shugo Chara! Series), Yuuki Aoi (Akikan!, Kure-nai, Yumeiro Patissiere)
Supporting Cast: Kaida Yuko (Asura Cryin' series, Maria Holic, Sekirei, Taishou Yakyuu Musume.), Itou Shizuka (Basquash!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Saki, Sekirei, Shakugan no Shana series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), Saito Chiwa (Bakemonogatari, Keroro Gunsou, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Panipani Dash!, Tsukuomi - MOONPHASE-)
Synopsis: Mina Tepes (Yuuki Aoi), a vampire princess, wants to create a special district for her own kind off the coast of Japan and gains permission to create such a special district as a result of her paying off the entire national debt of the Japanese government. Her plan for peace within the human world may be jeopardized as opposition from terrorists and rival factions are plotting her assassination before her world-changing announcement.
Durarara!! ~ Action/Romance
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: Brains Base (Akikan!, Kure-nai, Spice and Wolf II)
Main Cast: Toyonaga Toshiyuki (Kanokon, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!)
Supporting Cast: Fukuyama Jun (Akikan!, Code Geass series, Nyan Koi!, Special A, Spice and Wolf series, Tegamibachi, xxxHOLiC), Hanazawa Kana (Asu no Yoichi, Bakemonogatari, Basquash!, Kobato., Sketchbook ~full color'S~, To Love-Ru), Horie Kazuma (Special A), Kaji Yuuki (Miracle Train ~Ooedo-sen he Youkoso~, Yozakura Quartet), Kamiya Hiroshi (Bakemonogatari, Honey and Clover series, Macross Frontier, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series), Kobayashi Sanae (Darker than BLACK series, Macross Frontier series, Sousei no Aquarion), Kuroda Takaya (Kure-nai, Ristorante Paradiso, Sora no Kakeru Shoujo, Viper's Creed, Wolf's Rain), Miyano Mamoru (Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series, Souten Kouro, Soul Eater, Vampire Knight series, Wolf's Rain), Nakamura Yuuichi (Clannad series, Fairy Tail, Kimi ni Todoke, Macross Frontier, Shangri-La, Shugo Chara! Series), Ono Daisuke (11eyes, Chaos;HEAd, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Minami-ke, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Yozakura Quartet), Takagaki Ayahi (Chrome Shelled Regios, Special A, Sasameki Koto, Sora no Otoshimono)
Synopsis: Light novel adaptation. Dubbed a "warped adolescent fantasy romance" series based on "high-tension suspense action" light novels. Set in the Ikebukuro ward of Tokyo, Ryuugamine Mikado transfer to a high school in Ikebukuro at the invitation of his childhood friend Masaomi. Upon his first day in the city, he witnesses an urban legend: the Headless Rider on a black motorcycle.
Sims: There's varying summaries everywhere, so I just let it end at the mentioning of a headless Ghost Rider man on a motorcycle.
Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ / Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu / Sunshine Sketch x Three Stars ~ Comedy/Slice of Life
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: SHAFT (Bakemonogatari, ef series, Maria Holic, Natsu no Arashi series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series)
Main Cast: Asumi Kana (Kampfer, Sekirei, Shugo Chara! Series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Umi Monogatari), Goto Yuko (Code Geass R2, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Shuffle!, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Special A, Tears to Tiara, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Mizuhashi Kaori (Aria series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, To Love-Ru), Shintani Ryoko (Galaxy Angel series, Maria Holic, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Seiken no Blacksmith)
Supporting Cast: Kugimiya Rie (Fullmetal Alchemist series, Gintama, Hayate no Gotoku series, Shakugan no Shana series, Toradora!), Matsuki Miyu (Da Capo series, Hayate the Combat Butler series, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series), Sawashiro Miyuki (Bakemonogatari, CANAAN, Chrome Shelled Regios, Kure-nai, Maria Holic, Rozen Maiden, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Tegamibachi)
Synopsis: Third season of Hidamari Sketch. Two new freshmen, Nazuna and Nori, join the girls at the Hidamari-sou (Sunshine Manors) who live directly across the street from their school.
Sims: ( X ' _________ ' )
Ookamikakushi / Sly Wolf/God ~ Action/Drama/Horror/Mystery/Supernatural/Thriller
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: AIC (Asu no Yoichi, Candy Boy, Nyan Koi!, Special A)
Main Cast: Kobayashi Yuu (Candy Boy, Gintama, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Maria Holic, Nyan Koi!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, School Rumble, Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Supporting Cast: Fuchigami Mai (Sora no Manimani), Fujita Saki (Chrome Shelled Regios, Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, Yozakura Quartet), Goto Yuko (Code Geass R2, Hidamari Sketch series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Shuffle!, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Tears to Tiara, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Ise Mariya (Hatsukoi Limited, Macademi Wasshoi!, NEEDLESS, Yes! Precure 5 series), Katou Emiri (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Bakemonogatari, Lucky Star, Princess Lover!, Soul Eater, Telepathy Shoujo Ran)
Synopsis: From the creator of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni. In 1983, 16 year old Kuzumi Hiroshi (Kobayashi Yuu) moves to a new town, Jyougamachi, which is situated near mountains. The town is divided by a river separating the old and new Jyougamachi, but regardless of this division many mysterious cultures remain. He gets along with all of his classmates but one: Kushinada Nemuru, the class president, who offers Hiroshi a warning to stay away from old streets. Mysteries left to be uncovered and terror await young Hiroshi.
Sims: Title has two meanings. "ookami" can mean "Wolf" or "God". Hence the promotional posters asking the question: "Wolf? or God?".
Hanamaru Kindergarten ~ Comedy/Slice of Life
Airing/Length: Jan 10th / ??
Studio: GAINAX (FLCL, Honey and Clover series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Main Cast: Mako (School Rumble, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo), Shindou Kei (Ikkitousen series, Kodomo no Jikan series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Takagaki Ayahi (Chrome Shelled Regios, Special A, Sasameki Koto, Sora no Otoshimono)
Supporting Cast: Aoyama Kiriko (Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos), Fujimura Ayumi (Hatsukoi Limited, Kaze no Stigma, Seiken no Blacksmith, Tegamibachi, Xam'd: Lost Memories), Fujita Mami, Hazuki Erino (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Aria series, Kyou no Go no Ni), Hino Satoshi (Hatsukoi Limited, Ikkitousen series, Naruto Shippuuden series, Shakugan no Shana series, Zero no Tsukaima series), Hirota Shion (Inukami!, Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Honna Youko (Futari wa Pretty Cure series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Igarashi Hiromi (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza), Ise Mariya (Hatsukoi Limited, Macademi Wasshoi!, NEEDLESS, Yes! Precure 5 series), Konishi Katsuyuki (Bamboo Blade, Hetalia Axis Powers, Pokemon series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Tytania), Mizuhara Kaoru (Kanamemo, Lucky Star, Princess Lover!), Numakura Manami, Ogasawara Arisa (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Series, Wolf's Rain), Okame Asuka (Chrome Shelled Regios), Saito Chiwa (Bakemonogatari, Keroro Gunsou, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Panipani Dash!, Tsukuomi - MOONPHASE-), Satou Arise (Mobile Suit Gundam 00), Tsunematsu Ayumi (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Wakabayashi Naomi (Fullmetal Alchemist, Juuni Kokuki), Yoshida Mayumi (Himawari series, Love Love?), Yusa Koji (Claymore, Ergo Proxy, Ikkitousen series, Nyan Koi!)
Synopsis: Revolves around three girls in kindergarten and their teachers.
Sims: Looking at the trailer, it looks like these three kindergartners want to have a relationship with one of their teachers. The problem (more like, it's normal) is that this particular teacher has his eyes on another teacher. If anything, it could be similar to Kodomo no Jikan. Man, they start so young.
Nodame Cantabile Saishuu Gakushou / Nodame Cantabile: The Final Movement ~ Comedy/Music
Airing/Length: Jan 14th / ??
Studio: J.C. Staff (Azumanga Daioh, Hayate the Combat Butler!!, Kimikiss ~pure rouge~, Shakugan no Shana series, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Toradora)
Main Cast: Kawasumi Ayako (Fate/stay night, Initial D series, Kanokon, Kanon, Shakugan no Shana), Seki Tomokazu (Doraemon, Full Metal Panic!, Initial D series, Kanon, Lucky Star, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Telepathy Shoujo Ran)
Supporting Cast: Asanuma Shintaro (Aoi Hana, Asu no Yoichi!, Da Capo, Hatsukoi Limited, Minami-ke series, Nyan Koi!, Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou), Hino Satoshi (Hatsukoi Limited, Ikkitousen series, Naruto Shippuuden series, Shakugan no Shana series, Zero no Tsukaima series), Itou Shizuka (Basquash!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Saki, Sekirei, Shakugan no Shana series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), Kiyokawa Motomu (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Eve no Jikan, Hellsing), Matsukaze Masaya (Darker Than Black, Death Note, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Rockman.EXE, Sora no Manimani), Oohara Sayaka (Aria series, Asura Cryin' series, Fairy Tail, Honey and Clover series, Uminkeo no Naku Koro ni, Valkyria Chronicles, xxxHOLiC)
Synopsis: The final season for Nodame Cantabile.
Sims: Watching the live-action J-drama series (which came out roughly a year before the first season of the anime), pretty good. Can't wait to watch this one.
Katanagatari / Katana Story / Sword Story ~ Adventure/Fantasy
Airing/Length: Jan 25th / 12 episodes
Studio: WHITE FOX (Tears to Tiara)
Main Cast: Hosoya Yoshimasa (Denpa teki na Kanojo)
Supporting Cast: Ikeda Masako (Ace wo Nerae, Galaxy Express 999), Nakahara Mai (Bamboo Blade, Chrome Shelled Regios, Clannad series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, Midori no Hibi, sola, Spice and Wolf, Strawberry Panic!), Suzuki Chihiro (Elfen Lied, Hamtaro), Tamura Yukari (Clannad, Da Capo, Galaxy Angel, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Kampfer, Kanon (2002/2006), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Naruto Shippuuden, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Solty Rei, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo, Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Synopsis: Yasuri Shichika is seventh and last practionier of the Kyotouryuu School of Martial Arts living in the small Fushou Island with his sister Nanami during the Edo era of Japan. By decree of Shogunate Togame, he is to recover 12 remaining legendary swords possessing extraordinary powers forged by the legendary swordsmith, Shikizaki Kiki. Shichika is Togame's last hope to recover these swords, the first was a ninja but the ninja clan defected when they recovered one sword, the second a swordsman who decided to keep the sword for himself. With this order, Shichika starts his adventure to find these twelve legendary swords.
Sims: It looks like this will be 12 episodes long seeing as how there are 12 volumes of the light novel. In addition, each episode is about an hour long and will probably air once a month starting in January until its completion in December.
Sarai-ya Goyou / House of Five Leaves
Airing/Length: 2010 / ??
Studio: No data.
Main Cast: No data.
Supporting Cast: No data.
Synopsis: Ronin samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman but his naive nature has caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Desperate, he is assigned as a bodyguard for Yaichi, the leader of a gang called the "Five Leaves". Despite wrong impressions from the group's activities, Masanosuke is drawn deeper into the world of the Five Leaves and is found being fascinated by the group's mysterious outlaws.
Sims: Reportedly airing in the noitaminA timeblock, usually series in this timeblock are quite good. If not that, then it's a samurai series!
House of Five Leaves will not make it this season, as Nodame Cantabile is currently slated for the noitaminA time slot.
This list does not include Hetalia: Axis Powers which, as announced on Dec. 10th, will be continuing on into its third season. As trivial info: Hetalia started its first season last winter on the 26th of January.
Last updated: December 11th, 2009
History: November 29th, 30th; December 1st, 2nd, 6th, 11th
Winter 2010 TV Anime Line Up (15 total):
Cobra the Animation: Rokunin no Yuushi / Cobra the Animation: The Six Heroes ~ Action/Sci-Fi
Airing/Length: Jan 2nd / 13 episodes
Studio: Magic Bus (Cobra the Animation: The Psycho-Gun OVA; Time Drive OVA, Dragoon, Play Ball)
Main Cast: Sakakibara Yoshiko (Blue Seed, Hellsing series, Mobile Suit Gundam series, You're Under Arrest), Uchida Naoya (Death Note, Dinosaur King, Onegai Teacher!)
Supporting Cast: Honda Takako (Bleach, Hell Girl, Kara no Kyoukai, Trinity Blood), Inoue Marina (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Hayate no Gotoku! series, Kampfer, Maria Holic, Minami-ke series, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Valkyria Chronicles), Kusaka Yumi, Minagawa Junko (Aria series, Basquash!, CANAAN, Kampfer, Negima! Series, Trinity Blood), Ootsuka Akio (Black Jack series, CANAAN, Full Metal Panic! Series, Ghost in the Shell series), Orikasa Fumiko (Bleach, Chobits, Code Geass series, Digimon Tamers, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, One Piece, Shigofumi, Xam'd: Lost Memories), Sakamoto Maaya (Bamboo Blade, CANAAN, Death Note, Kanon (2002/2006), Kara no Kyoukai, Kuroshitsuji, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE), Shiraishi Ryoko (Da Capo, Hatsukoi Limited, Hayate no Gotoku! Series, Mahou Sensei Negima! Series, Natsu no Arashi! Series, Sky Girls), Takashima Gara (Cowboy Bepop, Detective Conan), Yamaguchi Kappei (Detective Conan, Death Note, InuYasha, One Piece, Pandora Hearts), Yamaguchi Mayumi (Digimon Tamers, Fullmetal Alchemist, Galaxy Angel)
Synopsis: Cobra, a well known space pirate, decides to change his face and clear all of his memories. He lives out a normal life but soon begins to remember old memories and sets forth to begin new adventures.
Sims: This is the second TV series for the Cobra series, the first one debuting back in early 1980's and is most likely a sequel.
Yes, this was totally copied straight out of the Summer 2009 TV series list.
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Owarinaki Unmei / In a Distant Time 3: Neverending Destiny ~ Adventure/Fantasy
Airing/Length: Jan 3rd / ??
Studio: Yumeta Company (Honey and Clover, Miracle Train ~Ooedo-sen he Youkoso~)
Main Cast: Kawakami Tomoko (Air, Aria series, Elfen Lied, Kanon series, Keroro Gunsou)
Supporting Cast: Hamada Kenji (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Honey and Clover series), Hanawa Eiji (Antique Bakery, Hataraki Man), Hoshi Souichiro ( Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Sengoku Basara), Inoue Kazuhiko (Detective Conan series, Naruto series, Seiken no Blacksmith), Ishida Akira (Chaos;HEAd, Neon Genesis Evangelion series), Kawamura Maria (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Slayers series), Kuwashima Houko (Clannad series, InuYasha series, Macross Frontier, Soul Eater), Miki Shinichiro (Fate/stay night, Full Metal Panic! Series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Initial D series, Pokemon series), Miyata Kouki (07-Ghost), Nakahara Shigeru (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing), Okiayu Ryotaro (Akikan!, Clannad series, Fullmetal Alchemist, Seiken no Blacksmith), Seki Tomokazu (Full Metal Panic!, Initial D series, Kanon, Lucky Star, Neon Genesis Evangelion), Takahashi Naozumi (Digimon series), Toriumi Kousuke (Naruto series)
Synopsis: The third and final season. Based on a female-targeted fantasy romance game.
Sims: Reverse harem. That's all you need to know.
Chu-Bra!! ~ Comedy
Airing/Length: Jan 4th / ??
Studio: ZEXCS (Macademi Wasshoi!, Umi Monogatari)
Main Cast: Chihara Minori (Ga-Rei -Zero-, Lucky Star, NEEDLESS, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Minami-ke), Kotobuki Minako (Hatsukoi Limited, K-ON!, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun), Yahagi Sayuri (Aoi Hana, Asura Cryin' series, Ga-Rei -Zero-, Guin Saga, Hatuskoi Limited, Shugo Chara! Series, sola, To Love-Ru)
Supporting Cast: Hikasa Youko (Asura Cryin', K-ON!), Oohara Sayaka (Aria series, Asura Cryin' series, Fairy Tail, Honey and Clover series, Uminkeo no Naku Koro ni, Valkyria Chronicles, xxxHOLiC), Sakurai Takahiro (Bakemonogatari, Code Geass series, Zero no Tsukaima series), Satou Yuudai (Souten no Ken)
Synopsis: Story revolves around Hayama Nayu (Chihara Minori), a middle school student who wears black lace underwear, the kind she likes to wear, on the first day of school. She wishes to spread this type of phenomenon via an underwear club with her fellow classmates who are worried about their body development and what type of underwear they should wear.
Sims: ...
So-Ra-No-Wo-To / Sora no Oto / Sound of the Sky ~ Music
Airing/Length: Jan 4th / 13 episodes
Studio: A-1 Pictures (Birdy the Mighty Decode series, Fairy Tail, Kannagi, Valkyria Chronicles)
Main Cast: Aikawa Juri (Sora no Manimani), Endo Aya (Basquash, Kanamemo, Lucky Star, Macross Frontier, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun), Kitamura Eri (Asura Cryin' series, Bakemonogatari, Ga-Rei -Zero-, Minami-ke series, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu series, Toradora), Kobayashi Yuu (Candy Boy, Gintama, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Maria Holic, Nyan Koi!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, School Rumble, Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Yasokawa Mayuno (Gedo Senki, Howl's Moving Castle), Yuuki Aoi (Akikan!, Kure-nai, Yumeiro Patissiere)
Supporting Cast: Fukuen Misato (Darker than BLACK series, To Love-Ru, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Yozakura Quartet), Ishizuka Unshou (Cowboy Bepop, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Initial D series, Pokemon series, Sousei no Aquarion)
Synopsis: In the future, in a town known as Seize, after long drawn out wars have come to a gradual decline, 15 year old Sorami Kanata (Aikawa Juri) enlists into the army joining a unit of five girls who protect a fortress near a small village. These girls play brass music that echo across the skies over towns and the ocean where neither people nor fish remain.
Sims: Yes, the character designs do look similar to K-ON!. The music director, Oshima Michiru, did the soundtrack for Fullmetal Alchemist (orig. series) and Nabari no Ou. Regardless of the character designs looking similar (I could careless), this series still looks promising.
Seikon no Qwaser / The Qwaser of Stigmata ~ Action/Supernatural
Airing/Length: Jan 4th / 24 episodes
Studio: Taki Corporation
Main Cast: Sanpei Yuko (Eureka Seven, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Kimi ni Todoke), Shimizu Ai (D.Gray-man, sola, Strawberry Panic!)
Supporting Cast: Chiba Susumu (Burst Angel, Gintama, Hikaru no Go), Chihara Minori (Ga-Rei -Zero-, Lucky Star, NEEDLESS, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Minami-ke)), Fujimura Ayumi (Hatsukoi Limited, Kaze no Stigma, Seiken no Blacksmith, Tegamibachi, Xam'd: Lost Memories), Hanazawa Kana (Asu no Yoichi, Bakemonogatari, Basquash!, Kobato., Sketchbook ~full color'S~, To Love-Ru), Hikasa Youko (Asura Cryin', K-ON!), Hirano Aya (Death Note, Fairy Tail, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, White Album), Kawasumi Ayako (Fate/stay night, Initial D series, Kanokon, Kanon, Nodame Cantabile, Shakugan no Shana), Ookawa Toru (CANAAN, Fullmetal Alchemist), Toyosaki Aki (Akikan!, K-ON!, Kanamemo, Seiken no Blacksmith)
Synopsis: St. Mikhailov Academy. Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver haired, Russian boy named Alexander (Sanpei Yuuko), or Sasha for short. He's a qwaser who can manipulate iron but he requires help from a girl in order to restore his power.
Sims: Read a few chapters of the manga when it was first announced back in May. Ehh, um, I wish I could explain how Sasha restores his power with the help of a girl. I'll give ya'll a hint: the bigger the knockers, perhaps the better the power restoration output.
Imagination at its peak, ladies and gentlemen.Ladies versus Butlers! ~ Comedy/Romance
Airing/Length: Jan 5th / ??
Studio: XEBEC (Buso Renkin, Love Hina, Over Drive, Tales of Eternia, To Love-Ru)
Main Cast: Kawasumi Ayako (Fate/stay night, Initial D series, Kanokon, Kanon, Nodame Cantabile, Shakugan no Shana), Nakahara Mai (Bamboo Blade, Chrome Shelled Regios, Clannad series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, Midori no Hibi, sola, Spice and Wolf, Strawberry Panic!), Okitsu Kazuyuki (Toradora)
Supporting Cast: Goto Mai (ef series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu), Hidaka Rina (To Aru Majutsu no Index, xxxHOLiC), Ise Mariya (Hatsukoi Limited, NEEDLESS, Yes! Precure 5 series), Koshimizu Ami (Code Geass series, Eureka Seven, School Rumble series, sola, Spice and Wolf series, Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Kugimiya Rie (Fullmetal Alchemist series, Gintama, Hayate no Gotoku series, Shakugan no Shana series, Toradora!), Sakuma Kumi (Black Blood Brothers, Gokujo Seitokai)
Synopsis: Light novel adapatation. Hino Akiharu, an ordinary high school student, who looks like a delinquent, enrolls into an academy that used to accept only upper-class female students where the majority of the students are females, and is placed into the servant training department. This particular academy he enrolls into trains students to become either a maid or a butler.
Sims: There's only just the one male (Okitsu Kazuyuki) in the voice cast. Kugimiya voices a male character though.
Omamori Himari / Guardian Himari ~ Action/Comedy/Romance/Supernatural
Airing/Length: Jan 6th / ??
Studio: ZEXCS (Macademi Wasshoi!, Umi Monogatari)
Main Cast: Hirakawa Daisuke (School Days, Shangri-La, Zero no Tsukaima), Koshimizu Ami (Code Geass series, Eureka Seven, Kimikiss ~pure rouge~, Maria-sama ga Miteru, School Rumble series, sola, Spice and Wolf series, Strike Witches, Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Supporting Cast: Okame Asuka (Chrome Shelled Regios), Neya Michiko (Eureka Seven, Full Metal Panic! Series, Fullmetal Alchemist, Honey and Clover, Hyakko, Initial D series), Nomizu Iori (Sora no Otoshimono), Shimamura Yuu (NEEDLESS), Shindou Kei (Kodomo no Jikan, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Sora no Otoshimono)
Synopsis: Seven years ago, Amakawa Yuuto's (Hirakawa Daisuke) parents died leaving him living alone at home without a single relative to take care of him. His childhood friend, Kuzaki Rinko, has taken care of him since then. However, the only thing he possesses from any relative is a mysterious charm given to him by his grandparents. Up until his 16th birthday, the charm will cease to protect him from evil spirits and he walks into Himari, a cat spirit who wields a katana and hunts down demons, who swears to protect Yuuto at all costs. The issue here is: Yuuto's very allergic to cats.
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu / The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures ~ Comedy/Fantasy/Romance
Airing/Length: Jan 6th / ??
Studio: SILVER LINK (ef -a tale of melodies-, Tayutama ~Kiss on my Deity~)
Main Cast: Harada Hitomi (Sasameki Koto), Shimono Hiro (Asura Cryin' series, ef series)
Supporting Cast: Hirata Mana (Taishou Yakyuu Musume.), Isomura Tomomi, Katou Emiri (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Bakemonogatari, Lucky Star, Princess Lover!, Soul Eater, Telepathy Shoujo Ran), Miyata Kouki (07-Ghost, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series), Mizuhashi Kaori (Aria series, Hidamari Sketch series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, To Love-Ru), Nanjou Yoshino (CANAAN, Da Capo II), Ootsuka Akio (Black Jack series, CANAAN, Full Metal Panic! Series, Ghost in the Shell series), Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Sora no Otoshimono), Taketatsu Ayana (K-ON!, kissXsis), Terashima Takuma (Chrome Shelled Regios, Macademi Wasshoi!, Princess Lover, Shigofumi, Sousei no Aquarion), Tsuda Kenjiro (Prince of Tennis series)
Synopsis: Light novel adaptation. Set in a school that strictly ranks each student into their classes and the type of equipment each classroom uses based on their test scores. Akihisa Yoshii, the "idiot", is in the 2nd year F class the lowest ranking class in the school where the classroom is ill-equiped. Himeji Mizuki, the smartest girl of all the 2nd years and Akihisa has feelings for her, had a fever one day and couldn't take a test and was placed into F class thereafter. Along with Yuuji Sakamoto, class F's president, Himeji and Akihisa, they aim to take on higher-tiered classes with the help of summoned creatures. And, so begins the win-all take-all battle for supremacy.
Sims: The trailer has caught my attention. I *might* watch this purely for the comedy.
Dance in the Vampire Bund ~ Action
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: SHAFT (Bakemonogatari, ef series, Maria Holic, Natsu no Arashi series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series)
Main Cast: Nakamura Yuuichi (Clannad series, Fairy Tail, Kimi ni Todoke, Macross Frontier, Shangri-La, Shugo Chara! Series), Yuuki Aoi (Akikan!, Kure-nai, Yumeiro Patissiere)
Supporting Cast: Kaida Yuko (Asura Cryin' series, Maria Holic, Sekirei, Taishou Yakyuu Musume.), Itou Shizuka (Basquash!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Saki, Sekirei, Shakugan no Shana series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), Saito Chiwa (Bakemonogatari, Keroro Gunsou, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Panipani Dash!, Tsukuomi - MOONPHASE-)
Synopsis: Mina Tepes (Yuuki Aoi), a vampire princess, wants to create a special district for her own kind off the coast of Japan and gains permission to create such a special district as a result of her paying off the entire national debt of the Japanese government. Her plan for peace within the human world may be jeopardized as opposition from terrorists and rival factions are plotting her assassination before her world-changing announcement.
Durarara!! ~ Action/Romance
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: Brains Base (Akikan!, Kure-nai, Spice and Wolf II)
Main Cast: Toyonaga Toshiyuki (Kanokon, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!)
Supporting Cast: Fukuyama Jun (Akikan!, Code Geass series, Nyan Koi!, Special A, Spice and Wolf series, Tegamibachi, xxxHOLiC), Hanazawa Kana (Asu no Yoichi, Bakemonogatari, Basquash!, Kobato., Sketchbook ~full color'S~, To Love-Ru), Horie Kazuma (Special A), Kaji Yuuki (Miracle Train ~Ooedo-sen he Youkoso~, Yozakura Quartet), Kamiya Hiroshi (Bakemonogatari, Honey and Clover series, Macross Frontier, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series), Kobayashi Sanae (Darker than BLACK series, Macross Frontier series, Sousei no Aquarion), Kuroda Takaya (Kure-nai, Ristorante Paradiso, Sora no Kakeru Shoujo, Viper's Creed, Wolf's Rain), Miyano Mamoru (Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series, Souten Kouro, Soul Eater, Vampire Knight series, Wolf's Rain), Nakamura Yuuichi (Clannad series, Fairy Tail, Kimi ni Todoke, Macross Frontier, Shangri-La, Shugo Chara! Series), Ono Daisuke (11eyes, Chaos;HEAd, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Minami-ke, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Yozakura Quartet), Takagaki Ayahi (Chrome Shelled Regios, Special A, Sasameki Koto, Sora no Otoshimono)
Synopsis: Light novel adaptation. Dubbed a "warped adolescent fantasy romance" series based on "high-tension suspense action" light novels. Set in the Ikebukuro ward of Tokyo, Ryuugamine Mikado transfer to a high school in Ikebukuro at the invitation of his childhood friend Masaomi. Upon his first day in the city, he witnesses an urban legend: the Headless Rider on a black motorcycle.
Sims: There's varying summaries everywhere, so I just let it end at the mentioning of a headless Ghost Rider man on a motorcycle.
Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ / Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu / Sunshine Sketch x Three Stars ~ Comedy/Slice of Life
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: SHAFT (Bakemonogatari, ef series, Maria Holic, Natsu no Arashi series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series)
Main Cast: Asumi Kana (Kampfer, Sekirei, Shugo Chara! Series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Umi Monogatari), Goto Yuko (Code Geass R2, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Shuffle!, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Special A, Tears to Tiara, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Mizuhashi Kaori (Aria series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, To Love-Ru), Shintani Ryoko (Galaxy Angel series, Maria Holic, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Seiken no Blacksmith)
Supporting Cast: Kugimiya Rie (Fullmetal Alchemist series, Gintama, Hayate no Gotoku series, Shakugan no Shana series, Toradora!), Matsuki Miyu (Da Capo series, Hayate the Combat Butler series, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series), Sawashiro Miyuki (Bakemonogatari, CANAAN, Chrome Shelled Regios, Kure-nai, Maria Holic, Rozen Maiden, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Tegamibachi)
Synopsis: Third season of Hidamari Sketch. Two new freshmen, Nazuna and Nori, join the girls at the Hidamari-sou (Sunshine Manors) who live directly across the street from their school.
Sims: ( X ' _________ ' )
Ookamikakushi / Sly Wolf/God ~ Action/Drama/Horror/Mystery/Supernatural/Thriller
Airing/Length: Jan 7th / ??
Studio: AIC (Asu no Yoichi, Candy Boy, Nyan Koi!, Special A)
Main Cast: Kobayashi Yuu (Candy Boy, Gintama, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Maria Holic, Nyan Koi!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, School Rumble, Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Supporting Cast: Fuchigami Mai (Sora no Manimani), Fujita Saki (Chrome Shelled Regios, Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, Yozakura Quartet), Goto Yuko (Code Geass R2, Hidamari Sketch series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series, Shuffle!, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Tears to Tiara, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Ise Mariya (Hatsukoi Limited, Macademi Wasshoi!, NEEDLESS, Yes! Precure 5 series), Katou Emiri (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Bakemonogatari, Lucky Star, Princess Lover!, Soul Eater, Telepathy Shoujo Ran)
Synopsis: From the creator of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni. In 1983, 16 year old Kuzumi Hiroshi (Kobayashi Yuu) moves to a new town, Jyougamachi, which is situated near mountains. The town is divided by a river separating the old and new Jyougamachi, but regardless of this division many mysterious cultures remain. He gets along with all of his classmates but one: Kushinada Nemuru, the class president, who offers Hiroshi a warning to stay away from old streets. Mysteries left to be uncovered and terror await young Hiroshi.
Sims: Title has two meanings. "ookami" can mean "Wolf" or "God". Hence the promotional posters asking the question: "Wolf? or God?".
Hanamaru Kindergarten ~ Comedy/Slice of Life
Airing/Length: Jan 10th / ??
Studio: GAINAX (FLCL, Honey and Clover series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Main Cast: Mako (School Rumble, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo), Shindou Kei (Ikkitousen series, Kodomo no Jikan series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Takagaki Ayahi (Chrome Shelled Regios, Special A, Sasameki Koto, Sora no Otoshimono)
Supporting Cast: Aoyama Kiriko (Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos), Fujimura Ayumi (Hatsukoi Limited, Kaze no Stigma, Seiken no Blacksmith, Tegamibachi, Xam'd: Lost Memories), Fujita Mami, Hazuki Erino (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka, Aria series, Kyou no Go no Ni), Hino Satoshi (Hatsukoi Limited, Ikkitousen series, Naruto Shippuuden series, Shakugan no Shana series, Zero no Tsukaima series), Hirota Shion (Inukami!, Umineko no Naku Koro ni), Honna Youko (Futari wa Pretty Cure series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Igarashi Hiromi (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza), Ise Mariya (Hatsukoi Limited, Macademi Wasshoi!, NEEDLESS, Yes! Precure 5 series), Konishi Katsuyuki (Bamboo Blade, Hetalia Axis Powers, Pokemon series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Tytania), Mizuhara Kaoru (Kanamemo, Lucky Star, Princess Lover!), Numakura Manami, Ogasawara Arisa (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Series, Wolf's Rain), Okame Asuka (Chrome Shelled Regios), Saito Chiwa (Bakemonogatari, Keroro Gunsou, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Panipani Dash!, Tsukuomi - MOONPHASE-), Satou Arise (Mobile Suit Gundam 00), Tsunematsu Ayumi (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series), Wakabayashi Naomi (Fullmetal Alchemist, Juuni Kokuki), Yoshida Mayumi (Himawari series, Love Love?), Yusa Koji (Claymore, Ergo Proxy, Ikkitousen series, Nyan Koi!)
Synopsis: Revolves around three girls in kindergarten and their teachers.
Sims: Looking at the trailer, it looks like these three kindergartners want to have a relationship with one of their teachers. The problem (more like, it's normal) is that this particular teacher has his eyes on another teacher. If anything, it could be similar to Kodomo no Jikan. Man, they start so young.
Nodame Cantabile Saishuu Gakushou / Nodame Cantabile: The Final Movement ~ Comedy/Music
Airing/Length: Jan 14th / ??
Studio: J.C. Staff (Azumanga Daioh, Hayate the Combat Butler!!, Kimikiss ~pure rouge~, Shakugan no Shana series, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Toradora)
Main Cast: Kawasumi Ayako (Fate/stay night, Initial D series, Kanokon, Kanon, Shakugan no Shana), Seki Tomokazu (Doraemon, Full Metal Panic!, Initial D series, Kanon, Lucky Star, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Telepathy Shoujo Ran)
Supporting Cast: Asanuma Shintaro (Aoi Hana, Asu no Yoichi!, Da Capo, Hatsukoi Limited, Minami-ke series, Nyan Koi!, Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou), Hino Satoshi (Hatsukoi Limited, Ikkitousen series, Naruto Shippuuden series, Shakugan no Shana series, Zero no Tsukaima series), Itou Shizuka (Basquash!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Saki, Sekirei, Shakugan no Shana series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), Kiyokawa Motomu (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Eve no Jikan, Hellsing), Matsukaze Masaya (Darker Than Black, Death Note, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Rockman.EXE, Sora no Manimani), Oohara Sayaka (Aria series, Asura Cryin' series, Fairy Tail, Honey and Clover series, Uminkeo no Naku Koro ni, Valkyria Chronicles, xxxHOLiC)
Synopsis: The final season for Nodame Cantabile.
Sims: Watching the live-action J-drama series (which came out roughly a year before the first season of the anime), pretty good. Can't wait to watch this one.
Katanagatari / Katana Story / Sword Story ~ Adventure/Fantasy
Airing/Length: Jan 25th / 12 episodes
Studio: WHITE FOX (Tears to Tiara)
Main Cast: Hosoya Yoshimasa (Denpa teki na Kanojo)
Supporting Cast: Ikeda Masako (Ace wo Nerae, Galaxy Express 999), Nakahara Mai (Bamboo Blade, Chrome Shelled Regios, Clannad series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, Midori no Hibi, sola, Spice and Wolf, Strawberry Panic!), Suzuki Chihiro (Elfen Lied, Hamtaro), Tamura Yukari (Clannad, Da Capo, Galaxy Angel, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Kampfer, Kanon (2002/2006), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Naruto Shippuuden, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Solty Rei, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo, Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Synopsis: Yasuri Shichika is seventh and last practionier of the Kyotouryuu School of Martial Arts living in the small Fushou Island with his sister Nanami during the Edo era of Japan. By decree of Shogunate Togame, he is to recover 12 remaining legendary swords possessing extraordinary powers forged by the legendary swordsmith, Shikizaki Kiki. Shichika is Togame's last hope to recover these swords, the first was a ninja but the ninja clan defected when they recovered one sword, the second a swordsman who decided to keep the sword for himself. With this order, Shichika starts his adventure to find these twelve legendary swords.
Sims: It looks like this will be 12 episodes long seeing as how there are 12 volumes of the light novel. In addition, each episode is about an hour long and will probably air once a month starting in January until its completion in December.
Sarai-ya Goyou / House of Five Leaves
Airing/Length: 2010 / ??
Studio: No data.
Main Cast: No data.
Supporting Cast: No data.
Synopsis: Ronin samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman but his naive nature has caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Desperate, he is assigned as a bodyguard for Yaichi, the leader of a gang called the "Five Leaves". Despite wrong impressions from the group's activities, Masanosuke is drawn deeper into the world of the Five Leaves and is found being fascinated by the group's mysterious outlaws.
Sims: Reportedly airing in the noitaminA timeblock, usually series in this timeblock are quite good. If not that, then it's a samurai series!
House of Five Leaves will not make it this season, as Nodame Cantabile is currently slated for the noitaminA time slot.
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