Lots of anime have ended, april is wlecome for a bunch of new ones. Here is a short selection of the few I have seen (based on 1st episode so far), I provide a simple description, a DDL and a MAL
link. I choose Anime Tosho for DDL but Animetake or Animea also provide several mirrors
and formats.
I will update this page as soon as I've seen more (last update : 10 april 2012).
Let's start !
Kore wa zombie desu ka ? Of the dead
Comedy
Yes ! The 2nd season ! Kore wa Zombie desu ka is everything but a boring anime : the story of a student who is a zombie cross-dressed magical girl armed with a pink chainsaw, he hosts 3 girls at
home : a Ninja vampire, a magical girl with no power and a necromancer with lethal words.... yes it's weird. Add that new loli driking sake and vanish. If you never seen Zombie, you'd better
watch the 1st season.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/kore-wa-zombie-desuka-dead.8476.
MAL : Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka ? Of The Dead.
Sankarea
Horror - Romance
Let's stay with the Zombies and the story of a student (Furuya) who loves zombies, he even dream to fall in love with a cute zombie girl. One day, as his cat died, he found a rez spell and test
it on his cat. The 1st results are not good but he persists. And while he's trying to rez the cat he saw the local rich girl saying weird things out of loud just outside his home. She notices his
presence and finally they meet...
Astory that sounds good (we know something will happen), good characters, good fan service (just the minimum dont expect panties and pudding - this is why it's good), I expect more of the 2nd
EP.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/sankarea.8642.
MAL: Sankarea.
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Horror - Romance
Hoo a good one, well the 1st EP is good : Momoe is working in the Detective Club room and got a weird feeling, like if "something" was here with her all alone. She thinks it's her imagination
then she works back but the sensation wont leave, objects are moving by themselves, things are getting scary ... when Teiichi enters the room.
No I wont tell you what will happen just next but you must take a look, that EP is good idea, I hope the whole season to be like that !
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/tasogare-otome-x-amnesia.8852.
MAL : Tasogare Otome x Amnesia.
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
Comedy - Horror
Haa some of you already know Haiyore ! The short anime series based on HP Lovecraft's Chutlhu Mythos and you were waiting for something longer... Your wish has been granted, this is the 25 min
episodes serie.
The story... erm... Mahiro is a normal student who's chased my horrible monsters, he got his ass saved by a cute loli who pretends to be Nyarlathotep (yeah ! hehe). She's on earth to protect him
for whatever reasons, hum, she's in love with him is the number 1 reason ! But, she's not a girl she is the Chaos Deity !
Ok, ok. This is not a serious anime, it's funny, really funny, there are TONS of references (and not just about Cthulhu), a must-watch if you into comedy.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/haiyore-nyaruko-san.8719.
MAL : Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.
Medaka Box
Comedy - Action
Medaka is the perfect girl : she is beautifull (with big boobs), she is good at sport, good at everything in fact because she has the power to become number one in everything she does. This year
Medaka is zins the Council Student election and she takes her promises seriously by creating a suggestion box where students can ask for help. Because she can not work alone she requests the
help of her childhood friend, the only one who can "understand" her.
Interesting starts, no harem but a romance between the two protagonists. Design is a bit of special but it dont hurt, 1st EP is good.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/medaka-box.8799.
MAL : Medaka Box.
Hiiro no Kakera
Romance - Spiritual
Yeah this is a repost but it's an april serie (the 1st EP was shown as preview). I copy/paste
the terrible introduction i made : "It's a story of a girl who's visiting her grandma (she lives in a rural place) and while on her way to the family home she met weird creatures and been saved
by a cute-but-not-nice guy. She will learn that she is some sort of reincarnation of whatever special miko or such and she will be protected by 4 cute guys."
Noway, I suck when it comes to storytelling.
Anyway here are the links :
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/hiiro-no-kakera.8840.
MAL : Hiiro no Kakera.
Kimi to Boku 2
Slide of Life
Sorry I totally forgot to add this one last time !
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/kimi-boku-2.8875.
MAL : Kimi to Boku 2.
Accel World
Comedy - Action
The story takes place in a near future, it's a fat (and small) boy who meets a 2nd year student girl, the popular one, and change his life to something unexpected : a virtual world where he is no
longer that loser.
EP 1 & 2 have been pre-aired on the web, it's not bad but for the moment it's far to be the greatest anime ever. The hero is a fat coward student with always the same settings (he will be
strong blahblah). There are combats and a bit of romance, I wonder where this anime will lead...
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/accel-world.8691.
MAL : Accel World.
Acchi Kocchi
Romance - Comedy
A slice of life of a group of high schoolers with 2 main protagonists (Io and Tsumiki). Tsumiki loves Io but she is very shy and cant tell him. Not a big story to start with.
Dont get it wrong : it is funny ! Some made me laugh out of loud, really. It;s a short gags type that can remind you of Lucky Star (design and style).
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/acchi-kocchi.8890.
MAL : Acchi Kocchi.
Nazo No Kanojo X
Romance - Weird
Akira is a normal student. One day a transfert student is coming to his class : a girl, Urabe Mikoto, she is acting weird and she looks weird and everybody think she is weird. After class Akira
wakes up Mikoto and lips her saliva... and becomes addict of it because he falls in love of her. Finally the weird girl will be his girlfriend but he dont know she is even more weird then he
thinks.
It's not bad, let's say it's special. I dont know what to think about this anime yet, I need to see more.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/nazo-no-kanojo-x.8853.
MAL : Nazo no Kanojo X.
Upotte !!
Comedy
A new teacher is coming at school but he has no clue that this school is kinda special : specialising in guns, lethal guns. His 1st day wont be good as he will end at the hospital because he saw
one girl's panties.
Cute girls with guns, a classic, expect some fan service. It's a comedy so it means to be funny, well up to you to watch it, 1st EP is average.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/upotte.8829.
MAL : Upotte !!.
Saki : Achiga-hen - Episode of Side A
Majong - Slice of Life
This is NOT Saki 2, unfortunalty. It's the story of Nodoka years before the Saki's story. Nodoka is coming to her new school (yeah transfert from Tokyo) and she will join the local Mahjong club
leaded by Harue. She organize a match against the actual number 1 (Kuro)...
This is the 1st where all characters are introduced, raaah I want Saki 2 !
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/saki-achiga-hen-episode-side.8701.
MAL : Saki -Episode of Side A.
Natsuiro Kiseki
Slice of Life
4 girls doing their life with the up and down : the good when they all have fun toghether and the bad when 2 of them arguing and no longer be friends. Then Saki had to move to Tokyo and they
regret their behaviour until they decide to repeat something they did when they were younger : acting on a wish-stone to make her success as becoming idols and stay friends for ever... and
something will happen !
Hum. It's a promo anime for Sphere, not worth watching unless you into idols stuff.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/natsu-iro-kiseki.8804.
MAL : Natsuiro Kiseki.
Uchuu Kyoudai
Slice of Life - SciFi
In a near future the world is decided to colonize planet Mars, the program requires astronauts to be send to the Moon to build launch station and let them live there.
The Namba brothers have different life : the smaller one (Hibito) is a part of the austronauts program and the bigger (Mutta) just got fired from his car designer job. Mutta cant find a new job
and his life start to be hard, so Hibito helps him and Mutta will join the astronauts program too.
Anime for adults, not because of H or violence but the style is not for children. Not bad for the 1st, some humour, feelings, well not sure I'll stuck on that.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/uchuu-kyoudai.8865.
MAL : Uchuu Kyoudai.
Ozuma
SciFi - Action
Ok this is not a serie and it started in march but it deserve to be added in that selection.
In the future the earth is in bad state : the sea is made of sand and humanity is declining. The ones who lead the world are trying to find a way to avoid extinction while others decide to no
longer accept the law of these. Nothing's good. One day a young man is flying outside and he save the ass of a beautifull woman, it seems she's an important person because she is chased by
the army. Who is she and what secret does she hide ?
Old school design for new school animation. Seriously the design hurts at first (it looks really old like 70's as it's an old manga adaptation) and then watching it is ok because the story is
good.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/ozuma.8913.
MAL : . Ozuma.
Sengoku Collection
Comedy
Naoe is a normal guy with a normal life, one day a cute girl is literally falling on his head, coming from the sky. She pretends to be Oda Nobunaga an historical character, King of Japan
(see wiki) coming from a parallel world. Our hero dont really believe her but he let her speaking while he has to go to
work. Well, she will save his ass and he decide to take care of her.
Yup, you got it : the ultra classic hotty coming out of nowhere and sharing her life with the "normal" guy. One difference here : she dont pretend to be his wife and she dont love him.
DDL : https://animetosho.org/series/sengoku-collection.8848.
MAL : Sengoku Collection.
Not seen yet : Kuroko's Basketball, Yurumates 3D, Queen's Blade Rebellion, Polar Bear Cafe, Gakkatsu, Fate Zero II, Zetman and other shounen.