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Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 2nd Season
Studio: Sunrise Broadcaster: NHK-E Airing date: April 8 Official site: http://www.phibrain.net/index.html Cast Yukino Satsuki as Ana Gram Miyata Kouki as Cubic G Asanuma Shintarou as Daimon Kaito Shimizu Kaori as Itou Nonoha Fukuyama Jun as Sakanoue Gyamon Ono Daisuke as Doubt Kamiya Hiroshi as Freecell Saitou Momoko as Melancholy Hikasa Youko as Mizerka Sugita Tomokazu as Pinochle |
Sequel of the Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle series. Kaito Daimon is a brilliant 16-year old teenager who loves to solve puzzles. He acquires an enigmatic item called the Armaband of Orpheus that allows him to fully utilize his brain. Given the title of Einstein, Kaito battles against the mysterious group in order to keep a promise he made as a kid while at the same time he heads towards the ultimate test: the Divine Puzzle.
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Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A
Studio: Studio Gokumi Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Airing date: April 8 Official Site: http://www.saki-anime.com/ Cast Matsunaga Maho as Nijou Izumi Ogura Yui as Onjouji Toki Ishihara Kaori as Shimizudani Ryuuka Aoi Yuuki as Shizuno Takakamo Kana Hanazawa as Kuro Matsumi |
The Achiga Girl’s Academy in Nara once defeated regional mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. It advanced into the national team semifinals but lost to the eventual champion, and the mahjong club was later disbanded. Six years later, elementary school student Shizuno Takakamo befriends transfer student Nodoka haramura. The two eventuallyenter Aohiga Girls’, but Nodoka transfers out of the school in the second year. When Shizuno sees Nodoka on television the following year as the national middle school individual mahjong champion, she decides to revive Aohiga’s mahjong club.
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Tasogare OtomexAmnesia
Studio: Silver Link Broadcaster: Sun TV/Chiba TV Airing date: April 8 Official Site: http://www.amnesia-tv.com/ Cast Tsubasa Yonaga as Teiichi Niiya Yumi Hara as Yuuko Kanoe Eri Kitamura as Kirie Kanoe Misato Fukuen as Momoe Okonogi |
The story is set at a private academy that has a history of hauntings by spirits, including a ghost girl named Yuuko. For some mysterious reason, first-year middle school student Teiichi Niiya is the only person who can see Yuuko. Yuuko has no memory of her death, much less who or what caused it. Yuuko and Teiichi create an investigation club to find the truth about her death and the other mysteries of the school.
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Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
The story centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him. Studio: XEBEC Broadcaster: TV Tokyo/AT-X Airing date: April 9 Official Site: http://www.nyaruko.com/ Cast Eri Kitamura as Mahiro Yasaka Kana Asumi as Nyaruko Aya Hisakawa as Yoriko Yasaka Bin Shimada as Nodens Mariko Kouda as Ruuhii Jisuton Miyu Matsuki as Ku-ko Rie Kugimiya as Hasuta |
Related to the Haiyoru! Nyaruani anime.
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Jormungand
Studio: White Fox Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Airing date: April 10 Official Site: http://www.jormungand.tv/ Cast Mutsumi Tamura as Jonah Sayaka Ohara as Valmet Shizuka Itou as Koko Hekmatyar Unshou Ishizuka as Lehm |
As an unofficial weapon sellers, Koko Hekmatyar secretly sells weapons in many countries while avoiding the local authorities and law enforcements as most of her work is actually illegal under international law. Travelling with her is her team of bodyguards who are mostly composed of ex-military veterans. Her latest addition to her crew is Jonah, a seemingly emotionless child soldier who is skilled in combat yet ironically hates arms dealers. Jonah joins Koko as he wishes to find the arms dealer responsible for his family’s death.
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Eureka Seven Ao
Studio: Bones Broadcaster: MBS Airing date: April 12 Official site: http://eurekaao-prj.net/ Cast Kanako Miyamoto as Naru Arata Yuutaro Motoshiro as Ao Fukai Ayaka Ohashi as Fleur Blanc Chiaki Omigawa as Elena Peoples Kazuhiko Inoue as Truth |
Anime adaptation of Eureka Seven Ao, a manga sequel to the Eureka Seven television anime series. The “real mecha epic” will center around a boy named Ao who “set ‘destiny’ in motion again when he held the ‘power’”.|
Sakamichi no Apollon
Studio: MAPPA x Tezuka Productions Broadcaster: Fuji TV Airing date: April 12 Official Site: http://www.noitamina-apollon.com/ Cast Ryohei Kimura as Kaoru Nishimi Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sentarou Kawabuchi Aya Endo as Yurika Fukahori Junichi Suwabe as Junichi Katsuragi Yuuka Nanri as Ritsuko Mukae Amina Satou as Mariko Ayumu Murasae as Shigetora Maruo Nobuhiko Okamoto as Seiji Matsuoka Zenki Kitajima as Mukai |
In the early summer of 1966, Kaoru transfers to the local high school from Yokosuka. Thanks to his family’s nearly constant cycle of moving from town to town, Kaoru has only known school as a difficult place for readjusting everytime. However, on his first day at his school, he meets a boy and begins a new direction in life.
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Tsuritama
Studio: A-1 Pictures Broadcaster: Fuji TV Airing date: April 12 Official Site: http://www.tsuritama.com/ Cast Kouki Uchiyama as Natsuki Usami Miyu Irino as Haru Ryota Ohsaka as Yuki Sanada Tomokazu Sugita as Akira Agarkar Yamada |
In Enoshima, Yuki is a high school student who’s never been good at making real friends thanks to his abnormally poor communication skills. Haru is the self-styled alien who decides to teach Yuki to fish. Natsuki is an irritable born-and-raised-local. Akira is the mysterious Indian who watches them all from a distance. These four meet, fish, and find big adventures on their little island.
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Hyou-ka
Studio: Kyoto Animation Broadcaster: Chiba TV Airing date: April 22 Official Site: http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/kotenbu/ Cast Satomi Satou as Eru Chitanda Yuuichi Nakamura as Houtarou Oreki Ai Kayano as Mayaka Ibara Aki Toyosaki as Rie Zenma Daisuke Sakaguchi as Satoshi Fukube |
The story follows a boy named Houtarou who is not assertive about getting involved, but was ordered by his older sister to join the classic literature club. In the club, he gets close to the truth about an incident, involving a female member’s uncle, which happened 33 years ago. The energy-saving boy is joined by an inquisitive girl in this adolescent mystery.
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AKB0048
Studio: Satelight Broadcaster: GTV/Sun TV Airing date: April 29 Official Site: http://akb0048.jp/ Cast Akemi Kanda as Yuuko Ayako Kawasumi as Sawaka Kana Ueda as Tomochin Mai Nakahara as Sae Mamiko Noto as Kojiharu Miyuki Sawashiro as Acchan Ryoko Shiraishi as Takamina Yui Horie as Yukirin Yukari Tamura as Mayuyu |
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Stay tune for more anime series this Spring~!
Sources:
AnimeNewsNetwork, AniDB, Moetron, Neregate, Dannychoo.com
