Spring Anime List 2012 (part 2)
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Queen’s Blade: Rebellion Sequel of Queen’s Blade 2: The Evil Eye. After the 30th Queen’s Blade, Claudette becomes the queen. At first, she governs the country well by abolishing the heavy taxes and the aristocracy. However, her reign turns into terrorism by power and the Queen’s Blade is repealed. The Princess Knight of Rebellion, Annelotte organizes a rebel army and declares war against Claudette. Studio: ARMS Broadcaster: AT-X/Tokyo MX Airing date: April 3 Official Site: http://queensblade.tv/ Cast Aya Endo as Annalotte Aki Toyosaki as Mirim Ayaka Saito as Ymir Haruka Tomatsu as Tarnyang Kaori Mizuhashi as Elina Kei Shindou as Sainyang Minori Chihara as Huit Shizuka Itou as Liliana Yu Kobayashi as Shigi Yukiko Takaguchi as Vante |
Yurumates 3D The gag comedy centers on Yurume, an 18-year old rounin (a high school graduate who has yet to be accepted into college). Yurume moves to the outskirts of tokyo to study for the next entrance exams. She ends up living in Maison du Wish, an partment complex full of aimless “veteran rounin” who have been out of school for years. Studio: C2C Broadcaster: Sun TV Airing date: April 2 Official Site: http://www.takeshobo.co.jp/sp/tv_yuru/ Cast Momoi Haruko as Aida Yurume Kuwatani Natsuko as Kawano Sae Hino Satoshi as Matsukichi Matsuki Miyu as Tanaka Kumi |
Arashi no Yoru ni. Himitsu no Tomodachi Through an unlikely friendship between a goat and a wolf, Arashi no Yoru ni (One Stormy Night) is a heartwarming children’s story that explores themes about acceptance, loyalty despite differences, and highlights the important message that those from different backgrounds or cultures can be accepting and develop in to the very best of friend. Studio: Sparky Animations Broadcaster:TV Tokyo Airing date: April 4 Official site: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/arashinoyoruni/ Cast Yoshino Hiroyuki as Gabu Kugimiya Rie as Mei Yamadera Kouichi as Giro Horie Yui as Mii |
Kuromajo-san ga Touru! Chiyako Kurotori is a 5th grader who loves the occult. One day, she tries to divine her friend’s “cupid”, but thanks to a stuffy nose summons a witch named Gyubid instead. From that day on, Gyubid becomes Chiyoko’s magic instructor. She must learn to balance the grueling demands of her training with her normal school life. Studio: Shin-Ei Animation Broadcaster: NHK Airing date: April 4 Official Site: http://www.shin-ei-animation.jp/kuromajyo/ Cast Orikasa Fumiko as Choco Paku Romi as Gyubid |
Lupin III ~Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna~ Many people are falling prey to a suspicious new religion. Lupin III infiltrates this group, hoping to steal the treasure their leader keeps hidden. There he lays eyes on the beautiful, bewitching woman who has the leader enthralled. This is the sotry of how fashionable female thief Fumiko Mine first met Lupin III, the greatest thief of his generation. Studio: TMS Entertainment Broadcaster: NTV Airing date: April 4 Official Site:http://lupin-3rd.net/ Cast Daisuke Namikawa as Goemon Ishikawa Kanichi Kurita as Lupin III Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen Miyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko Mine Kouichi Yamadera as Inspector Zenigata |
Medaka Box Medaka Kurokami, the strongest girl in Hanokiwa Academy, leads the school’s student council. The student body can submit pleas for help, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, into the suggestion box that Medaka installed. Together with council members Zenkichi, Akune, Kikajima, she takes on the challenges in the school that include supernatural powers and near-constant battles. Studio: GAINAX Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Airing date: April 4 Official Site:http://medakabox.jp/ Cast Ai Kayano as Mogana Kikajima Aki Toyosaki as Medaka Kurokami Emiri Katou as Hansode Shiranui Yuuki Ono as Zenkichi Hitoyoshi Daisuke Namikawa as Kouki Akune |
Shirokuma Cafe The gag comedy follows the daily life of penguins, grizzly bears, and other animals at a cafe run by a polar bear. Studio: Pierrot Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Airing date: April 5 Official Site:http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/shirokumacafe/ Cast Fukuyama Jun as Panda Kamiya Hiroshi as Penguin Sakurai Takahiro as Shirokuma |
Acchi Kocchi Based on the 4-koma manga by Ishiki. Wouldn’t you just love to poke in a relationship between two young high schoolers who have a subtle distance between each other? Of course you would. Tsumiki and Io have this subtle distance that anyone would want to jump in between just to bug them. That’s what the other characters are there for. Tsumiki, being a tsundere and all, won’t be honest about her feelings toward Io. Io, on the other hand, is unaware of Tsumiki’s feelings, hence the subtle distance between the two. Now, let’s watch these two and see what events await them… Studio: AIC Broadcaster: TBS/BS-TBS Airing date: April 5 Official Site:http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ackc/ Cast Nobuhiko Okamoto as Io Otonashi Rumi Ookubo as Tsumiki Miniwa Hitomi Nabatame as Mayoi Katase Kaori Fukuhara as Hime Haruno Shintarou Asanuma as Sakaki Inui |
Natsuiro Kiseki Waking up in the morning, going to school, spending time with friends. These make up the days of four friends. They experience fun and sad things as well, and these days seem to go on forever, until one summer, a wonder happens. This is a story of four girls: Natsumi, a cheerful and frank girl, Saki, who is perfect in both studying and sports, Yuka, who is a fan of the idol group Four Seasons, and Rinko, who loves music. This warm yet refreshing summer-colored wonder will surely carry you along. Studio: Sunrise Broadcaster: MBS Airing date: April 5 Official Site: http://www.natsuiro-kiseki.jp/ Cast Kotobuki Minako as Aizawa Natsumi Tomatsu Haruka as Hanaki Yuka Takagaki Ayahi as Mizukoshi Saki Toyosaki Aki as Tamaki Rinko |
Sengoku Collection The story is set in the tumultuous Sengoku Era of historical Japan, when military masters circle the figurative throne of Japan’s first shogunate. “God of War Cards” have been sealed in six hidden treasures, and fighting breaks out among those who seek the treasures. Studio: Brains Base Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Airing date: April 5 Official site:http://www.konami.jp/products/sns_mob_sengokucollection/ Cast Kana Hanazawa as Daughter of PeaceIeyasu Tokugawa Rumi Ookubo as Devil King Nobunaga Oda Asuka Nishi as Elegant Man Bashou Matsuo Aya Takenouchi as Third Shrine Maiden Usagi-noro Ayumi Tsunematsu as One-Eyed Dragon Princess Masamune Date Haruka Kudou as Divinator Gennai Hiraga Mai Nakahara as Pure Love Angel Naoe Kanetsugu Mamiko Noto as Holy Virgin Kenshin Uesugi Rika Gaoitomo as Third Shrine Maiden Neko-noro Sayuri Hara as Beheading God Bokuden Tsukahara Yui Hasegawa as Third Shrine Maiden Kitsune-noro |
Stay tune for more anime series this Spring~!
Sources: AnimeNewsNetwork, AniDB, Moetron, Neregate, Dannychoo.com