Posted April 2, 2012 by Elaine Cepeda in Anime/Manga

Spring Anime List 2012 (part 3)

See Spring Anime List PART 1 here.

See Spring Anime List PART 2 here.

Sankarea

The story revolves around Chiharu Furuya, a high school freshman who is obsessed with zombies. Even his dream is to “kiss a zombie girl”. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, Chiharu gets to know an elegant, pretty girl named Rea Sanka, and together, they try to revive Chiharu’s pet cat Baabu who died in an accident. Chiharu discovers that Rea wants to get away from her many responsibilities by becoming a zombie herself.

Studio: Studio DEEN

Broadcaster: BS/BS-TBS

Airing date: April 5

Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/sankarea/

Cast

Maaya Uchida as Rea Sanka

Ryohei Kimura as Chihiro Furuya

Mayumi Asano as Aria Sanka

Misato Fukuen as Baabu

Saori Hayashi as Mogi

Sayuri Yahagi as Ranko Saounji

Seirou Ogino as Doon Furuya

Shiro Saito as Jogarou Furuya

Shuuhei Iwase as Yasutaka

Unshou Ishizuka as Dan’ichirou Sanka

Yuka Iguchi as Mero Furuya

Accel World

The “future teen” story revolves around a bullied middle school boy named Haruyuki. One autumn day in 2046, he has an encounter with Kuroyukihime, the prettiest girl in his school, that changes his life. Through a mysterious piece of software from Kuroyukihime, Haruyuki learns of the existence of the virtual “Accel World”. In that moment, the lowest of the “school caste” becomes “Burst Linker”, a knight defending a princess.

Studio: Sunrise

Broadcaster: Tokyo MX

Airing date: April 6

Official Site: http://www.accel-world.net/

Cast

Aki Toyosaki as Chiyuri

Sachika Misawa as Kuroyukihime

Shintarou Asanuma as Takumu

Yuuki Kaji as Haruyuki

Haruka Tomatsu as Megumi

Kenichi Suzumura as Ash Roller

Ginga e Kick off!!

The story follows a boy who was in the soccer team, but it was disbanded due to not enough players. However, after the boy meets a female profession soccer player, he aims to bring his soccer team back.

Studio: TYO

Broadcaster: BS Premium

Airing date: April 3

Official site:http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/ginga/

Mariko Nakatsu as Erika Takato

Yu Kobayashi as Shouta

Houko Kuwashima as Misaki Shimizu

Kenn as Kota Furuya

Kokoro Kikuchi as Takuma Aoto-Gonzalez

Kyousuke Ikeda as Tagi Sugiyama

Riiko Tazawa as Reika Saionji

Rikiya Koyama as Masaru Hanashima

Shinnosuke Tachibana as Ryoji Furuya

Yoshimasa Hosoya as ?z? Furuya

Fate/Zero S2

Sequel of the Fate/Zero series. Taking place 10 years before the events of Fate/stay night, this series chronicles the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War. The War of the Holy Grail is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete to obtain the power of the “Holy Grail,” which grants a miracle.

Studio: ufotable

Broadcaster: Tokyo MX

Airing date: April 7

Official Site:http://www.fate-zero.jp/

Cast

Ayako Kawasumi as Saber

Rikiya Koyama as Kiritsugu Emiya

ako Ohtsuka as Rider/Iskander

Akira Ishida as Ryounosuke Uryuu

Daisuke Namikawa as Waver Velvet

Hikaru Midorikawa as Lancer

Jouji Nakata as Kirei Kotomine

Megumi Toyoguchi as Sola-Ui

Ryotaro Okiayu as Berserker

Sayaka Ohara as Irisviel von Einzbern

Sho Hayami as Tokiomi Tohsaka

Takumi Yamazaki as Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald

Tarusuke Shingaki as Kariya Matou

Tomokazu Seki as Archer

Kana Ueda as Rin Tohsaka

Noriko Shitaya as Sakura Matou

Future Rhythm Dear My Future

Sequel of the Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream series. In the story, Rhytm Amamiya and Aira Harune aspire to compete in Prism Show, a new sport that combines skating, dancing, and singing.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production

Broadcaster:TV Tokyo/BS Japan

Airing date: April 7

Official site:http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/prettyrhythm/dmf/

Cast

Sakura Ayane as Ayami

Tsuda Minami as Karin

Ookubo Rumi as Mia

Takamori Natsumi as Reina

Kuroko no Basuke

Taiga Kagami has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Tetsuya Kuroko of the school’s basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary “Generation of Miracles” basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship against Kuroko’s former teammates.

Studio: Production I.G

Broadcaster:MBS/Tokyo MX

Airing date: April 7

Official site:http://www.kurobas.com/

Kensho Ono as Tetsuya Kuroko

Yuuki Ono as Taiga Kagami

Chiwa Saito as Riko Aida

Daisuke Ono as Shintaro Midorima

Hirofumi Nojima as Shun Izuki

Ryohei Kimura as Ryouta Kise

S?ichiro Hoshi as Yukio Kasamatsu

Takuya Eguchi as Shinji Koganei

Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Kazunari Takao

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Junpei Hyouga

Jewel Pet Kira Deco!

Spin-off of the Jewelpet series.

Studio: Studio Comet

Broadcaster:TV Tokyo

Airing date: April 7

Official site:http://www.jewelpet.jp/

Upotte!!

A transfer teacher encounters a girl at a shooting range and finds her marksmanship skills to be professional. The girl tells the new teacher that she is an assault rifle, not a student. Her name is FNS and is an assault rifle of Seishou Academy. The new teacher attends school the next day to find students, including FNC, practicing shooting M16s and realizes that he has come to an unbelievable school.

Studio: XEBEC

Broadcaster:Nico Nico Douga

Airing date: April 7

Official site:http://www.upotte.jp/

Cast

Iori NomizuasFunko (FNC)

Misuzu TogashiasIchiroku (M16A4)

Kaori SadoharaasShigu (SG550)

Mami KosugeasJiisuri (G3A3)

MinaasFaru (FAL L1A1)

MisatoasEru (L85A1)

Saeko Z?g?asIchiyon (M14)

Nazo no Kanojo X

The story revolves around Tsubaki Akira, who one day notices the anti-social transfer student Urabe Mikoto drooling on her desk while she is sleeping, and he tastes it. Eventually, the two begin to date and get to know each other better.

Studio: Hoods

Broadcaster: Tokyo MX

Airing date: April 7

Official site:http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/nazokano_x/

Cast

Ayako Yoshitani as Mikoto Urabe

Miyu Irino as Akira Tsubaki

Misato Fukuen as Youko Tsubaki

Ryou Hirohashi as Ayuko Oka

Yuuki Kaji as Kouhei Ueno

Cardfight!! Vanguard Second Series: Asia Circuit Hen

Sequel of the Cardfight!! Vanguard series. Sendo Aichi, is a timid boy in his third year of middle school. He had been living his life trying not to stand out. However, he had one thing that kept him going – the “Blaster Blade,” a card from a card game that was given to him when he was a little. That card is the reason why he begins to engage in Card Fights, something that changes his life drastically.