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Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby TerraRose » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:54 pm

[Kalium: Link redacted.]

I saw the Basquash thread, and it's a little early to go mad on the new shows that haven't aired, so why not start a general discussion of what's coming and what's on people's "gotta check this out" list for the new season?

I'm the kind that is willing to give most episode ones a shot, but some of the shows that have caught my eye personally are:

Sequels
Kiniro no Corda ~second passo~
Hayate no Gotoku
Dragonball Kai - Just to see what they're doing bringing out Dragonball again.
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST - Same as above

New
Phantom - Requiem for the Phantom - It looks like the kind of show that'll be kickass and bend your mind. Always fun to follow one or two each season :3

Guin Saga - The fact that it has an english language version of the site that I can actually read about the background of it makes me interested. An anime based on an international novel series? I want to know what they do with it and I hope it's well done because I'd LOVE to see lots of anime to my own favorite novel series.

07-Ghost - I like pretty boys, I admit it, but I also have a nagging question... Why are his eyes Red in the splash image and Green in the promo? I WANT TO KNOW.

Most of the other shows seem to look pretty generic and straightforward, not that I won't watch and like them, but they don't seem to impressive to me at a glance. But that's where discussion comes in, cuz I can't read japanese and maybe other people know things I don't.
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby Pas » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:03 pm

K-ON!

Other than that, I can see the new FMA being pretty popular, but personally the shows that have caught my attention would be Saki and perhaps Natsu no Arashi. Oh and did I mention K-ON!? YEAAAAHHHHHH!
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby EvaFan » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:07 pm



FINALLY! :up:
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby TerraRose » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:09 am

Pas wrote:K-ON!

Other than that, I can see the new FMA being pretty popular, but personally the shows that have caught my attention would be Saki and perhaps Natsu no Arashi. Oh and did I mention K-ON!? YEAAAAHHHHHH!


*looks into them*
K-ON looks like a show about... an all girl band? Is there a manga about it? Any particular reason why you're so emphatic about or are you just extremely enthusiastic about music-oriented anime?

Saki looks like a school anime... all girls...? Are they playing Mahjong? The flavor of the splash page seems to imply it being a silly show with silly mindbending tensions...

Natsu no Arashi looks very oldschool with modern CG. Do you know anything about it besides a flying girl with a geek?
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby Ishbalan » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:23 am

Eden of the East is by Kenji Kamiyama, so I'm gonna watch that.

FMA is a given.

I'll watch Saki just because it looks like Akagi's polar opposite. Akagi is considered one of the most manly animes of all time because throughout the entire series, there isn't a single woman, not even in the background.
Saki is all girls.

Im still debating about watching Hayate no Gotoku 2. I watched the first season and laughed hard every 8 or so episodes. The rest was just drivel, and the new OVA just released gave me a massive headache.
Then again, I will probably watch it simply because Norio Wakamoto is the narrator.

Pas tends to have good taste, so I'll check out K-ON. Girls with guitars sounds awesome already.
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby ScorpionP » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:16 am

I will definitely check out the following shows:
Sengoku Basara - Production I.G. probably won't dissappoint
Queen`s Blade - hoping for lots of nudity
K-ON! - sounds interesting
Basquash! - like the idea
FMA - for obvious reasons
Tears to Tiara - game was great, so I'm hoping this gets a good anime, just like Utaw

Shows that also caught my interest but I know nothing about them so I'll be waiting for 1st eps before I decide wether I'll watch them or not:
Asura Cryin`
Pandora Hearts
Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica Crimson S
Guin Saga
Senjou no Valkyria
Saki
Natsu no Arashi!
Tayutama
Hatsukoi Limited
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby Ishbalan » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:38 pm

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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby Flame-X » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:47 am

I'm gonna be watching...

Full Metal Alchemist
Tears to Tiara
Queen's Blade
Hayate The Combat Butler 2
Sengoku Basara
Valkyria Chronicles
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby hasteroth » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:50 pm

I will be watching:

Full Metal Alchemist
K-ON
Valkyria Chronicles
Tears to tiara
Spice and Wolf 2
Hayate 2
To Heart 2
To LOVE-Ru
Queen's Blade

Will check out 1st ep before deciding:
Pandora Hearts
Asura Cryin'
Shangri-La
Saki
Tayutama
Hatsukoi Gentei
Eden of the East

If I hear enough hype about the other ones or if anybody should reccomend them, I'll probably check out some others. In fact I might check them out on my own if the catch my attention later on.
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby hasteroth » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:52 pm

Sorry double post but I just forgot to add this

http://centakume.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/2009-03-08_00001.jpg
The image was to big to post. But this is the entire 2009 anime lineup.
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby TerraRose » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:40 am

Hotlinking is not allowed to that site, might want to upload it to something yourself first
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby hasteroth » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:22 am

TerraRose wrote:Hotlinking is not allowed to that site, might want to upload it to something yourself first

Oops didn't notice that. Well here ya go http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6054/2009030800001.jpg
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby Shambu2 » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:10 pm

Ishbalan wrote:Image


Yeah I'll probably be doing this.
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby TerraRose » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:10 pm

Oooo.... it has descriptions....

The descriptions makes me interested in Queen's Blade... and I know my brother will have his attention focused on it :3 His qualifiers for a good anime is having at least 2/3 of these qualities: Asskicking, Fanservice, Mindwarping. Queen's Blade is obviously #1+2

I'm disappointed in the description of Sengoku Basara... but I'd like it more if it was based on the manga Basara by Yumi Tamura. It obviously isn't and it just seems like a random politically oriented fighting series, but I do believe that "Basara" has a 4 gods theme at it's roots - don't know the details of the base story... and probably also has a rival factions feature... I'll watch episode 1 and if I'm not wowed it'd probably get dropped.

Asura Cryin looks more appealing after the description... Ghost girl = cool.

The description of Eden of the East kind of clshes with the picture in my head... is that little red-head supposed to be an American high-school or university graduate? Elementary school graduate works better unless she's a genius... With a big japanese boy to contrast... it kinda breaks my head.

Pandora Hearts has earned inklings of interest... deposed nobility has a certain something :3

K-ON looks like it'll be worth a good laugh.

Tears to Tiara looks more interesting from the description, a complex set of interactions that will be fun to follow methinks.

Also have even more interest to Ghost-07 - being on the run thrillers are cool...
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Re: Spring 2009 - What's new and worth checking out

Postby Ishbalan » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:27 pm

Adding Queen's Blade to my list for Mamiko Noto's sexy voice.
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