Animeph

I haven’t written any news for some time now, so here I come again.

Fall season is coming closer and again there are lots of great new anime shows and second seasons to look forward to. But before that I would like to sum up the highlights of this Summer season’s anime shows:

Both Umisho and Doujin Work are certainly great comedy shows, but that’s mainly because they are based on outstanding manga. It’s not like those adaptations were made poorly, but they doesn’t really suppress their manga in any aspect. Still they are definitely worth watching.
Mushiuta is a fantasy show that is rather unique in its content. There are lots of mysteries, twists and deep meanings. This show has great potential but it is yet uncertain if it will live up to my expectations.
Potemayo is simply outstanding for being one of the cutest and funniest shows I have ever seen. There are just so many cute and hilarious situations and characters.
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei also is a great show because of its funny characters and especially its suicidal main character.
Zero No Tsukaima 2 is as good as the first season was, while I think the fighting scenes are performed and animated rather poorly this time. Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan 2 also is as crazy and funny as ever.
Last but not least, School Days is probably the show which has stunned me most this season. I already heard rumors of those who played the game about its main character Itou being an indecisive jerk, while the game itself is one of the best ever made and the first one to be fully animated . Harem main characters in general do not have a good reputation in the anime community. However, Itou even tops them all in indecisiveness and being an asshole. By episode 11 he already had sex with his entire class and still does not realize what he is doing wrong or how this could possibly hurt anyone like the numerous girls who consider themselves his girlfriend. There isn’t any real graphic nudity, but implementing sex into the story like it was intended by the original game is rare among harem anime adaptations. School Days is pretty different and outstanding for an anime show of a genre that has been reproduced so often that many fans wonder why it still isn’t losing any popularity. It’s a little bit sad that many fans transfer faults that a character of an anime possesses and see them as faults of this anime itself, which also happened with Neon Genesis Evangelion a lot. I hope that this does not happen with School Days as well because I think it’s a very interesting show, even though Itou is so bad that he almost doesn’t seem credible as a character. I hope that the coming last episode will round it up perfectly which would be difficult, but I don’t really care if it will be a sad, bitter-sweet or happy ending. Keep checking by…

Anime TV:

14.06.2007 Devil May Cry Genre: Action, Horror, Fantasy http://dmc-tv.com/

24.06.2007 till ? Tetsuko no Tabi Genre: Seinen http://www.tetsuko.jp/

03.07.2007 till ? Nanatsuiro Drops Genre: Fantasy, Romance http://www.nanatsuiro.com/

04.07.2007 till ? Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho Genre: Shounen, Comedy, Ecchi http://www.umisho.com/

04.07.2007 till ? Zombie-Loan Genre: Action, Horror, Fantasy http://www.zombie-loan.com/

04.07.2007 till ? Doujin Work Genre: Comedy, Otaku http://www.doujin.tv/

04.07.2007 till ? School Days Genre: School, Romance, Harem, Drama http://www.schooldays-anime.com/

04.07.2007 till ? Buzzer Beater Genre: Sports http://www.ntv.co.jp/buzzer

04.07.2007 till ? CODE-E Genre: Romance, Comedy, Sci-Fi http://avexmovie.jp/lineup/code-e/

05.07.2007 Sky Girls TV Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Loli http://www.konami.jp/visual/skygirls/

05.07.2007 Mushiuta Genre: Shounen, Fantasy http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/mushiuta/

06.07.2007 till ? Happy Happy Clover Genre: Shoujo, Animals http://www.kids-station.com/minisite/hapihapiclover/index.html

07.07.2007 till ? Potemayo Genre: Moe, Comedy http://www.potemayo.com/

07.07.2007 till ? Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery http://www.oyashirosama.com/web/

08.07.2007 till 23.09.2007 Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (Sayonara Sad Sensei) Genre: Comedy, School, Parody http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/zetsubou/

09.07.2007 till ? Moetan Genre: School, Comedy, Mahou-shoujo, Moe http://www.ink-chan.com/

13.07.2007 till 28.09.2007 Mononoke (Ayakashi Sequel) http://www.mononoke-anime.com/

14.07.2007 till 29.09.2007 Zero No Tsukaima 2: Soutsuki No Kishi Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Magic http://www.zero-tsukaima.com/

19.07.2007 till 04.10.2007 Shigurui Genre: Samurai http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/shigurui/

27.07.2007 Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou Tou Dai ni Maku Genre: Action, School, Fantasy, Horror http://www.majin2.com/

27.07.2007 till ? BACCANO! Genre: Shounen, Action http://www.baccano.jp/

28.07.2007 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Stage 24&25 Genre: Mecha, Action, Sci-Fi, Drama http://www.geass.jp/

xx.07.2007 Soukou Kihei Votoms Pailsen Files http://www.votoms.net/pailsen/

25.08.2007 till ? Saishuu Shiken Kujira Genre: Romance, Harem http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/kujira/

Anime DVD OVA:

08.06.2007 till ? Tales of Symphonia Genre: Fantasy, Adventure http://ova-tos.com/

20.06.2007 till ? Strait Jacket Genre: Shounen http://www.straitjacket.jp/

22.06.2007 till ? Prince of Tennis – Simifinal Genre: Sports –

08.08.2007 Red Garden – Dead Girls Genre: Mistery, Horror http://www.trinet-ent.com/deadgirls/

xx.07.2007 Hells Angels –

xx.07.2007 Petit Eva (Evangelion parody) –

24.08.2007 till ? Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan OVA2 (Beating Angel Dokuro-chan 2) Genre: Comedy, Fantasy http://www.bin-kan.com/

Anime Movie:

06.05.2007 Highlander http://www.imagi.com.hk/movie/web/highm.htm

14.07.2007 Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl – Dialga vs. Palkia Genre: Shounen, Fantasy, Action http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/main.html

21.07.2007 Piano no Mori – The Perfect World of Kai http://www.piano-movie.jp/

04.08.2007 Naruto Shippuuden Movie 1 Genre: Shounen, Ninja, Action, Comedy http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/movie2007/index.html

xx.08.2007 Vexille: 2077 Nippon Sakoku Genre: Sci-Fi http://www.vexille.jp/