I chose this anime on a whim, but the more I look into it the more I am excited about it. It has a more serious feel to it and I get a Black Lagoon vibe from it. Jormungand was actually in the same publication as Black Lagoon and a few of the staffers worked on the Black Lagoon series as well. I don’t think this will have the same charisma that BL had, but I do think this is a series that we all should check out. The manga has been completed too, so there is more freedom for the studio to do what they want. It is from the same studio that brought us Stiens;Gate and Katangatari, which means it has quite a bit of potential in it. It is also interesting that a second season has already been planed even before season 1 has aired. A good serious action anime is not something that comes very often, so I am pretty excited about this anime. I just hope I don’t put too many expectations on Jormungand because hype is the number 1 killer of good anime.

I know what you are thinking, “A fishing anime about saving the world? AWESOME!” DAMN STRAIGHT! All joking aside, this actually looks like a really fun anime. The slice of life coming of age feel to it looks like it will be a blast to watch. It also has a sci-fi twist to it, which will make the anime stand out from the rest. It is being produced by A-1 Pictures, which has been producing some of the best anime as of late, like Ano Hana, Working, Ao no Exorcist, and Occult Academy. Tomokazu Sugita will also be voicing one of the main characters too and he is easily my favorite voice actor. I look forward to seeing how the chemistry of the main characters work. This series will live or die by whether they click or not. I have a good feeling about this anime and will certainly be eagerly awaiting its release.

You’ll see the following phrase on a lot of preview blogs coupled with apologies for the lame pun, but I will not be apologizing: I am jazzed for Apollon! In the past couple of years, Josei manga-turned-anime have been a joy to watch (Usagi Drop and Chihayafuru, for example), and this premise that turns the clock back to a different era and playing music is really great. I love the concept of being in the 60’s since the approach to music will be different than modern series and apparently very jazz-centric. To this day, I still think Bebop’s music is the best in anime ever, and with director Watanabe and music by Kanno, Apollon stands as my most anticipated anime of the Spring. I’m not really familiar with the studios (this’ll be MAPPA’s main debut project), but the art and quality animation in the trailer is really solid. One slight concern is that like many Josei series, this is based on an ongoing manga, but that didn’t stop Usagi Drop or Chihaya from being really enjoyable to watch. It’s also an award-winning manga which also adds to the hype.

When I saw the name, looked at the image, and read the description I wrote this off as a stupid harem anime, but then I dug a little deeper and now I am actually pretty intrigued by this anime. At first impression you get a series about the daily lives of people who bake bread in a fantasy world, but there looks to be quite a bit of action in it as well. It is the baking theme that threw me off, although I did watch Yakitate Japan and ended up baking bread because of it. This anime is actually based off of a PSP game that was released back in 2010 and the trailer for that game looks pretty cool. This is also a Production I.G anime and while they’ve done crap before, typically I tend to like their anime and their animation quality is some of the best you’ll find. Hiroshi Kamiya will be voicing the main character and while he probably is only doing it because he voiced the game as well, I tend to like his work.

I am sure since its announcement that most of us have been keeping an eye on this series. Eureka seveN is easily one of the best and most stylish of the BONES’ anime. If you haven’t seen it yet, you are missing out. Lately I haven’t been able to put as much weight behind the studio because their projects just haven’t been on par with their earlier works. That is why I am glad that they are coming back to the Eureka seveN universe. Although the series concluded nicely, there really is a lot they can do with it. I just hope that it doesn’t become a more Moe version or that they mimic too much of the original story. I want to see a new fresh work from them. The director is the same from the original, which could mean good things. This is easily one of the best looking new shows to air in the spring season.

Fukube sounds kind of like me with that awesome memory bank! Anyways… Yasuhiro Takemoto and Shoji Gotoh who’ve previously done Full Metal Panic (the latter being the original creator) work together with the much respected Kyoto Animation to adapt this Honobu Yonezawa mystery novel. You can easily see the high-quality animation that Kyoto will provide, and 21 episodes is a unique count, which makes me wonder if they’ve meticulously planned out how they plan to adapt the original source content. I could see this becoming one of the most talked about shows for Spring and into Summer, and I’d be willing to be patient with it through early episodes that might not have as strong an impact as later episodes.

If there ever was a shameless attempt at advertising and pandering this anime would be the king, or queen rather, of it. Not only does it sound like a complete rip off of Macross, it also plays on Gundam naming. It merely plays off the fame of a stupid idol group and it attempts to sell more of their shit to people. Avoid this show… nay, boycott it. I will not watch the first episode and I strongly urge that you don’t as well. If you watch it, you will bring shame to your family and to your decedents.