Summer Anime 2017 Preview: It's all about Super Powers!

Hello everyone! This is my preview for the upcoming Summer anime 2017 which begin this July! (Some of the series synopsis are taken from other sources)

Gamers!: Amano Keita is a loner who love video games and he discovered the beauty of the school, Karen Tendou is also a gamer and she created a gaming club for her own amusement!

Hajimete no Gal: Junichi want to get laid and decided to woo the gyaru in his class, Yame Yukana. What he didn't expect was Yukana seriously ended up falling in love with him and how Junichi overcome "the first time" in dating.

Kakegurui: Yumeko Jabami enrolled in Hyakkaou Private Academy where the elite students used anything to bet and losers were made to suffer their abuses. Yumeko decided to teach them a lesson by showing what high stakes are all about.

Fate/Apocrypha: In an alternative timeline, something went wrong during the Holy Grail War and one of the great magic families decided to wage war against the Magic association. As such both sides employed Mages/Master and Spirits/Servants for the Great Holy Grail War..

Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni: Mochizuki Touya found himself in a fantasy world where magic and monsters exist. With only a smartphone on hand, Touya began the adventure of a lifetime!

Koi to Uso: In the near future, when young people in Japan turn sixteen, they are assigned a marriage partner by the government. Yukari Nejima lives in a small corner of the country, and just can't seem to get ahead in life. Both academically and athletically he's below average. But within him, he hides a heart burning with passion! In this world in which love is forbidden, what will happen to him when he falls in love?

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu: Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is a student of D-class where is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyou in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.

New Game!!: Season two of the misadventures of Aoba and her co-workers in a video game company.

Knight's & Magic: Eru whose past life was a fan of mecha was reincarnated into a world where robots and magic exist. With his unusual knack for mecha, Eru decided to create the most powerful robot in the kingdom!

Jikan no Shihaisha: Chronos Rulers (Jikan no Shihaisha) are those who fight the time-eating demons that appear when people wish they could turn back time.

Aho Girl: Yoshiko is a complete idiot who is proud of getting zero and eating bananas all day long. With her childhood friend and weird classmates by her side, Yoshiko's life is never a boring one!

Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart: One day, Nora meets a girl named Patricia in a park. Patricia says that she is a princess of the underworld, and has come to the surface world to destroy all life. But the first time she touches someone in the surface, she faints and Nora finds himself nursing her. Patricia asks Nora to tell him the secrets of life and Nora starts by explaining the adult magazine that they found in the park.

Isekai Shokudou: An ordinary restaurant hold a secret-Every Saturday, it led a portal to another world where customers who are not from this world paid a visit to the restaurant for it's meals and drinks...

Princess Principal: The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases

Enmusubi no Youko-chan: In a world where Youkai and Humans live together and love each other. But the life of humans is limited and Youkai who lose their loved ones have to continue living without them. Even if the humans are reborn and the Youkai find their partner again, previous memories are lost to the human.

So a certain ‘service’ became popular among Youkai. Some Youkai can revive the lost memories of their love. If some Youkai loses a loved one and still desires them, they can go and buy the service and restore the lovers memory, starting over with days full of love.

The Reflection: From Comics Book Legend Stan Lee, come a show which was inspired by Boku no Hero Academia about what will you do if you have Super Powers one day?

Nanamaru Sanbatsu: A show about who is quick in pressing the buttons and answering questions in a game show!

Jigoku Shoujo: Yoi no Togi: Hell Girl return again for 6 new episodes!

Centaur no Nayami: Himeno is a sweet, shy girl who like many teens her age, struggles with the trials and tribulations of attending high school. The difference is she's a centaur and she's not alone...

Saiyuki Reload Blast: After years of travelling, Sanzo and his companions finally arrived in India but not everything is what they seem to be...

Dive!!: After Free, another swimming inspired show about hot guys in swimming trunks!

Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic: Liones Yelistratova a pure princess from a small country enters a school in Hokkaido on a spring day. The school is a specialized educational institution operated by ALCA to train Logicalists, who maintain world peace.

Battle Girl High School: From the popular App game of the same name.

RoboMasters the Animated Series: Based on the DJI-hosted RoboMasters competition, which is the world's biggest student robotics competition.

Clione no Akari: The story centers around an illness-stricken, constantly bullied orphan girl named Minori. After one rainy day, she doesn't turn up at school, having been admitted into a hospital in a distant town. Two months pass and the girl's two school friends, Takashi and Kyouko, receive a mysterious email with no sender listed. The email reveals a summer festival taking place at a nearby town...

Tenshi no 3P!: From the people who gave you Rokyubu come another show where cute little girls now play musical instruments!

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits: The story about how local heroines does good things to help people and to promote the town's popularity at the same time.

Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ: Season 4 of the action music battle series. (Seriously, how come this show keep getting new seasons every two or three years?)

Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita: Kominami Shizuka is a mild-mannered college student who is having trouble adjusting to city life. One day, she meets Kirishima Ryou, another student who projects the image of a cool older sister. The two hit it off but Shizuka is shocked when Ryou attempts to seduce her. Shizuka initially assumes that Ryou is a lesbian but Ryou is in fact a man who dresses like a lady.

Made in Abyss: A little orphan girl named Rico lives in the town of Ousu on the edge of the Abyss. Her dream is to become a Cave Raider like her mother and solve the mysteries of the cave system.

Mahoujin Guru Guru (2017): A retelling of the popular 90s anime of the same name.

Musekinin Galaxy☆Tylor: Another retelling of a little know anime series from the 90s.

Marvel Future Avengers: When three kids Makoto, Adi, and Chloe were kidnapped by Hydra, the Avengers rescued them and learn that the trio have super powers. Deciding to recruit the kids into become new Avengers, the kids now learn to fight alongside their favourite Marvel Superheroes!

Looking at this list, some of you might have guess which show I most probably hype for and it is Marvel Future Avengers! Yes, it is a kids' show and yes, it is weird that everyone speak Japanese and has many anime tropes in it.

However I did reviewed Marvel Disk Wars Avengers a few years back and it is pretty good despite a rocky start. Using the same cast as Disk Wars, it is pretty decent and by the end, it is actually better than a lot of current Marvel series from the west, eg: Avengers Assemble.

Fate/Apocrypha which I have started reading the manga and so far, it is pretty hardcore with both sides having their own agenda and the servants themselves are pretty bad-ass. It also mark the first appearance of Ruler aka Joan of Arc in anime form and her reasons for her appearance intertwine the war.

The rest of the shows of course, I will have to watch it first before deciding what to follow after three episodes. What are the shows you are looking forward to? Leave your comments and see you in July!

Spring Anime 2015 Preview: Cooking! Ninjas!! DIGIMON!!!

Hello everyone! This is my preview for the upcoming Spring anime 2015 which begin this April! (Some of the series synopsis are taken from other sources)

 

Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: The most popular character in the Haruhi series finally take centre stage based on the Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi novels. With Nagato being the shy librarian which fans have come to love!

 

Nisekoi Season 2: The second season of the wacky love comedy about a guy trying to find his long lost childhood love through a key and a lock necklace.

Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku: The story of the original light novels and manga revolves around high school girl Eruna Ichinomiya, who enters the Mikagura Academy dreaming of a boarding school life filled with beauty. However, Eruna finds out that in the culture clubs, there is a rule that battles that are fought with special powers decide a club representative's treatment. Through various circumstances, Eruna becomes a representative of a club, and is thrown into the fray

Show by Rock: A kitty girl wearing Gothic Lolita clothing named Cyan is scouted by Maple Arisugawa, the president of a music agency. From there, she meets Chuchu, the honor student rabbit girl, a net geek dog girl named Retoree and an alien sheep girl named Moa. Together, they form the band named "Plasmagica," and aim for the top of the world.

Grisaia no Meikyuu/Grisaia no Rakuen: Based on the PC adult games of the same name, the two shows will air back to back to complete the entire trilogy.

Denpa Kyoushi: Junichiro is a child prodigy but he love anime and has became a NEET. However his elder sister forced him to work as a relieved teacher in a high school and he used his love of anime to help the students.

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid: The side story of Takamichi Vivio, the adopted daughter of Legandary Mahou Shoujo hero, Takamichi Nanoha and her adventures as she began her life in a magical school

Baby Step Season 2: The second season of the tennis anime about Ei Chan who strive to the best in tennis. The story will shift to America as he challenge the international players from an elite tennis school.

Owari no Seraph: The story takes place in a world where an unknown virus has killed the entire human population except for children. Those children were then enslaved by vampires. The manga centers on Yuichiro Hyakuya, a human who dreams of becoming strong enough to kill all vampires.

Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka?: The story takes place in the town of labyrinths, Orario, also called "Dungeon." Bell Cranel is a newbie adventurer that admires "Having a fateful meeting with a person of the opposite gender." One day during an adventure, he is attacked by a Minotaur. Close to destruction, he is saved by a top-class female adventurer, Eyes Warenstein. He falls in love with her at first sight, and begins actions to become an adventurer that is on her level.

Digimon Adventure Tri: After 15 years of waiting, the third chapter of the Original Digi Destined Kids returned for one last adventure with their Digimon partners!

 



Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic: The second season of the slice of life comedy about Alice, a girl from England who stay with her Japanese friend, Shinobu and the funny moments of lost in translation.

 



High School DxD BorN: The third season of the Harem comdey about Issei who is transformed to a demon and possessed a powerful artifact, the Boosted Gear on his arm.

Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki: The second season of the sci-fi horror mecha show.

Gintama Season 3: The third season of the everyday misadventures of Gintoki and his friends as they struggle in a society where aliens and samurais clashed every day!

Houkago no Pleiades: Subaru discover her best friend, Aoi is part of a group who is trying to gather alien fragments for an alien being named Pleiades who wanted to return to her home planet.

 
Robot Girls Z Plus: The hot blooded action comedy based on Toei's super robots series get a second season.

Shokugeki no Souma: Souma works in a small eating house with his father and after impressing Erika who studied in an elite culinary school, he was forced to enrol in the same school where the passing rate is less than 10 per cent.

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Season 2: The conclusion arc based on the UBW storyline where the truth of Archer's origins is revealed.

Kekkai Sensen: A breach between Earth and the nether worlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish super humans is working to keep it from happening.

 

Etotama: The story revolves around Nya-tan, the cat of Chinese astrology who wants to become a member of the Chinese zodiac. Nya-tan is simple and suffers from memory loss, and she tries various foolish ways to become a member. She meets Takeru Tendo, a high school student who lives alone in Akihabara, and becomes a freeloader at his house. Little by little, she gets closer to her goal.

 Re-Kan!: Hibiki Amami, a girl who can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena in her surroundings. The stories follow her daily life with both her friends and the otherworldly.

Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation: Tohru Kazasumi, an ordinary student becomes embroiled in a multi universal battle between his world and the parallel world of “Frontier S (Stratos).” This meant that Tohru must fight himself from an alternate world.

PriPara 2: The second season of PriPara.

Hibike! Euphonium: Kumiko Oumae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school's brass band club as a first year. Kumiko's classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school...

Yamadakun to Nananin no Majo: Ryu Yamada is a second year student at Suzaku High. Ryu is always late for school, naps in class and gets abysmal grades. His life is a dead bore. The beautiful Urara Shiraishi, on the other hand, is Suzaku High's brightest student. One day, without explanation, their bodies are swapped! Ryu ends up in Urara's body, and Urara in Ryu's.

 Vampire Holmes: Based on the Mobile game of the same name.

Plastic Memories: This story takes place in a future not too far away when androids that look exactly like humans begin to spread across the world. The android production company SA Corp. produced Giftia, a new kind of android that has the most amount of emotion and human-like qualities out of any other model ever seen. However, due to problems in technology, the androids have a service life, and once they pass that, they... Well, it gets pretty bad. For this reason, SA Corp. creates a terminal service in order to retrieve Giftia that have gone past their service life. A new employee at the terminal service named Tsukasa Mizugaki forms a team with the Giftia Isla to retrieve the other androids, but...

Ninja Slayer From Animation: Based on the light novels of the same name, it tells an ordinary salary man whose family was murdered, got possessed by a ninja spirit and is on a one man vengeance against the evil forces in the city.

 

Arslan Senki: Arslan is the young and curious prince of Pars who, despite his best efforts, doesn't seem to have what it takes to be a proper king like his father. At the age of 14, Arslan goes to his first battle and loses everything as the blood-soaked mist of war gives way to scorching flames, bringing him to face the demise of his once glorious kingdom. However, it is Arslan's destiny to be a ruler, and despite the trials that face him, he must now embark on a journey to reclaim his fallen kingdom.

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru Zoku: Second season of the love comedy.

Triage X: Mochizuki General Hospital boasts some of the most well-trained (and well-endowed) nurses in town. But though these ladies spend much of their day battling disease, their after-hours are spent fighting a very different sort of sickness... Under the leadership of the hospital chairman, a handful of staff members and local teenagers form a group of mercenary assassins, targeting the "cancers" of society and excising those individuals before their wickedness spreads.

Kyoukai no Rinne: As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura's has been empty since the start of the school year. Then one day her always-absent classmate Rinne Rokudo shows up, and he's far more than what he seems..

 

Urawa no Usagi-chan: An original anime to advertise Urawa City in Saitama, Japan. The project features eight anthropomorphic girls representing the stations in the prefecture, which have "Urawa" with their names

 

So what shows I am anticipating this Spring? Shokugeki no Souma which I am enjoying the manga for two reasons. One is we had not have a competitive cooking theme series for a long time. The last one if I can remember was Cooking Master Boy which is more than twenty years ago. So Shokugeki no Souma is something that I am enjoying it plus the fact that the female characters who taste the food have ridiculous reactions similar to having an orgasm!

 

High School DxD, Robot Girls Z, Gintama, Baby Step, Unlimited Blade Works and Kiniro Mosaic are shows that I have followed previously so it is on my watch list. Nanoha Vivid might be a hit or miss since the focus is on Vivio rather than Nanoha herself. Digimon Tri could be good since I heard a lot of good things. (I started with Tamers so I am not familiar about the first two seasons) 

 

Kyoukai no Rinne which is done by Inuyasha's creator, Takahashi Rumiko make me worried since this show can easily hit the 100 episodes mark based on her previous works. Triage X make me wondered why the author isn't continuing High School of the Dead which many fans including me is waiting for. Ninja Slayer might be cool since it is done by the people who did Kill La Kill.

 

So what are you looking for this Spring? Leave a comment and we will see you this April for the new shows!