Anime UK News Autumn 2014 Anime Preview Part 2
Welcome to Part Two of the Autumn 2014 Anime Preview!
It’s time for another season preview because at the end of September we get 30+ new anime shows to enjoy, so it’s best to start picking what you want to watch now!
It will be a shame to see the summer season end what with the large variety of awesome anime. In fact it might be possible to say that 2014 is shaping up to be a rather excellent year for anime with many titles in many genres providing the sort of adventurous and exciting entertainment that creates otaku out of ordinary people, and the titles aired over the summer have played a massive part.
The autumn season is just like every other season in that it is made up of a variety of titles aimed at different audiences and all of that content can fill hundreds of hours of air time. There are ikemen comedies, moe titles, and lots of fantasy action titles that will appeal to everyone from shounen and shoujo to beyond. Even if there are fewer original show with insane synopses, it is simply mind-boggling to take it all in – which is why preview guides like this exist.
Anime UK News have put together a two-part autumn season preview which lists nearly all of the new television shows that will air in Japan from September to December and there is a lot to enjoy.
I was able to get this entire thing together thanks to a season guide, Anime News Network and MyAnimeList. I hope you can find something to watch when the autumn season launches. Stay tuned to the forums for streaming announcements!
Sora no Method (Heaven’s Method)
Synopsis
On a winter day the wish of a group of girls changes the landscape of their town. “In the skies above this town, a disc is always there.”
What is this disc? Is this supernatural or extraterrestrial? What could it all mean? What we do know is that this is a brand new idea which has seen the creation of a brand new studio, 3Hz. The director is Masayuki Sakoi (Strawberry Panic) and the script and story are from Naoki Hisaya. Music is by Tatsuya Katou (Mirai Nikki, World Conquest Zvezda Plot). Yukie Akiya, animation director on Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Noein – to your other self and character designer on Code:Breaker, is taking up a similar position.
Staff: Masayuki Sakoi (Director), Naoki Hisaya (Screenplay/Original Concept), QP:flapper (Original Character Designer), Tatsuya Katou (Music), Hirou Itou (Art Director), Yukie Akiya (Character Design/Chief Animation Direction)
Voice Actors: Inori Minase (Noel), Shiina Natsukawa (Nonoka Komiya), Aki Toyosaki (Yuzuki Mizusaka), Haruka Yoshimura (Koharu Shiihara), Kaito Ishikawa (Sota Mizusaka)
Studio: Studio 3Hz
Airing Date: October 02nd, 2014
Magic Kaito 1412
Synopsis
Kaito Kuroba is an amateur magician and the son of a man who was a professional before he died. Kaito loves performing tricks, much to the annoyance of his friend Aoko Nakamori who harbours a bit of a crush for the guy. When Kaito hears talk about a jewellery thief who uses magic during robberies and calls himself “Kaito Kid” it starts a series of discoveries – such as how Kaito’s father was a jewel thief named “Kaito Kid”. Who is the person committing these robberies and using his father’s alias?
People familiar with Case Closed/Detective Conan will immediately recognise the art style for this new anime because it’s by the same author, Gosho Aoyama. This new anime has been created as part of a project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Detective Conan’s serialisation in Shonen Sunday. Indeed, Kaito has gone head to head with Detective Conan in various stories!
Staff: Gosho Aoyama (Original Creator),
Voice Actors: N/A
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Airing Date: October 04th, 2014
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru (Yuuna Yuuki is a Hero)
Synopsis
The story takes place in the era of the gods, year 300. Yuuna Yuuki lives an ordinary life as a second year middle school student, but she’s also a member of the “Hero Club,” where club activities involve dealing with a mysterious being called “Vertex.”
Is this sci-fi or simply slice of life? Is this cute girls doing silly things or cute magical girls doing silly things and battling? The promotional video gives little away but the synopsis, copied directly from Anime News Network, suggests that there could be monster bashing. It is animated by Studio Gokumi (Saki Episode of Side A, A-Channel) and written and directed by Makoto Uezu and Seiji Kishi respectively, the two deserve respect for overseeing the wonderful comedy fantasy Humanity Has Declined. They also worked together on other anime such as Danganronpa The Animation and Devil Survivor 2 The Animation.
Staff: Seiji Kishi (Director), Makoto Uezu (Series Composition), BUNBUN (Original Character Designer)
Voice Actors: Yumi Uchiyama (Fuu Inubouzaki), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Itsuki Inubouzaki), Suzuko Mimori (Mimori Tougou), Haruka Terui (Yuuna Yuuki)
Studio: Studio Gokumi
Airing Date: October, 2014
Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn)
Synopsis
Yona is the princess of a kingdom ruled by her father… until her cousin Soo-won murders him to claim the throne. Yona flees the castle with a loyal guard named Hak and the two begin new lives but can they escape their past?
Mizuho Kusanagi’s shoujo manga sounds like it’s based on Korean history. The anime is from Studio Pierrot who have recently done sterling work on Tokyo Ghoul and The World is Still Beautiful. The director is Kazuhiro Yoneda (Tiger & Bunny, Aquarion Evol) and the writer is Shinichi Inotsume (The Pilot’s Love Song, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders). The music is composed by Kunihiko Ryo (Emma: A Victorian Romance, Twelve Kingdoms).
Staff: Kazuhiro Yoneda (Director), Mizuho Kusanagi (Original Creator), Shinichi Inotsume (Scripts), Maho Yoshikawa (Character Design), Kunihiko Ryo (Music)
Voice Actors: Chiwa Saito (Yona), Tomoaki Maeno (Soon Hak), Yusuke Kobayashi (Soo-won), Hiro Shimono (Zeno), Junko Minagawa (Yun), Junichi Suwabe (Jeha)
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Airing Date: October 10th, 2014
Gugure! Kokkuri-san
Synopsis
A little girl named Kohina accidentally summons a Kokkuri-san, a low-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san just happens to be a handsome, young man with white hair. When he sees her terrible eating habit of consuming cup ramen for every meal he decides he wants to protect her.
Cute little girl summons a hot yurei and hijinks ensue as her dog’s spirit and a tanuki get in on the action and each of these has an ikemen look. Well, maybe not the tanuki. Cute fun. Yoshimasa Hiraike, the man who oversaw Wagnaria!! and directed episodes of AKB0048 and Excel Saga, is in charge here and he’s working at TMS Entertainment, the people responsible for Monster Rancher and Yowamushi Pedal.
Staff: Yoshimasa Hiraike (Director), Midori Endo (Original Creator), Miwa Oshima (Character Design)
Voice Actors: Ryou Hirohashi (Kohina Ichimatsu), Daisuke Ono (Kokkuri-san), Jouji Nakata (Shigaraki), Takahiro Sakurai (Inugami)
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Airing Date: October, 2014
Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road
Synopsis
In the first season of Yowamushi Pedal, high school student Sakamichi Onoda is a high school student who is such an otaku he cycles around 60 miles over steep slopes to get to Tokyo’s Akihabara district and through his experiences he starts competitive cycling with the school’s cycling team.
Yowamushi Pedal has proven to be something of a hit and by the time the second season starts, a movie compiling moments from the first season will have been released in Japan to cap the first season and usher in the second. Many of the first season’s cast and staff return including director Osamu Nabeshima (D.Gray-man), writer Reiko Yoshida (Gad Guard, The Cat Returns), and character designer Takahiko Yoshida (Welcome to the NHK).
Staff: Osamu Nabeshima (Director), Wataru Watanabe (Original Creator), Reiko Yoshida (Series Composition), Takahiko Yoshida (Character Designer)
Voice Actors: Daiki Yamashita (Sakamichi Onoda), Jun Fukushima (Shokichi Naruko), Kousuke Toriumi (Shunshuke Imaizumi), Atsushi Abe (Miki Kanzaki), Megumi Han (Aya Tachibana)
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Airing Date: October, 2014
Denki-gai no Honya-san
Synopsis
Umio has a part time job at a manga store named Books Umanohone in the middle of “Electric Town” in the heart of the city (think Akihabara). Umio’s friends, co-workers and the manga loving customers he meets are a cast of strange and unique characters who get along really well.
Wow, the 8-bit chiptune music on the PV takes me back to some old school video games which were so hard they made you cry. It also makes me think this is going to be a meta-comedy. We’ve had gag anime set in schools, spaceships, manga studios and local government offices and now we get one set in a book store with Denki-gai no Honya-san (Electric Town Bookstore Worker) which is adapted from Asato Mizui’s manga. There are a lot of pluses for this anime in comedy terms. It’s animated by Shin-Ei Animation, the gang who animated Shin chan and the fantastially hilarious Tonari no Seki-kun and Hare+Guu. The writer is Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, writer on Level E, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes and Wooser’s Hand-to-Mouth Life as well as the more serious anime adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s manga Monster. Music comes from Hiroshi Takaki (AKB0048, Kyousogiga ONA). The director is Masafumi Sato, a man who worked on School Rumble.
Staff: Masafumi Seto (Director), Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Series Composition), Asato Mizu (Original Creator), Hiroshi Takaki (Music), Yurie Kuniyuki (Character Design/Chief Animation Director)
Voice Actors: Minami Tsuda (Sensei), Natsumi Takamori (Hiota), Ayana Taketatsu (Fu Girl), Mei Aizawa (Kameki), Yu Kobayashi (G Men)
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Airing Date: October, 2014
Selector Spread WIXOSS
Synopsis
WIXOSS is a card game that’s taking schools by storm. Legend has it that there exist “Ruling Cards,” female character cards with wills of their own. Special girls can hear the voices of the Rulings, and those who possess them are called Selectors – and these Selectors have card battles in a dimension that other humans cannot access. Winners of these battles get to have their wish granted. Ruko Kominato is one of these girls who finds a Ruling card and she discovers some disturbing truths about the game…
This is the sequel to the card game Selector Infected WIXOSS and it features many of the same staff and cast returning to familiar roles. It’s directed by Takuya Sato, a man with many interesting titles to his name like Steins;Gate and Armitage III. Mari Okada (Hana-Saku Iroha) is in charge of series scripts and Maiko Iuchi (A Certain Magical Index) is composing the music.
Staff: Takuya Sato (Director), Mari Okada (Script), Kyuta Sakai (Character Design), Maiko Iuchi (Music)
Voice Actors: Ai Kakuma (Ruko Kominato), Rie Kugimiya (Urisu), Ai Kayano (Hitoe Uemura), Chinatsu Akasaki (Aki Aoi), Asami Seto (Iona Urasoe), Misaki Kuno (Tama), Ayako Kawasumi (Hanayo), Mako Morino (Chiyori)
Studio: J.C. Staff
Airing Date: October, 2014
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (April is Your Lie)
Synopsis
Kosei Arima was a piano prodigy who was known far and wide but when his mother passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a concert. Now, he has abandoned the piano and can no longer hear the sound of any piano even though his hearing is perfectly fine. Then he met Kaori Miyazono, a beautiful, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Together, the two help Kosei regain his love for music and life.
People who have attended this year’s Japan Foundation tour or are familiar with Japanese films will recognise hints of the rather good 2007 film Shindo (Wonder Child) with this one. In a season with a few shoujo manga titles this one has a few things going for it considering it’s animated by A-1 Pictures, the studio who have animated Black Butler and the gorgeous Aldnoah.Zero. The scripts are handled by Takao Yoshioka, the person who worked on arguably the best anime of last year, WATAMOTE, which featured some of the strongest characterisation, emotional range and sharp, dark observations on human nature. Masaru Yokoyama (Arakawa Under the Bridge) is in charge of music and Yukiko Aikei (Accel World) holds two roles as character designer and chief animation director).
Staff: Kyohei Ishiguro (Director), Takao Yoshioka (Series Composition/Screenplay), Naoshi Arakawa (Original Creator), Masaru Yokoyama (Music), Yukiko Aikei (Character Design/(Chief Animation Director), Hisayo Usui (Art Director)
Voice Actors: Natsuki Hanae (Kosei Arima), Risa Taneda (Kaori Miyazono), Ayane Sakura (Tsubaki Sawabe), Ryota Ohsaka (Ryota Watari), Saori Hayami (Emi Igawa), Yuuki Kaji (Takeshi Aiza)
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Airing Date: October, 2014
Hi sCoool! SeHa Girl
Synopsis
Dreamcast, Seta Saturn and Mega Drive have enrolled in SeHaGaga Academy and in order to graduate they must complete an assignment handed to them by a suspicious teacher. The assignment is to enter the world of Sega games!
We all know (or should know) that the Sega Dreamcast has the best library of games (after the Nintendo DS) and this anime celebrates that fact with an anime that features the work of Hatsune Miku designer KEI who has created the girl’s characters. Let’s see how the Sega Hard Girls do!
Staff: Sota Sugahara (Director/Screenplay/CG Character Design), Masayuki Kibe (Screenplay), Kei (Original Character Design)
Voice Actors: M.A.O (Dreamcast), Minami Takahashi (Sega Saturn), Shiori Izawa (Mega Drive), Yuko Takayama (Master System), Minami Tanaka (Game Gear), Sumire Uesaka (Visual Memory)
Studio: Jinni’s Animation Studios, TMS Entertainment
Airing Date: October 08th, 2014
Girl Friend BETA (Kari)
Synopsis
This is the TV anime adaptation of Girlfriend (Kari) a mobile game where players get virtual girlfriends.
Yet another video game gets an anime adaptation and all of the voice actresses featured in it reprise the same roles in the anime. The game is Girlfriend and it was released by CyberAgent in 2012. The studio adapting it is SILVER LINK (No-Rin) who will be working under the direction of Naotaka Hayashi (Witchblade, Kuroko’s Basketball). Series composition is orchestrated by Michiko Yokote (Cowboy Bebop, Genshiken).
Staff: Naotaka Hayashi (Director), Michiko Yokote (Series Composition), QP:flapper (Original Character Design), Noriko Tsutsumiya (Character Design)
Voice Actors: Hitomi Harada (Erena Mochizuki), Rie Kugimiya (Matsuri Kagami), Ai Kayano (Haruko Yumesai), Rina Sato (Akane Sakurai), Maaya Uchida (Nao Miyoshi)
Studio: SILVER LINK
Airing Date: October 12th, 2014
Shirobako
Synopsis
We see the story of five girls who work in the anime industry, their day-to-day lives as seiyuu, animators and more. We see the conflicts and comedies and their passion for an art form we all love.
P.A. Works are known for their beautifully animated slice of life titles like Glasslip and Tari Tari and they are now bringing their skills to Shirobako which is directed by industry heavyweight Tsutomu Mizushima (Another, Hare+Guu, Squid Girl). Michiko Yokote has collaborated with Mizushima before having served as writer for Hare+Guu, Genshiken and more. Yokote is also very familiar with the slice of life genre mechanics with numerous scripts written for Tari Tari and more.
Staff: Tsutomu Mizushima (Director), Michiko Yokote (Series Composition), Ponkan8 (Original Character Design), Kanami Sekiguchi (Animation Character Design)
Voice Actors: Asami Takano (Misa Todo), Haruka Chisuga (Shizuka Sakaki), Hitomi Ohwada (Midori Imai), Juri Kimura (Aoi Miyamori), Haruka Yoshimura (Emma Yasuhara)
Studio: P.A. Works
Airing Date: October, 2014
Donten ni Warau (Laughing Under the Clouds)
Synopsis
The story takes place during the Meiji era and, as Japan modernises, those known as samurai are slowly fading away into the pages of history. However, there are those who won’t go without a fight and because of them the crime rate increases. The government decides to create an inescapable lake prison which is only accessible by water. Three boys of the Kumo family are assigned to transport the criminals to their new “home”.
This 12 episode anime is based on a manga that was first serialised in 2011 and is now drawing to a close in a final chapter released just before this article went live. A cursory glance would leave one with the feeling that it’s all about samurai ikemen battling monsters and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! The Meiji era is a fascinating time (almost as fascinating as the Bakumatsu era!) what with Japan beginning its process of westernisation and many anime and manga are set in that period, like Rurouni Kenshin.
The director is Hiroshi Haraguchi, a relatively new name who has worked as an episode director on Eureka Seven and Xam’d: Lost Memories. Most interestingly, he was involved in Fuse: Memoirs of a Huntress, which this show looks similar to in tone. Yuuya Takahashi, writer for Tiger & Bunny, is in charge of series composition.
Staff: Hiroshi Haraguchi (Director), Yuuya Takahashi (Series Composition), Kemuri Karakara (Original Creator), Takao Maki (Character Design), Shuichiro Fukuhiro (Music)
Voice Actors: Tsubasa Yonaga (Chutaro Kumo), Yuichi Nakamura (Tenka Kumo), Yuuki Kaji (Soramaru Kumo), Shinichiro Miki (Naoto Kagami), Mamiko Noto (Nishiki)
Studio: Dogakobo
Airing Date: October, 2014
Psycho-Pass 2
Synopsis
In the future, the police have guns named Dominators that can detect a suspect’s “crime factor” by measuring their state of mind and personality. This technique is termed “Psycho-Pass” and if the suspect’s crime factor is above a certain limit, the gun will fire.
At the end of the last season, detective Akane Tsunemori discovered the true nature of the Sybilla System and due to her belief in legal order chooses to obey the system. She now takes the head of her department and take command of a new set of enforcers. As she transitions into her new role, a new criminal looks set to challenge the system.
Psycho-Pass was one of the hits of the last few years, a gritty crime thriller which stood out for its intellectual reach, strong world building and collection of compelling characters like Shogo Makishima. The first season ended on a breathtakingly cynical note not often seen in anime. It left the door wide open for a sequel in a world that many have come to admire and want more of.
Some things remain the same. Katsuyuki Motohiro and Naoyoshi Shiotani return as directors. There are some changes. Gen Urobuchi is not as heavily involved in this season and Tow Ubukata is taking over series composition. Ubukata’s work on Mardock Scramble and Le Chevalier D’Eon should have fans breathing a sigh of relief since both feature strong writing. Kyoji Asano is the character designer and he has been involved in character design with Attack on Titan. A film is currently in the works.
Staff: Katsuyuki Motohiro (Chief Director), Naoyoshi Shiotani (Director), Tow Ubukata (Series Composition), Akira Amano (Original Character Design), Kyoji Asano (Character Design/Chief Animation Director), Gen Urobuchi (Story Concept)
Voice Actors: Kana Hanazawa (Akane Tsunemori), Kenji Nojima (Nobuchika Ginoza), Shizuka Itou (Yayoi Kunizuka), Keiji Fujiwara (Sakuya Tougane), Ayane Sakura (Mika Shimotsuki), Masumi Asano (Risa Aoyanagi),
Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Airing Date: October, 2014
Log Horizon 2nd Season
Synopsis
In the first Log Horizon, the fantasy MMORPG Elder Tale is a hugely popular slice of entertainment that traps 30,000 Japanese gamers in its fantasy world. Shiroe, Naotsugu and Akatsuki formed a party and battled with all of the dangers of MMOs.
This is the second season of the popular Log Horizon story. Satelight are back animating this under the direction of Shinji Ishihara (Fairy Tail) who will be working from scripts by Toshizo Nemoto (Dog & Scissors, Shangri-La), both of whom worked on the first season.
Staff: Shinji Ishihara (Director), Toshizo Nemoto (Series Composition), Mamare Touno (Original Creator), Yasuhary Takanashi (Music), Kazuhiro Hara (Original Character Design)
Voice Actors: Takuma Terashima (Shiroe), Tomoaki Maeno (Naotsugu), Emiri Kato (Akatsuki), Jouji Nakata (Nyanta), Minami Takahashi (Asuka), Nao Tamura (Minori), Rie Murakawa (Lise), Yukiyo Fujii (Tetra), Tsubasa Yonaga (Kinjo)
Studio: Studio DEEN
Airing Date: October 04th, 2014
Hitsugi no Chaika: Avenging Battle (Chaika the Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle)
Synopsis
Toru Acura is a lazy man to many but he was once a soldier. His sister Akari is not impressed with his laziness and forces him to leave their house and look for work. While travelling through a forest he meets Chaika Trabant, a girl with a coffin and a huge rifle. Strange, right? Things get stranger when they are attacked by a monster!
Another sequel to another hit, the anime is adapted from a light novel series written by Sakaki Ichirou, the writer behind Scrapped Princess and Outbreak Company. The anime sees the return of Soichi Masui, director of Scrapped Princess, and the series scripts come from Touko Machida (Karneval).
Staff: Soichi Masui (Director), Touko Machida (Series Composition), Nobuhiro Arai, Takuhito Kusanagi (Character Design), Kouji Okamoto (Art Director), Ichiro Sakaki (Original Creator), Namaniku ATK (Original Character Design)
Voice Actors: Chika Anzai (Chaika Travant), Junji Majima (Tohru Acura), Yuko Hara (Akari Acura), Chiwa Saito (Fredrica), Chiwa Saito (Frederica)
Studio: BONES
Airing Date: October, 2014
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
Synopsis
Shirou Emiya is a normal student who finds his life changed when he is plunged into a battle for the Holy Grail, an item that can fulfill a person’s wish. Contestants in this battle are given servants to help them battle.
The new Fate/stay night is a two cour TV anime that will follow the ‘Unlimited Blade Works’ route from the original game. The first half premieres this fall while the second part launches in April 2015.
The director is Takahiro Miura and this is his biggest project in a career working in various anime and films ranging from the CG Resident Evil films to Crayon Shin-chan. Music is composed by Hideyuki Fukasawa and this is a good sign because he has created stunning scores for the epic Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto and the underrated TV adaptation of Flowers of Evil.
Staff: Takahiro Miura (Director), Hideyuki Fukasawa (Music), Tomonori Sudou, Atsushi Ikariya, Hisayuki Ikariya (Character Design), Koji Eto (Art Director), Kinoko Nasu (Original Creator), Takashi Takeuchi (Original Character Design)
Voice Actors: Ayako Kawasumi (Saber), Kana Ueda (Rin Tohsaka), Junichi Suwabe (Archer), Jouji Nakata (Kirei Kotomine), Noriaki Sugiyama (Shirou Emiya), Mai Kadowaki (Illyasviel von Einzbern), Noriko Shitaya (Sakura Mato)
Studio: ufotable
Airing Date: October 04th, 2014
Kaitou Joker (Mysterious Joker)
Synopsis
The phantom thief Joker who is considered the best. There is seemingly nothing he cannot steal and he has a range of tricks that help him in his schemes.
The TV anime Kaitou Joker is based on Hideyasu Takahashi’s manga of the same name. It is directed by Yukiyo Teramoto, an episode director on Monster and Hunter x Hunter as well as some of the past Doraemon films. The series scripts are put together by Dai Sato, a veteran who has worked on some of the best episodes of Space Dandy as well as working on scripts for Eureka Seven, Ergo Proxy and Cowboy Bebop.
Staff: Yukiyo Teramoto (Director), Dai Sato (Series Composition), Yusaku Tsuchiya (Music), Miho Shimogasa (Main Character Design), Hideyasu Takahashi (Original Creator)
Voice Actors: Ayumu Murase (Joker), Miyuki Sawashiro (Queen), Hiro Shimono (Spade), Yumiko Kobayashi (Hachi)
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Airing Date: October 06th, 2014
Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins)
Synopsis
A group of much-feared knights known as the Seven Deadly Sins are accused of conspiring to overthrow the monarchy of the kingdom of Britannia by the king’s guard, the Holy Knights. This was all a ruse to get them sent into exile as Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth just before the Holy Knights assassinate her father and seize the throne. Elizabeth goes on the run and seeks to enlist the Seven Deadly Sins to help take back the kingdom!
This will surely please shounen anime fans, not just because the anime is based on a manga that is a pretty popular and highly-rated adventure but also because it is directed by Tensai Okamura, the guy who directed two solid action/shounen titles in the form of Darker than Black and Blue Exorcist. He also directed Wolf’s Rain, which is a superior adventure series. If the visuals don’t quite get the viewer hyped enough then the music will because it is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano whose work can be heard in Blue Exorcist (where it was fun), mecha destruction porn Aldnoah.Zero (epic) and Attack on Titan (spectacular). Writing duties are handled by Okamura’s regular collaborator, Shotaro Suga (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Blood+).
Staff: Tensai Okamura (Director), Shotaro Suga (Series Composition), Hiroyuki Sawano (Music), Keigo Sasaki (Character Design/Animation Director), Nakaba Suzuki (Original Creator)
Voice Actors: Misaki Kuno (Hawk), Sora Amamiya (Elizabeth), Yuuki Kaji (Meliodas), Aoi Yuuki (Diane), Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Ban)
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Airing Date: October 05th, 2014
Orenchi no Furo Jijou (The Circumstances in My Home’s Bathtub)
Synopsis
High school student Tatsumi is pretty self-sufficient since he lives by himself and looks after his home. However, when a devastatingly handsome and self-centered merman named Wakasa moves into the bathtub in Tatsumi’s home, Tatsumi finds himself experiencing a whole new world of trouble.
Don’t you hate it when an ikemen merman invades your bathroom? Witness how one takes over a high schooler’s bath in this slice of life comedy that originates from a four-panel manga. The premise is slim but it should be fun. It is directed by Sayo Aoi, a person familiar with comedy and romance having worked on Kids on the Slope, Sound of the Sky as well as directing two strong episodes of Zankyou no Terror. Yuniko Ayana is adapting the manga for the small screen. Ayana has written for some strong drama series like Bakuman, Natsuiro Kiseki and she also wrote scripts for the wonderful fantasy comedy Humanity Has Declined.
Staff: Sayo Aoi (Director), Yuniko Ayana (Series Composition/Screenplay), Koji Haneda (Character Design), Itokichi (Original Creator)
Voice Actors: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Tatsumi), Yuichiro Umehara (Wakasa), Ibuki Kido (Kasumi), Kenjiro Tsuda (Maki), Natsuki Hanae (Mikuni), Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Takasu)
Studio: Asahi Production
Airing Date: October 06th, 2014
Bonjour Koiaji Patisserie (Bonjour Love Flavor Pâtisserie)
Synopsis
High school girl Sayuri Haruno attends an elite confectionery school named Fleurir on a scholarship as part of her dream to open a Patisserie. Also attending the school are several handsome young men.
This is a reverse harem based on a girl’s mobile game and it features a great voice cast. In an interesting move, the director, Noriyaki Akitaya, switches from helming the Persona 3 movies to this title. He’s a solid director considering that he has helmed Bakuman, so one wonders what he will make of this. Character designer Utako Yukihiro has worked on other series aimed directly at girls like Devils and Realist and Uta no Prince-sama.
Staff: Noriyaki Akitaya (Director), Utako Yukihiro (Character Design), Itokichi (Original Creator)
Voice Actors: Hikaru Midorikawa (Yoshinosuke Suzumi), Ryohei Kimura (Gilbert Hanafusa), Kaito Ishikawa (Ryo Koduki), Tetsuya Kakihara (Mitsuki Aoi)
Studio: N/A
Airing Date: October, 2014
Gundam G no Reconguista
Synopsis
I have taken the synopsis straight from Anime News Network.
Some time has passed since the end of the Universal Century, a history marked by space colonization and space warfare.
Humanity’s prosperity, which ushered in a new era known as Regild Century (R.C.), was believed to endure alongside the global peace.
It is the year R.C.1014.
The Capital Tower is an orbital elevator that rose above the Earth’s surface and linked Earth and space. As the conduit of the Photon Battery energy source to the surface, it is regarded as sacred.
Beruri Zenamu is in the middle of training for the Capital Guard (established to protect the Capital Tower), when the tower is attacked by G-Serufu — a highly maneuverable mobile suit with technology that is not from any known country.
Beruri, who joins the battle in the maintenance mobile suit Rekuten, successfully captures the G-Serufu. However, Beruri feels something for the space pirate girl named Aiida Reihanton who piloted the G-Serufu. It is the same feeling he has for G-Serufu, even though he supposedly never seen it before. The G-Serufu, which should only be operable under specific conditions, is somehow started up by Beruri.
The objective of Aiida and the space pirates who attacked the Capital Tower, and the fate followed by Beruri who was chosen by G-Serufu, will lead to truths that will shake the entire Regild Century era.
This year marks Gundam’s 35th anniversary and as a result, a new show has been commission with franchise creator Yoshiyuki Tomino returning to expand the original tale with a new television series that will air in October. Music comes from the brilliant Yugo Kanno, the man who provided the atmospheric music for Psycho-Pass. His work can be heard in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The new Gundam series is expected to run for two seasons.
Staff: Yoshiyuki Tomino (Chief Director), Yugo Kanno (Music), Kenichi Yoshida (Character Design), Tomoaki Okada (Art Design), Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate (Original Creator)
Voice Actors: Mark Ishii (Bellri Zenam), Yu Shimamura (Aidan Surgan), Ayahi Takagaki (Manny Ambassada), Ryota Ohsaka (Klim Nick), Takuya Sato (Luin Lee), Yukari Fukui (Raraiya Monday)
Studio: Sunrise
Airing Date: October 06th, 2014
