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Yes, there are more fall shows that I haven’t yet put in a preview, and I’m not going to as new series have already begun airing. I know I never really wrote much about what I am personally anticipating, which is what I’m going to do now. First of though, there’s gonna some changes to my per-episode entries. Actually, there’s only one change, and that will be the length of the summary of the episode. Not only is writing it time consuming and tiresome, I also find it quite pointless. Instead, I’ll be writing very brief summaries, usually in the form of a list of the important events. The exception for this would probably be the first episode of each series (and possibly the last), as it helps set the story for the rest of the series. Of course, everything else will stay the same.

Okay, with that said, onto my fall season picks. Although many look and sound good, only a few really stood out. I’ll be listing them in ascending order, which means the series I am looking forward to most will be at the bottom (or is that descending order…?) The titles in this list will most likely be the ones I will be blogging, but you never know…Also, I have to finish off the other half season shows as well as NHK ni Youkoso and Bleach (wait, is 12 episodes half or full season? If it’s full, then that would mean 24 or 26 eps is double season? Sounds logical, but I always thought 26 eps was standard length…oh who cares!) Anyway…

9. Sumomomo Momomo: Chijou Saikyou no Yome

Honestly, I have to say the anime adaptation looks horrible in comparison with the manga (I haven’t actually read the manga, so the reason I say this is that the manga’s art looks so appealing while the anime seems to ruin everything). If it wasn’t for the art (huge eyes etc) this would be more like 3 or 4 in this list. Oh well, at least the story is interesting, a martial arts student suddenly appears in the male lead’s life proclaiming to be his bride!

8. Lovedol: Lovely Idol

I have no idea what this anime is about. So why, you ask, do I expect this series to be good? Because it’s Princess Soft! Well, their not that great really but one of their shows, Final Approach – I absolutely adored! The character design was so good it was a shame it was only 13 episodes of 12 minutes (or something like that). Well, by the looks of things, Lovedol looks like a show with good character design as well. But I’ll just have to wait and see to determine the actual plot.

7. D.Gray-man

I’ve read half of the manga that’s currently out and it’s looking pretty good so far. I always like to watch anime adoptions too just for a sense of familiarity, as well as to see which version is better (obviously manga though). D.Gray-man is about a young male lead who is an Exorcist, who’s job is to fight the Akuma, monsters born from dead souls. Yeah, it’s shounen, but the storyline has potential and the character design is good.

6. Gift Eternal Rainbow

The character design is just too good to ignore. And it’s a romance too, seems like a serious romance and not some ecchi crap. Haven’t seen a good romance in a while now, apart from Strawberry Panic (I guess…) The series is about a town with two special phenomena; one an eternal rainbow, and two, some sort of gift one can give to the other only once…Hmm, not very clear is it? Also, the male protagonist attends a school in this town and meets his sister-in-law who transfers.

5. Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

It’s the second season of Black Lagoon! What more is there to say? Well, if you haven’t seen the first season, I highly recommend you watch it if you like guns and destruction. It’s only 12 episodes as well. I suppose this season will follow off from when the last finished.

4. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

I’ve been looking for a good mecha and this looks like it has plenty of potential. The character design and mecha design are both very Gungam-like, which isn’t a bad thing. In fact, the character design looks better than Gundam Seed, which I think is the best of the Gundam series. Basically, it involves the male lead called Lelouch, who is involved in some large scale war. The ‘Rebellion’ part would indicate some sort of uprising, though I don’t know the details of the story. Oh, did I mention mecha is one of my favourite genres? That’s a huge reason as why I’m looking forward to this show.

3. Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru

Harem, right? The reason this show is on the list is because it’s harem!! The main male lead (again) is forced to attend an all-girls school by his grandfather’s last will, and he has to disguise himself as a girl to do it. Think of all the possible hilarious and embarrassing moments! Unless the guy gets found out straight away…Eh, even if he does, it’ll still be good. I hope. I heard about this series a few months back and really wanted to see it based on the plot. I guess now I have the chance…fufufu.

2. Death Note

Ah yes, Death Note – awesome manga with shit end. I’d love to see the anime adaptation just to see how it goes and how much of the original content is left in. L and Kira’s battle is so cool (except when *** dies – goddammit I still haven’t gotten over this! Why’d he/she die?? WHY??…….) Anyway, the show is about Japan’s number 1 student, Yagami Light, who finds a ‘Death Note’ which can kill anyone who’s name is written in it, with a certain set of rules of course. Because of this, he decides to play god and rid the world of evil by killing all the criminals off. And to stop him, world’s best detective known only as ‘L’ is appointed to capture Light, who is later dubbed as ‘Kira’. So, it’s the extremely start smart vs. the world’s best detective, and it’s a pretty even match. Btw, Hirano Aya’s voicing Misa! Hoooray!

1. Kanon (2006)

This anime has to be the most anticipated this season. I haven’t seen the original, but there are a number of reasons I am looking forward to this. One, it’s dony by KyoAni, who also did ‘Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu’, ‘Full Metal Panic: TSR’ and ‘Air’. Two, the art is so appealing and the character design looks amazing. And three, the genre – romance/drama obviously, something that will most definitely be very deep and emotional. I discovered this series after the amount of bloggers who mentioned it, and the prelude got me hooked, even though it was just a promo! If that can happen, it must be good!

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