Glasslip (グラスリップ): This typically drawn slice of life romance deals with a small group of friends in their final year of high school in a sea-side village. When a serious transfer student shows up their carefree world gets disturbed.
This seems like it will be a comfortable and familiar romantic drama. It will be interesting through the course of the series to see the character developments and what things from their past affect their present and future. Of course, the central plot will be with the mysterious transfer student (why is it always the mysterious transfer student...why can't it be the normal/boring transfer student!) and the rifts he causes with his intrusion into the group. Right away one character already foreshadowed the pending trouble by chiding, what very well might be the main female character, for thinking everyone's relationships will remain the same after high school.
Shirogane no Ishi Agrevollen (白銀の意思 アルジェヴォルン): In a ficticious world two nations are fighting each other for control of territory. A rookie mech pilot in a small scout group ends up risking his squad members lives to save a civilian convoy from being attacked. The convoy however is hiding a new mech design that could change the fate of the war.
This is eagerly welcomed! It looks like a down and dirty military mech series. The character design is nothing to write home about, its actually a bit dated, but the potential for wide scale Mechwarrior style combat is more than enough to keep me interested. I actually don't like this new 'super' mech as it looks too much like some power suit mech that has been the typical style for years. I would like to see ALL of them be classic clunky machines of awesome. But yeah, looking forward to watching more of this.
Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種): In an alternate version of Tokyo, ghouls hide among normal people, feeding on them from time to time. In what might be considered a lucky break our protagonist is mysteriously rescued from being a ghoul’s meal. But due to the severity of his injuries a radical surgeon decides to substitute some of his body parts with those of the ghoul that tried to eat him. Now he has to come to terms with no longer being human but not completely one of those that eat humans.
Slick and stylish, this dark horror series may be good. It all depends on how the main character integrates his self in the new world he has been thrust into. The end of the episode started to drop hints at the hierarchical structure of the world of the ghouls so this could be a good political intrigue story too. Obviously the main point, at least in the beginning, will be the protagonist having to deal with quenching his ghoul urges while retaining his humanity. I do fear this may turn into some dark shonen fight series given the foot print I noticed online relating to this show. I don't want to dig too deep into it, I want to see what the anime it's self does.
Barakamon (ばらかもん): After punching a man at a showing, a professional calligrapher moves to a remote island village to cool off. When he gets there he finds a population of likable elders and a rambunctious girl who carries wisdom beyond his comprehension.
I have been looking forward to this series since last fall. The animation is nice and the atmosphere is light and humorous. The little girl who gloms onto the main character is like a cross between Yotsuba and Dennis the Menace.
Aldnoah.Zero (アルドノア・ゼロ): Set in an alternate universe where a dimensional gate was discovered by the Apollo moon mission. The gate led to the surface of Mars which allowed human expansion on that planet. The people who emigrated to the red planet created their own society and claimed divine right to the alien technology, causing a rift between Earth and Mars. Fifteen years after an 'accident' that destroyed the moon, a princess from Mars has embarked on a goodwill mission to Earth to calm tensions. Little does she know forces are moving to derail her efforts in order to instigate open warfare.
Another military mech series which seems less militarily inclined than Agrevollen but still looks promising. The annoying thing to me is the Victorian tendencies of the Vars Empire. The series, esthetically, looks like a cross between Code Geass and Gundam 00. This does seem like it will be fun though, so I look forward to watching more of it.
DRAMAtical Murder (ドラマティカルマーダー): Set in an alternate/future world where street gangs fight each other in full immersion video games. One man does his best to avoid the gang life and their virtual warfare, but when a trap is sprung he finds himself unwillingly thrust into a battle,
I really am not sure what the hell us going on in this anime and could care less. It’s like a shonen-ai cosplay wet dream set in the bubblegum word if Jet Set Radio. I’m sure this is nothing like Sword Art Online where everyone will get sucked into the video game world but this concept was old hat in the 90s...let’s move on to something original.
Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun (月刊少女野崎くん): A high school girl confesses to a classmate she likes only to discover that he is a popular shojo manga artist. Due to a misunderstanding she becomes his new assistant instead of his girlfriend.
This is pretty well done when it comes to the dry comedy. The execution reminds me a bit of School Rumble. The character designs are old and uninspiring, but I think this is going to be an enjoyable light hearted romantic comedy.
Shonen Hollywood (少年ハリウッド): I knew this one could have been a stretch when I saw it on the new anime list...but I figured I would check it out anyways, I dig slice of life anime usually. This one however appears to be a yaoi dance troupe series, a la AKB48. So, it will be stricken from the list. Sadly though, as the artwork (aside from the character designs) is pretty good.
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