Much like the threads before it, this is a thread I created for the discussion of new anime that will be airing on TV in Japan in the Fall 2011 season. Anime typically gets released and runs for a number of seasons. The year is divided up into four seasons: January to March is winter, April to June is spring, July to September is summer, and October to December is fall. Each season is approximately 13 weeks.
Here, we can talk about what shows look interesting, what we plan to watch, and generally get giddy and excited for things that we've been anticipating for a while.
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[SIZE="5"]Guilty Crown[/SIZE]
Original
Studio: Production I.G., Director: Araki Tetsuro (Death Note, Highschool of the Dead, Kurozuka), Music: ryo (supercell), Character Design: redjuice
A sci-fi original anime for noitaminA. It's set in a dystopian near-future with a virus outbreak, shady multinational organization, and a resistance movement. Throw in a guy with special powers and a fated encounter. Honestly, it seems very un-noitaminA to me. However, there seems to be an unusually heavy amount of supercell involvement, with both the composer (ryo) and an illustrator (redjuice).
[SIZE="5"]UN-GO[/SIZE]
Novel by Sakaguchi Ango
Studio: Bones, Director: Mizushima Seiji (Fullmetal Alchemist, Hanamaru Kindergarten, Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
This appears to be a loose adaptation of a mystery novel by Sakaguchi Ango, set in the near future. Apparently, a bunch of people from the first FMA anime are working on this.
[SIZE="5"]Mobile Suit Gundam AGE[/SIZE]
Original
Studio: Sunrise, Director: Yamaguchi Susumu (Keroro Gunso movie 2, 3, 4), Writer: Hino Akihiro (Inazuma Eleven, Professor Layton)
A new AU Gundam. Spanning one hundred years and three generations, we'll be following three main characters through a war against extraterrestrial invaders. Even though the art style and concept may seem kiddy, it is being handled by Level-5, the guys behind Inazuma Eleven and Professor Layton. That should inspire some confidence in this admittedly unorthodox Gundam.
[SIZE="5"]Fate/Zero[/SIZE]
Light novel by Urobuchi Gen
Studio: ufotable, Director: Aoki Ei (Ga-Rei: Zero, Kara no Kyoukai, Hourou Musuko), Music: Kajiura Yuki (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kara no Kyoukai Cast: Kawasumi Ayako, Koyama Rikiya, Ohtsuka Akio, Namikawa Daisuke, Nakata Jouji, Midorikawa Hikaru, Ohara Sayaka, Seki Tomokazu
Fate/Zero a prequel to Fate/stay night. The Holy Grail War is an event in which seven magi are chosen to fight for the right to have a wish granted by the Holy Grail. They are aided by one Servant each, a spiritual manifestation of one of humanity's heroes. Rather than the shenanigans of the Fifth Holy Grail War depicted in Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero covers the Fourth Holy Grail War, which is a much more grim affair. Unlike Madoka, there will be no good end here.
[SIZE="5"]Mashiro-Iro Symphony[/SIZE]
Visual novel by Palette
Studio: Manglobe, Director: Suganama Eiji (Kodomo no Jikan, Sasameki Koto)
Another in a long line of visual novel adaptations. An all-girls' school is opening merging with a normal school and our lucky protagonist is one of the few guys who got into the beta for the merger.
[SIZE="5"]LAST EXILE: Fam, the Silver Wing[/SIZE]
Sequel
Studio: Gonzo, Director: Chigira Koichi (Full Metal Panic, Last Exile), Character Design: Murata Range, Cast: Kayano Ai, Toyosaki Aki, Yuuki Aoi, Kitamura Eri, Sawashiro Miyuki, Orikasa Fumiko, Fukuyama Jun, Konishi Katsuyuki, Nakamura Yuuichi
Gonzo rises from its grave to bring a sequel to one of its most successful shows. Well, not quite exactly a sequel, as it happens to take place in a parallel universe.
[SIZE="5"]Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere[/SIZE]
Light novel by Kawakami Minoru
Studio: Sunrise, Director: Ono Manabu (A-Channel, Saki, Dragonaut: The Resonance), Cast: Fukuyama Jun, Chihara Minori
In the future, humans ruin the earth and have to live in an upper world, but end up ruining that too, so they go back to earth. Unfortunately, earth doesn't have much habitable space, so they create a parallel version of that space start history over. The story takes place in the middle ages of the repeating history of the parallel world.
[SIZE="5"]Kimi to Boku[/SIZE]
Manga by Hotta Kiichi
Studio: J.C. Staff, Director: Kanbe Mamoru (Sora no Woto, Elfen Lied, Denpateki na Kanojo), Cast: Uchiyama Kouki, Irino Miyu, Kimura Ryohei, Toyonaga Toshiyuki, Ono Yuuki
Based on a slice of life manga about a group of four childhood friends in high school. Except they're guys, which is something I've been wondering how long they'd get around to. Lest you think that it's something awful like an otome game adaptation or something, I have read the manga and I think it's surefine.
[SIZE="5"]Chihayafuru[/SIZE]
Manga by Suetsugu Yuki
Studio: Madhouse, Director: Asaka Morio (Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Nana)
Based on a josei manga in which a girl discovers her life's passion: Hyakunin Isshu, a traditional Japanese card game.
