Prepare hot tea and tasty cookies, the cold season is approaching!

My method is to wait until the shows actu­ally air and to listen what oth­ers will say about them, so I find it a bit weird a tra­di­tion to tell what you will pick in the upcom­ing sea­son judging only by short sum­mar­ies. But since every­body is doing it we won’t be the odd-ones-out. I guess this could be com­pared to hanging out a big sheet of paper in some pub­lic place with some ques­tion on it and the demand to leave a line or two. Not the ori­gin­al­ity of what you are doing is reques­ted, but your own take on some­thing common.

So in short, let’s see what I and my dear co-bloggers would find inter­est­ing on chartfag’s latest visual guide.

* NOTE FROM AIZEN: Noth­ing is ever final from what I say. I could say I will watch it one day and then not the other. Don’t blame me, blame the Anime for being unable to enthrall me.

Dur­arara!!

The “dis­tor­ted love story” is set in Tokyo’s rowdy Ikebukuro neigh­bour­hood, and revolves around an ensemble cast of street thugs, high school stu­dents, a female radio host, an under­world doc­tor, a young inform­a­tion vendor, and a head­less Irish fairy.

Gar­g­ron: The name’s nice. In else, I gen­er­ally like romantics evolving around mul­tiple char­ac­ters. Picks: yes.

Ammy: The plot sounds pretty inter­est­ing and the cast is very nice. Hope­fully this will be very good. Picks: yes.

Llora-chan: It looks amz­ing and excit­ing! Def­in­itely a must-watch for me. Picks: Yes

Aizen: Doesn’t sound inter­est­ing to me. The art­work doesn’t appeal to me (looks like Lib­rary Wars art). Picks: no.

Dance in the Vam­pire Bund

After mil­lenia in hid­ing, Vam­pire Prin­cess Mina Tepes uses her wealth to pay off Japan’s national debt, in return for an off-coast “spe­cial dis­trict” haven for her kind. On the eve of a land­mark press con­fer­ence, ter­ror­ists and rival fac­tions plot to assas­sin­ate Tepes before she can declare the exist­ence of vampires.

Gar­g­ron: Pretty girl with pretty vam­pire teeth, and a con­spir­acy story. Well, I’m in. Picks: yes.

Ammy: Not into vam­pires any­more (blame Twi­light). I might just watch the first few epis­odes. Picks: unde­cided.

Llora-chan: Blood… Naked­ness… Blood… Picks: No

Aizen: I think I saw part of the Manga. It sucks. She’s a loli that’s f-ing old. NOT WANT! Picks: no.

So Ra No Wo To

In a future land marred by long-lasting war, a quiet decline has begun. 15-years-old Kumika real­ises her dream to elist in the army, and joins a unit of five in pro­tect­ing a fort­ress. Together they cre­ate music that rever­ber­ates across the skies, over empty towns and empty seas.

Gar­g­ron: Could be K-ON! with guns. Picks: yes.

Ammy: As oth­ers are say­ing, this series looks like K-ON! Goes To War. The art is very K-On!-like and there’s music too. Con­sid­er­ing I missed out on K-On!, I want to check this out. Picks: yes.

Llora-chan: It seems a bit inter­est­ing and I love the sen­tence that says “They cre­ate music that rever­ber­ates across the skies.” Picks: Yes.

Aizen: Next thing you know someone will make an Anime about toilets.Think about it; “I TOOK A SHIT ON ALL YOUR TOILETS AND THAT WOMAN THERE TOOK THE BIGGEST SHIT. WE ARE NOT MEN, SHE IS!” Picks: no.

Katanagatari

Shichika Yas­uri, the 7^th gen­er­a­tion head of “Kyoto-Ryu” — a medi­eval school of mar­tial art — lives on an isol­ated island with his sis­ter Nanami. A mil­it­ary adviser named Togame tells him of the last 12 swords forged by a legendary sword­smith, and Shichika embarks on a jour­ney to find them.

Gar­g­ron: Araragi’s hair spin went into mass pro­duc­tion and didn’t return. Picks: no.

Ammy: Pass. The Art turns me off. Picks: no.

Llora-chan: From the author of Bake­monogatari! <3 Too bad it’s not from Shaft though~~ Picks: Yes

Aizen: People say it will be like Bake­monogatari and blah blah blah but I think who the fcuk cares. I’ll wait until I have the time to look at another blog’s pic­tures before I con­sider it. Picks: no.

Qwaser of Stigmata

In St. Mikhailov Academy, Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver-haired boy called Alex­an­der. He is a Qwaser, a being who can manip­u­late iron and draws his power from breast milk. A mys­tery sur­round­ing an Icon trans­forms the academy into the set­ting for con­flict between the vari­ous dif­fer­ent Qwasers.

Gar­g­ron: Lol­wut breast milk Picks: no.

Ammy: Breast milk…? Wow. Picks: no.

Llora-chan: No. Picks: No.

Aizen: The mere fact it has the title “Stig­mata” sounds kind of retarded to me. Next thing is that people with white hair in Anime are com­plete fags (def: incon­sid­er­ate assholes). I try to avoid them as much as pos­sible. In another way, draw­ing power from breast milk is pretty inter­est­ing. If there’s enough ecchi, Picks: YeS.

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu

Aki­hisa attends an academy where test res­ults determ­ine classes. In A class, prodi­gies can enjoy reclin­ing seats and air-con, but Akihisa’s F class sports decrepit tables and broken win­dows. He ral­lies F class to take on higher classes and claim school suprem­acy by sum­mon­ing fantasy creatures to battle.

Gar­g­ron: I grew out of ‘sum­mon­ing mon­sters’ shows when I was 6 years old. Picks: no.

Ammy: Doesn’t interest me. Picks: no.

Llora-chan: I kinda liked what I saw from the trailer so I’m a bit inter­ested. Picks: Yes.

Aizen: Just by look­ing at the pic­ture I’ll have to watch it. Why? The Manga is funny and cool. Fuck them for being shota + loli, though. Picks: YeS.

Hid­den God

Hiroshi moves into Jogamo­chi, a serene vil­lage with a river that divides old and new, where ancient tra­di­tions still remain. Bewildered, he settles in and befriends his class­mates, but Nemuru Kushinada’s only words are warn­ing to stay away from the old part of town. There, ter­ror and mys­tery await.

Gar­g­ron: I like tra­di­tions and pagan gods. Another one Kan­nagi? Even if so, I’d hav­ing noth­ing against more Kan­nagi. Hope in-show art will dif­fer from that loli as she is now. Picks: yes.

Ammy: YES! I was excited for this the moment I heard of it. Peach Pit + Ryukishi07 = WIN. Picks: yes.

Llora-chan: Peach-Pit chara-designs? Picks: Yes.

Aizen: I see the word God and I’m already turned off. If a blog can some­how make this Anime look and sound good, I might con­sider. But look­ing at the pic­ture more I see a girl who is loli. NOT WANT! Picks: no.

Omamori Himari

Yuto Amakawa is an ordin­ary 16-years-old high school boy pro­tec­ted by Himari, a beau­ti­ful, sword-wielding cat­girl spirit. He is des­cen­ded from a fam­ily known for sub­jug­at­ing demons. With his pro­tect­ive charm now impot­ent, Himari appears before him as his new guardian.

Gar­g­ron: Although the set­ting appears pretty silly (cat­girls as srs bsnss?) it could be a good com­edy. Picks: unde­cided.

Ammy: Nah. Doesn’t really seem inter­est­ing. It needs some super awe­some twist. Picks: no.

Llora-chan: Not really~ Picks: No.

Aizen: Plot sucks. Manga sucks. The main char­ac­ter is just another Nat­suru in dis­guise. He would go in my death note if I had one. Picks: no. just no.

Ladies Vs Butlers

Aki­haru Hino looks like a juven­ile delin­quent, but he enrolls into an academy that was once a school for upper-class ladies. Placed in the school’s new ser­vant train­ing depart­ment, where stu­dents are raised to be maids or but­lers, Aki­haru finds him­self stuck in the middle of its bick­er­ing cliques.

Gar­g­ron: The main char­ac­ter is not a maid. And the sum­mary isn’t all that prom­ising. Picks: unde­cided.

Ammy: It sounds gen­eric, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t at least want to check it out. Picks: unde­cided.

Llora-chan: Nope. Picks: No.

Aizen: Shit, when will ideas start anew? Innov­a­tion has died in the Anime world. FML. Picks: no.

Chu-Bra!!

Nayu shocks her school­mates on the first day of middle school by wear­ing black lace panties. She aims to “spread the word on the mer­its of under­wear”, and help other girls con­cerned with their devel­op­ment — by open­ing an under­wear club.

Gar­g­ron: Excuse me, what?!! Picks: no.

Ammy: Wow. I’m at a loss of words. Picks: no.

Llora-chan: *sighs* Picks: No.

Aizen: Looks hot, I think it’s not. I’m not inter­ested in panties. I’m inter­ested in pantie hoses. So f this piece of shit. Picks: no.