Hi everyone! Welcome to the very first of what will be a Monthly Anime Shout Out. At the beginning of each month we'll be announcing new anime titles that you can expect to see for that month. The start of each season will be packed with lots of new titles while other months, not so much. But we'll make sure to keep it updated regardless if it's just a few titles. If something catches your eye make sure to check out the manga too! (Since everyone knows manga >>>> anime ;) ). With that said, on with the new anime!
Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in The Sky名探偵コナン 天空の難破船(ロスト・シップ) Movie
Genres: Action, Mystery
Release Date: 04-17-2010
Official Website: HereDetective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky is the 14th movie in the anime series based on Gosho Aoyama's shounen manga, about a brilliant detective trapped in a child's body. In this movie, Conan's rival Kaitou Kid (Kid the Phantom Thief) has his eyes set on the "Lady of the Sky" jewel aboard Bell 3 - the largest airship in the world. However, a mysterious terrorist gorup called Red Shamu-neko has hijacked the airship itself, along with Conan, Kogoro and Ran.
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Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen劇場版 銀魂 新訳紅桜篇 Movie
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release Date: 04-24-2010
Official Website: HereThe anime film Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen (Gintama: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling) is once again produced by studio Sunrise, as with the ongoing TV series that began in 2006. For the film, they are animating a new version of the Benizakura story arc from Hideaki Sorachi's alternate-history gag manga Gintama.
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble劇場版TRIGUN（トライガン） Movie
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Release Date: 04-24-2010
Official Website: HereThe anime film Trigun: Badlands Rumble is produced by studio Madhouse (who also animated the earlier TV series), based on Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun manga. The story is set in Makka, a town surrounded by quicksand. With rumors spreading that the legendary robber Gasback has his sights set on the town, the mayor Kepler has brought together bounty hunters to protect the town. These bounty hunters have been following Gasback from town to town in hopes of bagging the prize. Meryl and Milly have come to town to assess the situation as insurance agents, but are shocked by this turn of events. Moreover, Vash the Stampede is also in town, along with the female bounty hunter Ameria and Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
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To Love-Ru OVA - Episode 6To LOVEる OVA OVA
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 04-02-2010
Official Website: HereFollowing the hot adventures that surrounds Lala Satalin (princess of Deviluke stellar empire) and her unwilling fiance Rito Yuki - a mere human - and friends, the story from the To Love-Ru OVA continues with a lot of fun caused by Lala's scientific research, her twin sisters, friends, and Rito's sister.
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Utawarerumono OVA - Episode 3OVA うたわれるもの OVA
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Release Date: 04-23-2010
Official Website: HereA collection of side-stories. In the first, Hakuro and his friends and family from Tuscru come into possession of an abandoned baby, and begin the search for it's parents. Uratori takes it upon herself to be the baby's temporary mother and finds herself getting attached to him....maybe too attached. In the second, Eluluu is kidnapped by a group of people who want her to make a special medicine.
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xxxHOLiC Rou×××HOLiC Rou OVA
Release Date: 04-23-2010
Official Website: HerexxxHOLiC Rou is once again animated by Production I.G, as with the previous OVAs in the franchise, and bundled with volume 17 of the xxxHOLiC manga (not volume 16 as originally planned).
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Ai no Kusabi (2010)間の楔 (2010) OVA
Genres: Erotica, Romance
Official Website: HereThe second OVA based on the Ai no Kusabi boys-love novels is once again produced by studio AIC, this time as a 13-volume series. The original novels - also known as Love Wedge or The Space Between, among other titles - were authored by Rieko Yoshihara over 20 years ago. The story is set in the future on the planet named Amoi which is controlled by a supercomputer named Jupiter. Among the mostly male human population, the light-haired elite class is allowed to temporarily keep the dark-haired "mongrels" as pets. One elite member, Iason, encounters a mongrel named Riki in the slums and decides to take him in. However, Iason keeps Riki longer than it is socially approved, and rumors abound about their possible relationship.
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Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Tairan真・恋姫†無双 ~乙女大乱~ TV Series
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Release Date: 04-01-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Tairan is the third one in this highly-ecchi fantasy eroge-to-anime franchise, spawned by BaseSon's adult game Koihime Musou - which re-imagines the characters from the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms as "moe (fiery), moe (preciously cute) action love comedy" with an almost all-female cast.
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Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadowリングにかけろ1 影道編 TV Series
Release Date: 04-02-2010
Official Website: HereAfter defeating Black Shaft's makeshift Team America, the Golden Japan Jr. team returns to training for the World Tournament that will be held in Tokyo. But during training the Shadow Clan, which uses boxing as an assasination technique, kidnaps Kiku in order to lure Ryuji and the others into a fight to see who's truly the better representatives of Japan's junior boxers.
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Jewelpet Tinkleジュエルペット てぃんくる☆ TV Series
Genres: Magic
Release Date: 04-03-2010
Official Website: HereThe second season of Jewelpet continues this kids' anime series, which Studio Comet is adapting from Sanrio and Sega Toys' franchise. In the original story, each Jewelpet is a stuffed animal named after jewels, who belonged to magicians in "Jewelland" and can use magic themselves, thanks to their jewel eyes. They study every day to learn how to use magic. The rabbit Ruby accidentally gets sent over to the human world and becomes the partner of a second-year middle school girl named Rinko Kougyoku.
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Major 6th Seasonメジャー 第6シリーズ TV Series
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Tournament
Release Date: 04-03-2010
Official Website: HereThe 6th season of the baseball TV anime series Major, based on Takuya Mitsuda's long-running manga about a young pitcher who aspires to follow in his father's footsteps into the major leagues.
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SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle WarriorsSDガンダム三国伝 Brave Battle Warriors TV Series
Genres: Action
Release Date: 04-03-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series SD Gundam Sangokuden: Brave Battle Warriors follows in the footsteps of the same year's anime film, by adapting Bandai's BB Senshi Sangokuden plastic models and manga - which re-imagines the Super Deformed Gundam mobile suit robots as characters in the classic Chinese novel "Sangokushi" ("Romance of the Three Kingdoms")
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K-On!! 2nd Seasonけいおん!! TV Series
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Release Date: 04-07-2010
Official Website: HereThe second season of K-ON! is once again animated by Kyoto Animation, based on kakifly's amusing (and amusical) 4-koma manga, about four girls trying to save their school's music club; despite being total noobs at playing musical instruments or reading music.
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Sarai-ya Goyouさらい屋 五葉 TV Series
Release Date: 04-15-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Sarai-ya Goyou (House of Five Leaves) is adapted by studio Manglobe, based on a historical manga by Natsume Ono (Ristorante Paradiso). The original storry follows the lives of the House of Five Leaves gang members in Edo-era Japan, during the height of the shogun's rule. In particular, the masterless samurai (ronin) Akitsu Masanosuke finds himself desperate for work after being let go by one lord after another for his naivety. He becomes the bodyguard of the House of Five Leaves gang's charismatic leader Yaichi and discovers there is more to the gang leader than his criminal activities would suggest.
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Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei四畳半神話大系 TV Series
Release Date: 04-22-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei is adapted by studio Madhouse, based on a novel by Morimi Tomihiko. The story revolves around a nameless third-year student at Kyoto University, who reminisces about his early campus life and his adventures with a particular club.
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Angel Beats!エンジェル ビーツ! TV Series
Genres: Action
Release Date: 04-02-2010
Official Website:HereAngel Beats! began as a mixed media project conceived by Maeda Jun with original character design by Na-Ga, from game developer Visual Art's / Key (Clannad, Air, Kanon, Little Busters!). Its first title is an action-oriented TV anime series produced by P.A. Works, in which angels fight for their fate and future in an afterlife setting. Yuri, the leader of the Shinda Sekai Sensen, rebels against the god who destined her to have an unreasonable life. On the otherhand, Tenshi, the chairperson of the student council for the world after death, battles against the SSS members. SSS members utilize armed weaponry to battle it out against the angels harnessing supernatural powers.
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Arakawa Under the Bridge荒川アンダーザブリッジ TV Series
Release Date: 04-04-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Arakawa Under the Bridge is produced by studio Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo (Bakemonogatari, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei), based on a quirky romantic gag comedy manga by Hikaru Nakamura, themed around the "denpa-kei" genre in which strange happenings are caused by electromagnetic waves - à la Denpa teki na Kanojo.
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B Gata H KeiB型H系 TV Series
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 04-02-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series B Gata H Kei is adapted by studio Hal Film Maker, based on a 4-koma school comedy manga by Youko Sanri. The story follows Yamada - a virgin high school student, who dreams of having 100 casual sex partners. However, she ends up targeting and pursuing only one boy.
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Black Rock Shooterブラック★ロックシューター TV Series
Release Date: 04-01-2010
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Giant KillingGIANT KILLING TV Series
Release Date: 04-04-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Giant Killing is produced by Studio Deen, based on a soccer manga by Masaya Tsunamoto and Tsujitomo. In the original story, a ragtag bunch from East Tokyo are struggling in Japan's top football league. The team is going through an abysmal spell where they are nearing the bottom of the table and have lost 5 matches in a row. The loses haven't done much to team moral, because it was already low. Fan support, on the other hand, is looking bleak. In the world of football, once the fans turn on a team the end is near. Teams don't recover. Coaches are fired, players are sold, and teams drop to smaller divisions where profits often prevent them from ever being successful against even mediocre top division programs. East Tokyo United, ETU, can only blame their coach right now. And Coach is ready to give up this next game to prove to his team and fans, that against the biggest club in the nation he can make this team win.
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Hakuouki薄桜鬼 TV Series
Release Date: 04-03-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Hakuoki is based on a series of yaoi'ish games released by Idea Factory for the PlayStation 2 and PSP. The first game's story centers around a female protagonist and the historical Shinsengumi samurai group in Kyoto during the 19th century.
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HeromanＨＥＲＯＭＡＮ TV Series
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Release Date: 04-01-2010
Official Website: HereAn American kid named Joey lives in an urban city and has always wanted to become a hero. Unfortunately he is just an orphan working part time to support his grandma and himself. After watching a toy commercial on a new robot action figure, Joey comes to believe that he will gain strength once he obtains one of those. But the only robot toy he can get his hands on is a broken one that was abandoned by a rich school bully. Feeling pity for the trashed action figure, Joey takes the toy home to repair it. Little did he know, that once he repairs the toy, it will make his hero dream become reality.
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Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpriひめチェン！おとぎちっくアイドル リルぷりっ TV Series
Release Date: 04-04-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Lilpri is adapted from Sega's trading card game Lilpri: Yubi Puru Hime Chen!, distributed via arcade game machines. The story centers on Ringo Yukimori, Reira Takashiro and Natsuki Sasahara - three elementary school girls who can change into idol princesses.
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Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaouいちばんうしろの大魔王 TV Series
Genres: Fantasy
Release Date: 04-02-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou is based on a magical fantasy romance novel series by Shoutarou Mizuki. The story of "love, magic, and battles" revolves around Akuto Sai, a boy who aims to become part of his country's highest order of magicians and contribute to society as one of its clergy. On the day he is admitted into the Constan Magical Academy, his aptitude test predicts the following: "Future Occupation... Devil King." Thus begins his difficult school life in which he is resented by his studious female class head, desired by a girl with mysterious powers, and guarded by a beautiful female android.
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Kaichou wa Maid-sama!会長はメイド様! TV Series
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 04-01-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama! is adapted by studio J.C. Staff, based on Hiro Fujiwara's romantic comedy manga, about a student council head named Misaki Ayuzawa. She despises the mostly male, slovenly population at her school, which was once an all-boys school. However, Misaki's most handsome schoolmate just discovered her secret - that she works afterschool at a maid cafe.
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KissXSisキス×シス TV Series
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 05-04-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Kiss x Sis follows the earlier OVA adaptation based on Bow Ditama's manga about sisterly love. And not just any kind of sisterly love, but a double step-sisterly love. The original "romantic incest comedy" manga centers on Keita - a third-year middle school boy studying for his high school entrance exams. His two twin stepsisters Ako and Riko Suminoe - with no blood relation to him - help him prepare for the exams, but life gets too cozy between Keita and the girls.
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Mayoi Neko Overrun!迷い猫オーバーラン! TV Series
Release Date: 04-06-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Mayoi Neko Overrun! (Stray Cats Overrun!) is adapted by studio AIC, based on a romantic comedy light novels series created by Tomohiro Matsu and illustrated by Peco (of some eroge fame). The story revolves around Takumi Tsuzuki, a boy who lives with his older "sister" Otome, although the two have no blood ties between them. Otome manages a run-down confectionary store called Stray Cats. One day, Otome picks up a mysterious beautiful girl off the streets.
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Ookiku Furikabutte: Natsu no Taikai-henおおきく振りかぶって～夏の大会編～ TV Series
Genres: Tournament
Release Date: 04-01-2010
Official Website: HereThe second TV anime season of Ookiku Furikabutte is once again produced by studio A-1 Pictures, based on Asa Higuchi's baseball manga.
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Senkou no Night Raid閃光のナイトレイド TV Series
Release Date: 04-05-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Senkou no Night Raid is one of the first 3 titles announced by Aniplex and TV Tokyo, as part of their project "Anime no Chikara". This one is a spy action anime created by studio A-1 Pictures. The story is set in 1931 Shanghai, when the Imperial Japanese Army has been dispatched to mainland China due to the relatively recent First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. In this cosmopolitan city of intrigue, there is a special military spy organization called "Sakurai Kikan" that has since been buried in history.
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Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru裏切りは僕の名前を知っている TV Series
Release Date: 04-11-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime series Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru is adapted by studio J.C. Staff, based on a boys-love manga by Hotaru Odagiri. In the original story, Sakurai Yuki is a mysterious boy with a mysterious power. Right after he was born, his mother left him near an orphanage, and he was later found. Because of that event, Yuki strives for independence. He hates being a burden to anyone near him, but at the same time, he is afraid of being left alone. Moreover, ever since he can remember he had a strange ability where when he touches others, he can feel their emotion. Unable to control it, he often made insensitive blunders in the past. He later meets with a mysterious yet beautiful man who saves his life, but somehow he feels so nostalgic, like he's met him before. While death threats and his ability increasing, a man who claimed to be his older brother suddenly appears, so what will Yuki do when he learns the truth?
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Working!!WORKING!! TV Series
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Release Date: 04-04-2010
Official Website: HereThe TV anime Working!! is adapted by studio A-1 Pictures, based on Karino Takatsu's 4-koma comedy / slice-of-life manga set in a family restaurant named Wagnaria in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. The main character is a high school freshman named Souta Takanashi, who works part-time among the restaurant's high-spirited, mysterious, yet cool staffers.
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Looking forward to Black Rock Shooter too~
<3 mangahelpers!
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Sarai-ya Goyou
Angel Beats!
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Mayoi Neko Overrun!
Senkou no Night Raid
Working!!
The animation of Black Rock Shooter looks good but there is no information about the story.What is it about?
1. K-On! 2nd season - Definite watch (moe moe kyu~~~n)
2. Detective Conan movie - would like to watch
3. Trigun movie - might watch
4. Sarai ya Goyou - might watch.
5. Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei - may watch.
6. Black Rock Shooter - really want to watch
7. Working!! - 1st ep. was good. Probably watch.
Follows much along the lines of Ultimo. But that would also explain why it feels much more like an american saturday morning show than typical anime.
A GREAT ANIEM SE IS ON THE WAY..LOL
Uragiri
Ichiban
Black Rock
Angel Beat
Youjouhan
Ai no Kisabi
K!On (of course :D)
http://mangahelpers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=279
If you don't see your anime, feel free to start a new thread.
B Gata H Kei
Working!!
Giant Killing
Utawarerumono
xxxHOLiC Rou
K-On!!
Black Rock Shooter
Hakuouki(Shinsengumi samurai group )
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Ookiku Furikabutte: Natsu no Taikai-hen
The series I looking forward in this month (Although I need to wait for few months later to watch these):
1) Gintama Movie: Sinyaku Benizakura-hen.
2) Kaichou Ha Maid-sama TV Anime
3) Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky