Monthly New Anime Shout Out: October

Hello everyone! Once again, its me Zeltrax and its time for another anime-shout out.
This month is really packed with really exciting and highly anticipated series.
There's really a whole lot of variety in the anime this October. From a fantastic video game adaption to an insane story about bento and also the new remake of hunter x hunter! Thrilling eh ? Let's not forget that if there something that is interesting to you, check out the manga and add them to your favorites. Well then, October will be a month to enjoy, so let's check it out!




Type: Movie
Release date: Oct 10, 2011
Genres: Shounen, Novel
Producers: Madhouse
Official Website: Here.

A film made by Madhouse, based on Inumura Koroku’s Toaru Hikushi e no Tsuioku (Flashbacks to a Certain Aerial Pilot) light novel.
The story revolves around Charles Karino, a Revaamu Empire mercenary aerial pilot who mans the twin-seater reconnaissance seaplane Santa Cruz. One day, he receives a preposterous assignment: to fly solo over 12,000 kilometers of enemy waters to protect a girl named Fana del Moral. Fana happens to be the next in line to the empire's throne and a girl possessing beauty "equal to 5,000 beams of light."

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: Movie
Release date: Oct 29, 2011
Genres: Fantasy, Kids, Magic, Shoujo
Producers: Toei Animation
Official website: Here.

Music is disappearing from Majorland. Rumors say that the one who's deleting the music is actually Aphrodite-sama. If that's the case, the Melody of the heart, the exploding Rhythm and the beating Beat will also disappear.

Synopsis from: MAL



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Type: TV
Release Date: Oct 2, 2011 to ?
Genres: Action, Fantasy
Producers: Sunrise
Official Website: Here.

In the far future, humans abandon the devastated Earth and move to the upper world "Tenjo". But Tenjo and the law of causation collapse by a war and humans returns to the Earth, which has turns into an inhabitable planet except for Shinshu area.
Shinshu is too small to accommodate all the humans, so they duplicate the area and create "Juso Sekai" in a parallel world. In order to rebuild Tenjo and the law of causation, the returned humans start reproduction of the history from B.C. 10,000. When the reproduction proceeds to A.D. 1413, a war breaks out in Shinshu and Juso Sekai falls onto the original world.

The humans living in Juso Sekai lose their land and invade the original world. People in Shinshu surrender and the land is divided by the invaders from Juso Sekai. They try to resume the history reproduction from A.D.1457, but the update of the history terminates in A.D.1648. A rumor of apocalypse begins to spread the world.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 1, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shounen
Producers: J.C. Staff, NHK, Media Blasters
Official website: Here.

The second season of Bakuman. The series follows talented artist Moritaka Mashiro and aspiring writer Akito Takagi, two ninth grade boys who wish to become manga artists.

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 1, 2011
Genres: Comedy
Producers: A-1 Pictures
Official website: Here.

A second season of Working!! Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16 year old high school student Takanashi Souta works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Taneshima Poplar, a high school girl who's a year older than Souta and easily mistaken for an elementary/middle schooler, and Shirafuji Kyouko, the 28-year old store manager who doesn't bother to do any work at all.

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Aired: Oct 2, 2011
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
Producers: Aniplex, ufotable
Official website: Here.

War of the Holy Grail - Pursuing the power of the "Holy Grail" which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the fourth war commenced again. Entrusting their dearest wish of victory, the magi joined the battleground called "Fuyuki", but amongst them, there was a man who was always alone, and could not find out the meaning behind his fights. His name was Kotomine Kirei. Not comprehending the guidance of fate, Kirei was lost, and had kept questioning. Why someone like his was given the Command Seals. However, the fate of his fights crossed Kirei's path with a nemesis by chance. That person is - Emiya Kiritsugu. A man who was sterner than anyone else, more merciless than anyone else, and who sought the miracle of the Holy Grail.

Merely recited in fragments in Fate/Stay Night, this is the Fourth War of the Holy Grail 10 years ago. The truth which unfolded behind the battle between Shirou's foster father, Rin's father, and the younger Kotomine Kirei, is finally revealed...

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 2, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Martial Arts, Romance, School, Super Power
Producers: Larc
Official website: Here.


Kawakami City is famous for its strong dedication to its samurai ancestors. A healthy fighting spirit is always valued and it's even an important factor for success at school.
Yamato, a second year student from Kawakami Highchool is always with his close friends (4 boys and 3 girls). They have all known each other since they were young and have done many things together. While they have many other friends, this group of seven is a close-knit, inseparable group. They even have a secret base where they meet.
With the new semester, they welcome two girls into their group and shortly after things begin to change...

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 1, 2011
Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, School, Shounen
Producers: Starchild Records, Silver Link
Official website: Here.

A school battle action & love comedy with ecchi elements. Yachi Haruaki is a high school boy and naturally resistant to curses. His father, Honatsu, sends him cursed instruments called "Worse" to try to break this. One day, Haruaki receives a black cube from Honatsu. During the night, he encounters a naked silver haired girl stealing rice crackers. She is the human-form of the black cube, an instrument of torture called "Fear in Cube". Haruaki and the girl 'Fear' fight together against other 'Worse' instruments and their owners using Fear's 32 mechanisms of torture.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 2, 2011 to ?
Genres: Action, Adventure, Shounen, Super Power
Producers: Madhouse
Official website: Here.

Remake of the 1999 TV series of Hunter x Hunter based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro.
A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him.
After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapica, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter.

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 2, 2011
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Kids, Shounen
Producers: Toei Animation
Official Website: Here.

Continuation of the Digimon Xros Wars series featuring Taiki Kudou in a new world with new supporting characters. The plot revolves around a secret hidden in the gap between the real and digital worlds, with Tagiru Akashi holding the key to the story.

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 2, 2011
Producers: Sunrise
Genres: Action, Game
Official website: Here.

Daimon Kaito is a high school boy, who loves puzzles. One day, the president of the student council gives him a mobile device and it leads him to an underground ruin buried in the school. He challenges an " insolvable puzzle" hidden in the ruin with his girlfriend Nonoha, but the puzzle turns out to be the dangerous "The Puzzle of Sage" created by the black society "POG". He manages to solve the puzzle but it's the beginning of a puzzle battle against POG.

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 3, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Producers: Hal Film Maker
Official website: Here.

For her first year of high school, family circumstances force Sawatari Fuu to move to Takehara, a scenic old town near Hiroshima on the Inland Sea and live with her relatives. Her father, who has passed away, grew up in Takehara and always spoke fondly of his childhood while living there. Sawatari learns to love taking photographs with his old film camera, a Rollei 35S while making friends and learning about the town.

Synopsis by: Nbb

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Type: TV
Aired: Oct 3, 2011
Producers: J.C. Staff, Aniplex
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shounen, Slice of Life
Official website: Here.

The story revolves around four teens — the good-looking twins Yuuta and Yuuki Asaba, the effeminate Shun Matsuoka, and the class head Kaname Tsukahara — who have known each other since early childhood. While they are not necessarily good or bad friends, they continue to hang out well into high school. The half-Japanese transfer student Chizuru Tachibana joins the circle of friends in this comedy about the everyday life of adolescence.

Synopsis by: MAL


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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 4, 2011
Genres: Josei, Manga
Producers: Madhouse
Official website: Here.

Based on a manga written and illustrated by Suetsugu Yuki, serialised in Be Love and published by Kodansha.
The story is about a high school girl, Ayase Chihaya, who after seeing her sister become a fashion model, is inspired by a new classmate to take up karuta, a Japanese card game, competitively.

Synopsis by: AniDB

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 5, 2011
Genres: Drama, Romance
Producers: Manglobe
Official Website: Here.

Shingo's school is decided to be joined with a girls' school. As a selected student, Shingo temporarily transfers to the girls' school until they officially consolidate. He meets various unique girls there, but all girls dislike male students. To remove their misunderstanding, Shingo works hard and...

Synopsis by: AniDB



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 5, 2011
Genres: Action, Ecchi, Martial Arts, School, Harem
Producers: AIC
Official website: Here.

Takeru Ohyama, a young normal yet perverted minded guy, got accepted and now goes to a school that, unknown to him, was where combat and magic is used. On the first day, he meets again after three years: Haruko Amaya, his childhood friend, Inaho Kushiya, a girl who says she's his fiance, and Kodama Himegami, a blonde who wants to kill him. Finding out that there are many girls there that just don't like him, he is told that everyone there uses a special magic ability while using an item or weapon called a Maken. Later, he finds that no Maken is acceptable for him and doesn't know what to do, since in this school the students get into duels that showcase their magic and combat power, to which he seemingly has none.

Synopsis by: AniDB

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Seinen
Producers: AIC Build
Official website: Here.

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting.

That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Genres: Adventure, Mystery, School, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Supernatural
Producers: Aniplex, AIC A.S.T.A.

Persona 4 the animation is the adaption of JRPG made by Atlus by the same name for the PS2.
2010, Yuu Narukami moves to the countryside to his uncle's house due to his parents working abroad. Not very friendly, he however manages to make a few friends there and they all decide to solve the mystery behind the sudden cases of serial murders that strikes the area.

Synopsis by: Nbb



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Producers: Gonzo, FUNimation Entertainment
Official website: Here.

Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing is a new original tale in the Last Exile universe. It features new characters, new mechanics and an all new story centered around the young ace vanship pilot, Fam, and her trusted navigator, Giselle, as they pilot their vanship, Vespa, through the free and peaceful skies.

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 8, 2011
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
Producers: J.C. Staff
Official website: Here.

The final sequel of the Shakugan no Shana series.
Sakai Yuuji, a high school student, is dead.
Earlier, he witnessed a shocking view: people we engulfed by blue flames and a monster was swallowing them. Just as the monster prepared to consume him, a sword-wielding girl saved him from the monster.
The girl calls herself a "Flame Haze" who hunts creatures from another world.

Synopsis by: Nbb

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shounen Ai
Producers: Studio Deen
Official website: Here.

Second season of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi. Onodera Ritsu has just transferred from his father's publishing company to Marukawa Shoten. Assigned to the shoujo manga division, he crosses path with the person he'd least expected to meet. Takano Masamune is the editor-in-chief of the division Ritsu's been assigned to, and the two seem get off on the wrong foot right from the very start when Takano unexpectedly kisses him. However, there is more to than what meets the eye: Takano is actually Saga, Ritsu's senpai and high school love, whom Ritsu had thought to have played him for a fool by taking his affections for granted when he confessed and summarily dumped him.

Synopsis by: MAL

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 8, 2011
Genres: Action, School
Producers: AT-X, David Production
Official website: Here.

Sato Yo is a high school boy who likes SEGA games. One day, he enters a grocery store to buy some food for dinner. When he tries to take a bento box, he loses consciousness. He comes around to find all the bento sold out. He notices there is a war game going on at grocery stores and players called "Wolves" compete for the half-priced bento. Yarizui Sen, the leader of the Half-Pricer Club, forces Yo to join the club and he enters the bento war.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 9, 2011
Genres: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Producers: Sunrise
Official website: Here.

It has been a few hundred years since humans began to live on space colonies. In A.G. 101, an unknown enemy (UE) "GAFRAN" suddenly attacks one of the colonies "Angel". A long war against UE has begun.
In A.G 108, seven year old Flit Asuno lost his mother when UE attacked his colony "Ovan". His mother left him a memory unit "AGE" which had stored data of an ancient mobile suit Gundam. In A.G. 114, Flit completes the Gundam AGE and counterattacks against GAFRANs.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 9, 2011 to ?
Genres: Action, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural, Psychological, Thriller
Producers: Asread


Middle school 2nd year, Amano Yukiteru, is a boy who has problem making friends. He thinks of himself as a bystander and will always write down everything he sees in a cell phone diary.
Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru began to imagine things like a friend called Deus Ex Machina who is apparently the Lord of Time & Space. Seeing Yukiteru's miserable state, Deus gives him a new ability. His diary will now record events that will happen in the near future. Yukiteru is then forced to participate in a game which the winner will become Deus's successor.

Synopsis by: MU


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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 10, 2011
Genres: Fantasy, Shoujo, Supernatural
Official website: Here.

Sawada Honoka is a 14-year-old girl who is very timid. She easily gets bullied by other classmates. Honoka is a non-believer in God, Angels, and Devils. Though one day, a devil baby was dropped into her room while she was sleeping. What will Honoka believe in now?

Synopsis by: Pocketscans

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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 14, 2011
Genres: Mystery
Producers: Bones
Official website: Here.

Based from Sakaguchi Ango’s novel “Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonocho”.
Meiji-era story about a detective named Yuki Shinjuro, who solves various incidents that happen in his circle of friends. The adaptation will utilize an original story set in the near future, revolving around the detective and a boy named Inga, who continually encounter mysterious cases.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: TV
Release date: Oct 14, 2011
Genres: Action, Magic, Sci-Fi
Producers: Production I.G
Official website: Here.

The story takes place in Tokyo in 2039. After the outbreak of the unidentified virus "Lost Christmas" in 2029, Japan has been under the control of a multinational organization called GHQ. Ouma Shu is a 17 year old boy who has a psychic power in his right hand. He can use the power "Ability of King" to extract tools or weapons from his friends. He has been avoiding making trouble for others but his life changes when he meets a girl named Yuzuriha Inori, a member of a resistance guerrilla group called "Undertaker", whose members pilot mecha weapons to fight against the government.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Ad Lib Anime Kenkyuusho

Type: TV
Release date: Oct 15, 2011

Emiri Katou and Kaori Fukuhara, the voice actresses best known for playing the Hiiragi twins in Lucky Star, will headline Ad Lib Anime Kenkyūsho (Ad Lib Anime Laboratory), an experimental anime series which will premiere on the satellite channel BS Fuji on October 15.
Katou (as "Chief Researcher No. 001"), Fukuhara ("Chief Researcher No. 002"), and a guest star "researcher" will ad lib each weekly episode's script entirely from scratch. Animators will then take the ad-libbed dialogue and create footage based on them — instead of the castmembers voice-acting to existing scripts and footage, as most anime are made.

Synopsis by: ANN

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Type: Special
Release date: Oct 19, 2011

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Type: Special
Release date: Oct 28, 2011
Genres: Slice of Life, Josei
Producers: Production I.G
Official website: Here.

Four short episodes bundled with DVD/Blue-Ray.

Vol.1: Episode 2.5 "Aquarium of Leaves"
Vol.2: Episode 3.5 "Dear My Santa Claus"
Vol.3: Episode 6.5 "Full Blossom in the Sky"
Vol.4: Episode 8.5 "Way Home"

Synopsis by: ANN

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Type: OVA
Release date: 29 Oct 2011
Genres: Action, Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy
Producers: Arms
Official website: Here.

OVAs bundled with the Queen's Blade Premium Visual Book and the Queen's Blade Rebellion Premium Visual Book. Both of the episodes will be based on Queen's Blade Rebellion, a sequel to Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Toushitachi.

Synopsis by: MAL



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Type: Special
Release date: Oct 30, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Producers: Shaft
Official website: Here.


According to Neowing, the previously announced new special of Hidamari titled "Hidamari Sketch x SP" will be released on November 23rd. The two episodes will pre-air on TV starting end of October.

Synopsis from: MAL

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Type: OVA
Release date: Oct 26, 2011
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Producers: Manglobe
Official website: Here.

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What some of our members have to say about this month's anime..

Asarii says:
Fate/Zero: Something about the "Holy Grail War" interests me a lot. The protagonist reminds me of Samus. :3
Even though I don't know what it's about, Un-Go seems fascinating judging from the photo of food. I want to watch Lupin III too- only if it has a finite number of episodes.

Here's what divinenega have to say:
I defiently can't wait for Mirai Nikki/Future Diary;s anime. I first got into the manga from a fake anime trailer a few years ago, so seeing it animated after all this time is like a dream come true. Especially since the manga's done, and the anime writers have plenty of material to work with. I just hope it;s longer than 26 episodes, though I guess a multi season format would be more likely in that case. Either way I just hope the whole thing is covered since with Tokyopop;s downfall, the rest of the manga will likely never make it to the states.

What Gecko Moria have to say:
Tamayura ~Hitotose~: There's something about the preview picture and description that feels nostalgic to me. Seems like a good slice-of-life anime, might check it out if my studies don't get the best of me.

Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon: Another anime set in some post-apocalyptic future era with mecha and characters with high-tech weapons. Needs a strong plotline to keep afloat as a newbie entering an already widely exploited genre, especially since it faces competition from the likes of Guilty Crown which just feels so much more appealing right now.

and Crudecross's thoughts about Persona 4:
Persona 4 is a must-watch! I loved the game, and the anime looks a lot like it! The story is of the mystery genre, so it'll keep you guessing a lot, and the characters are just great! Persona 3 might have a more epic storyline, but what really drives the story in P4 are the characters. I'm just wondering if the anime will show the true ending of the game.