That's in less than a couple hours from now.
© NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. / SUNRISE BANDAI VISUAL MBS Original Character Design © Kousuke Fujishima [Image from Animax Asia]
Tales of the Abyss premieres 5 January 2012, Thursday, 630pm WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces Beelzebub.
Read more »Luke fon Fabre has been confined in his house since young, and the freedom he is about to experience will shatter everything he's ever known.
–Animax' synopsis
Japanese audio with subtitles
© 2010 Kenji Inoue/PUBLISHED BY ENTERBRAIN, INC. / Baka and Test Project. All rights reserved. [Image from Animax Asia]
Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts premieres 29 November 2011, Tuesday, 10pm WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces The Book of Bantorra.
Read more »Akihisa Yoshii attends Fumizuki Academy, a school where the students can call forth summoned beings to battle between classes.
–Animax' synopsis
That's tonight.
戦う司書 The Book of Bantorra
© Yamagata Ishio, Maeshima Shigeki/ SHUEISHA, Bantorra Library.
[Image - Screencap of 戦う司書 The Book of Bantorra official Japanese site]
The Book of Bantorra premieres 21 October 2011, Friday, 10pm WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces Shangri-La.
In a world where dead people turn into books stored in the Bantorra Library, anyone who reads a book can learn their past. The Bantorra Library is maintained by the Armed Librarians, who wield supernatural abilities. Their leader is the powerful woman Hamyuts Meseta whom their enemy – the psychotic religious cult known as Shindeki Church, is trying to assassinate in order to gain the secrets of the Bantorra Library.
–Animax' synopsis
TV Tropes on the The Book of Bantorra: Anyone Can Die: And How.
That's tomorrow.
Airs Saturdays at 7PM WIB (same day as Japan)
Japanese audio with subtitles
© GONZO/FAM PARTNERS
[Image - Screencap of Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- Official Website (JP)]
LAST EXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing- premieres 15 October 2011, Saturday, 7PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every Saturday thereafter. Gonzo's 20th anniversary project will be telecast the same day as Japan — just like Tears to Tiara, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Inuyasha: The Final Act and Maid Sama!
I've made up my mind! I'm going to steal that ship!
The twin princesses of the Turan Kingdom are attacked by their enemy. Left for dead, their fate changes after the young pilot Fam rescues them.
So goes Animax' synopsis for Episode 1 Open file.
The quote above that is from the main program synopsis that also contains the backgrounder to the Turan Kingdom and Ades Federation conflict, as well as the names of the princess pair under assault (Millia il Velch Cutrettola Turan and Liliana il Grazioso Merlo Turan).
I assume Korean audio with Not!Japanese subtitles.
[Image from Animax Asia]
Winter Sonata The Animation premieres 20 September 2011, Tuesday, 550PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia with episodes 1 and 2 back-to-back. Succeeding individual eps air every weekday thereafter at 630PM (replacing Letter Bee).
Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend. However, Yoo Jin meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind.
–Animax' synopsis
Can we say, Love Triangle
? xDDDD
Airs weekdays at 10PM WIB
Shangri-La © Eiichi Ikegami/KADOKAWA SHOTEN/SHANGRI-LA Partners.
[Image from Animax Asia]
Shangri-La premieres 19 September 2011, Monday, 10PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces Nodame Cantabile: Finale.
When the Tokyo government tries to create a new area in the city for elites, this leads to an explosive clash between government forces and anti-government guerillas. 18 year old Kuniko Hojo, the future leader of the anti-government forces, finds herself in the heart of the battle to protect her beloved city. –Animax' synopsis
TV Tropes on Shangri-La: An odd duck if there ever was one, proposing a world driven into poverty by carbon taxes, into chaos by arbitrage in carbon credits, and awaiting a savior - in the form of a Genius Ditz Magical Girl with a Precision-Guided Boomerang.
But before it does so, Nodame Cantabile: Paris will first wrap with an OAV on the 31st August, Wednesday, in the same Paris chapter timeslot.
© Tomoko Ninomiya ・ KODANSHA/Nodame Cantabile 3 Committee. All rights reserved. [Image from Animax Asia]
So to repeat, Nodame Cantabile: Finale premieres 1 September 2011, Thursday, 10PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces Nodame Cantabile: Paris.
In Finale's season premiere, Leçon 1, Chiaki's popularity keeps increasing while Nodame gets depressed as she feels the distance between them growing.
Two and a half years and can't-count-'em-nemore Nodame Cantabile replays later —
© Tomoko Ninomiya ・ KODANSHA/Nodame Cantabile Committee
[Image from Animax Asia]
Nodame Cantabile: Paris premieres 16 August 2011, Tuesday, 10PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. I assume its Japanese audio with subtitles.
Read more »Having been given the opportunity to study at Paris, Nodame accompanies Chiaki to Europe. As he strives towards his dream of becoming an accomplished conductor, she dedicates herself to become a professional piano player. Although they are moving swiftly towards their professional goals, this seems to be pulling them further apart in their relationship.
–Animax synopsis
Japanese audio with subtitles.
Letter Bee © Hiroyuki Asada/SHUEISHA,LBP,TV TOKYO
[Image from Animax Asia]
Letter Bee premieres 16 August 2011, Tuesday, 630PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces 07-Ghost.
Lag Seeing works as a Letter Bee, a postman entrusted to deliver the hearts of people separated from the ones they love.
I lopped off the Animax synopsis there because I wanted to quote TV Trope's Letter Bee observations first: If you're an optimist, you probably think that sounds really nice. If you're smart, you're probably wondering why an ‘elite cadre’ (the Letter Bees) is needed to deliver the mail.
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi © Nakamura Shungiku, Studio Deen
This is definitely not love!! | Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
Review/recommendation by baka-girl (Some rights reserved)
Rating: 8.2 of 10 ♥
Before you start reading it, let me remind you that Sekaiichi Hatsukoi is boys love (BL) / shounen-ai / yaoi series. So, for some of you who hate it, please don't bother to read this review xDD I'm a little late on this series, considering it already ended a few weeks ago, but better late than never, right? :D
Read more »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.
-Excerpted from My Anime List
Japanese audio with subtitles
The English 07-GHOST manga volume 8 is out on 5 July, the Indonesian volume 1 on the 6th. Now, go watch the anime.
07-Ghost © Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara, ICHIJINSHA, 07-GHOST Project
[Image screencapped from アニメ「07-GHOST」公式サイト]
07 Ghost premieres 12 July 2011, Tuesday, 630PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces Lucky Star.
With his mastery of the magical art of Zaiphon, Teito Klein gets drawn into an ancient battle that may shed light on his own mysterious past.
–Animax synopsis
I actually wanted to title this post Ho Yay, Incoming!
because, as TV Tropes points out, you will run into a LOT of homoeroticism in 07-Ghost, especially between Teito and Mikage: Only halfway through the first episode, they slept in the same bed, and this was merely the beginning of it.
Very Fujo-friendly, in other words. (Thought I'd get that—warning?—out of way :D)
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai © A-1 Pictures
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Review/recommendation by Kia & baka-girl (Some rights reserved)
Rating: 8.6 of 10 ♥ (Kia's ver); 8.4 of 10 ♥ (baka-girl's ver)
One of this anime season's best original production drama has caught our attention. Emotionally stirred with love, annoyance, laugh and tears; we'd like to present our first joint review for this wonderful series!
Read more »Five childhood friends grow apart after the death of Meiko Honma, close playmate of them all. Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. She has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid.
-Excerpted from Anime News Network
This thing had BETTER be in Japanese audio with subtitles or I will be all over stuck on English audio Indovision.
Lucky Star © Kagami Yoshimizu / Lucky Paradise
[Image from Animax Asia]
Lucky Star premieres 8 June 2011, Wednesday, 630PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter. It replaces Bleach Season 2.
Read more »Lucky Star's story revolves around the lives of four Japanese highschool girls with a unique sense of humor. The setting is mainly based on the city of Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture. Join this group of hilarious girls as they openly express their love and passion for Anime, Manga and Videogame!
–Animax synopsis
You know by now, right, that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2 finale'd on Animax last Wednesday? Well, this bookends.
© 2009 Nagaru Tanigawa · Noizi Ito/a member of SOS
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya premieres 1 June 2011, Wednesday, 7PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia. Japanese audio with subtitles.
Read more »One morning Kyon arrives only to find that everything has changed. Haruhi and Koizumi are both missing and Ryoko has mysteriously returned. On top of this, Asahina can't seem to recognize Kyon and Nagato is just an ordinary human. For some reason, Kyon is the only one aware of the changes and no one remembers about Haruhi or the SOS Brigade.
Kyon finds a clue left by the alien version of Nagato in the form of a bookmark. She tells him that he has to gather ‘keys’ to run a program. After bringing all the necessary keys for the program built by the alien version of Nagato, Kyon is shocked to find who is behind everything.
–Animax synopsis
Changed the post title because of baka-girl and Kia-chan's comments below ^^
© Tite Kubo / Shueisha, TV TOKYO, dentsu, Pierrot
[Image from Animax Asia]
Is it coincidence that I started this draft at 5.02PM? Yeah, didn't think so.
Bleach - Memories of Nobody premieres 2 May 2011, Monday, 7PM WIB (UTC+7), on Animax Asia. Japanese audio with subtitles.
Read more »Unidentifiable spirits begin appearing, and while dealing with them, Ichigo and Rukia meet a mysterious shinigami who may know what is happening.
–Animax synopsis
Airs weekdays at 830PM WIB (UTC+07)
Japanese audio with subtitles
© Nobuhiro Watsuki / SHUEISHA, Busourenkin Project
[Image from Animax Asia]
The Busou Renkin anime premieres this tonight, 28 April 2011, at 830PM WIB on Animax Asia, replacing Kekkaishi.
Find it a little hard working up enthusiasm for the Busou Renkin premiere—especially as I always feel like going "If a boy's story ends," why should I bother to watch? whenever I see the ad. Not only does Animax actually answer the question (Because A hero's saga begins
), I remember being so invested in this anime back in the 2006/2007 day. Perhaps I just need to sit myself down in front of the screen to dispel the meh.
Read more »When Kazuki Muto discovers he can wield the powerful weapon Busou Renkin, he decides to use it to eliminate the evil monsters plaguing his hometown.
–Animax synopsis
Spring 2011 anime first impressions and recently completed Winter 2011 anime reviews by Kia (Some rights reserved)
Hanasaku Iroha © P.A Works, Masahiro Ando, Square Enix, and Staffers
Short Summary
Sixteen-year-old Ohana Matsumae struggles to find herself amidst the ups and downs of teenage life. Raised by a single parent, Ohana holds an odd view regarding childbirth. In fact, she's still questioning her own existence. With a mother she can't look up to, who comes saddled with an irresponsible boyfriend, Ohana doesn't expect life to turn 180 degrees when her mother suddenly goes on a moonlight flit and sends Ohana to a hot springs inn belonging to Ohana's grandmother. Without any options, Ohana spends her remaining high school life living and working at the inn.
Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
© BONES, Aniplex, Star Driver Production Committee
Shout, Apprivoise! | Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
Review/recommendation by baka-girl (Some rights reserved)
Rating: 8.7 of 10 ♥
Some of you already know that the Star Driver finale aired a few days ago. Because I'm deeply in love with this series, I decided to review it. This is my first anime review in English so if you have suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section.
Read more »On the remote Southern Cross island, a secret organization named The Glittering Crux plans to reactivate giant mobile suits that have been sealed for ages. Known as cybodies, they can only be controlled by pilots known as star drivers. To unleash their full power, the mysterious group must brake the seals of the four shrine maidens that reside in the isle. Recently arrived outsider, Tsunashi Takuto vows to stop the Glittering Crux in order to protect Agemaki Wako, girl who saved his life and one of the four maidens. Wako is a lively young lady who has already been betrothed to Shindou Sugata, a rich and talented childhood friend. Despite being very close to Wako, Sugata quietly disapproves this engagement since it was forced on to them due to a family tradition. The melancholic couple becomes a radiant trio as Takuto becomes not only their friend, but protector of the seals since he is none other than the Galactic Pretty Boy, gifted star driver of Tauburn, the 22nd cybody.
-Excerpted from Anime News Network
That's tonight at 730PM WIB (UTC+7). Animax's season 2 starts with Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody,
unlike the Japanese TV 2009 renewal, which mixes old and new episodes and opens with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 1
.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
© 2007, 2008, 2009 Nagaru Tanigawa · Noizi Ito/a member of SOS
[Image from Animax Asia]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 premieres 6 April 2011, 730PM WIB, on Animax Asia and airs every Wednesday thereafter. Starting 13 April, however, airing time moves up to 7PM, with two episodes telecast back to back.
Plot-wise, the Animax synopsis holds no surprises:
Read more »The second season of the hit series sees Haruhi Suzumiya and the SOS Brigade continuing their crazy search for aliens, espers and time travelers.
That's today and it's slated to air weekdays at 630PM WIB (UTC+7), in Japanese audio with subtitles.
As you watch this latest Animax anime, please continue to #prayforJapan and/or help Japan in its time of need.
Bleach © Tite Kubo/Shueisha, TV Tokyo, dentsu, Pierrot
[Image from Animax Asia]
Bleach Season 2 premieres 18 March 2011, Friday, 630PM WIB, on Animax Asia and airs every weekday thereafter at the same time. From its synopsis excerpted below, Animax's season numbering appears to differ from the Japanese convention (cf. Bleach episodes):
Read more »In this new season, Ichigo and his friends are confronted by the Bounts, a formidable new enemy who is planning a nefarious act against Soul Society.