Anime 2009 Summer Season: Watchlists and stuff.

"Oh well, stuff goes here, y'know," says Chaos-nyan.

First, SAUCE.

I mean, the big list of the 2009 Summer anime. All of ‘em. Following later, my picks.

EDIT: Shit. Version 3 of the list (also the final list) is out, and since Seitokai no Ichizon is listed as a Fall series, I’ll have to drop it from my Summer list. See you in Fall, StuCon.

Credits to ChartFag for the list.

Okay, from here, I’m gonna make a few selections and whatnot… also, be prepared for yet another wall of text. Yeah, isn’t that what blogs are all about? Walls. Of. Text.

1. Bakemonogatari

Believe me or not, but she actually weighs less than a paper. Why? Watch this and you'll know.

What is it about?

So Mr. Wikipedia told me: “Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. After being threatened by her, Koyomi offers her help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.

The series tends to introduce only one new heroine per chapter, each involved with a different “apparition”. The events of the previous chapters play an important role in the subsequent ones. The series primarily focuses on conversations between characters; it contains a fair number of parodies of other series, as well as Nisio Isin’s trademark wordplay and metahumor.”

What I think about this:

Having seen the trailers/PVs/whatever and also after quite a while stalking  the main site for updates, I had to say it feels like it’s going to look good (and I do hope it does live to it, although I can never ask for too much of it) and as for a show that’s going to look good for me, I find responses and under-anticipation for this series quite disturbing. I wonder if it has anything  to do with the common attitude that I see in some, which is “Not very welcoming of new and never-heard-of stuff?” Anyway, I hope that changes after the series start airing, which would be around 2 weeks time after this post.

tl;dr

We’re sooo going to be at the mercy of Shinbo and Isin.

2. CANAAN

I've been trapped by the red.

What is it about?

So Mr. Wikipedia told me: “Canaan is an anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Nintendo Wii visual novel 428: Fūsasareta Shibuya de, which is noted for being one of the few games to be have been awarded a perfect score by games publication Famitsu.”

What I think about this:

Type-Moon fans surely are joicing over this anime’s existence because the two spearheads of Type-Moon are involved in this. To be honest though, I’m kinda sucked in by that fact, too. I’d like to feel that CANAAN is not going to be a part in Nasuverse’s  wide and complex universe (curse you, Zelretch, you slider. ) but somehow I believe I’m in disagreement with some other “professors” who lectures followers of Type-Moon of the Nasuverse. Okay, that’s a crude joke (I think it is rude without the C) but yeah, it’s what I think honestly. Or maybe Nasu will prove me wrong and make this a part of his vast Nasuverse or maybe it’ll go vice-versa, who knows. After all CANAAN’s status in the Nasuverse hasn’t been confirmed yet. Anyway, this is going to be the kind of show I’m so going to like after Darker Than Black… maybe.

tl;dr

Type-Moon. TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON TYPE-MOON!!!!11 – so says those people. I don’t know.

3. Sora no Manimani

"Romantic comedy?" Hmph, I sense there'll be a time (or times) I'll have to pull out TEH GUITARZ.

What is it about?

So Mr. MAL (MyAnimeList.net) told me: “Saku Ooyagi returns to his hometown after seven years and is soon reacquainted with his childhood friend, Mihoshi Akeno. The reunion is far from merry since the last memory they have of each other is of her falling off a tree and him saving her. In any case, Mihoshi is determined to improve their relationship and forces Saku to join the astronomy club she founded.”

What I think about this:

My… uh, “senses” prompted me to keep this on watch in my list… by “recon.” D’uh, usage of the terms makes me sound cheesy, yeah. Anyway I just wonder why I wanted this in my list in the first place, although I feel like there’s gonna be a moment where… well, as the pic caption says, “I’ll have to pull out TEH GUITARZ.” Sure, it looks like it’s going to be your average lovecom, but inside I feel like there’s going to be “The Tearjerker Of Doom” (just in my own terms) that’ll be somehow… uh, intense that I’ll require TEH FORCE OF TEH GUITARZ to repel it. Anyway, I expect Akeno’s crush on Saku to not go… unrivaled. LET THERE BE POLYGONS!

tl;dr

Rom-Com? Heh, spare me the jokes, I know you’re hiding the Tearjerker of Doom somewhere. Off before I get TEH GUITARZ. (despite saying this, I still am going to watch it.)

4. Princess Lover!

I'm getting strong urges to call in my black ops team.

What is it about?

So Mr. MAL (MyAnimeList.net) told me: “Arima Teppei lost his parents in a traffic accident. His grandfather Isshin adopted him by force and ordered him to succeed the head of Arima Group Corporation. At Shuuhou Gakuen, a high school only for wealthly students, Teppei’s new life as a celebrity starts.”

What I think about this:

Ugh, aristocrats, “royalties,” whatever. Just die, if you’re not using your money to help the society and the poor or are busy flaunting your social status while demeaning the society of commoners and the poor, or are just too busy being in love with another aristocrat or a royalty. I’m getting strong urges to call for black ops to kill ‘em. Okay, seriously, I’m kidding. No, really. I’m just kidding. Unless, if this anime makes me want to turn my urges into… real. Yeah.

I don’t even know how I should start, but yeah I think an evil someone has successfully infected me to insane curiosity levels that I ordered some “recon” be put on the anime, but apparently it’s not of a very high priority. Anyway I think it’s gonna be another White Album for me…

tl;dr

Princess Lover: Gonna watch this and then slam it for the lulz at a certain forum. Not that forum.

5. Umi Monogatari

No matter how I look at them, they reek of saltwater.

What is it about?

Marin and her sister Urin live in the sea. One day they find a ring fallen into the sea. They get out of the sea and meet a girl Kanon, the owner of the ring. Kanon tells them she doesn’t want the ring anymore because it was given by her boyfriend whom she just broke up with, and she throws it into the sea again. Marin thinks Kanon is still in love with him and looks for the ring. But she accidentally breaks a seal on the sea floor…

What I think about this:

ARARARARARARRR I’M A SHARK I’M A SHARK SUCK MY D– whatever etc. But seriously, let me bite these two girls before going on with the story. Heh. Just kidding, but oh yea, you saw through it already.

But yeah, I haven’t seen this kind of stories for quite a long time, so I wonder how it’s going to turn out. Hopefully pleasant.

tl;dr

Watching it now though. OP/ED makes me sleep far much better than anything else. Pandora Box opened from the very start. And “PREDICTABLE!” (vc: Geese Howard) ensues.

6.  Umineko No Naku Koro Ni

Wow, and I'm back in the 80's? Where's my Back To The Future car!?

What is it about?

So Mr. MAL says: “Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in 1986 during the time frame of October the 4th and the 5th on a secluded island named Rokkenjima (六軒島). The head of the wealthy Ushiromiya family, Kinzō Ushiromiya, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, is near death, and eleven of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzō’s assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are five of Kinzō’s servants, and his personal physician. After the eleven family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people start to get mysteriously murdered. (Source: Baka-Tsuki)”

What I think about this:

What turns me on to put this into list: Mystery.

What is going to turn me off: … Uh, too much anticipation perhaps? For some reason probably I knew that who made Higurashi made this, so yea. But… try to keep that in mind and tone down on reminding me about that a bit, okay!?

But yeah. I decided to be more open and sometimes I’d like to try some of these.

Okay right now I’m done with the lists for the TV ones. Can’t be too bothered to talk about movies unless there’s a way for me to catch it right at the time it is airing. Also, OVA’s are going to make this already long post too long to read.

tl;dr

Tempting, need someone to do the dirty job of watching it first before me.

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