Fall 2011 Anime PV (w/ pics) [october]

For a lot of these shows I haven't been able to get my hands on much summary wise. Gomen!

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 2011
Animation Company: ufotable
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Prequel, Light Novel based
Summary: The story is set 10 years prior to the events of Fate/Stay Night. The anime will chronicle events taking place during the Fourth Holy Grail War.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/ Commentary]
I've been wanting to watch this one since I heard of it. Ever since watching the Unlimited Blade Works movie I've been more of a Fate fan than ever. It's interesting that this one is a prequel that wasn't even a visual novel or game like most of Fate's other parts (the visual novel is made of 3 parts and there's a fighting game as well) but it was a series of light novels. What most people probably don't know is that before Type Moon was even known as Type Moon some of the members were behind a novel series Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners). Guess Type Moon has their roots in light novels.

[Basics]
Full Title: Last Exile 2- Ginyoku no Fam
Website(s): (eng-1)(jap- 2)
Premier Date (Japan): October 7th, 2011
Animation Company: Gonzo
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel
Summary: Not much is known at this point other than that this is a direct sequel with new characters in the same universe as the original Last Exile which was released over 8 years ago.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Ah Last Exile, it's one of those unappreciated anime I wish more people would watch and love. The opening and ending are some of my favorites, and the "steam punk" style is always a pleasure for the eyes to see. When I heard it was getting a direct sequel I'll be honest, I was a bit shocked. I don't remember the original being all that popular and while doing research on this one the fact that FUNimation already has an English site ready to simulcast the show is even more shocking because when I ask people what they think of Last Exile most say it's an ok show.

[Basics]
Full Title: Shakugan no Shana III (final)
Website(s):
Premier Date (Japan): October 7th, 2011
Animation Company: J.C.Staff
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Light Novel Based
Summary: (I haven't found a summary anywhere, gomen!)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
I've never been much of a Shana fan myself. I watched most of the original season, and even read a few volumes of the manga adaptation. It feels like an average show to me, nothing too special or worth watching.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 1st, 2011
Animation Company: J.C.Staff
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Manga based
Summary: Continues the adventures of rookie manga duo Mashiro and Takagi.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
I watched all of the original season as it came out, and it's hard for me to patiently watch an entire series as it comes out. Guess Bakuman is really good... for an anime about creating manga lol.

[Basics]
Website(s):
Premier Date (Japan): October 1st, 2011
Animation Company: A-1 Pictures
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Light Novel based
Summary: (hell if I know.)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Apparently the original is heartwarming and good. I wouldn't know considering I didn't even finish the first episode. UMAD ELIJAH!?

[Basics]
Full Title: Persona 4- The Animation
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 6th, 2011
Animation Company: AIC ASTA
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Game Based
Summary: (I haven't found a summary anywhere, gomen!)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Well I haven't finished the game, but it's really good so far. I have finished the prequel game Persona 3 which has the same setting but different characters. So I have plans to watch this one without a doubt.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October, 2011
Animation Company: AIC ASTA
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Original, New Series
Summary: After the outbreak of the unidentified virus "Lost Christmas" in 2029, Japan has been under the control of a multi-nation organization called GHQ. Ohma 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 Yuzuriha Inori, a member of a resistance guerrilla group called "Undertaker", whose members pilot mecha weapons to fight against the government.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Mecha! MEEEECCCHHHAAAA... and a virus. Sounds interesting enough.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 4th, 2011
Animation Company: AIC
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation, New Series
Summary: (not sure)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Well... I didn't really find any info on this one such as a plot so I'm not really sure. The picture looks neat.... but I just get this gut feeling it's going to be ecchi in some form.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 6th, 2011
Animation Company: AIC Build
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation, New Series
Summary: Mikazuki Yozora and Hasegawa Kodaka open up a club for students with poor social skills and few friends.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Sounds similar to MM with the whole club thing, but a lot of anime focus on clubs so this might be an interesting slice of life show.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 8th, 2011
Animation Company: David Production
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation, New Series
Summary: The story revolves around a poor high school student named Yō Satō. Satō goes to the supermarket one day and discovers a bentō on sale at half price. Just as he reaches to grab it, he ends up on the floor unconscious. Satō has just entered the fierce, no-holds-barred "supermarket survival battle" for half-price bentō.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Sounds like Akikan, which was a pretty hilarious anime from what I saw of it.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 2nd, 2011
Animation Company: Madhouse Studios
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga adaptation
Summary: Alternate retelling of the original Hunter x Hunter anime.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
My dad bought me a bootleg copy of the original when he was stationed in Korea. I have yet to watch past the first episode and I've had it since 6th grade lol.

[Basics]
Full Title: Mirai Nikki - Future Diary
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 9th, 2011
Animation Company: asread
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga adaptation, New show
Summary: High 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 X Makina 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. (from the manga)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Future Diary is one of those rare really good manga that I believe everyone, even fans of comics, should read. You don't need to be a fan of manga to enjoy it. I'm really looking forward to this anime. I've seen the ova already, and while it did the manga justice considering it was so short I'm hoping the anime does at least as good as the ova did.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 1st, 2011
Animation Company: Sunrise
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Original, New show
Summary: Set in a distant land, Japan is divided into feudal territories, yet conquered by outside countries, the city Musashi that will ignite the flame of battle is being targeted and has no choice but to keep its people safe by entering this war, with the fate of the world resting on its hands, the students of Musashi may hold the key to victory.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Sounds like some what of a typical science fiction anime. I'll check it out, but no guarantee I'll keep up with it.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 3rd, 2011
Animation Company: TYO Animations
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: OVA adaptation
Summary: For her first year of high school, Fu Sawatari moves to Takehara, a scenic old town near Hiroshima, on the Inland Sea. Her father, who has passed away, grew up in Takehara. She loves taking photographs with her father's old film camera, a Rollei 35S. The story follows her and the friends who gather around her as she comes to love her new home. (from the ova)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
I'm not too sure about what the original is based on but the ova was popular enough a TV version was green lit. I haven't seen the ova, so I'm not sure if I'm going to watch this one.

[Basics]
Full Title: PhiBrain - Kami no Puzzle
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 2nd, 2011
Animation Company: Sunrise
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga adaptation, New show
Summary: The school adventure story revolves around Kaito, a puzzle-loving freshman at the private high school named "Root Academy." He is selected as a candidate for "Phi Brain" for his extraordinary mental skills. One day, he and his childhood friend Nonoha tackle the "unsolvable puzzle" hidden in the underground ruins near the school. They are guided by the mobile device given to Kaito by the student council president. The puzzle is the "Philosophers puzzle," a life-threatening creation of a mysterious intelligence group known as "POG." When he defeats the puzzle, he is designated as a "Solver." Together with Nonoha and other Solvers, Kaito battles POG at "philosopher's puzzles" all over the world.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Sounds a bit like the manga Gamble Fish, sounds worthy of some watch time.

[Basics]
Full Title: Mashiro-Iro Symphony - The color of lovers
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 4th, 2011
Animation Company: Manglobe
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Eroge adaptation, New show
Summary: (I haven't found a summary)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Alicia is a fan of eroge games, but they're usually sad. She'll watch this anyways.

[Basics]
Full Title: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 9th, 2011
Animation Company: Manglobe
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Gundam
Summary: (I haven't found a summary)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
I'm still not completely sold on this show. It's meant to be a way to bring in "new generation gundam fans" who didn't grow up with Gundam already. So basically how like yu-gi-oh now how GX and whatever that motercycle one is. Basically all those lazy yu-gi-oh continuations that don't even have yu-gi. Then again, Gundam Builders was pretty good from what I saw so I could be completely wrong and this could be what the Gundam franchise needs. Though I'm a huge fan of Gundam Unicorn.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 13th, 2011
Animation Company: Bones
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga adaptation, New show
Summary: In the story of Un-Go, Shinjūrō and Inga work together to solve mysteries in a near future timeline.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
This show is pretty hard to describe considering it's going to be a format like Blue Stories was... I can't really pin point what it's going to be about but it's being animated by Bones and they never fail to release a show I don't like.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 4th, 2011
Animation Company: Madhouse
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga adaptation, New show
Summary: In the story, a schoolgirl named Chihaya Ayase once only dreamed about her sister making it big as a fashion model, until she decides to forge her own path in life. After seeing a quiet transfer student named Arata Wataya play the game, Chihaya enters the competitive world of karuta. The story begins when Arata joins Chihaya's sixth-grade class, but most of the story takes place during Chihaya's high school years.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
There are way to many shows about playing games! I think I'll pass... but it's Madhouse... I might give it a glance... maybe...

[Basics]
Full Title: C³ cube x cursed x curious
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 1st, 2011
Animation Company: SILVER LINK
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Light novel adaptation, New series
Summary: The story begins when a high school student named Haruaki Yachi receives a mysterious, super-heavy black cube from his father overseas. That night, Haruaki wakes up to a suspicious noise in the kitchen, and he discovers a "fully naked female thief of rice crackers." The girl, Fear, is the first of several surprises that Haruaki receives.
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Light novel adaptations lately have been better than manga simply because there aren't many illustrations to go off of, which makes it easier for the animation company to come up with a style to fit the series.

[Basics]
Full Title: Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!!
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 1st, 2011
Animation Company: Lerche
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Dating sim adaptation, New show
Summary: 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...
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
I don't even feel remotely interested in this.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): October 2nd, 2011
Animation Company: Synergy SP
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Toy franchise adpatation, new show
Summary: (havent found a summary)
[What Akia's Gonna Do/Commentary]
Japan you so silly having to make anime based on toys.