[Article] Summer 2012 anime preview

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http://www.uk-anime.net/articles/Sum...e_preview.html

Never mind the weather, it's almost time for a boatload of new anime!

[Swaggletooth]

Binbougami is the one I'm looking forward to most of all: the source material is hilarious, and the Gintama director should lend a lot to the series. It should be great!

Campione could be interesting, I normally like to watch a battle/fantasy/harem each season (even if the concept is a regularly occuring one)

Chitose sounds... bad. I really hope that hasn't been licensed ;(

Ebiten could be OK, but I have some reservations about it. Looks like a show which could go either way.

Joshiraku looks like it should be fun

Muv-Luv I am really looking forward to. With all the hype surrounding it I'm trying not to get swept up, especially since the team behind it aren't really notable for great adaptations. But at the very least, the mecha battles and animation in the promo looked really good.

It amused me that you described the popularity of YuriYuri as "surprising", pretty much echos my sentiments to the series too

[Tweek]

It is good to see Yuru Yuri ♪♪ on that list as the first series was good fun; I assume Crunchy will be showing it

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Crunchyroll are definitely streaming YuruYuri's second season, but there's no confirmation of what regions it'll be available to just yet, which is why we're holding tight on any news pieces about it. Seems fair to assume the UK will get it though.

[Necro]

I'll have a proper look through it again once I've cleared some of my winter backlog, but looking through it then didn't really get me very excited. Nothing really jumps out as amazing. I'll watch Tari Tari for sure, though. and "Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai" Sounds like Lotte no Omocha meets High school DxD

[latro]

Some interesting bits but seems quite low-key all around really.

[Martin]

Cheers for doing this; it's always helpful when someone separates the wheat from the chaff for you. :P

-Arve Rezzle sounds relevant to my interests.

-Natsuyuki Rendezvous could be a sleeper hit as a straight-up drama (its NoitaminA after all).

-I'll give Sword Art Online a shot because Yuki Kajiura's doing the soundtrack but I'm expecting it to be just another .Hack (of which there are already enough, surely?).

-Tari Tari sounds like it's in the vein of Linda, Linda, Linda but that might actually be a good thing. The character likeability will make or break that one, since that's what killed HanaSaku Iroha for me.

Otherwise, not much for me to get excited about.

Except MOAR MOYASHIMON.

[Elliotpage]

Am I alone in disliking Moyashimon? I've tried both the anime and the manga and they both repulsed me. They just felt so schizophrenic and warped in what they focussed on and how it bounced around between characters, issues, relationships, and... well, everything.

Maybe this is Chihayafuru syndrome v2.

Also, I honestly dont see much I want to watch in the guide - YAY CATCHUP ON BACKLOG

[Swaggletooth]

Originally Posted by Martin

-Tari Tari sounds like it's in the vein of Linda, Linda, Linda but that might actually be a good thing. The character likeability will make or break that one, since that's what killed HanaSaku Iroha for me.

Yeah, the likeability of characters is really important to a character driven show. Hanasaku Iroha really threw awkward characters in your face, so I found it pretty hard to like.

[Necro]

But Minko was adorable. You had to like it for her.

[silentNate]

Arve Rezzle: Kikai Jikake no Yousei-tachi- Interesting premise, will definitely check this out

Binbou-gami ga!- looks pretty silly but might be good

Joshiraku- looks just a tad too moe for it's own good!!

Kokoro Connect- Could be the water cooler show of the summer

Tari Tari- SOLD!!! Boy can I not wait for that type of quality animation! As a fan of Hanasaku Iroha how can I not be feeling the love!

Yuru Yuri ♪♪- They changed the theme music!!