Otakuism

As almost everyone probably knows by now, due in part to how fast news moves in the blogosphere, Genshiken is going to get an actual second season instead of the OVA release it’s been enjoying on the Kujibiki Unbalance DVD’s. I must admit I’ve never watched Genshiken, even though I enjoy the manga immensely and have all its english volumes. Still, more Ohno and Ogiue in anime form can never be bad, so I’ll give this a look when it comes out. Personal prediction on a release in the fall.

Now for something completely different. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, another new series tentavily scheduled for the summer, will be directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, one of my favorite directors, and will be worked on by most of the Studio Shaft people that were working on Negima!?. While Negima!? was a flop, I still respect Mr. Shinbo’s skills and hope to see a style more reminiscient of PaniPoni Dash and Tsukuyomi used for this. Though, I wish he would tackle a serious series for once. The action scenes and dark overtones in Tsukuyomi were amazing, and I’d love to see something similar again. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is based on the manga of the same name, which Andrew Cunningham, my favorite translator, did a nice review of at his site here. Also, here’s the official site.