I usually don’t this kind of post that often, mostly because I’m lazy when it comes to gathering massive amounts of information, but the fall season is actually looking exciting this year. There’s more than five shows that I want to look at and may, god willing, be good. Massive props to Impz for compiling all the season information in one place. I’d seriously be lost without it. Now for my nine picks out of the 36 shows airing next season.

First up is Tytania. Same director as Legend of the Galactic Heroes? Check. Based on a novel series from the author of Legend of the Galactic Heroes? Check. Oh yeah, this is so at the top of my viewing list. Supposedly a space opera about a rebel force fighting the evil empire, but being from the creator of LOGH I doubt it’s that simple.

Next up is the second season of Gundam 00. As long as it doesn’t pull a Code Geass and completely drop the ball then I’m sure the show will be good. Hopefully we’ll finally get answers to the mysteries of Celestial Being, Allelujah’s past, RIBBONZ!, etc. Despite Saji showing up in the trailer, I really hope he doesn’t appear often, but that’s probably too much to ask when he’s the requisite normal guy in a gundam show.

I’ve read the first couple chapters of Kemeko Deluxe and it’s entertaining enough. The idea of a pretty girl piloting a giant ugly female robot is certainly a worthy premise for a show. As long as it’s a wacky comedy in the vein of Potemayo or Kamen no Maid Guy then I’ll be sure to enjoy.

Yozakura Quartet’s anime adaption is also starting in the fall. I’ve already read the first two volumes of the manga and it’s enjoyable if generic. The real draw of the manga is the excellent art, so it’ll be interesting to see how the anime adapts the story without that. Hopefully it can make it more interesting in the process. The anime character designs do look good, though. The characters look more adult than in the manga, which is fine as far as I’m concerned. The girls are hot either way.

Clannad After Story is the obligatory kyoani show of the season that I’ll join everyone else in watching. Clannad wasn’t that bad but it is definitely the weakest of the key adaptions. Since kyoani only has to work with a straight story this time I expect much better things.

Shikabane Hime: Aka is the Gainax show of the season. Aside from Gainax’s mecha anime I’m really not that fond of their more normal works. This show is about an undead girl who hunts corpses. Certainly a cool enough idea but it could also be executed very generically. The promo image does feature the girl holding a submachine gun, though, so I’ll give this the benefit of the doubt and check it out.

Kurogane no Linebarrel is the Gonzo show for the season, and I can already imagine the screams of hate. Despite Gonzo’s bad reputation I do genially like them. Yes, they’ve gone downhill since Gankutsuou and their efforts are mostly hit or miss, but at least they go out there in animating new stuff. This is also a mecha show, so I’m obligated to give it a shot as a /m/an. “A gigantic robot and the girl of your dreams are what you get…at the cost of your life,” is also a cool tag line.

I’ve already post about how awesome Casshern Sins looks, so of course I’m watching that. Nothing more to say that I haven’t already said really.

Chaos;Head is the adaption of the game of the same name by 5pb and Nitroplus. It looks a lot like a Nitroplus game, but actually they only did the production and technical stuff. 5pb did the actual story and I really don’t know anything about them as a company. Needless to say I’ll check it out cause Nitroplus is involved, but I wish one of their own games, besides Demonbane, was animated instead. I plan to do a primer on Chaos;Head in the next couple of days to give some more background and info on the game.

And that’s it. A good deal more shows worth checking out than the last couple of seasons. Potential for a few stand out hits in there. Hopefully they’ll all be subbed in a timely manner and I’ll have more stuff to blog about in the fall. Cause, really, I’m only watching seven shows that are airing right now, and only two of them started in the summer. That’s pretty pathetic.