January 2009 New Anime Guide3

Time for the Anime guide of this month. It seems to me that there aren’t many Anime I want to watching this month. Maybe I’m just tired of it ^^.

Akikan! (アキカン!)

OK, the first one is Akikan! and it’s about to on air today in Japan. I’ve already introduced this one and you can read more on my post here.

On Air: 3rd. January

Official website: http://www.melomelomelon.com/

Minami-ke: Okaeri (みなみけ おかえり)

This is the 3rd season of Minami-Ke series and I’m really fond of this Anime. Mainly talking about some daily life but the story itself is interesting and I really like the CVs (Character Voice, or Voicer) of Kana and Chiaki (Marina Inoue & Minori Chihara).

On Air: 4th. January

Official website: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/minami-ke/

Asu no Yoichi! (明日のよいち!)

Asu no Yoichi! is a manga series written and illustrated by Yu Minamoto. Read more about this Anime/Manga on Wiki.

On Air: 8th. January

Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/yoichi/

The Tower of Druaga: the Sword of URUK (ドルアーガの塔 ～the Sword of URUK～)

The Anime might not attract your attention in the first place, but it’s produced by GONZO, so, there might be something out there ^^. Continued with the previous season (The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk), the story is about continuing climbing up the Tower of Druaga, this time, probably the real one. I didn’t get interested in this Anime before and my friend tried hard to convince me and he made it. I thought it was an funny Anime like others since the first episode is really fun and, amazing ^^. However, when watching the second episode, I got confused coz it told something identical to the first epsiode (the first episode is the day dream version of our hero Jil). But later, the story line changed and the plot’s getting tense, when I realized that I fell in love with this one.

To someone hasn’t watched the first season, try something below and you’re gonna love it ^^

The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk is an anime TV series, created by Gonzo and is an animated continuation of Namco’s The Tower of Druaga franchise which began as an arcade game originally released in 1984. This series is amongst the first to be officially broadcast on the internet by Gonzo simultaneously in Japanese and subtitled in English on YouTube, Crunchyroll and BOST TV. The second season, The Sword of Uruk, has recently been announced to start airing in January 2009.

Okay, let’s just recall my (our?) favorite line:

Did anyone go back to their hometown to get married this week?

On Air: 8th. January

Official website: http://www.druaga-anime.com/ (English Version)

Rideback (ライドバック)

For sure, I don’t have much idea of this Anime series but the story seems unique.

On Air: 11th. January

It’s mainly about Ride Back tells the story of a girl a her “Iron Horse” robot motorcycle in 2020, a tumultous time of anti-goverment student protests. Via Anime News Network

Official website: http://www.rideback-anime.jp/rideback.html

Sora o Miageru Shojo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (空を見上げる少女の瞳に映る世界)

You probably have already known this Anime, it was producted by Kyoto Animation and named MUNTO in the form of OVA (2 episodes) in the first place, and now, it’s made into Anime. The OVAs were well produced and truly different from the Anime made by Tokyo Animation ^^. As for the story, it’s really complicated and you can have a brief on Wiki.

In the first Munto OVA, the main source of energy in the world, Akuto, is running low. The Magical World in the Heavens uses most of the available Akuto energy, antagonizing the Heavenly people and causing them to unite against the Magical Kingdom. To restore the flow of Akuto and save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens, young King Munto decides to follow a vision and find Yumemi, a girl who lives in the “Lower World”, Earth. Gass, the Guardian of Time, allows Munto passage to the Lower World, amid the chaos of potential war, to seek the girl of destiny. The prophetress Ryuely and her young apprentice Toche keep watch over Munto as he journeys to Earth.

On Air: 13th. January

Official website: http://www.munto.com/