Ceres
11-06-2011, 06:21 AM
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It's that time again. Now that we're well into the Fall 2011 season many fans are already looking to see what shows the next few months will offer up for their viewing pleasure. We have only a few weeks to go until the Winter 2011/2012 season begins so . . . what shows are you must looking forward to?
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As usual the chart is filled with super tiny print (click here (http://neregate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/neregate.com-Winter-2011-2012-Anime-v3.png) for the full-size version) so I’ve made a list that is much easier to peruse. Everything is color-coded (OVAs/SPs/OADs, television series, and movies) so please keep that in mind as you're reading. You can find details such as teasers/trailer/PVs and synopses for each show within spoiler tags.
This list will be continuously updated as more titles are unveiled and more information is released.
Note: You may notice that Winter 2011/2012 seems more sparse in terms of new series compared with Fall 2011. That is because several currently airing series (Shakugan no Shana III (Final), Bakuman S2, Fate/Zero, Persona 4, Guilty Crown, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Chihayafuru, Mirai Nikki, Hunter X Hunter and Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle) are 2-cour which means that they will be continuing through the winter.
If you know of a title that has been officially announced and is scheduled to air in December, January, or February that isn't on this list please send me (Ceres (http://otaku-streamers.com/community/private.php?do=newpm&u=3516)) a PM with the information and a link to your source so that it may be added. The same goes for any additional information (PVs, pictures, et cetera) you think your fellow OS users might find useful ^_^
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Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin Eien no Mermaid (TMS Entertainment) - 12/02
Manyuu Hiken-chou OVA (Hoods Entertainment) - 12/02
An all-new anime short bundled with BD/DVD releases of the series. The story takes place in the Taiheimeji Era where breasts mean everything (literally). If you have breasts you are guaranteed wealth and popularity. If you lack them you are not even considered human.
K-On! The Movie (Kyoto Animation) - 12/03
Graduation draws near for Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi, the four 3rd-year students of the Light Music Club. They, together with Azusa, decide to go on a post-graduation trip. Their destination, decided by lot, is London!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-NZ9LqS-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XaVdueqXr8
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Kyousogiga (Toei Animation) - 12/06
In a world where the boundary between the human and yokai worlds is no longer distinguishable three different groups vie for power. Koto, a high school girl who escaped from the maze of Java Work, chases the shadow an entity known as "Kuro Usagi." This story will involve a host of other characters also in pursuit of "Kuro Usagi" through a Kyoto in which time has stopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In4YoCWTKiM
Infinite Stratus Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujū OVA (8-bits) - 12/07
An all-new fan-pandering video centered around the academy for training pilots of the Infinite Stratos Weapon System which can only be used by females . . . and one boy named Ichika Orimura. This new episode features content from the second half of the fourth light novel.
Itsuka Tenma no Kuro-Usagi x Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu OVA (Zexcs) - 12/10
Unaired 13th episode bundled with the ninth volume of the light novel series Itsuka Tenma featuring an animated crossover between the two fantasy stories.
Major: World Series OVA (SynergySP) - 12/15
Bundled with the soon-to-be released compilation book of the manga. This "all-new, truly the last" OVA project will adapt the World Series Arc and the story's illusive final match-up while the book will allow audiences to see the last pitch in the manga. This project also promises the return of the "Golden Battery" to America.
R-15 OVA (AIC) - 12/15
The R-15 OVA is bundled with the 10th volume of the light novels which it's based upon, originally by Hiroyuki Fushimi and Takuya Fujima. The story follows a student with a secret: he is a talented pornographic novelist with a newspaper-serialized work. Having enrolled in a school that only accepts geniuses, he must now chase his dream and direct his classmates to win an interclass competition. All while trying to create the prefect harem.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice OVA (Satelight) - 12/16
Based on Takeda Hinata's manga of the same name, the story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. This OVA continues chronicling her daily life.
Kakku-Kawaii Sengen! OVA (Gathering) - 12/16
An all-new episode bundled with the series' DVD. This anime adapts Jigoku no Misawa's gag comedy manga of the same name.
Usagi Drop OVA (Production I.G.) - 12/16
Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! This all new episode will be bundled with the third BD volume. It is technically considered number 6.5.
Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (Toho) - 12/17
This film is is based on the Japanese children's novel Naita Aka Oni by Hirosuke Hamada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38f2q2ExOr8
Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen (Studio DEEN) - 12/17
The new anime adaptation will remake the Kyoto story arc of the manga and previous anime series. Although technically a two-episode OVA series, the first will premiere in theaters in December. It will only run for one week at Tokyo's Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro theater and Osaka's Cine-Libre Umeda theater.
Hidan no Aria OVA (J.C. Staff) - 12/21
Tokyo Butei High School is a special school where armed detectives, also known as Butei, are trained and educated. Tooyama Kinji is a sophomore student, who can go into Hysteria Mode when "stimulated" — affecting his mental state (ultra-fast reflexes, protection complex) and manner of speech. He tries to hide this genetically inherited ability from others in order to live a peaceful life. But when he becomes the victim of a bombing incident, by a Butei Killer copycat, his quiet days are over with the fateful encounter with Kanzaki H. Aria — the Butei High "Assault" department elite. This new, unaired episode will be bundled with the seventh BD/DVD volume.
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi OVA (Dogakobo) - 12/21
Kazuma moves to the country town of Yamabi Kochou together with Ayumu, his younger brother, due to the latter's weak constitution. On the way to Yorodzuyo, the inn in which they are planning to lodge, run by their father's old friend, they take the wrong bus. When a monkey steals Ayumu's cap, Kochou recklessly follows the animal into the forest, and promptly gets lost. Luckily a beautiful mysterious girl named Ui suddenly appears . . . The series is based on an erotic visual novel by Feng. The content of this OVA is not yet known.
Toradora! OVA (J.C. Staff) - 12/21
An all-new episode to be bundled with the special edition BD box of volume 6.
Maken-Ki! OVA (AIC) - 12/22
An anime short to be bundled with the first BD/DVD volume.
Mirai Nikki OAD (AIC) - 12/22
An OVA relating to the Mirai Nikki series which will feature "unedited, unaltered" original content.
Inazuma Eleven Go: Kyuukyoku no Kizuna Griffon (Oriental Light and Magic) - 12/23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyVL81TgDJ8
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD Remastered (Sunrise) - 12/23
A HD "remaster" project of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series.
Carnival Phantasm 3rd Season OVA (LARC) - 12/31
This third "season" (read: episode) in the ongoing TYPE-MOON Carnival Phantasm series which combines characters from both Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night.
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Recorder to Randoseru (????) - 01/05
Miyagawa Atushi is an 11-year-old boy whose daunting 180 centimeter tall build has always brought him trouble. His 17-year-old sister, Atsumi, however, is on 137 centimeters tall with a child-like build. Atsumi has always taken good care of her brother who despite his appearance always acts his true age.
Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (MSC) - 01/05
A continuation of the Tennis no Ouji-sama series which features the on-going story of an "All Star Team" comprised of 50 of the best tennis players from all over Japan.
Manyuu Hiken-chou OVA (Hoods Entertainment) - 01/07
An all-new anime short bundled with BD/DVD releases of the series. The story takes place in the Taiheimeji Era where breasts mean everything (literally). If you have breasts you are guaranteed wealth and popularity. If you lack them you are not even considered human.
Sacred Seven: Shirogane no Tsubasa (Sunrise) - 01/07
This movie is actually a re-edited, extremely condensed version of the series. It will focus on the fighting between the Sacred Takers Alma and Naito, as well as the fight with Kenmi from Naito's point of view. It will also feature a handful of new scenes--particularly of Naito's past--as well as a new dialogue recording.
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki (????) - 01/08
Based on a slife-of-life manga of the same name, this story centers around a mysterious spherical cat named Poyo, Poyo's family, and the people in the cat's everyday life.
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou (Sunrise) - 01/10
A gag comedy story following the humorous yet realistic everyday lives of Tadakuni, Hidenoir, Yoshitake, and other students at a boys' high school.
.hack/The Movie (CyberConnect2 sai) - 01/21
The story is set in 2024 when children have lived their entire lives since birth in a world connected by networks. A cheerful 14-year-old middle school girl named Yuuki Sora has no interest in games, but her friends get her to go into the popular network game called "The World." However, due to a certain incident in The World, anomalies start occurring in the real world.
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko OVA (Shaft) - 01/25
The unaired 13th episode to be bundled with the seventh BD volume.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira - file.04 (Studio Deen) - 01/25
The fourth and final episode in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira file series.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice OVA (Satelight) - 01/25
Based on Takeda Hinata's manga of the same name, the story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. This OVA continues chronicling her daily life.
Usagi Drop OVA (Production I.G.) - 01/27
Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! This all new episode will be bundled with the fourth BD volume. It is technically considered episode 8.5.
Morita-san wa Mukuchi OVA (Studio Gram) - 01/27
Unaired episode to be bundled with the Limited Edition fifth volume of the manga.
Queen's Blade OVA (Arms) - 01/28
Bundled with the Rebellion premium visual book, this short will feature approximately 40 minutes of all-new footage. Half will focus on the Rebellion characters who did not appear in the anime; half will be devoted to Alleyne and Siggy giving "private lessons."
Amagami SS+ (AIC) - 01/??
A second-year high school boys finds himself uneasy during Christmas time due to an unfortunate experience he had in the past. However, this year he gets the chance to ask out a graduating female senior named Haruka Morishima---or one of several other classmates. This is the sequel to Amagami SS.
Ano Natsu de Matteru (????) - 01/??
An adolescent romantic comedy centered around two girls, Ichika Takastuki and Remon Yamano, and a boy named Kaito Kirishima.
Another (P.A. Works) - 01/??
Twenty-six years ago there was a third-year student named Misaki. As an Honors student who also excelled at sports this charming girl was popular among her classmates. When she suddenly died her fellow students decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Kouichi Sakakibara transfers into the girl's former classroom, and immediately grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere. For there in that room is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and always sits alone quietly drawing pictures.
Aquarian EVOL (8-bit/Satelight) - 01/??
The story of Aquarion Evol will take place 12,000 years after the first Aquarion television series at a city modeled after Hong Kong. A new cast of characters, piloting a new Aquarion robot, will fight enemies from another dimension. Kawamori has hinted that the characters might be reincarnations of Apollo, Silvia, and the other characters from the first series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8CIFim_Pk
Black★Rock Shooter (Ordet) - 01/??
Mato Kuroi just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye: her classmate Yomi Takanashi. Seemingly opposites, the time they spend together strengthens their friendship. But as they go into their second year at the school, they get placed in separate classes, and they begin to grow apart.
In another world, a young girl, blue fire residing in her eyes, Black Rock Shooter faces another young girl; this one holding a jet-black scythe, Dead Master, and a battle to the death begins to unfold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuKl2GaRQc
Brave 10 (Media Factory) - 01/??
An adaptation of the Brave 10 S manga by Kairi Shimotsuki. The story re-imagines the legendary adventures of the 10 brave warriors assembled by the warlord Sanada Yukimura in the year 1600, in the middle of Japan's tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJvmyEmbqvQ
Inu X Boku SS (David Production) - 01/??
The Shirakiin house's daughter, Shirakiin Riricho, has a complex about being able to live independently and unprotected so she follows her compunction to move our and live on her under the condition that she will reside in a mansion named "Ayakashi Kan." Only those who have cleared a strict examination are allowed to reside in this mansion, and each person is assigned their very own Secret Service (S.S.) agent. Although Riricho has rejected the company of the agent while residing in the mansion she soon finds out the agent dedicated to protecting her is actually a certain Fox Spirit she previously rescued in human form.
Mouretsu Pirates (Satelight) - 01/??
Marika, a spirited high school girl, keeps herself busy with the Space Yacht Club and her part-time job at a high-class retro cafe. One day two men suddenly appear and claim to be subordinates of her dead father. They demand that she assume command of the space pirate ship Benten Maru. Apparently a privateer ship's compact was made during a certain war of independence a century ago, and according to that compact the ship must be inherited by the previous captain's next direct descendent. Marika finds herself embarking on a new life as a space pirate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlCW9Ebfp2s
Natsume Yuujin-chou Shi (Brains Base) - 01/??
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits which he has long and painstakingly kept a secret from everyone around him. Once he inherits a strange book, "The Book of Friends," from his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why so many spirits surround him. This will be the fourth season of the Natsume Yuujin-chou series.
Nisemonogatari (Shaft) - 01/??
This series is the sequel of Bakemonogatari. The black swindler Kaiki Deishu who once deceived Hitagi returns to town with the intention of spreading the incantation which cursed Nadeko before. Koyomi's sisters Tsukihi and Karen Araragi do their best to capture Deishu but . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQ9sRSglj8
Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai (Feel) - 01/??
Yuuta Segawa, a 19-year-old college freshman, learns that the plane his older sister and her husband were on has gone missing. As a result, Segawa has to watch over the middle school girl Sora, the fifth-grader Miu, and the kindergartener Hina in his tiny 3-meter-by-4-meter apartment.
Rinne no Lagrange (Xebec) - 01/??
An original series developed by Tatsuo Sato (Chief Director) and Toshimasa Suzuki (Series Director). All that is known at the moment is that the series will feature a 17-year-old girl named Kyono Madoka who loves her hometown Kamogawa and likes to help people in trouble. Mecha and aliens are also somehow involved.
Senhime Zesshou Symphogear (Encourage Films/Satelight) - 01/??
A music-battle anime following two girls who are members of an elite vocal unit named "Zweiwing" which fights to save humanity against an ominous thread known only as "Noise."
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 (J.C. Staff) - 01/??
In the future people use "Toys" that grant them superhuman abilities like ESP and telekinesis. This has led to a boom in minor crimes. Opera Koyabashi runs the detective agency Milky Holmes which is staffed by four extremely cheerful and energetic girls. This is a sequel to the first series.
Zero no Tsukaima F (J.C. Staff) - 01/??
Meet Louise, a budding magician. The students at the Tristein Academy call her "Zero Louise" due to her current record of having needed succeeded at using magic. One day she is asked to summon a familiar to be her servant. At this critical moment she summons her magic and wishes for a familiar that is "devoted, beautiful, and powerful" . . . and ends up with Hiraga Saito, an ordinary Japanese boy.
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Berserk Golden Age Arc 1: Egg of the Supreme Ruler (Studio 4C) - 02/04
A new animation project said to be very CG heavy that will re-imagine the titular arc as seen in the manga. The project will have multiple movies covering the entire manga series and will purportedly last more than a decade.
Gyo OVA (ufotable) - 02/15
Something in Okinawa reeks and it isn't long before Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori realize that the smell is coming from dead fish. Fish that have walked out of the sea on metal legs and are infected with a disease contractable by humans . . .
Minori Scramble! OVA (ufotable) - 02/15
This slapstick "science comedy" revolves around Tamaki Kakegawa, a fifth-grade girl who has developed an intense dislike of penguins after having to deal with them so often due to her father's occupation. The antics begin with the appearance of Minori, a "penguinoid" (penguin + android), created specifically to help Tamaki overcome her hatred.
Yuri Seijin Naoko-san OVA (ufotable) - 02/15
Naoko, an alien maid, accompanies Misuzu and her friend Hii on their way to school in order to guard Misuzu from a gopher that has been sighted in the neighborhood.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice OVA (Satelight) - 02/22
Based on Takeda Hinata's manga of the same name, the story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. This OVA continues chronicling her daily life.
Steins;Gate OVA (White Fox) - 02/22
A special unaired episode bundled with the BD/DVD ninth volume.
ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers OVA (Aquaplus/Chaos Project) - 02/22
The first of two special episodes. Both are adaptations of the ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers 2D role-playing game.
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki The Animation OVA (Kinema Citrus) - 02/23
Based on the RPG video game by Nihon Falcom. In the peaceful town of Rolent of the Liberl Kingdom, a young girl named Estelle and her friend Joshua, who had been taken in by her family years earlier, prepare to take their first steps to join the legendary guild of the Bracers. Bracers are considered the peacekeepers and protectors of order that owe allegiance to no country or government. In Liberl their guild has flourished since a brief war some ten years prior after an invasion from the Erebonian Empire to the north, and their efforts have made peace a lasting prospect. In the course of their journey to become full-fledged Bracers, Estelle and Joshua begin to see the peace threatened by a dark side of the ruling government that plots to overthrow the Liberl queen, Alicia. Together they travel the world on their quest to become Bracers and slowly unravel the truth behind the mastermind who seeks to bring war back to their borders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUYgjabz1I4
Top wo Nerae! OVA (Gainax) - 02/24
A new anime short bundled with the BD Box. In the near future a race of huge, insect-like aliens is discovered in the galaxy. These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of the human race.
Fairy Tail OVA (A-1 Pictures/Satelight) - 02/??
To be bundled with the 31st volume of the manga, this OVA will feature an all-new original story storyboarded by author Hiro Mashima.
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Baby, Please Kill Me! (J.C. Staff)
Sonya is an assassin who attends school between missions. Yasuna is her fearless but not-too-bright friend. Joining their escapades is Agiri, a fellow ninja in Sonya's organization.
Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen (Oxybot)
In a time of darkness and barbarism, the Chantry has arisen - a religious order seeking to bring stability to a world corrupted by sinister magic. Led by the Divine, the Chantry's Templar warriors ruthlessly restrain the Mages and their magical cabals. But when the Templars fail, the most elite order of the Chantry takes charge - the Seekers!
Gokujyo-- (????)
This silly, slightly risque comedy is set in the hall of a high school girl's dormitory where there are no rules and anything goes. A beautiful girl named Minami Kurihashi transfers to the school from Los Angeles with plans to rule over everyone with her cuteness. However, a girl named Aya Akabane confounds Minami's plans on her very first day. This story will deal with Minami's everyday life on this most unpredictable campus.
High School DxD (TNK)
This story follow Issei Hyoudou, a dim-witted and lecherous second-year high school student, who just so happens to be killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that forward he serves an a minion of Riasu, a high-level devil who is coincidentally also the prettiest girl on campus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsyhvWTHXf4
Holy Knight OVA (Cammot)
Mizumura Shinta is a plain undergraduate student. One day he meets a transfer student from Romania named Kishimoto Lilith. She is half-human and half-vampire. By associating with Lilith he comes to lean an important secret about his birth: he is the sole descendant of the Romuald clan who are an ancient sect of vampire hunters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RTWxVgbBDE
Scryed Alteration OVA (Sunrise)
A strange environmental phenomenon 22 years ago in the Kanazawa prefecture caused the land to split and protrude upwards reaching unprecedented heights which created the secluded area known as the Lost Ground . . .
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Toei Animation)
The year is 2977. mankind has become complacent and stagnant. All work is done by machines, while humans spend all their time on entertainment. But when a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them. This new adaptation will feature CG animation.
The Moon: Tsuki ga Hoshii to Oujo-sama ga Naita (UNION CHOO)
The story centers on a princess who wishes to reach the Moon. Her journey and resulting disappearance raise clamor and chaos throughout the royal palace and among the creatures of the kingdom. Based on the 1950s short story by English author Eleanor Farjeon.
Sources: Neregate (http://neregate.com/blog/), Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com), AnimeSuki (http://www.animesuki.com), and AniDB (http://www.anidb.net)
It's that time again. Now that we're well into the Fall 2011 season many fans are already looking to see what shows the next few months will offer up for their viewing pleasure. We have only a few weeks to go until the Winter 2011/2012 season begins so . . . what shows are you must looking forward to?
:
http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww120/Srosalena/neregate.png
As usual the chart is filled with super tiny print (click here (http://neregate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/neregate.com-Winter-2011-2012-Anime-v3.png) for the full-size version) so I’ve made a list that is much easier to peruse. Everything is color-coded (OVAs/SPs/OADs, television series, and movies) so please keep that in mind as you're reading. You can find details such as teasers/trailer/PVs and synopses for each show within spoiler tags.
This list will be continuously updated as more titles are unveiled and more information is released.
Note: You may notice that Winter 2011/2012 seems more sparse in terms of new series compared with Fall 2011. That is because several currently airing series (Shakugan no Shana III (Final), Bakuman S2, Fate/Zero, Persona 4, Guilty Crown, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Chihayafuru, Mirai Nikki, Hunter X Hunter and Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle) are 2-cour which means that they will be continuing through the winter.
If you know of a title that has been officially announced and is scheduled to air in December, January, or February that isn't on this list please send me (Ceres (http://otaku-streamers.com/community/private.php?do=newpm&u=3516)) a PM with the information and a link to your source so that it may be added. The same goes for any additional information (PVs, pictures, et cetera) you think your fellow OS users might find useful ^_^
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Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin Eien no Mermaid (TMS Entertainment) - 12/02
Manyuu Hiken-chou OVA (Hoods Entertainment) - 12/02
An all-new anime short bundled with BD/DVD releases of the series. The story takes place in the Taiheimeji Era where breasts mean everything (literally). If you have breasts you are guaranteed wealth and popularity. If you lack them you are not even considered human.
K-On! The Movie (Kyoto Animation) - 12/03
Graduation draws near for Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi, the four 3rd-year students of the Light Music Club. They, together with Azusa, decide to go on a post-graduation trip. Their destination, decided by lot, is London!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-NZ9LqS-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XaVdueqXr8
http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww120/Srosalena/konmoviewallpaper6107x4.jpg
Kyousogiga (Toei Animation) - 12/06
In a world where the boundary between the human and yokai worlds is no longer distinguishable three different groups vie for power. Koto, a high school girl who escaped from the maze of Java Work, chases the shadow an entity known as "Kuro Usagi." This story will involve a host of other characters also in pursuit of "Kuro Usagi" through a Kyoto in which time has stopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In4YoCWTKiM
Infinite Stratus Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujū OVA (8-bits) - 12/07
An all-new fan-pandering video centered around the academy for training pilots of the Infinite Stratos Weapon System which can only be used by females . . . and one boy named Ichika Orimura. This new episode features content from the second half of the fourth light novel.
Itsuka Tenma no Kuro-Usagi x Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu OVA (Zexcs) - 12/10
Unaired 13th episode bundled with the ninth volume of the light novel series Itsuka Tenma featuring an animated crossover between the two fantasy stories.
Major: World Series OVA (SynergySP) - 12/15
Bundled with the soon-to-be released compilation book of the manga. This "all-new, truly the last" OVA project will adapt the World Series Arc and the story's illusive final match-up while the book will allow audiences to see the last pitch in the manga. This project also promises the return of the "Golden Battery" to America.
R-15 OVA (AIC) - 12/15
The R-15 OVA is bundled with the 10th volume of the light novels which it's based upon, originally by Hiroyuki Fushimi and Takuya Fujima. The story follows a student with a secret: he is a talented pornographic novelist with a newspaper-serialized work. Having enrolled in a school that only accepts geniuses, he must now chase his dream and direct his classmates to win an interclass competition. All while trying to create the prefect harem.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice OVA (Satelight) - 12/16
Based on Takeda Hinata's manga of the same name, the story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. This OVA continues chronicling her daily life.
Kakku-Kawaii Sengen! OVA (Gathering) - 12/16
An all-new episode bundled with the series' DVD. This anime adapts Jigoku no Misawa's gag comedy manga of the same name.
Usagi Drop OVA (Production I.G.) - 12/16
Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! This all new episode will be bundled with the third BD volume. It is technically considered number 6.5.
Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (Toho) - 12/17
This film is is based on the Japanese children's novel Naita Aka Oni by Hirosuke Hamada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38f2q2ExOr8
Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen (Studio DEEN) - 12/17
The new anime adaptation will remake the Kyoto story arc of the manga and previous anime series. Although technically a two-episode OVA series, the first will premiere in theaters in December. It will only run for one week at Tokyo's Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro theater and Osaka's Cine-Libre Umeda theater.
Hidan no Aria OVA (J.C. Staff) - 12/21
Tokyo Butei High School is a special school where armed detectives, also known as Butei, are trained and educated. Tooyama Kinji is a sophomore student, who can go into Hysteria Mode when "stimulated" — affecting his mental state (ultra-fast reflexes, protection complex) and manner of speech. He tries to hide this genetically inherited ability from others in order to live a peaceful life. But when he becomes the victim of a bombing incident, by a Butei Killer copycat, his quiet days are over with the fateful encounter with Kanzaki H. Aria — the Butei High "Assault" department elite. This new, unaired episode will be bundled with the seventh BD/DVD volume.
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi OVA (Dogakobo) - 12/21
Kazuma moves to the country town of Yamabi Kochou together with Ayumu, his younger brother, due to the latter's weak constitution. On the way to Yorodzuyo, the inn in which they are planning to lodge, run by their father's old friend, they take the wrong bus. When a monkey steals Ayumu's cap, Kochou recklessly follows the animal into the forest, and promptly gets lost. Luckily a beautiful mysterious girl named Ui suddenly appears . . . The series is based on an erotic visual novel by Feng. The content of this OVA is not yet known.
Toradora! OVA (J.C. Staff) - 12/21
An all-new episode to be bundled with the special edition BD box of volume 6.
Maken-Ki! OVA (AIC) - 12/22
An anime short to be bundled with the first BD/DVD volume.
Mirai Nikki OAD (AIC) - 12/22
An OVA relating to the Mirai Nikki series which will feature "unedited, unaltered" original content.
Inazuma Eleven Go: Kyuukyoku no Kizuna Griffon (Oriental Light and Magic) - 12/23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyVL81TgDJ8
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD Remastered (Sunrise) - 12/23
A HD "remaster" project of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series.
Carnival Phantasm 3rd Season OVA (LARC) - 12/31
This third "season" (read: episode) in the ongoing TYPE-MOON Carnival Phantasm series which combines characters from both Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night.
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Recorder to Randoseru (????) - 01/05
Miyagawa Atushi is an 11-year-old boy whose daunting 180 centimeter tall build has always brought him trouble. His 17-year-old sister, Atsumi, however, is on 137 centimeters tall with a child-like build. Atsumi has always taken good care of her brother who despite his appearance always acts his true age.
Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (MSC) - 01/05
A continuation of the Tennis no Ouji-sama series which features the on-going story of an "All Star Team" comprised of 50 of the best tennis players from all over Japan.
Manyuu Hiken-chou OVA (Hoods Entertainment) - 01/07
An all-new anime short bundled with BD/DVD releases of the series. The story takes place in the Taiheimeji Era where breasts mean everything (literally). If you have breasts you are guaranteed wealth and popularity. If you lack them you are not even considered human.
Sacred Seven: Shirogane no Tsubasa (Sunrise) - 01/07
This movie is actually a re-edited, extremely condensed version of the series. It will focus on the fighting between the Sacred Takers Alma and Naito, as well as the fight with Kenmi from Naito's point of view. It will also feature a handful of new scenes--particularly of Naito's past--as well as a new dialogue recording.
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki (????) - 01/08
Based on a slife-of-life manga of the same name, this story centers around a mysterious spherical cat named Poyo, Poyo's family, and the people in the cat's everyday life.
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou (Sunrise) - 01/10
A gag comedy story following the humorous yet realistic everyday lives of Tadakuni, Hidenoir, Yoshitake, and other students at a boys' high school.
.hack/The Movie (CyberConnect2 sai) - 01/21
The story is set in 2024 when children have lived their entire lives since birth in a world connected by networks. A cheerful 14-year-old middle school girl named Yuuki Sora has no interest in games, but her friends get her to go into the popular network game called "The World." However, due to a certain incident in The World, anomalies start occurring in the real world.
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko OVA (Shaft) - 01/25
The unaired 13th episode to be bundled with the seventh BD volume.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira - file.04 (Studio Deen) - 01/25
The fourth and final episode in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira file series.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice OVA (Satelight) - 01/25
Based on Takeda Hinata's manga of the same name, the story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. This OVA continues chronicling her daily life.
Usagi Drop OVA (Production I.G.) - 01/27
Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! This all new episode will be bundled with the fourth BD volume. It is technically considered episode 8.5.
Morita-san wa Mukuchi OVA (Studio Gram) - 01/27
Unaired episode to be bundled with the Limited Edition fifth volume of the manga.
Queen's Blade OVA (Arms) - 01/28
Bundled with the Rebellion premium visual book, this short will feature approximately 40 minutes of all-new footage. Half will focus on the Rebellion characters who did not appear in the anime; half will be devoted to Alleyne and Siggy giving "private lessons."
Amagami SS+ (AIC) - 01/??
A second-year high school boys finds himself uneasy during Christmas time due to an unfortunate experience he had in the past. However, this year he gets the chance to ask out a graduating female senior named Haruka Morishima---or one of several other classmates. This is the sequel to Amagami SS.
Ano Natsu de Matteru (????) - 01/??
An adolescent romantic comedy centered around two girls, Ichika Takastuki and Remon Yamano, and a boy named Kaito Kirishima.
Another (P.A. Works) - 01/??
Twenty-six years ago there was a third-year student named Misaki. As an Honors student who also excelled at sports this charming girl was popular among her classmates. When she suddenly died her fellow students decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Kouichi Sakakibara transfers into the girl's former classroom, and immediately grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere. For there in that room is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and always sits alone quietly drawing pictures.
Aquarian EVOL (8-bit/Satelight) - 01/??
The story of Aquarion Evol will take place 12,000 years after the first Aquarion television series at a city modeled after Hong Kong. A new cast of characters, piloting a new Aquarion robot, will fight enemies from another dimension. Kawamori has hinted that the characters might be reincarnations of Apollo, Silvia, and the other characters from the first series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8CIFim_Pk
Black★Rock Shooter (Ordet) - 01/??
Mato Kuroi just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye: her classmate Yomi Takanashi. Seemingly opposites, the time they spend together strengthens their friendship. But as they go into their second year at the school, they get placed in separate classes, and they begin to grow apart.
In another world, a young girl, blue fire residing in her eyes, Black Rock Shooter faces another young girl; this one holding a jet-black scythe, Dead Master, and a battle to the death begins to unfold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuKl2GaRQc
Brave 10 (Media Factory) - 01/??
An adaptation of the Brave 10 S manga by Kairi Shimotsuki. The story re-imagines the legendary adventures of the 10 brave warriors assembled by the warlord Sanada Yukimura in the year 1600, in the middle of Japan's tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJvmyEmbqvQ
Inu X Boku SS (David Production) - 01/??
The Shirakiin house's daughter, Shirakiin Riricho, has a complex about being able to live independently and unprotected so she follows her compunction to move our and live on her under the condition that she will reside in a mansion named "Ayakashi Kan." Only those who have cleared a strict examination are allowed to reside in this mansion, and each person is assigned their very own Secret Service (S.S.) agent. Although Riricho has rejected the company of the agent while residing in the mansion she soon finds out the agent dedicated to protecting her is actually a certain Fox Spirit she previously rescued in human form.
Mouretsu Pirates (Satelight) - 01/??
Marika, a spirited high school girl, keeps herself busy with the Space Yacht Club and her part-time job at a high-class retro cafe. One day two men suddenly appear and claim to be subordinates of her dead father. They demand that she assume command of the space pirate ship Benten Maru. Apparently a privateer ship's compact was made during a certain war of independence a century ago, and according to that compact the ship must be inherited by the previous captain's next direct descendent. Marika finds herself embarking on a new life as a space pirate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlCW9Ebfp2s
Natsume Yuujin-chou Shi (Brains Base) - 01/??
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits which he has long and painstakingly kept a secret from everyone around him. Once he inherits a strange book, "The Book of Friends," from his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why so many spirits surround him. This will be the fourth season of the Natsume Yuujin-chou series.
Nisemonogatari (Shaft) - 01/??
This series is the sequel of Bakemonogatari. The black swindler Kaiki Deishu who once deceived Hitagi returns to town with the intention of spreading the incantation which cursed Nadeko before. Koyomi's sisters Tsukihi and Karen Araragi do their best to capture Deishu but . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQ9sRSglj8
Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai (Feel) - 01/??
Yuuta Segawa, a 19-year-old college freshman, learns that the plane his older sister and her husband were on has gone missing. As a result, Segawa has to watch over the middle school girl Sora, the fifth-grader Miu, and the kindergartener Hina in his tiny 3-meter-by-4-meter apartment.
Rinne no Lagrange (Xebec) - 01/??
An original series developed by Tatsuo Sato (Chief Director) and Toshimasa Suzuki (Series Director). All that is known at the moment is that the series will feature a 17-year-old girl named Kyono Madoka who loves her hometown Kamogawa and likes to help people in trouble. Mecha and aliens are also somehow involved.
Senhime Zesshou Symphogear (Encourage Films/Satelight) - 01/??
A music-battle anime following two girls who are members of an elite vocal unit named "Zweiwing" which fights to save humanity against an ominous thread known only as "Noise."
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 (J.C. Staff) - 01/??
In the future people use "Toys" that grant them superhuman abilities like ESP and telekinesis. This has led to a boom in minor crimes. Opera Koyabashi runs the detective agency Milky Holmes which is staffed by four extremely cheerful and energetic girls. This is a sequel to the first series.
Zero no Tsukaima F (J.C. Staff) - 01/??
Meet Louise, a budding magician. The students at the Tristein Academy call her "Zero Louise" due to her current record of having needed succeeded at using magic. One day she is asked to summon a familiar to be her servant. At this critical moment she summons her magic and wishes for a familiar that is "devoted, beautiful, and powerful" . . . and ends up with Hiraga Saito, an ordinary Japanese boy.
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Berserk Golden Age Arc 1: Egg of the Supreme Ruler (Studio 4C) - 02/04
A new animation project said to be very CG heavy that will re-imagine the titular arc as seen in the manga. The project will have multiple movies covering the entire manga series and will purportedly last more than a decade.
Gyo OVA (ufotable) - 02/15
Something in Okinawa reeks and it isn't long before Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori realize that the smell is coming from dead fish. Fish that have walked out of the sea on metal legs and are infected with a disease contractable by humans . . .
Minori Scramble! OVA (ufotable) - 02/15
This slapstick "science comedy" revolves around Tamaki Kakegawa, a fifth-grade girl who has developed an intense dislike of penguins after having to deal with them so often due to her father's occupation. The antics begin with the appearance of Minori, a "penguinoid" (penguin + android), created specifically to help Tamaki overcome her hatred.
Yuri Seijin Naoko-san OVA (ufotable) - 02/15
Naoko, an alien maid, accompanies Misuzu and her friend Hii on their way to school in order to guard Misuzu from a gopher that has been sighted in the neighborhood.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice OVA (Satelight) - 02/22
Based on Takeda Hinata's manga of the same name, the story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. This OVA continues chronicling her daily life.
Steins;Gate OVA (White Fox) - 02/22
A special unaired episode bundled with the BD/DVD ninth volume.
ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers OVA (Aquaplus/Chaos Project) - 02/22
The first of two special episodes. Both are adaptations of the ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers 2D role-playing game.
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki The Animation OVA (Kinema Citrus) - 02/23
Based on the RPG video game by Nihon Falcom. In the peaceful town of Rolent of the Liberl Kingdom, a young girl named Estelle and her friend Joshua, who had been taken in by her family years earlier, prepare to take their first steps to join the legendary guild of the Bracers. Bracers are considered the peacekeepers and protectors of order that owe allegiance to no country or government. In Liberl their guild has flourished since a brief war some ten years prior after an invasion from the Erebonian Empire to the north, and their efforts have made peace a lasting prospect. In the course of their journey to become full-fledged Bracers, Estelle and Joshua begin to see the peace threatened by a dark side of the ruling government that plots to overthrow the Liberl queen, Alicia. Together they travel the world on their quest to become Bracers and slowly unravel the truth behind the mastermind who seeks to bring war back to their borders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUYgjabz1I4
Top wo Nerae! OVA (Gainax) - 02/24
A new anime short bundled with the BD Box. In the near future a race of huge, insect-like aliens is discovered in the galaxy. These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of the human race.
Fairy Tail OVA (A-1 Pictures/Satelight) - 02/??
To be bundled with the 31st volume of the manga, this OVA will feature an all-new original story storyboarded by author Hiro Mashima.
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Baby, Please Kill Me! (J.C. Staff)
Sonya is an assassin who attends school between missions. Yasuna is her fearless but not-too-bright friend. Joining their escapades is Agiri, a fellow ninja in Sonya's organization.
Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen (Oxybot)
In a time of darkness and barbarism, the Chantry has arisen - a religious order seeking to bring stability to a world corrupted by sinister magic. Led by the Divine, the Chantry's Templar warriors ruthlessly restrain the Mages and their magical cabals. But when the Templars fail, the most elite order of the Chantry takes charge - the Seekers!
Gokujyo-- (????)
This silly, slightly risque comedy is set in the hall of a high school girl's dormitory where there are no rules and anything goes. A beautiful girl named Minami Kurihashi transfers to the school from Los Angeles with plans to rule over everyone with her cuteness. However, a girl named Aya Akabane confounds Minami's plans on her very first day. This story will deal with Minami's everyday life on this most unpredictable campus.
High School DxD (TNK)
This story follow Issei Hyoudou, a dim-witted and lecherous second-year high school student, who just so happens to be killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that forward he serves an a minion of Riasu, a high-level devil who is coincidentally also the prettiest girl on campus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsyhvWTHXf4
Holy Knight OVA (Cammot)
Mizumura Shinta is a plain undergraduate student. One day he meets a transfer student from Romania named Kishimoto Lilith. She is half-human and half-vampire. By associating with Lilith he comes to lean an important secret about his birth: he is the sole descendant of the Romuald clan who are an ancient sect of vampire hunters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RTWxVgbBDE
Scryed Alteration OVA (Sunrise)
A strange environmental phenomenon 22 years ago in the Kanazawa prefecture caused the land to split and protrude upwards reaching unprecedented heights which created the secluded area known as the Lost Ground . . .
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Toei Animation)
The year is 2977. mankind has become complacent and stagnant. All work is done by machines, while humans spend all their time on entertainment. But when a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them. This new adaptation will feature CG animation.
The Moon: Tsuki ga Hoshii to Oujo-sama ga Naita (UNION CHOO)
The story centers on a princess who wishes to reach the Moon. Her journey and resulting disappearance raise clamor and chaos throughout the royal palace and among the creatures of the kingdom. Based on the 1950s short story by English author Eleanor Farjeon.
Sources: Neregate (http://neregate.com/blog/), Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com), AnimeSuki (http://www.animesuki.com), and AniDB (http://www.anidb.net)