New Winter Season 2013 Anime - Da Capo III, Senran Kagura, Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited – Hyoubu Kyousuke, Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman, Love Live!: School Idol Project

Da Capo III

Categories: Dating Sim, Visual Novel

On the island of Hatsunejima, where spring is eternal, grows a particular large cherry blossom tree. This cherry blossom tree never withers, and is said to be able to fulfill any wish.
However, one day, this tree had become a normal cherry blossom tree...

Episodes: 12

Senran Kagura

Genres: action
Themes: ninja

There was a time when there were ninja serving the powerful, hired for intelligence missions, destruction, or assassination. While the times have changed, the need for ninja has not vanished. In a particular school, there are girls who are secretly in training to become ninja. Ninjas-in-training, Asuka, Katsuragi, Hibari, Ikaruga, and Yagyuu each have a secret technique scroll that they protect at all times. This features their tumultuous school life as they pursue the path of the ninja!

Episodes: 12

Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited – Hyoubu Kyousuke

Genres: supernatural

Kyousuke Hyoubu, an ESPer who was betrayed many years ago is now one of the most powerful ESPers, and also a fugitive. However, behind that glare lies a kind heart- His main mission is to save ESPers who are mistreated by humans, even if that be by force. Through his methods, he has saved many lives, and gained the loyalty of those he has saved. The name of this group: P.A.N.D.R.A.

Episodes: 12

Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman

Genres: Fantasy, Historical

The stage is the close of the Edo period, an age when, not unlike our own time, both natural and man-made disasters left chaos in their wake. Manjiro makes a living helping the people of the troubled capital city, but behind the scenes, he also works in secret to take back precious belongings stolen from the people by unjust political powers and conspiratorial menaces. The people call him "Get-backer Roman."

Episodes: 12

Love Live!: School Idol Project

Themes: idols, school

The school idol project is set at a school between Tokyo's Akihabara, Kanda, and Jinbouchou neighborhoods. The school faces the danger of being streamlined out of existence, so nine of its female students decide to become idols to protect their school and boost attendance.

Episodes: 12

New Winter Season 2013 Anime - Nekomonogatari, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru, AKB0048 Next Stage, Minami-ke Tadaima, Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun

Nekomonogatari

Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: absurdity, catgirl, ecchi, family, fanservice, parody, vampires

After that spring break when he met a beautiful vampiress, just before meeting that girl who fell from the sky, on the first day of Golden Week, Araragi Koyomi and class-rep Hanekawa Tsubasa bury a tailless cat which had been run over by a car. Normally, that would be a trivial matter, but in this case, it leads to the "Nine Days' Nightmare".

Episodes: 4

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru

Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: love triangle, school

A young boy called Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce and his goal, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair, who's just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.

Episodes: 12

AKB0048 Next Stage

Genres: drama, science fiction
Themes: Idols, Mecha, Music

In the months after the understudy's debut concert on Lancaster, the Deep Galactic Trade Organization [DGTO] and DES have stepped up their anti-entertainment attacks. In response, AKB0048 changes direction and brings back the general elections and the center nova position. The nine understudies are now thrusted into a new competition directly against the successors. But as AKB0048 brings back policies not seen since Acchan's disappearance, a new more powerful enemy is quietly moving behind the scenes.

Episodes: 13

Minami-ke Tadaima

Genres: comedy, slice of life

According to Weekly Young Magazine No.29, the fourth season of Minami-ke was announced to be aired this winter.

Episodes: 13

Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun

Genres: supernatural

Five years ago, almost every villager of Ootsuka died due to a tragic plague. But mysteriously enough, three survivors: a girl and two boys, emerged. Now living in a church, the three live in isolation, hidden from those who may seek to find them. Shino, one of the survivors, has control over the power of Murasame, the blade of life. But when the imperial church seeks to take the Murasame for themselves, their peaceful life becomes a thing of the past...

Episodes: 13

Current anime episodes comments - Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun, Bakuman 3, Amnesia

Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun

Episode 2

Hamaji really is a pain.
At least he looks fun and interesting.
His appetite reminds me of Luffy from One Piece.
It's nice they threw in some funny parts.
Satomi looks interesting as well, but he keeps conflicting with Shino.
Sousuke's dog attracting thing was pretty LOL


Bakuman 3

Episode 15

Niizuma made a very interesting challenge.
Every single mangaka will have an impossible task.
Taking first place over Niizuma seems impossible.
It even got me fired up as well. Can't wait to see how it plays out.
A lot of them seems to be introducing new characters.
Don't think that alone will be enough...


Amnesia

Episode 2

Going on a trip. That should be fun.
Well, at least her workplace is pretty nice.
Her spacing out made her dangerous to herself.
Her memory flashbacks kept popping up all the time.
The trip itself was so-so, until she did something stupid again.
At least the kiss part was a nice surprise.

Current anime episodes comments - Magi

Magi

Episode 14

Wow! I was seriously impressed by Alibaba.
Looks like everyone was against Ahbmad.
And suddenly Alibaba got a chance to be the king.
He turned it down... wow.
Regarding that huge debt to Kou empire, that was brave.
It was nice of Sinbad to offer help.
Balbadd as a Republic, a nice idea, but will it be doable?
People don't like change, especially if they don't understand it.

Current anime episodes coments - One Piece, Space Brothers, Hunter x Hunter

One Piece

Episode 580

Punk Hazzard sure was one inhospitable place.
Of course they had to stumble on a giant dragon.
Seems like only Luffy was thrilled by that fact.
Nami and rest were found by their own kind of trouble.
Zoro was really impressive, but the dragon barbecue was too much LOL


Space Brothers

Episode 40

That little fall on the moon was nerve wrecking.
Back story about Hibito was nice to watch though.
Hibito was lucky that he wasn't injured.
He also managed to find Gibson. Hibito got lucky with that one.
Looks like Damian was not as lucky.
Very intense episode.


Hunter x Hunter

Episode 62

As soon as the they got one card, they lost it.
This way those two just don't stand a chance.
They should have joined that group..
Greed Island could be a real island, interesting.
Killua and Gon testing all those monsters was fun to watch.
That girl that keeps following them looks interesting.

Current anime episodes comments - Fairy Tail, Shinsekai Yori, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Fairy Tail

Episode 164

Kagura vs Yukino!
They sure has a lot to lose.
That bet was not a smart move.
This battle between celestial wizards really was something.
It was weird to see one of the Sabertooth lose, but that Raven Tail is just dangerous.
Second part of the episode was good but in a relaxing way.


Shinsekai Yori

Episode 15

So they managed to make their way to Robber Fly colony.
Along the way the found out some things there weren't pleasant.
Looks like the colony life is far from being simple.
Those two set out to find their friends but ended up finding other problems.
Their little search brought yet another colony war. This time with the Goat Months.
Squealer seems to be using those two to get more power.
Maria and Mamoru seemed to have left by their own will.


Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru

Episode 2

Masuzu & Eita + Chiwa as the third wheel.
Looks like she's the one opposed to that relationship.
Judging by her reaction to Eita's girlfriend, she also has feelings for him.
Masuzu sure knows how to spin others as she pleases.


Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Episode 14

Jojo junior meets Zeppeli junior. LOL
Speedwagon experimenting with Santana's remains.
Looks like it'll take much more to kill him for real.
The kids just had to have a pissing contest... so childish.
So now more of them are awake. This is bad.
Wham sure has some interesting and pretty unique powers.
Compared to his masters, I'm sure he's less powerful.
That trio is gonna wreak havoc, I can see it already.

Music Time! - This weeks' Asian pop charts

J-pop

1. V6: ROCK YOUR SOUL


6 UR SOUL (short ver) by makino-tsukushi

2. UVERworld: REVERSI


3. Tomomi Kasai: Masaka


4. NMB48: Kitagawa Kenji
5. Momoiro Clover Z: "Bokura No Century" Momoiro
9. Erena Ono: Say!! Ippai


21. R-Shitei: closet girl



K-pop

1. Girls' Generation: I Got a Boy


2. Lee Seung Gi: Return
3. Girls' Generation: Dancing Queen
4. JeA: Let's Hug
5. Yo Seob: Caffeine Feat. Jun Hyung
6. Baek Ji Young: Hate


30. Hyun Seung: A Year Ago feat. Eunji Namjoo



C-pop

1. Jay Chou: Ming Ming Jiu
2. A-Lin Huang: Xing Fu Le Ran Hou Ne
3. Bai An: Shi Shen Me Rang Wo Yu Jian Zhe Yang De Ni
4. Wanting Qu: You Exist In My Song
5. Yen-j: Wu Zai Chang Zheng Ming
11. Jay Chou: Gong Gong Pian Tou Tong


25. Jay Chou: Bi Jiao Da De Da Ti Qin


28. Rachel Liang: Xin Li De Hai Zi