Hey, me again, and this isn't a review or event post. No, this is more like a heads up for general in anime. Now the batch this time around has me excited, for good reasons.
For starters, in case you didn't know, the new anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal will be premiering a week from now on CW, I forget the toon block it's on, but it'll be next Saturday. For a while, Konami has made and released the new cards for the trading card game, back when Zexal was still in Japan. I can't wait to see what they do with this series.
Speaking of long overdue titles, one that I have reviewed back in post CXVIII, named Rosario + Vampire, is seeing a Region 1 Dub release, thanks to Funimation. It's been backed up for a while, but some time ago, they did make an official dub trailer. Skeptical as to whether this is going to be put on TV, but it's enough to know that it will be on DVD and Blu-Ray, and it'll be for both seasons, if I read correctly. While some thought that it would release around Halloween (which would be ironically fitting, given the characters involved), that doesn't appear to be the case. No, we're looking at a late 2011 release, December to be precise, so chances are this will make a great gift to fans of the anime.
Another rising title is one of the Gundam franchise. I had a feeling they might, but I never thought that Bandai would be so eager to do so, nor did I suspect Sunrise, who makes the anime, to hatch a new title at us. Being a fan of the Gundam franchise in general, I was kinda excited when I heard talk of Gundam AGE. I thought that it would be a joke at first, and one thought it would be equal to the SD Gundam series, but as I seen recently, it's not the case. And frankly, I'm itching to see where it goes, because like G Gundam and Turn A Gundam (which I've yet to cover), it has it's uniqueness that strays from the rest, but I'll let you find out what that is. I will say though that it takes elements from other titles (like the recent Gundam 00) and is developed by the gaming studio Level 5, which you may have heard of in games like Dragon Quest VIII. People are bashing on it already, even though Episode 1 never surfaced yet (who does that!?), but I personally am glad that even after 30 years, Sunrise throws another title to show.
Next, though I can't say I'm as excited for this as I am for the other 3, Hetalia is coming a month before Rosario + Vampire, also under Funimation. After hearing the terror behind its fanbase, I was reluctant to even look at the subbed episodes. Officially, it's called Hetalia: Axis Powers, but I heard talk that the title may change to Hetalia: World Series, but that maybe because the third season onward went by that name. Not how I would expect one would mix the history of the world with anime, but the show itself isn't awful. And if they're talking about characters with accents in the dub, I can't wait to see how they pull that off.
There are others that are coming soon too, but only a few of them seem to interest me, frankly. More titles I'm looking forward to are Fate/Zero (the prequel to Fate/Stay Night), Shakugan no Shana III, and though this may come back to bite me in the ass, Chibi Devil! As usual, if I watch them successfully, I'll post my take on it with any need-to-know info as time passes. For now, this concludes my little break from reviews. Until the next title comes, otaku!
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