Winter 2009

Well with the winter season of Anime kicked off, how about a small, short and sweet overview of the series that have aired so far?

WHITE ALBUM
Genre: Drama, Romance

A romance starring seiyuu/singers Hirano Aya and Mizuki Nana. THe lead character, Toya Fuji is dating an idol. The anime essentially depicts the challenges they meet along the way. A strong cast of fairly big-name seiyuu are working on this.



Minami-ke - Okaeri!
Genre: Slice-of-Life, Comedy

Minami-ke is back for a third season. After an upsetting second season, I'm hoping for lots of improvement. The first episode had the charms of the first season, while the animation and art were lacking. However, I'm hoping that it ends up like Kyo no 5-2, where it's animation improved along the way, while the story was strong throughout.



Zoku Nastume Yuujinchou
Genre: Slice-of-Life, Drama, Supernatural, Comedy

Natsume Yuujinchou is back for a second season! As one of my favourite series from last season. The series follows Natsume Takashi, a boy with strong spiritual powers, who inherited the Book of Friends, a keepsake from his grandmother, containing the names of youkai that she defeated and made them serve her, as he returns the names of the demons his grandmother defeated.