And still they come…
PRISM ARK is fantasy anime based on a pornographic videogames, directed a man familiar with both videogames AND pornography, Masami Obari. Obari is a talented animator who has worked on awful lot of stuff that peddles to the lowest common denominator, and a lot of it has been of his own devising. At the best you can hope for is the series might produce some nice action sequences you can watch on youtube at a later date. I really don’t see it being worth following.
SHION NO OH is the shogi/murder mystery anime you’ve all been demanding. It’s a Studio DEEN production who are OK, nothing really to write home about. And it might seem odd coming from someone who’s looking forward to Kaiji, but I’m not feeling the character designs.
SHAKUGAN NO SHANA SECOND is, surprise, surprise, the second series of Shakugan no Shana, the kinda popular moe-action show. I saw the first ep of the first series. It had some nice animation, but the story bored me stupid, and I hate the character designs.
SHUGO CHARA! is the latest anime adaptation of a manga by the bargain basement CLAMP, Peach-Pit. Peach-Pit’s “me too” product’s popularity bewilders me, it really does.
SKETCHBOOK ~FULL COLOUR~ looks to be another “girls doing stuff” anime. Anyway, this looks simpering rubbish for soft lads.