Knee jerk reactions to forthcoming anime series – Part Five

Romeo X Juliet

It’s GONZO. So the bet is – good design work, great first episode, gone to pot by episode 3.

Gigantic Formula

It’s G-Gundam redux, but without Imagawa. However, the show’s gimmick of each mecha being designed by a different artist means I’ll probably check in.

Jeeg

A sequel to Go Nagai’s 70’s Jeeg series. And it’s on WOWOW so it should have a decent budget. I have high hopes for gloriously dumb robot fun.

Darker Than Black

You lock me in the cellar and feed me pins, where shall we sleep tonight Mother? On Father’s grave? It’s a BONES show, so it’ll be worth a look. Looks like it’s been made with one eye on the international market.

Kamichama Karin

More Broccoli cuteness. Remember though the only good Koge Donbo adaptation was when it wasn’t cute – i.e. the first 16 eps of Digi Charat.