Cross Game
New Adachi adaptation. Baseball, of course. Osamu Sekita, who just started showing up on the credits of the UY episodes I’m writing about at the moment, directs. Will probably check this out as it’s an Adachi story, and I’m interesting in seeing what a modern adaptation of his art style will look like.
For this series hinges on how faithful it is to the original manga. Because otherwise there seems very little point in making it.
Yet another show with an odd heritage. Nippon Animation adapt the recently written prequel to Anne of Green Gables, a book they animated in 1979. However that was directed by Isao Takahata. This has Katsuyoshi Yatabe directing it. Yes, the man who gave us Dinosaur King, Gundress and Boku no Pico. What a weird resume that man has.
Chiaki Kon seems in demand at the moment, and follows Nodame Cantiable Paris with this shoujo romance adaptation. Can’t say the character designs are appealing in anyway whatsoever.
Popular fantasy novel makes the hop to anime. Not overly keen on fantasy stories, but the trailers have been enough to make me want to take a look.