Princess Lover
Hoo boy. The name at the very least screams appalling. When you learn it’s based on some erotic video game, that’s pretty much confirmed.
Kanamemo
ALL FOUR PANEL STRIPS ABOUT CUTE GIRLS DOING CUTE THINGS MUST BE ANIMATED.
Or so it seems. Is there really that big an audience for this stuff?
Sora no Manimani
I expect this to be thoroughly solid. Shinji Takamatsu, director of School Rumble directs. While that wasn’t my cup of tea, it was a decent enough show and had a lot of fans.
Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou
Yasuhiro Kuroda, who is no good, directs. Oddly, the second director of this season’s otaku-bait shows to have directed episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Which backs up my “Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a terrible cartoon (but a great sci-fi show)” theory.
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Yay. Bones + noitaminA. And it seems to be an original story. This probably has the highest chance of being the thing to watch. Natsuko Takahashi (who already killed it in the noitaminA slot with the Moyashimon anime) writes and Masaki Tachibana (various GITS episodes) directs.
Aoi Hana
Talking of people who owned that noitaminA slot – Kenichi Kasai (Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile) directs this adaptation of Takako Shimura’s yuri manga. If you want to have your mind slightly blown – same character designer as the Cromartie anime (Masayuki Onchi). Rescue Wings’ Fumihiko Takayama writes.