Spring 2008 Japan Anime Lineup

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By Dino Ho - March 25, 2008

Spring is around the corner, and it is time to look ahead at all the new TV series, OVA and movies from Japan for the next three months!

コードギアス反逆のルルーシュ R2

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The long-awaited second season for all Code Geass fans!

マクロスFRONTIER (Macross FRONTIER)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macross, fans are given a new TV series! Set 50 years later, where a new fleet and crew face new threats!

イタズラなKiss

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on an unfinished manga love-story (sadly the author passed away in an accident in 1999), this popular series may get an ending it deserves in this anime adaptation...

To LOVEる

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Fanservice delivery! A love-triangle(?) story between a boy, a girl and an alien princess?!

かのこん

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Fanservice delivery, hardcore edition! Based on the novel by the same author who gives us Wolf and Spice, it is another love-struggle between two foxy spirits over a human boy... and did we mention it is only broadcast on the satellite channel, AT-X!

アリソンとリリア (ALLISON & LILLIA)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

One of the two Dengeki novel adaptations for this season, and certainly worth keeping an eye on!

我が家のお稲荷さま。

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on another novel published by Dengeki, we get to see how foxy a spirit can be when it can switch sexes!

紅

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on a novel series, it generates a lot of buzz ever since the anime adaptation was announced back in 2007.

ドルアーガの塔～the Aegis of URUK～

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on a game title with notable production staff members. Also, it is a GONZO production.

仮面のメイドガイ

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The ultimate maid... is a man?! Not only he is a bodyguard for the grandaughter of a rich family, he can still perform household chores like a maid?! A must watch indeed...

BLASSREITER

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Why should you care about this sci-fi series? Two words: GONZO and Nitroplus!

RD 潜脳調査室

TV Series (Official Homepage)

A new sci-fi series from PRODUCTION I.G!

ゴルゴ13

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The legendary assassin finally gets his TV series!

狂乱家族日記

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Probably the most wracky family you will ever meet!

絶対可憐チルドレン

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Babysitting three young girls is not going to be easy for a military man, but girls with ESP powers?? Should keep an eye on, given a strong CV cast.

S・A ～スペシャル・エー～

TV Series (Official Homepage)

A new love story set in an elite high school!

隠の王

TV Series (Official Homepage)

A new ninja series set in the modern world!

ソウルイーター (SOUL EATER)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on a manga series, in a world where Weapons of Death and Hunters are trained in school.

ヴァンパイア騎士 (Vampire Knight)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

More vampires at school...

モノクローム・ファクター

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on a manga series about the struggles of light against darkness from an alternate world...

クリスタルブレイズ

TV Series (Official Homepage)

A private-detective story that is being pitched already for licensing in North America even before it is aired in Japan...

秘密～トップシークレット～

TV Series (Official Homepage)

CSI meets Sci-fi: reading the minds of the dead victims...

図書館戦争

TV Series (Official Homepage)

To protect your right to read, you have to fight...

二十面相の娘

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on a mnaga series, a new female thief takes on a legendary thief...

ペンギン娘♥はぁと

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Looks like another promising fanservice...

D.C.II S.S. ～ダ・カーポII セカンドシーズン～ (Da Capo II Second Season)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The second season of our favourite 18+ game adaptation!

今日からマ王！第3シリーズ (Kyo Kara Maoh! Third Season)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The third season of our favourite Demon King and his cohorts!

xxxHOLiC◆継

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The second season based on the hit CLAMP manga series!

純情ロマンチカ

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Probably the most anticipated late-night series for this season: simply because it is based on a yuri/boys-love manga series, and we expect nothing less for the TV series, with a really, really late time slot...

遊戯王 5D'S

TV Series (Official Homepage)

The latest entry from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise! Set in the future with new game rules, it is time to duel again!

BLUE DRAGON 天空の七竜

TV Series (Official Homepage)

A new TV series based on the XBox 360 game!

チーズスイートホーム (Chi's Sweet Home)

TV Series (Official Homepage)

One of the interesting series for this season, the story focus on the cat Chi's adventure when it wanders outside of her home.

BUS GAMER

TV Series (Official Homepage)

Based on a manga, it is perhaps the shortest TV series in recent memory: only a total of three episodes are planned.

ToHeart2ad Chapter 1

OVA (Official Homepage)

The next OVA series will arrive on March 28! How will the gang deal with the sudden memory loss of their favourite guy??

Candy boy

Web Release (Official Homepage)

Seven more episodes have been added to the series, with the first one coming on May 2.

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OVA:

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Spring 2008 Japan Anime Lineup