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Title: Chibi Devi! Starts: Monday, October 10 at 6:20 p.m. JST on NHK E-TV Studio: TBA Genre: Kids/Comedy Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/tvkun |
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Summary: The NHK hasn’t released a cast or staff list for this show yet, but Chibi Devi! is an adaptation of Hiromu Shinozuka‘s manga of the same name. In the manga, Honoka Sawada is a shy 14-year-old atheist who gets bullied in school…until one day, when an infant devil gets dropped off in her room while she sleeps. |
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Title: Kimi to Boku. Starts: Tuesday, October 4 at 1:30 a.m. JST on TV Tokyo Studio: J.C. Staff Genre: Slice-of-Life Website: http://www.kimiboku.tv |
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Summary: A group of four boys— twins Yuki and Yuta Asaoba, Kaname Tsukahara, and Shun Matsuoka —who have been friends since kindergarten finally make their way into high school together. There, they’re joined by a new friend, transfer student Chizuru Tachibana. Kimi to Boku. tells the tale of these guys’ life-long friendship. |
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Title: Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- Starts: Saturday, October 8 at 2 a.m. JST on CBC Studio: Gonzo Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure Website: http://www.lastexile-fam.com |
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Summary: Serving as a sequel to 2003’s Last Exile, this new series follows Fam, a young sky pirate in a steampunk alternative Earth. Fam and her friend Giselle make a living by taking down massive airships and reselling them. When they get caught up in a battle, they make an agreement with the Kingdom of Turan: they will save the kingdom’s princesses from their enemy, the Ades Federation, in return for the country’s battleship. |
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Title: Mirai Nikki Starts: Sunday, October 9 at 11 p.m. JST on Nico Nico Douga Studio: Aslead Genre: Suspense/Drama Website: http://www.future-diary.tv |
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Summary: Loner Yukiteru Amano uses his cell phone to report everything that he sees to his imaginary pal “Deus Ex Machina.” One day, Deus talks back, launching Yuki into a deadly game— each player’s phone reports the future in exactly the style that the player would have written it, meaning that not everyone has complete information. Oh, and they’re all supposed to try and kill each other…the last player standing wins godhood. |
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Title: Persona 4 The Animation Starts: Friday, October 7 at 1:30 a.m. JST on MBS Studio: AIC A.S.T.A. Genre: Supernatural Drama Website: http://www.p4a.jp |
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Summary: AIC animates the popular Persona 4 videogame, which revolves around the (fictional) rural Japanese village of Inaba. Protagonist Yu Narukami arrives in the village to live with the Dojima family for one year, but finds himself squarely involved in a rash of murders in the town. Accused of the murders, Yu must find the real culprit. |
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Title: Sengoku Paradise Kiwami Starts: Tuesday, October 4 at 3:15 a.m. JST on TV Tokyo Studio: TBA Genre: Historical/Romance Website: http://sengk.jp/pc |
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Summary: Little information has been released about this anime title, which is based on a popular mobile phone game aimed at female players. In the game, players establish their own domain in Japan’s Sengoku era and can interact with gorgeous versions of popular Sengoku-era historical figures, as well as with one another via diary entries and illustrations. |
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Title: Shinryaku! Ika Musume Starts: Tuesday, September 26 at 2 a.m. JST on TV Tokyo Studio: diomedéa Genre: Comedy Website: http://www.ika-musume.com |
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Summary: The Squid Girl invades once again in the second season of this hit gag comedy! Ika Musume is a powerful humanoid squid who is determined to take over the entire planet. The Aizawa family, which runs a noodle shop on the beach which she first tries to conquer, puts up with her antics and damage…in exchange for her help around the restaurant, of course. |
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Title: Tamayura – Hitotose Starts: Monday, October 3 at 9 a.m. JST on AT-X Studio: Hal Film Maker Genre: Slice-of-Life/Comedy Website: http://www.tamayura.info |
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Summary: Amateur photographer Fu Sawatari returns to the town of Takehara, Hiroshima— her late father’s hometown —after a five-year absence and begins her first year of high school. There, she manages to establish a set of friends despite her shyness: childhood friend Kaoru Hanawa, plus Maon Sakurada and Norie Okazaki. The four friends stick together through a variety of high school adventures. |
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Title: Working’!! Starts: Saturday, October 1 at 11:30 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX TV Studio: A-1 Pictures Genre: Comedy Website: http://www.wagnaria.com |
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Summary: The colorful employees of the Wagnaria restaurant return in this sequel. These include the impressively short, clumsy, and hard-Working’!! Popura, “newbie” Sota (who has a problem with voicing his inner monologue), violently androphobic Mahiru, and lazy manager Kyoko, to name but a few! In the Wagnaria family restaurant, the employee comes before the customer…after all, they’re doing all the work! |
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