New Anime in 2010
Anime is a craze in Japan. The world outside knows anime as Japanese animation, but for the fanatics amongst us who enjoy it, it is way more than just animation. Along with Manga, Anime has from its modest beginnings become a multi billion dollar industry. Anime has brought us super hits like Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon which have been universally appreciated.
Here are a few Anime’s to watch out for in 2010:
Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi (1st July)
A love comedy parodying classics such as Snow White and the seven Dwarfs. Ookami Ryoko is an uber cool high school girl. Along with her partner, Akai Ringo, she is a part of a “fixer” club known as Otogi High School Bank which fixes the school’s problems.
Mayoi Neko Overrun! (6th April)
Takumi Tsuzuki is a boy who stays with his elder step-sister, Otome. Otome manages an old grocery store called Stray Cats and one day, picks up a mysterious attractive girl from the streets.
High school of the dead (5th July)
A Manga adaptation based on a group of Japanese students entangled in a Zombie apocalypse
Kiss×sis (5th April)
Keita has two elder step-sisters, Ako and Riko, who are attracted to him in a lustful manner. After a misunderstanding at school, Ako and Riko confess their love to him. Keita at first is outraged, but as he attempts to enter the same school as his sisters, he gets attracted to them.
Occult Academy (July)
Maya is the daughter of a Former headmaster of a private Japanese academy teaching occult, who died in 1999, and a time traveling agent Uchida, who has traveled back in time from 2012.
Legend of the Legendary Heroes (1st July)
Raina Lute is a laidback student of Roland Empire’s Royal Magician’s school. The Roland Empire is forced in a war against a neighboring country Estaboole, and he loses his classmates. After the war, Lute sets out on a journey to search for the remains of a “Legendary Hero” at the Emperor’s command, only to realize that a lethal curse is spreading through the continent.
Asobi ni Iku yo! (7th July)
Kio Kakazu is a high school freshman living in Okinawa who, while attending a memorial service for a family ancestor is approached by a mysterious girl with cat ears who introduces herself as Eris and claims to be an alien.
Tatami Galaxy (22nd April)
When a college dropout stops for a late night, he meets with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting causes a terrifying flashback, one that he has been trying to forget.
Nurarihyon no Mago (July)
Rikuo Nura, is 3 parts human and a quarter Demon, lives in a house of spirits with his grandfather who is the current clan head of the Nura youkai. Rikou is to be the next clan head and on his path to it there are those who want him to fall.
K-ON (6th April)
It’s the final year of high school for Yui Hirasawa, Ritsu Tainaka, Mio Akiyama, and Tsumugi Kotobuki who are founders of the Light Music Club. Along with their junior Azusa Nakano, they spend their days after school in the music room enjoying snacks, and practicing music.
