Fall 2012 Anime

#1: Oppai, Minorimasu! (Episode 13)
A rumor is going about the school about how girls are disappearing and coming back ill and with their breast size decreased.

#2: Oppai, Motomemasu! (Episode 14)
While observing how the others do their jobs so they can do theirs better, Issei and Asia go with Rias to see if a coffin is cursed. During the investigation Issei is possessed by an Egyptian magician named Unas, It just so happens that Unas is just as perverted as Issei. Unas will only leave Issei's body if they can release Unas from the curse placed on him by a devil that Unas tried to make his bride.

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from the creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivalling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...

A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, the dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

[Source: Crunchyroll]

Anime DVD bundled with the limited edition of the 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th and 15th To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness manga volumes.

The final four episodes of Kokoro Connect.

OVAs bundled with the special edition of the 26th, 27th, 31st, 35th and 38th volumes of the manga.

People say that the youthful days are always bittersweet, but maybe it's just bitter?

Kyouko Hori is a flashy high school girl, who, despite her ostentatious appearance, excels in academics and has a family-loving character. Izumi Miyamura is a bland high school boy, who, despite not wanting to stand out in class, secretly wears piercings outside of school and has a large body tattoo.

One day, Miyamura finds Hori's little brother injured and helps him back to Hori's house, where the relationship between Hori and Miyamura begins with Hori's discovery of Miyamura's secret.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Short episodes aired on KyoAni's official YouTube channel.

Unaired 13th episode of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai.

Two OVA episodes bundled as DVDs with volumes 6 and 7 of the manga.

The first OVA is a prequel story written by the manga's author. Before the beginning of the main story, Rea and Chihiro have already met at a certain place: an outdoor hot-spring bath.

The second OVA takes place after the series (effectively episode 14). The Furuya family finds a mysterious young girl hiding under the household temple.

It is summer break and Keima intends to spend all his time on video games. An old acquaintance, the timid girl Tenri, comes back into the neighborhood - and apparently has a lost soul inside her. It is up to Keima and Elysia to unravel the secrets of her heart.

[Source: Anime News Network]

An unaired OVA episode of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead. It is the 11th episode and was bundled with the sixth volume of the manga.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Reverberation — At Umesato Junior High Kuroyuki calls for a student council meeting, due to certain incidents happening on the school network: Students are being trapped in the network after school and their avatar's clothes and items are stripped. Apparently these are the acts of a skilled hacker. Now it is up to Kuroyuki, Chiyuri, Haruyuki and Takumu to set a trap and catch the culprit.

Vacation — Haruyuki's eating habits are getting the better of him. He desperately needs to shape up in two weeks, to avoid the school's mandatory health-improvement program. Failing to do so would mean he could no longer participate in the territory battles. Thus Chiyuri decides to enforce Haruyuki's brutal fitness regime... since that fails, a visit to a hot springs to improve physical constitution with mixed-gender bath is Haruyuki's last hope.

[Source: AniDB]

BD/DVD specials.

DVD/BD Specials

Extra episode included on BD/DVD vol. 6; effectively episode 13.

Despite their decaying bodies, Rea’s zombie power comes in handy both at school and at home, and Babu gets interested in another cat—although this particular feline is one of the living.

[Source: FUNimation]

Yuuko's antics are causing more ghost stories to circulate around the school, and Kirie, at her wit's end, attempts to rein Yuuko in with a series of games. Later, the Paranormal Investigation's Club investigates a series of stories which, one by one, lead to a series of interesting situations. What lies in wait for the club and its ghost in this special episode?

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

Unaired episode released with the seventh volume of the Blu-ray & DVD. It consists of three short episodes newly written by the manga author Fujiwara Cocoa. Fujiwara also designed a new character called Hana-chan for the episode.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

In the first half of the OVA, the group all share a very strange dream in a JRPG world. Afterwards, they all go out on an ice skating misadventure where not everyone is very experienced. During the second part, Tsumiki decides to follow advice she hears on the radio and take the initiative to share her feelings with Io.

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

It is September 1944 and World War II is raging in Europe. To get an advantage on the field, Nazis are experimenting with artificial vampire technologies, they are still far away from achieving their initial goal, but even the intermediate stages of such researches are possessing a great threat to The anti-German coalition. In an attempt to stop the Nazi project and to protect England and The Allies current head of the Hellsing House, Sir Arthur Hellsing, is sending his best agents—Walter C. Dornes and Alucard—into German-occupied Poland where monstrous experiments are being conducted.

Sugisaki Ken, through diligence and academic excellence, had successfully entered the paradise that is the Hekiyou Private Academy's Student Council. There, he boldly embarks on his plan to create his personal harem with the 4 girls who are the other council members, namely: The incredibly youthful president Sakurano Kurimu; The cool and kindly yet super-sadistic secretary Akaba Chizuru; Tomboyish and hot-blooded vice-president Shiina Minatsu; and The ephemerally beautiful yet complicated treasurer Shiina Mafuyu. While every day since then has been non-stop fun, Graduation Day now looms near. Could this spell the end of their carefree days?

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Asuka is a cute and clueless high school girl who habitually does things, in all innocence, that seem sexually suggestive to the men around her. Each chapter in "Today's Asuka Show" features a different awkward situation.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

The power-hungry Gamilas have taken over Earth, and only a distant planet has the key to save humans from extinction. Granted the schematics of a high-powered engine, the Space Battleship Yamato is built to traverse the galaxy and retrieve hope for their survival. Battling extraterrestrial forces along the way, the crew of the Yamato will stop at nothing to save their home.

[Source: Funimation]

Specials released with the anime BD/DVD.

Adaptation of the short story written by Manta Aisora for the first issue of the GA Bunko magazine.

Segua Kingdom has been losing the war against Ninterdo Empire but the tables are turned by the appearance of a boy called Gear. All the characters are parodies of Nintendo or Sega games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda etc.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Yuuto and Haruka are looking forward to spending time together on a school trip. However, Shina finally works up the nerve to tell Yuuto she has feelings for him. This event drives a wedge between Haruka and Yuuto and forces them to confront how they feel.

[Source: Anime News Network]

*The Second OVA of Kono Dan series.

They say look before you leap and make sure you can swim before you go in the deep water, but when a picture of his late grandfather falls into the ocean, Shima jumps in after it without thinking. Nearly drowning as a result, he is instead saved by a very perfect stranger... one whose strangeness extends to only being human from the waist up!

For Shima, who's always felt like a fish out of water himself, it's more than just a revelation, and the young man and merman quickly begin to bond in ways neither anticipated. And yet, it's going to be far from easy sailing. After all, Shima and Isaki aren't just from opposite sides of the tracks, they're from entirely divergent species, and swimming in separate gene pools may make maintaining a long term relationship a whole different kettle of fish!

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

Picture Dramas from the DVD/BD Vol.7.

Minami-ke OVA bundled with the 10th volume of the manga.

Three kids are stuck in a strange city causing massive mayhem through the land. They are searching for an atypical rabbit in order to return home. Koto, the eldest of the three, seems to have some sort of connection to this weird place ruled by a monk, a demon, and a priest.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

The third and final OVA series concluding the story of Tales of Symphonia: The Animation.

New anime episodes released with each of the three iDOLM@STER Shiny Festa PSP games (Honey Sound, Funky Note, and Groovy Tune).

Picture drama included with the 1st DVD/BD.

DVD/BD Extras.

A slice of life of high school girls in the early summer. Shiozaki Haruno is a 17-year-old girl who loves her motor cycle, HONDA's Giorno. She lives in remote highlands and longs for a vivid life in a city.

Encounters with people staying at Haruno's parents' boardinghouse encourage her to step forward to her dream.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

[Episode 1]
Summary of the first two seasons of Bakuman.

[Episode 2]
Shows many of the mangakas' works. Main cast members also talk about which Bakuman. works they would like to see animated

An original video anime, released on Blu-ray in a combined Hybrid Disc that also hold an Eureka Seven AO game for the PlayStation 3.

The OVA is set between episodes eight and nine of the series.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Short animation included as a bonus in the Blu-ray Box volume 2.

Funco, Ichiroku, Elle and Sig go on a camping trip in the mountains where they do some fishing in the river, smash a watermelon and relax in a hot spring. Later as the girls turn in for the night, Funco and Sig make a promise that they'll always be together.

[Source: Wikipedia]

Four high school girls in uniforms walk silently on the barren earth. These girls are time travelers who had been sent 6000 years into the future, from their present in which the same day is endlessly repeated, in order to evade human extinction.

They studied time travel in school, were examined by the aptitude test, and were sent to the future as told. What should they do now? They had no idea. The only thing they could take with them from the present was a light, toy-like cellphone. Of course, it receives no signal here.

As the girls are walking, they see strange birds flying in the sky, and a discolored river in the distance.

Then, one girl finds an abandoned house, and recognizes the name inscribed on the front gates.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

A summary episode of the whole series.

DVD bundled with the limited edition of the 10th volume of the manga, previewing the upcoming TV anime and including footage that will not be used in the series.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

A heartwarming story about a cockroach girl who tries to be liked by humans while dodging the insecticide.

Special releases with the DVDs that takes place before the events of the U-17.

Specials included with the DVDs of Sekai Tougou-hen.

Summary and commentary for each episode by the main characters

No synopsis has been added to this title.

A boy awakens to the sound of someone crying for help. Looking around he notices he is on a body of water. Upon looking at his hands, he realizes he has been transformed into an Oshawott. He panics, and then finds himself plummeting toward then ground. He then wakes up again to find himself in a forest, with a female Pikachu leaning over him, asking if he's okay.

[Source: Bulbapedia]

Short picture episodes with Risa and Miya from "Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo" visual novel series.

In the not so distant future, to cope with the traffic jams and verticalization due to the increased population, the city of Tokyo was reconstructed under the theme of city sharing in which people share the urbane space by transforming the roads and city structure by time of the day. A woman named Nico is walking in the city. She is having her long-awaited day off; however, she does not know what to do and who to hang out with. She hopes an exciting thing suddenly happens.

Then, a truck passes right before her eyes. The loud music and flashy decoration of the vehicle reminds Nico the car it that everyone's talking about on the internet. As soon as Nico sees it, she runs after it, then runs into Gatsu and Makito. Nico gets in their latest A-Class and they chase after the truck driving through the city that is changing its form rapidly.

[Source: AniDB]

A short special aired in the middle of information about Yu-Gi-Oh! with real people.

Kotori takes Yuma to the gymnastics club at their school to cheer on her friend. There they meet the ace of the club, Kimura Taiki, who plans to quit after a recent loss at a competition. To cheer him up, Yuma challenges him to a duel.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Recap featuring fairies with new narration by Watashi.

BD/DVD specials.

Rinne no Lagrange short specials included in the Rinne no Lagrange Season 2 Blu-rays and DVDs.

The "bittersweet, mysterious story" revolves around Chocolat Aikawa, a chocolatière who runs a shop called Chocolat Noir. She can grant wishes to the troubled people who visit her shop—if they give her something precious in exchange.

A short anime series that describes the everyday life of Ao and other Eureka Seven Ao characters.

Three episodes aired on TV as part of the Ribon x Oha Suta specials.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

A high school girl, while pondering her future, sees it flash before her eyes.

The story is set in August of 2026 at the Fuji Training Facility. Natori Touko, a third-year middle school student in the Eastern Private Defense Academy, is entrenched in field training with instructor Kamiya. It has been a harsh training regiment, but it is finally the last day. Kamiya proposes a extracurricular class under the name Newest Weapons Research. But then, an incident occurs that rocks all of Japan.

Sakura Taisen: Kanadegumi follows a girl named Miyabi Neko and her interactions with five attractive young men. The story takes place in Tokyo and centers on an imperial opera company named Kanadegumi.

Bundled with a limited first edition of Shimada Chie's Sakura Taisen: Kanadegumi manga.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Episode 0 of the anime adaptation of Puchimas! -Petit iDOLM@STER- manga, bundled with the December 2012 issue of Dengeki Maou magazine.

[Source: Anime News Network]

There are old stories of children disappearing by the river's edge. This has haunted Otoha ever since her friend Jiro disappeared when she was seven years old and now she is back in her hometown covering the war between the government and the dissidents. When she gets separated from the squad, Otoha thinks someone seems to be leading her deeper into the back alleys of the town.

There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kagerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Bak Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kagerou itself.

[Source: MU]

Another clip from Tekken, denouncing the intimidation experienced by certain Japanese.

Three episodes aired on TV as part of the Ribon x Oha Suta specials.

Niigata city's publicity mascot characters, Komachi Hanano and Dangorou Sasa, search for the mysterious stone that was stolen after it had fallen from the skies.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Short animation created for the most voted character in Voltage's 2012 Character Ranking Commemorative Animation.

The story centers around Hinami, a bookish, eyeglasses-wearing girl, and her two friends. When there is a mystery to solve, she transforms into the clever Nazotoki-hime (literally, Princess Mystery Time).

[Source: Anime News Network]

This story revolves around a spirited, carefree boy named Kazuma Harukaze, who lives with his little sister Sakura and his horse Lovely on a farm within sight of Mt. Fuji. One day, a "meteor" lands nearby, and it turns out to be Hinkeeru — a messenger from Muzanda who has come to warn Earth of a grave danger — and a robot horse named Robony.

[Source: Anime News Network]

A gag, flash animation comedy that centers around a purported college student named Haruo "Cat" Kyattsuyama who only went to his school, the low-tier Kunekune College, once. One day, he sees a cute Russian Blue cat named Kan-u abandoned in a cardboard box on the roadside somewhere in Japan. Kyattsuyama pretends not to see the cat, and continues to do so for an entire year. Surprisingly, no one has shown up to try to save the cat, so Kyattsuyama finally decides to pick the cat up — however, by then, there are now three Russian Blue cats instead of just one. Kyattsuyama asked the cats for their names, and they all said "Kan-u."

The anime shorts are inspired by Kaoru Curry-zawa's "Kremlin" cat gag comedy manga.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Another iteration in the Peeping Life franchise.