Autumn Season Preview – Movie and OVA Edition

So, since I noticed that at seasonal previews often omit movies and OVAs, I decided to make, alongside my usual seasonal previews, previews about all of the OVAs and Movies scheduled to come out in the upcoming Autumn Season. This list is based on Moonphase‘s data. Unfortunately, Moonphase has this habit of putting OVAs all over the place, also where they don’t belong, so it was a bit of a challenge to sort everything out.

Also, since I was a bit more thorough than usual, here’s a list of everything you can find on this preview:
– All animated movies scheduled to premiere between now and the end of November. Please note that it will usually take about nine months before most of these movies actually make it to the west.
– All standalone ovas that will premiere between now and November 15th (sorry about this indecisiveness. I changed my mind about this date halfway through compiling this list without realizing it).
– All DVD-specials and ovas based on television-series. Also of the ones that I didn’t finish. I won’t have much to say about them, but I decided to include them for completion’s sake.

This list will NOT cover:
– Live-action (so no Kaidan Restaurant Movie)
– Simple episodes of series that have already debuted (I do not want to repeat myself about Queen’s Blade’s OVAs over and over again). This also includes Gundam Unicorn and series of movies like Break Blade. The only exception to this is episodes that got announced after they were actually supposed to have been finished (Azazel-san for example)

With these previews, I’m not yet sure whether to set the dates between September 1st and November 30th or August 15th to November 14th, but next season I’ll be a bit clearer on the different dates.

Either way, my impressions of the upcoming Autumn season in terms of tv-series were a bit disappointed. There were quite a few interesting series (thank god it doesn’t have the quantity problem that the current Summer Season has), but there really wasn’t anything that really stood out as a potential classic and there were too many cute girls.

But holy crap, in terms of movies and OVAs it’s looking out to be an awesome season. There are a ton of interesting premises, ranging from slice of life to action, mecha and science fiction. A number of excellent sounding movies are set to premiere, and there also are a ton of spin-off OVAs and movies (meaning that they’re related in some way to a TV-series) with interesting concepts and great staff-lists. When you add to that the series of OVAs and movies that have been continuing from the previous summer season, we’re really in for something great here.

Nougyou Musume

Summary: Nougyou Musume is the whimsical story of Koshino Hikari and Hikaru, two sisters that farm the rice paddy left to them by their parents. – (Taken from AniDB)
Type: A short 3-minute OVA created to promote its manga.
Why you should look forward to it: The only thing that I could find about this thing is that Toei is going to animate it, and the character-designs are done by Sunagawa Masakazu, who is a relatively new animator.
Why you should not look forward to it: Yeah, don’t expect this one to stand alone as anything. 3 minutes is way too short, and this pretty much is a glorified commercial that somehow ended up at Moonphase.
First-Glance Potential: 0%

Metal Fight Beyblade VS Taiyō Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha

Summary: It’s summer vacation. In front of Ginga an Co, who are excited about a Beyblade tournament, Helios, a mysterious youth, stands in their way. In his hands, he possesses “Sol Blaze”, a Beyblade that has been passed down since ancient times. As intense battle between Ginga vs. Helios unfolds, extreme weather develops throughout the world. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie based on a kids’ franchise about spinning tops
Why you should look forward to it: The premise sounds so incredibly silly that it’s bound to provide a laugh or two.
Why you should not look forward to it: It’s another one of those kiddie movies. The TV-series it was based on was ridiculously poorly produced, so I really wonder whether this one even has what it takes to keeps a bunch of kids busy.
First-Glance Potential: 0%

Love Live

Summary: It’s about a group of girls who become idols in order to get more kids to enroll in their school in order to prevent it from getting closed down.
Type: Seems to be some sort of one-shot OVA.
Why you should look forward to it: Um… it’s animated by Sunrise?
Why you should not look forward to it: Due to be pre-sold at one of the comikets, I don’t think it’s hard to imagine the primary target audience of this series. It’s yet another one of those cheesy idol series.
First-Glance Potential: 0%

Sora no Otoshimono Unaired Episodes

Summary: Tomoki Sakurai often encounters a strange girl in his dreams asking for his help, but he can’t remember her face when he wakes up. When an Unidentified Mysterious Animal (U.M.A.) falls out of the sky, his life of pacifism suddenly becomes complicated. The animal turns out to be an angel, Ikaros. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: An unaired episode called “Project Pink”, which apparently was too dangerous for TV.
Why you should look forward to it: If you’re into fanservice obviously.
Why you should not look forward to it: To me, it seems no more than one of those pornish dvd extras, turned into an episode… so yeah, unless you’re really looking for that, stay away from this one.
First-Glance Potential: 0%

Da Capo P.S.P

Summary: Junichi Asakura lives with his adoptive sister Nemu in the crescent-shaped island of Hatsune Jima, a place where cherry blossoms bloom throughout the year. In this island, people have mysterious powers and attributes. For example, Junichi has the power to see other people’s dreams, and he was also taught by his grandmother to magically create sweets. One day, Junichi’s cousin and childhood friend, Sakura Yoshino came back from America all of a sudden. To Junichi’s surprise, she looks exactly the same as the girl that moved away six years ago, and hasn’t aged one bit. And she came back to remind Junichi of their childhood promise… It is a bittersweet tale of magic, love, hidden desires, and unattainable dreams. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: An OVA that comes shipped with the PSP ports of the Da Capo games.
Why you should look forward to it: If you like harems then this is one for you! This is a series that doesn’t put three or four girls around our main character. No, here the lead character can date 27 of them. 27!
Why you should not look forward to it: Da Capo is one of those franchises that refuses to freaking die. I mean, we’re at more than eighty episodes in total right now. Isn’t that a bit overkill?
First-Glance Potential: 0%

Seikon no Qwaser: Joou no Shouzou

Summary: In St. Mikhailov Academy, Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver haired boy called Alexander. He is a Qwaser, a being who can manipulate iron and draws his power from breast milk. A mystery surrounding an Icon transforms the academy into the setting for conflict between the various different Qwaser. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Seems like some sort of OVA or DVD side-story, but the actual format isn’t known yet.
Why you should look forward to it: 2010 really has seen anime progress further and further into pornography, with series like this one having a big part in the blame. Still, if you like that then this is for you. I also heard from a few people that the story itself has been quite decent, so who knows?
Why you should not look forward to it: Still, the thing remains: would the creators have chosen to turn this story into an anime if it didn’t feature breast feeding?
First-Glance Potential: 10%

Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu Special

Summary: It’s about a high school for the arts and the everyday life of four of its students. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Special based on TV-series. Two volumes seem to be scheduled.
Why you should look forward to it: All of the Hidamari Sketch series have gotten a special thus far, and this one is no different. I haven’t watched it, but if you liked the series you’ll probably like this.
Why you should not look forward to it: Blegh, Shinbo.
First-Glance Potential: 10%

Koe de Oshigoto

Summary: The story follows a high school girl named Kanna Aoyagi who becomes a voice actress for adult games. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: OVA, two episodes have been announced so far.
Why you should look forward to it: It’s being animated by a new company: Studio Gokumi. Apparently, it was formerly part of Gonzo, and it’s great to see that the parts it lost are starting over on their own.
Why you should not look forward to it: They really got someone terrible to write the script of this adaptation, though. Masashi Suzuki‘s previous experience in Kanokon, Seiken no Blacksmith and Shuffle suggests to me that he has no idea how to pace a story properly or make it interesting to the audience.
First-Glance Potential: 20%

Rawr! You Are Delicious

Summary: It’s about a Tyrannosaurus who comes across an Ankylosaurus baby all by himself and says, “Gaō! Omae Umasou Dana” (“Rawr! You look delicious.”) However, the Tyrannosaurus ends up adopting the baby as his own. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie
Why you should look forward to it: It could have its charms for a kiddie show.
Why you should not look forward to it: I’m not really sure whether this is going to be the same as the television series or not. I mean, it’s going to suck if the movie is just a collection of the five-minute episodes of the tv-series.
First-Glance Potential: 20%

Mayo Elle Otokonoko

Summary: All I managed to find was that it’s about a boy who dresses like a girl.
Type: A Promo Doujinshi OVA
Why you should look forward to it: I can somewhat support what Keiichiro Kawaguchi is trying to do: experimenting with a ton of different formats, ranging from long series to short doujin OVAs.
Why you should not look forward to it: … but couldn’t he really pick better premises?
First-Glance Potential: 30%

Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky-

Summary: A face-off between Ikki and Ringo on their rocket-powered roller-blades. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: A OVA to bundle with a manga volume (adapting one of the later chapters of the manga)
Why you should look forward to it: First, I want to say that the manga author has one of the most awesome names. Second of all, the staff for this OVA is completely different from the Air Gear TV-series: instead of Toei, we now have Satelight and it’s going to have the director of Fairy Tail, Ichi the Killer and Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou To.
Why you should not look forward to it: The script will be done by Jun Maekawa (he wrote the series composition for the Prince of Tennis, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Bomberman Jetters, the second Digimon series and Sisters of Wellber). Obviously not the right guy to try and stuff the manga’s story into this OVA.
First-Glance Potential: 30%

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun OVA

Summary: Academy City is a highly developed place in terms of technology. It is said to be 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world. 80% of it’s 2.3 million residents are students. The focus of studies here is directed towards esper powers. Misaka Mikoto, one of the top level espers in town, shares a room with Kuroko Shirai, another high level esper who is a member of Judgement, a law enforcing agency composed of students. Both attend to Tokiwadai, a private school reserved for the high-leveled and the rich. Kuroko’s partner at Judgement, Kazari Uiharu, is a low level esper who studies at Sakugawa middle school. Her best friend and classmate there is Ruiko Saten, a level zero (no esper powers). Together, the four encounter several adventures in the exciting scientific town. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: This one really seems like a normal OVA, rather than a DVD-special.
Why you should look forward to it: It’s probably going to be just a side-story, but if you liked the characters then this will be up your interests.
Why you should not look forward to it: I personally dropped railgun after a few episodes, mostly thanks to one particular character (the one with the twin-tails) who was really, really annoying. There also probably isn’t going to be a lot of plot in this OVA.
First-Glance Potential: 30%

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Summary: A collection of stories focusing on the girls of the ToHeart series
Type: Two-shot OVA
Why you should look forward to it: Its director has done a ton of stuff, along with a ton of storyboards, plus the direction of DNA2, which was pretty good.
Why you should not look forward to it: 3 television series. 4 ovas. Isn’t that a bit much for a harem?
First-Glance Potential: 30%

Kuttsukiboshi

Summary: The anime centres around two girls’ “risky” summer vacation together. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Two-shot OVA
Why you should look forward to it: We’re talking about a one-man project here: Naoya Ishikawa, a freelance animator, entirely made this OVA by himself apart from the music and voice acting.
Why you should not look forward to it: I suspect that Primastea had little to do with the actual content this time, and seems more like a vehicle for animators to showcase their projects, but really? I mean, combined with the premise I wouldn’t be surprised if this turned into some semi lesbian porn or something.
First-Glance Potential: 30%

Kowarekake no Orgol

Summary: One rainy day, young musician Keiichiro takes shelter in a shrine, where he meets an abandoned android girl, whom he is told may never function well again. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie, 34 minutes long + 7 minute side-story. Not sure yet whether it’s going to be original or recap.
Why you should look forward to it: It all depends on whether this is going to be simple recap or original, really. If it’s the former, then it’ll be a nice addition to an OVA that just was too short.
Why you should not look forward to it: If it’s the latter, however…. yeah. Keiichiro Kawaguchi as the director is a huge question-mark because of his influence on both good series (Hayate the Combat Butler, Zettai Karen Children), bad series (Nyan Koi) and really really bad series (Moetan).
First-Glance Potential: 40%

Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai Flag 0

Summary: Katsuragi Keima is known on the net at the Capturing God, while in real life he is an otamegane who hates all real girls. However he is approached by Elsee, a devil from hell, to help her in catching runaway spirits that hide in people. Apparently the spirits only hide in the hearts of girls and the only way to get the souls out is by making the girl fall in love so the spirit gets forced out. Keima must capture all the spirits in the world so that his contract with hell ends. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: A DVD to bundle with the 10th volume of the manga. A prequel to the TV-series in a way.
Why you should look forward to it: I have been told that the manga is actually making fun of harem cliches. Of course, that’s no guarantee on how the creators of the anime are going to adapt it, but it definitely made me more interested in this series.
Why you should not look forward to it: The danger with these OVAs that are shipped alongside manga volumes is that they become either manga commercials or inaccessible to anyone who hasn’t read it. So, is this going to a Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu or a Kurenai? At this point it’s impossible to say, even though it’s a great chance for the producers to introduce people to this series.
First-Glance Potential: 50%

Yondemasu, Azazel-san

Summary: The story revolves around the detective Akutabe, his assistant Rinko Sakuma, and the various magical demons that Akutaba uses for his cases. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: The second anime dvd, to be shipped alongside the manga.
Why you should look forward to it: Here is one that completely passed my radar (I’ll try to get a review up for it as soon as possible), but when Tsutomu Mizushima is directing it may very well be good for a quick laugh, because this guy is certainly going to know how to translate the jokes to animation. With so few episodes, he can really grab the best chapters of the manga. It’s also one of those very few comedies done by Production IG.
Why you should not look forward to it: The chief animation director of Ookiku Furikabutte’s second season is going to design the characters and the character-designer of Himawari is going to direct the animation. Why not reverse them?
First-Glance Potential: 70%

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer

Summary: It is the year A.D. 2307. Fossil fuels on Earth have been depleted entirely, with mankind turning to the next available power source: solar energy. During this time, 3 orbital elevators with solar power generation systems are built, each under control by the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (formerly United States of America), the Human Reform League (Russia, China and India) and the Advanced European Union. However, not all countries are able to enjoy the benefits of this system, leading to widespread resentment and war. Arising out of the conflict, a mysterious military organization known as Celestial Being appears, dedicated to end all warfare using Mobile Suits called Gundam. This begins the stories of Gundam Meisters (pilots) Setsuna F. Seiei, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism and Tiera Erde as they are thrown into conflict between the 3 superpowers and the various other factions. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie sequel of a TV-series
Why you should look forward to it: Yes! Against my fears, it turns out that this isn’t going to be a recap movie, and instead this will come with its own story. Kenji Kawai still is doing the music, Seiji Mizushima (Ooedo Rocket, the first Full Metal Alchemist) is still doing the direction and the script is still written by Yosuke Kuroda (he also wrote Ookiku Furikabutte, Infinite Ryvius, Risky Safety and Phantom).
Why you should not look forward to it: Obviously those Sunrise executives. I think I’ve repeated often enough how I hate how in the past number of years, especially with their popular franchises, they restrict their staff way too much and have them descend everything into strings of mecha battles that all look the same. This happened to the second season of Gundam 00. Will the movie be able to avoid it?
First-Glance Potential: 70%

Mazinkaiser SKL

Summary: The new project is billed as the return of the MazinKaiser anime franchise, which is itself a spinoff from Go Nagai’s classic super robot manga and anime series, Mazinger Z. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie
Why you should look forward to it: Ah, Mazinkaiser. More hot-blooded mecha based on the original Mazinger. The director Jun Kawagoe has a lot of experience with these giant robot remakes with Kotetsujin Jeeg, Shin Getter Robo and Transformers.
Why you should not look forward to it: The big problem with this series is Shin Mazinger: when that series did just about everything you can do with the Mazinger franchise, how does this movie plan to top that besides a better animation? The original Mazinkaiser OVA already fell into its shadow, so this movie is really going to have to be more than just a homage.
First-Glance Potential: 70%

Heartcatch Precure! Hana no To de Fashion Show… desuka!?

Summary: Erika’s mother has been invited to Paris to hold a fashion show. The lead characters will be its models. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie, based on the TV-series.
Why you should look forward to it: I am seriously intrigued by that premise. I mean, it’s sounding a lot better than the premise of the All Stars movie, and if the creators can really get the slice of life right, and really portray the characters as they explore Paris, it’ll make for an awesome movie. As long as the creators don’t make it too epic, I have high expectations of this. The staff won’t be the same as with the TV-series, do take note of that. The director especially is intriguing: Rie Matsumoto. She is relatively young (only 30 years old), this really is going to be the first anime she works on. For Toei, this is a very risky move, but I’m really interested in her style here.
Why you should not look forward to it: I’m not sure why, but I’m a bit biased against these kinds of movies based on long-running franchises. I’m not sure why, actually, because I’ve seen very few of them.
First-Glance Potential: 80%

Tamayura

Summary: For her first year of high school, Fu Sawatari moves to Takehara, a scenic old town near Hiroshima, on the Inland Sea. Her father, who has passed away, grew up in Takehara. She loves taking photographs with his old film camera, a Rollei 35S. This “healing” slice-of-life anime from the director of ARIA follows her and the friends who gather around – (Taken from ANN)
Type: OVA with at least two volumes confirmed.
Why you should look forward to it: Reiko Yoshida behind the script is also a very solid choice with her experience behind Maria-Sama ga Miteru, Popolocrois, Saiunkoku Monogatari and Umi Monogatari. And the Chief Animation Director of Aoi Hana only makes this even better.
Why you should not look forward to it: This really could have been a standalone TV-series just as easily, right? I know that in this way the creators will really have the chance to pace the OVA correctly, but I’m mostly worried about its short length here.
First-Glance Potential: 80%

Yozakura Quartet – Hoshi no Umi

Summary: The story revolves around a quartet of teenaged heroes: A super-strong girl named Hime, a mind reader named Ao, a conjurer named Kotoha and an ordinary, powerless boy named Akina. The three girls and Akina protect the city of Sakurashin from supernatural threats – (Taken from ANN)
Type: This OVA will be unlike the TV-series: it will reset its storyline and follow the manga instead.
Why you should look forward to it: Take a look at that artwork here. I don’t know about you, but that is by far the best artwork of any TV-series or OVA I saw when I compiled this Autumn Season Preview. The OVA will have a completely different staff compared to the TV-series (which was a really good staff by the way, which really makes me wonder why it turned out to be such a bland series). The director, Ryoochimo Sawa is a newcomer: he only directed the sixth ED of Hanamaru Youchien (which was cheesy (but what did you expect with the source material), but really well animated). If that wasn’t enough, the music will be done by Atsushi Suemitsu, who composed together Nodame Cantabile’s OP. Now if that isn’t going to be a feast for the senses then I don’t know any more.
Why you should not look forward to it: I’m very intrigued by the intentions of the mangaka: how exactly did he imagine carrying on the story of the manga through just an OVA? Won’t that be too short?
First-Glance Potential: 80%

Umikara no Shisha

Summary: The only thing that I could make out is that this is about a “Messenger from the Sea”, who protects a city that is about to get destroyed.
Type: Independent movie. Pretty much a one-man project.
Why you should look forward to it: Why the heck is there hardly any English information about this movie? I searched, but neither ANN or AniDB has any entry about the Messenger of the Sea, even though it looks like a terrific piece of animation, especially considering that it was just one guy who wrote, directed and animated it. It’s entirely in black and white, but that gives it a really interesting sense of style.
Why you should not look forward to it: It’s supposed to be a short film, but I can’t find anywhere how long it’s supposed to be. 5 minutes? 60 minutes? Could be.
First-Glance Potential: 80%

Onigamiden

Summary: The film’s story revolves around the war between oni (demons) and humans in the former Japanese capital of Kyoto, 1,200 years ago during the Heian period. The anime adapts a 2004 two-volume novel by the same name from author Takafumi Takada. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie
Why you should look forward to it: Studio Pierrot, finally doing something that is not shounen again! This really caught my attention.
Why you should not look forward to it: I’m really doubting whether I should get worried about the director, Hirotsugu Kawasaki. Yes, he did direct Spriggan and a Naruto movie, but those were completely different from what this is going to be. I mean, this guy’s visuals surely are going to rock here, especially in the combination with Studio Pierrot’s animators (especially when they can gather their best artists), so who knows whether this is a genre that he can deliver a great cast of characters in?
First-Glance Potential: 80%

Koisento

Summary: The story is set in 2710 in the city of Nara, where the national capital has been relocated. For historical preservation and tourism, the country’s cultural treasures — including entire buildings — have been moved en masse and assembled inside a humongous building. A second-year high school student named Shinichi is visiting Nara on a field trip. No matter where he looks, there are deer everywhere. Shinichi is getting bored when suddenly, a deer takes off with his bag, leading to a mad chase through the streets of Nara. In the middle of the chaos, Shinichi helps a mysterious, beautiful girl named Toto who is being chased by unknown followers. Because of these odd circumstances, the two ended up in on a sight-seeing date throughout the locales of Nara. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: OVA; not sure how long it’s going to be.
Why you should look forward to it: The director of FREEDOM and Kakurenbo? I must say, that this is one of the most interesting romantic comedies I have seen when making the Autumn Season Preview for this year. There are some cliches, I know, but I’m very interested in what kind of science fiction the creators are playing, 700 years into the future with talking deer running around everywhere (yes, the deer has a voice actor). I mean, I’m not really sure what’s up with Sunrise lately, but I’m really digging the way that they are experimenting with all sorts of interesting movie and OVA premises.
Why you should not look forward to it: I can’t think of anything, unless you’re really not a fan of romantic comedies. However, I’m not a fan of that genre either and I’m looking forward to this one.
First-Glance Potential: 90%

Armored Trooper Votoms: Case;Irvine

Summary: ?
Type: If I understood correctly: there will be three movies released of Votoms to mark its end. The first is this Case;Irvine, set to premiere in November. All three movies are completely different, it seems, with different staff. Only the third one will have Ryousuke Takahashi.
Why you should look forward to it: It’s Votoms. I also like this idea very much in which three different kinds of staff are set to adapt and finish off this franchise. I was a bit unhappy to see that Ryousuke Takahashi (an amazing director IMO) wasn’t involved in the first two, but with the announcement of a third movie which DOES feature him, I suspect that he does have his influence on how they are meant to play out.
Why you should not look forward to it: I can’t find anything about the director and scriptwriter of this series, though. They’re complete newbies, and the only thing that I could find was that the director did a storyboard for an episode of Sora no Otoshimono. So unfortunately, we probably won’t get Ryousuke Takahashi’s tight direction. But really, who knows? Perhaps these guys were chosen because they really can become great writers in the future. Or it was just the influence of Sunrise’s executives rearing their heads around the corner. Please don’t let that be the case!
First-Glance Potential: 90%

Redline

Summary: Red Line is about the biggest racing game of the universe and it’s only held once every 5 years. And naturally everyone wants to take part. Follow the racings skills of men and women alike. – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Movie
Why you should look forward to it: There is Madhouse of course, but the director Takashi Koike is also very interesting. He did the opening animation of Samurai Champloo, directed the animation of World Record (Animatrix) and directed Trava – Fist Planet, which I still have to see. At the very least this is going to be great to look at. It gets really interesting for the script, though: Yoshiki Sakurai, who also wrote the script of the xxxHolic Movie, along with a number of episodes from Ghost in the Shell, Seirei no Moribito, xxxHolic and Otogizoshi. On top of that, Yuji Enokido will also be writing the script. Yeah, that’s also the guy who wrote Utena, and is also working on Star Driver.
Why you should not look forward to it: Um, the sound director, Youji Shizumu isn’t the best guy with most of his work ranging from Stitch to Hero Tales. This movie will be a feast for the eyes. But also for the ears?
First-Glance Potential: 100%

Mardock Scramble: The First Compression

Summary: Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Rune Balot, would ever have…as a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been killed by his hand if not for a private investigator and his self-aware Universal Tool, Œufcoque. Now a cyborg, Balot has not only physical powers, but the ability to disrupt social environments. She chases after Shell, his partner-in-crime Boiled, and faces down a variety of insane villains in this pulse-pounding cyberpunk noir adventure. – (Taken from AniDB)
Type: First Movie of a scheduled trilogy.
Why you should look forward to it: I’m intrigued: finally GoHands is going to do an actual interesting project. And I really love the use of colours on the promo art here. Especially the one who originally created this story is intriguing: Tow Ubakata, who also created the original stories for Fafner, Heroic Age and Chevalier. This guy’s awesome, and he’ll also be writing the script for the movies.
Why you should not look forward to it: The only one I’m a bit iffy about is the director, Susumu Kudo. I’m not really sure whether someone who has mostly directed cheesy romantic comedies will really be able to make this story come to life.
First-Glance Potential: 100%

.Hack//Quantum

Summary: In .hack//Quantum, the characters Tobias, Mary, and Sakuya form a party and embark on a high-difficulty-level quest in The World R:X. (The World R:X is the new version of The World – (Taken from ANN)
Type: Three-part OVA
Why you should look forward to it: Kinema Citrus is back. They really did an awesome job with Tokyo Magnitude, so I’m glad that they got a .Hack series next. The soundtrack will also again be fantastic with Kou Otani as the composer. But it gets even better: Masaki Tachibana, the director of Tokyo Magnitude is also going to direct this thing.
Why you should not look forward to it: The problem with this show is obviously the length. I mean, why can’t this be a full fledged series? It would be awesome to see another actual .hack television series and these people really know how to make such a thing work.
First-Glance Potential: 100%