Which Autumn Series do you want me to blog?

Here is a list with the shows that are scheduled to air. (At least, that’s what I assume. Notify me if it isn’t complete). – No direct sequels; that’s just boring and predictable. – Apart from that, I accept any series with an airdate between September 20th and November 11th. – Please refrain from spoiling synopsises or staff lists. I’m still trying to enter the Autumn Season with as little information as possible about the upcoming shows, and I’d like to keep it that way. – The poll will end at September 30, 23:59 GMT. All votes that arrive after that will be ignored. Here are the current scores: Kimi ni Todoke – 44 Romance of the Three Kingdoms – 36 Kobato – 34 Kuuchuu Buranko – 31 Winter Sonata – 25 Letter Bee – 23 Armed Librarians: Book of Bantora – 18 A Certain Scientific Railgun – 14 Seiken no Blacksmith – 11 Fairy Tail – 11 Jungle Emperor Leo – 8 Darker than Black – 8 Sasameki Koto – 7 Blue Literature – 7 Nyankoi – 6 Kampfer – 3 Seitokai no Ichizon – 2 Ai no Kusabi – 2 Yumeiro Patissiere – 1 Sora no Otoshimono – 1 Note that with comments that selected three series, I just picked the first two. The people who voted for Darker than Black II and ignored the “No Sequels”-rule can of course always change their votes. A Second Note: it just turns out that Jungle Emperor Leo isn’t going to be a TV-series at all, but instead just a TV-Special. Those who voted for it can of course change their votes.]]>

203 thoughts on “Which Autumn Series do you want me to blog?

  1. Leave Darker than Black II alone please. You always say ugly, nasty, rude, annoying things about that series so I would greatly appreciate if you cold leave it alone 🙂
    Thanks!

  2. Darker than Black and LEtter Bee —
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  3. If I could vote for Queen’s Blade 2 I would 😛 (No direct sequels BOOOO!) It would be funny just to read your thoughts on it, bad or good.
    Seriously though, I choose
    – Trapeze
    – Armed Librarians: Book of Bantora. (Tatakau Shisho)

  4. That’s a nice traditon you keep. I personally would like to vote for “Romance of the Three Kindom”, because it’s partly produced by a Chinese production, and mostly drawed by Chinese staff except the story board. I just finished watching it on TV. Still a lot of catch up to do but quite a surprise. It’s a 52 episode series. Since there is just too much stuff to cover so the plot has skipped a lot. But this anime still manages to pull off a complete story. It’s quite different from the usual Japanese anime. And since souten no kouro just aired in summer, it might be interesting to compare how different they are.
    Still, hoping people to vote for “Romance of the Three Kindom” is not realistic. So my comment above is no more than suggesting it’s worth watching. And now to be more realistic here, my votes will go to Letter Bee and Seitokai no Ichizon.

  5. lol @ all the people ignoring the “No direct sequels; that’s just boring and predictable.”
    Can I vote against an anime? I vote against you blogging Darker Than Black if that’s possible.

  6. Ooops, didn’t notice the sequels rule… Well, I still hope you blog DtB (although I’m starting to worry about the integrity of the story), but if I have to choose from the other shows, I choose Winter Sonata and Letter Bee

  7. I vote Jungle Emperor Leo, hopefully the charm and impact of the original is left in
    Winter Sonata, the soap opera remake which was actually pretty entertaining compared to a load of trash that Korean TV tends to be.
    Inuyasha Final Act… just because?

  8. Kimi ni Todoke also, it’s a heartfelt and realistic high school love story, kind of a similar feel to Bokura ga Ito

  9. 1. Kimi ni Todoke (despite the fact that it’s classic shoujo, the manga somehow manages to shine. Plus its Production I.G. =D)
    2. Winter Sonata (the Korean version was a classic, it may turn out to be a little bit too exaggerated and melodramatic, but fingers crossed)

  10. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    Kämpfer
    Actually, I am more interested in a number of the “direct sequels”, but you will probably blog some of them anyway since you blogged their respective first seasons.

  11. I’d rather be ebil and vote for two series Psgels would never blog if not under torture and great pain:
    Railgun and Fairy Tail.
    As for the sequel rule, you can’t really consider Railgun a sequel but Index’s spinoff .
    So, am i EBIL enough? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAHAH!!

  12. I would very much enjoy it if you would blog Darker than Black’s (fuligin?) second season. The first season was excellent by all standards, and the second one appears to be quite promising as well – if one can reliably judge from the team involved.

  13. I hope to see Kobato blogged =D It seems like a very popular manga with the CLAMP fans, and the animation looks amazing.

  14. Sorry – after reviewing that list again, I’d have to change my vote to Jungle Emperor Leo, with Romance of the Three Kingdoms a close second. It’s an adaptation of a charming old story, and one that I grew up with. Reminiscent of Disney’s The Lion King, to be sure, although I do believe this series is actually much older than that.
    Since I know you occasionally take to these kinds of anime – that is, the less known and unconventional ones – I would enjoy it if you’d at least give it a try for a few episodes. 🙂

  15. Darker than Black if you could/want to, but if not- Winter Sonata and Letter Bee please.
    I would say Fairy Tale, but I’m pretty sure all the other bloggers are gonna do that. Same with Darker than Black.

  16. No one votes for White Album 2 and Natsu no Arashi 2? well,since you’ve had blogged the prquels,I think you should blog these too!
    So,my votes are :
    1) White Album 2
    2) Natsu no Arashi 2
    also : Kobato,Railgun,Kimi no Todoke

  17. Hmm I’d like to see you Blog Fairy Tail and Darker than Black II
    didn’t realise Inuyasha would be finished in Anime, wasn’t much of a fan of the Manga

  18. sorry didn’t notice the rule about sequels and for the double post -_-‘
    I’ll vote for Romance of the Three Kingdoms instead of DArker than black II

  19. So it’s this season the Sasameki Koto anime airs? Hrrm.
    Actually kind of hard to pick this season. Lots of things look okay/good but nothing that really stands out.
    Letter Bee and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I guess.

  20. Looks like a rather dull season to me. Then again, maybe I’m just being picky. REALLY PICKY.
    Kimi ni Todoke
    Jungle Emperor Leo

  21. I agree with BlueYoshi, looking at that list there isnt a single one Im curious about watching, except Darker than black 2 because the 1st one was awesome
    And well, Sasameki Koto might be a nice yuri, those are always welcome
    I just hope theres a good “serious plot” anime, in the style of phantom, but Ill end up checking them all anyway, because the descriptions are too vague

  22. 1. Winter Sonata
    2. Kobato
    Yet I am sure you would block this two even if there weren’t any polls ^^
    The 3th woukd have been Sasameki Koto since you blocked Aoi Hana an stuff and besides that I am locking forward to this series.
    On the other side, I would be pretty interessted to see you blogging a bad show since I like your comments when you are pointing out what a show is lacking of or what could have been done better.

  23. Try out Winter Sonata and Letter Bee.These two are my favs from what I’ve seen of the original material,so they should be good if adapted correctly ^_^

  24. Why so many votes for Kuuchuu Buranko??
    My vote is for Kämpfer, do you know the piece of staff it has? Marina Inoue, Nana Mizuki, Yui Horie, Yukari Tamura, I am very excited about this anime!
    My second vote goes for Armed Librarians. And if I can have a third, it will be Sasameki Koto

  25. My votes are for
    1) Kimi ni Todoke
    2) Sasameki Koto
    I’m intersted to see how they adapt Kimi ni Todoke and in the manga world Sasameki Koto is a direct competitor of Aoi Hana.
    Aside from these to I might just take this season to finish some show I put off.

  26. Trapeze. It looks like your type of show.
    A Certain Scientific Railgun (I hope this is better than the mess that is the original series, but if it’s too terrible you’re free to quit blogging it.)

  27. I would like you to blog Kimi no Todoke… if the adaption is any good, it will be a nice shojo series.
    you could always start blogging Erin, too ;D

  28. @Tlacuache
    Kuuchuu Buranko is by the Mononoke staff and its premise is a carte blanche to pull out all the mind fuckery stops.
    There are only two possibilities here; either it is awesome or it is SUPER AWESOME.
    Sasamaki Koto… I read the manga last night, and it’s YET ANOTHER “will they won’t they” schoolgirl lesbians story. I mean, the character writing is okay and there was the occasional joke that got a titter out of me but something’s wrong when I start wishing they’d break out the normal romance cliches to break up the monotony.

  29. First of all, you people just pulled off what I thought to be impossible: within one day this post managed to gather more comments than it did in a whole month when I ran this contest last year, and I already thought that this site was pretty active back then. I’m not sure what caused this, but thanks a lot for all these replies. 🙂
    Anyway, I’m not going to change the no sequels rule. I may omit it next year, but changing it at this point is just going to be chaotic.
    Cicero: you can reach me at psgels at yahoo dot com, both for e-mail and msn.
    Schmitt: nice try, but I only counted your double vote once. 😉
    Solaris: raw ranking?
    Quickstar: unfortunately, I stopped taking blogroll requests, simply because there are just too many such requests of people who just blog one month and then get bored. Right now, I only update my blogrole when I don’t feel lazy and find a blog that I like a lot.
    Kabli: really? Sure, I didn’t like it when it started at first, but later on I raved about it, aside from its rushed ending. Besides, does it annoy you that much when people talk comment negatively on it?

  30. Hmm i see some great potential this fall, like Kobato from clamp and yet another yuri anime…lol not that im complaining : )
    anyway two votes huh….ok here it is
    1.) Kobato
    2.) Kimi no Todoke
    I really like clamp anime so im rooting for kobato as my first choice. also i just read the manga for kimi no todoke and i was impressed by the manga and thus will be rooting for the anime.
    Although if i had a third choice, it would be sasameki koto cause aoi hana was a really good yuri series and i hope it can live up to my expectations.
    So looks like it would be a romance anime fall for me…sigh, hope there wouldnt be bad breakups, that would be depressing

  31. Three Kingdoms because that other commenter’s arguments are compelling; Kobato because I’m curious about it being one of the only CLAMP manga I haven’t yet read and you’ll probably blog the others I find interesting anyway.

  32. Hmmm at first appearance it seems this years fall season wont be as good as last years. But you can never tell with these synopsises sometimes. In the past some great shows have had some crap synopsises, so im hoping we will have at least 1 or 2 good new shows.
    Well here are my 2 picks anyway:
    -Kimi no Todoke
    & ummmmm
    -Nyan Koi

  33. Huh, that’s neat, letting the people who read your blog decide.
    In any case, I’ll vote Winter Sonata (you should definitely pick that one) and Kobato. Or Letter Bee. But definitely Winter Sonata.
    I read the first few chapters of Kimi ni Todoke (don’t worry, I won’t spoil the plot or anything), and it really felt like a typical shoujo/romantic comedy manga that was way too repetitive in, well, pretty much everything. So, even though my opinion probably doesn’t matter much, please don’t blog Kimi ni Todoke.

  34. It’s not looking good for Sasameki Koto, but I’ll throw in a vote for it as well as Armed Librarians: Book of Bantor. Love the blog!

  35. Steelman: I have been told that it’s a spin-off, rather than a direct sequel. Do correct me if I’m wrong, though.
    Askaer: I’m not sure, but apparently it is what people want me to blog. 😛

  36. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun is more of a spinoff with Misaka being the lead character. Check wikipedia entry for To Aru Majutsu no Index. I’m pretty sure that both Touma and Index won’t be appearing in the series. If they do, it’ll be a cameo. Have you finished Index psgels? I suggest u watch it first before watching Railgun, and of course make a review for it.

  37. My second vote goes to Kuuchuu Buranko – hope this series have fine art, otherwise this could be a total flop…
    My first vote was Number 36. ^_^

  38. Definitely blog Kuuchuu Buranko, if anything else because (not too be spolierific) of who’s on the production team =P.
    That’s all I’m excited about, so second vote to kimi no todoke.

  39. I would like to see the series Armed Librarians and Kimi no Todoke blogged. I like Production I.G. works a lot, so KnT is something I am looking forward to. I love libraries, so my first choice is more of a personal bias than anything to do with the story or the plot.
    It’s a pity we cant vote for sequels. I know they can be “boring” but Darker than Black was an awesome series and is the one I am anticipating the most. I would have pushed and pushed and pushed for this one, but Im guessing the subs will be picking this series up sooner than later 🙂

  40. VSky: That’s not what I meant by “boring”. The reason why I added the “no sequels”-rule was to prevent everyone to just vote for their favourite series, and that IMO is just boring with contests like these. It takes away all the competition for the new series.

  41. If it isn’t too late to vote, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Armed Librarians. There are other things that look good too, but I think these two should get some more consideration C:

  42. It won’t win,but i want to torture you (i’m just evil lol) and since i can’t vote for queen blade s2 i’ll go with:
    Sora no Otoshimono
    Seitokai no Ichizon

  43. Hey, don’t even try to steal my place as the most ebilest ever here!! I’ll curse you and make you die from tickles under your feet, Totoum. Beware ME!!! 😛

  44. how about we form a team solaris?you seem to have gone for shonen action and i’ve gone for harems,so we complement each other!
    Too bad it seems to be only the 2 of us lol,come on people,i’m pretty sure the top 5 will be blogged even if they win or not so this is the occasion to see something completely different!

  45. Well yeah Totoum, what a nice idea! We could team up and conquer the world easily. I’d just have to betray you at the right time and …
    /me wakes up in the night sweating
    what was i saying again? o.O”

  46. UM. lol. Remember, you can’t vote for Darker than Black people, if you haven’t read the notice. No sequels. *laughs*
    And I’m curious, psgels, about the anime points at this time? 😀

  47. If possible, please blog kemono no souja. The subs are remarkably inconsistant and slow so I would like to be able to read a summary of each episode when it comes out. Moreover, I think the plot is really just starting to pick up!

  48. A vote for Kobato and Kimi ni Todoke. I heard CLAMP will be writing the scripts for the Kobato anime, so i’m sure that it will be harder for the animation studio to screw up the story, and I think Kimi ni Todoke sounds like it could turn out a nice shoujo anime adaption (with all the horribly bad ones in recent years, we NEED a good one)

  49. @psgels: sorry, I meant to say the number of “votes” the animes have gained at this time and which one is winning so far. 😀

  50. Hum..I’m really not sure which series to vote for cos I don’t know too much about any of them except for Railgun. Which would I watch which would be interesting enough to raise discussion? I liked the original Index but it didn’t really have any mysteries or sticking points of great weight that would make me seek clarification. If anything, I wish you were blogging Bakemonogatari – I have plenty of questions about lingering little quirks and mysteries in it. Eg. In Mayoi Snail Part 2 – did Hanegawa know Tsunade? I got the impression that she lied when she said she didn’t know her. But why lie?

  51. Well I’m looking forward to Kimi no Todoke and Winter Sonata, if only because I love KnT’s manga.. I guess that makes me really biased. Well, blog what you want to blog, I enjoy reading your reviews.

  52. It is looking a bit hmm whats the word, missing a few genre. Nothing catches my eye, but i will vote
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Hmm Inu yasha, i could only survive up to 70 eps, before i got fed up hehe, wonder if need to watch them all to understand the final act!!!

  53. Please blog:
    The Romance of Three Kingdoms
    Blue Literature
    A Certain Scientific Railgun
    Sasameki Koto
    … Although Kimi ni Todoke was awesome as a manga, I don’t know how well it’ll be as an anime.

  54. Not much good things to chose from… Still hard tot pick only two.) Well…
    Winter Sonata
    Blue Literature (why is it so underrated?!)
    Btw, how many of them are you going to blog?

  55. 1)Kimi no Todoke
    2)Trapeze/Kuchu (this one more for the studio making it and the NoitaminA slot than the actual bits of plot… it could be either good or bad)
    and Letter Bee :p

  56. I just read your posts on Aoi Hana. If you liked that series I’d suggest blogging Sasameki Koto. It’s a bit more on the humorous side. But the feelings it evokes are just about as genuine as Aoi Hana’s. (In my humble opinion.)

  57. Biribiri banzai!! I mean…I vote for Railgun. I also vote for Blue Literature.
    I’m interested in Fairy Tail as well, but i’m sure there will be plenty of people blogging that.

  58. I don’t understand these results xD
    Why is Blue Literature not have more votes?
    People should get some better tastes 😛
    Just kidding. I’m looking forward to many of these titles, but I’m really hoping Blue Literature will be good.
    I can’t believe Ai no Kusabi is on this list xD I didn’t even know it had a release date.

  59. I would go for 2 titles only as secure quality:
    Fairy Tail: The most powerful series of the comming season, the japanese fanbase for the manga is huge and it is ranked in top 8 I think right now as for sales.
    Seiken No Blacksmith: I was really pleased by the soundtrack on the promo video, the songs sounded nice. It reminds me of the wonderful Guin Saga maybe by the kind of feeling im predicting for it. I’m expecting a lot of it.
    The shows I would NOT like blogged would be: Jungle Emperor Leo, as I believe and clain in the name of 99% people here: nobody is a 5 year love-caring toddler d/ling anime subs via torrent?
    Anyways wonderful you decided to rank Guin Saga in the top list as it really deserved it. Oh and keep up the blog, its best western blog so far.

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