Fall 2009 Anime Preview

Thanks to Chartfag who put together this wonderful visual reference there is a quick look at the upcoming Summer 2009 season. Click on the image for the full size:

The shows that I’m probably going to picked up right at the start of the season are the sequel to Darker Than Black, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the sequel to White Album.

Darker Than Black was a great show that suffered from an ending that, while climactic, answered none of the mysteries that the series had opened. Hopefully the sequel will pick up and carry the story to a satisfying conclusion.

Any video game enthusiast should know about Romance of the Three Kingdoms. If not from the classic Koei series of the same name then from the insanely popular Dynasty Warrior series it is hard to avoid being exposed to an adaptation of the classic novel. As a fan of all those games and the story itself I can’t wait to see this modern Anime adaptation. The show is a joint project with Japanese and Chinese studios. That fact should keep the Chinese authentic feel of the story intact.

While I was lukewarm on White Album it was a pretty entertaining story that had characters which I need to see finish their stories.

I’ll be checking out other shows in the Fall season but those three are the ones that I can’t avoid.