December 2014 - February 2015

Winter 2014/2015 Anime

Tsukimonogatari: Yotsugi Doll

  1. Comedy
  2. Mystery
  3. Supernatural
Tsukimonogatari: Yotsugi Doll
Dec 31, 2014 at 10:00pm JST
4 eps × 24 min
Light Novel
TV Special

The time is February, after the ordeal with Nadeko Sengoku was resolved thanks to Deishu Kaiki working behind the scenes. As Koyomi Araragi studied for that last push before the college entrance exams, a change to his physical body that "could not be overlooked" was starting to happen. The difference that could be described as retribution for all his past action is...!?

(Source: Anime Consortium Japan)

Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD

  1. Comedy
  2. Mystery
  3. Super Power
Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD
Jan 3, 2015 at 10:00pm JST
12 eps × 22 min
Original

In the story, the Great Era of Detectives — when detectives and thieves with a power known as "Toys" compete — has given way to the Great Era of Idols. However, someone starts stealing the idols' songs in Yokohama. When super idol Marine Amagi's hit song "Kiseki no Uta" (Miracle's Song) is stolen, she enlists the detectives of Milky Holmes.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Absolute Duo

  1. Action
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. Harem
  5. Romance
  6. School
  7. Supernatural
Absolute Duo
Jan 4, 2015 at 8:30pm JST
12 eps × 24 min
Light Novel

The story begins with Blaze — a weapon that is the manifestation of a human's soul. Tōru Kokonoe happens to be qualified for this, but for some reason his Blaze is not a weapon, but a shield. Moreover, he enrolled in a school that teaches combat skills, and thanks to the school's Duo partner system, he ends up living with a beautiful silver-haired girl.

(Source: ANN)

Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC

  1. Comedy
Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC
Jan 4, 2015 at 10:27pm JST
12 eps × 2 min
4-koma Manga

The warriors who have been warped by the rampaging power of Justice have been summoned into the world of Xanadu. It is up to Dark Fact, a former villain, and principal Lappi to re-educate these students.

(Source: AniDB)

Washimo 2nd Season

  1. Comedy
  2. Kids
  3. School
  4. Slice of Life
Washimo 2nd Season
Jan 5, 2015 at 6:00pm JST
24 eps × 10 min
Picture Book

No synopsis available.

Doamaiger D

  1. Mecha
Doamaiger D
Jan 5, 2015 at 7:55pm JST
13 eps × 2 min
Source TBD

This retro-style throwback is a romping adventure with a sweet setting! In a traditional Japanese sweets shop in Kyoto works Daijiro Kyogoku, the latest young successor in a long line of sweet shop owners. One day, Daijiro finds a giant robot in the shop’s basement called Doamayger-D. Now, villanous robots are on the loose, and the hero we need is Doamayger-D… a candy-making mech?

(Source: Funimation)

Yuri Kuma Arashi

  1. Drama
  2. Fantasy
  3. Psychological
  4. School
  5. Seinen
  6. Shoujo Ai
Yuri Kuma Arashi
Jan 6, 2015 at 12:30am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Original

Some time ago, the asteroid Kumaria exploded in the depths of space.

The resulting fragments became a meteor shower that rained down on Earth, and for some reason, bears all over the world rose up and attacked humanity! In "Man vs. Bear," the bears ate the humans and the humans shot the bears, resulting in a seemingly unending battle and a cycle of hatred. In the end, a giant "Wall of Extinction" was erected between the humans and bears and a state of mutual nonaggression came to pass….

The human world.

One morning, Arashigaoka Academy students Kureha Tsubaki and Sumika Izumino were by themselves and saw the "Yuri Flower" that bloomed in a flower bed. The two are friends as well as lovers. The flower bed is an important place to the two. At that moment, the Bear Alarms ring out! The bears are invading the human world, and humans are being attacked! Are they really those bears? One mystery invokes yet another mystery, one after another. The curtain rises magnificently on Yuri Kuma Arashi!

(Source: ANN)

Kamisama Hajimemashita◎

  1. Comedy
  2. Demons
  3. Fantasy
  4. Romance
  5. Shoujo
  6. Supernatural
Kamisama Hajimemashita◎
Jan 6, 2015 at 2:05am JST
12 eps × 23 min
Manga

Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?

In the second season, sparks continue to fly between Nanami and Tomoe, but will an dangerous force from Tomoe’s troubled past drive a wedge between he and Nanami?

(Source: Funimation)

Q Transformers: Kaette Kita Convoy no Nazo

  1. Comedy
  2. Kids
  3. Sci-Fi
Q Transformers: Kaette Kita Convoy no Nazo
Jan 6, 2015 at 9:55pm JST
13 eps × 5 min
Game

No synopsis available.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!

  1. Comedy
  2. Magic
  3. Slice of Life
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!
Jan 7, 2015 at 1:40am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Original

Teenage boys are notoriously lazy, and the members of Binan High School's Earth Defense Club are no exception. Their definition of “earth defense” is bumming around all day at the local bathhouse. But when a pink wombat appears out of thin air and begs the boys to help him save the planet, even the idlest high schoolers jump to action. Watch the magical boys transform and save the earth with the power of LOVE!

(Source: Funimation)

Military!

  1. Comedy
  2. Military
  3. Seinen
  4. Slice of Life
Military!
Jan 7, 2015 at 11:25pm JST
12 eps × 5 min
4-koma Manga

The story centers on an ordinary otaku high school student Souhei Yano. One day, two female soldiers from Principality of Krakozhia, Lieutenant Rtgalnikov and Second Lieutenant Haruka suddenly appear in their tanks as his guards. Then an assassin girl from the Grania Republic named Shachirofu also arrives the town to kill him. Unfortunately, none of the girls care about using firearms in or around private houses at all....

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Ketsuekigata-kun! 2nd Season

  1. Comedy
Ketsuekigata-kun! 2nd Season
Jan 8, 2015 at 12:00am JST
12 eps × 5 min
Web Comic

No synopsis available.

Kantai Collection: KanColle

  1. Action
  2. Military
  3. School
  4. Sci-Fi
  5. Slice of Life
Kantai Collection: KanColle
Jan 8, 2015 at 1:05am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Game

The story is set in a world where humanity has lost control of the seas. The threat that has taken over the seas is the "deep sea fleet." The only ones who can counter this threat are Kan-musume (literally, warship girls), girls who possess the spirit of naval vessels from days gone by.

The base for the fleet arrayed against the "deep sea fleet" is Chinjufu. There, many various Kan-musume have gathered to live together and work hard everyday in training and other matters. One day, a Kan-musume arrives at Chinjufu, She is a special class of destroyer. Her name is Fubuki. "I am Fubuki! Nice to meet you!" Fubuki's story — as well as the Kan-musume's story — begins now.

(Source: official website via ANN)

Shinmai Maou no Testament

  1. Action
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. Romance
  5. Shounen
Shinmai Maou no Testament
Jan 8, 2015 at 1:35am JST
12 eps × 23 min
Light Novel

The "rather risque battle action" story centers around Basara Tōjō, a first-year high school student who is flustered by a sudden question by his eccentric father, "Hey, didn't you used to say you wanted a little sister?" Plus, his father announces that he is getting remarried. His father brings over two beautiful step-sisters, but then embarks on an overseas trip. However, the two sisters Mio and Maria Naruse are actually a novice devil and succubus.

Basara almost ends up forming a dangerous servant and master contract with them, but due to an error, the contract becomes reversed, and Basara becomes the master instead. To add to things, erotic situations continuously start to happen in Basara's life. However, it turns out Mio is having her life targeted by other monsters and heroes. And so, the "desire/action" tale of the strongest contracter begins.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Pankis! 2 Jigen

  1. Comedy
  2. Music
Pankis! 2 Jigen
Jan 8, 2015 at 11:54pm JST
24 eps × 6 min
Original

St. Muse Academy: the place for the "sound of the spirits." In order for people to live pleasantly among the sound, there is an academy where people learn to balance and control sound. Now, the five failing students receive a special mission...

(Source: MAL News)

Tokyo Ghoul √A

  1. Action
  2. Horror
  3. Mystery
  4. Psychological
  5. Seinen
  6. Supernatural
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Jan 9, 2015 at 12:00am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Original

In modern day Tokyo, society lives in fear of Ghouls: mysterious creatures who look exactly like humans—yet hunger insatiably for their flesh. None of this matters to Ken Kaneki, a bookish and ordinary young man, until a dark and violent encounter turns him into the first ever Ghoul-human half breed. Trapped between two worlds, Ken must survive the violent conflicts of warring Ghoul factions, while attempting to learn more about Ghoul society, his newfound powers, and the fine line between man and monster.

(Source: FUNimation)

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Harem
  4. Romance
  5. School
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Jan 9, 2015 at 12:50am JST
12 eps × 23 min
Light Novel

The life of Tomoyo Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hording. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into, Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who’s always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?

The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio’s journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond.

(Source: moetron)

Koufuku Graffiti

  1. Comedy
  2. Seinen
  3. Slice of Life
Koufuku Graffiti
Jan 9, 2015 at 1:46am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Manga

The story follows Ryō, a middle school girl who lives by herself. She has a knack for cooking, and she makes friendships with everyone through her food. The cooking manga is "full of detailed cuisine art to whet the appetite and slightly erotic meal scenes." The "kōfuku" in the title is a wordplay on two Japanese homonyms — one which means "happiness," and another that means "appetite."

(Source: Anime News Network)

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir

  1. Fantasy
  2. Harem
  3. Romance
  4. School
Juuou Mujin no Fafnir
Jan 9, 2015 at 2:16am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Light Novel

With the sudden appearance of the monsters that came to be called Dragons, the world had completely changed. Before long, within the human race supernatural girls with the power of the dragons, called "D", were born. The secret existence of the only male "D", the boy Mononobe Yuu, was forcefully thrown into the school where the girls of "D" gathered - Midgar, where he saw the naked body of one of the students, Iris. Furthermore, meeting his long lost sister Mitsuki, Yuu seems to have been enrolled into this school...!? "When there's really no other choice, Iris, I will — kill you." "Can I really... believe you?" The curtains open as the "one and only story" about the boy who was supposed to become the strongest assassin and the incompetent girl unfolds—! Unlimited School Battle Action!

(Source: Baka-Tsuki)

Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus

  1. Drama
  2. Mecha
  3. Sci-Fi
Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus
Jan 9, 2015 at 2:19am JST
13 eps × 24 min
Manga

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught... but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind. Fafner Exodus will be set 2 years after the first attacks of the festums.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

The [email protected] Cinderella Girls

  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  3. Music
The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
Jan 10, 2015 at 12:00am JST
13 eps × 24 min
Game

There are many idols with long-established talent agency 346 Production. And now the company is starting a new program, the Cinderella Project! Girls leading normal lives... They are chosen to be aspiring idols and see another world for the first time in this Cinderella story. Can they all climb the stairs that lead to the palace?

The magic begins now...

(Source: Anime Consortium Japan)

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Shounen
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season
Jan 10, 2015 at 12:30am JST
24 eps × 24 min
Manga

After 30 days of travel across the world, plagued with countless battles, Jotaro and his companions have finally arrived in Egypt! Now only the strongest "Stand" users remain to rebuff our heroes' final march on Cairo: The Nine Egyptian Gods, DIO's most zealous servants. Will the Joestar line fall to the monstrous vampire, or can Jotaro defeat DIO and save his mother's life?

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Shounen
  4. Supernatural
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Jan 10, 2015 at 1:20am JST
22 eps × 23 min
Manga

A humorous and action-packed story about a class of misfits who are trying to kill their new teacher – an alien octopus with bizarre powers and super strength! The teacher has just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth – unless his students can destroy him first. What makes things more complicated is that he's the best teacher they've ever had!

(Source: Viz)

Death Parade

  1. Game
  2. Psychological
Death Parade
Jan 10, 2015 at 1:58am JST
12 eps × 25 min
Original

There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling new series where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: your life is on the line.

(Source: Funimation)

Durarara!!×2 Shou

  1. Action
  2. Mystery
  3. Supernatural
Durarara!!×2 Shou
Jan 10, 2015 at 11:30pm JST
12 eps × 24 min
Light Novel

“6 Months Later…We haven’t changed at all… or it seems….”

Half a year after the turmoil that rocked the entire city of Ikebukuro— Peace has once again returned to the city and people are living each day normally. The high school students enjoy their days of youth as the strongest and most dangerous man of Ikebukuro works diligently. The informant plots a new scheme and the headless rider is pursued by the cops as she rides through the night…But soon this normal will be cut short by the abnormal. Slowly but surely, the unknown will seize the city and face an all new storm.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season

  1. Action
  2. Mecha
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Space
Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season
Jan 11, 2015 at 12:00am JST
12 eps × 23 min
Original

The second cour of "Aldnoah.Zero"

Dog Days″

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  4. Magic
Dog Days″
Jan 11, 2015 at 12:30am JST
12 eps × 23 min
Original

The story will take place two to three months after the second season during fall vacation.

(Source: director Junji Nishimura via ANN)

Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 50

  1. Music
  2. Shoujo
  3. Slice of Life
Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 50
Jan 11, 2015 at 1:00am JST
13 eps × 23 min
Original

The anime will tell an original story set 15 years after the novel's story.

The story takes place at a fictional theater called Hollywood Tokyo in Harajuku, where members of the idol group "Shonen Hollywood" develop their talents with diligent work and studying.

(Source: MyAnimeList)

Rolling☆Girls

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Slice of Life
  4. Super Power
Rolling☆Girls
Jan 11, 2015 at 1:58am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Original

Gun your engines and get ready for the full-throttle adventure of The Rolling Girls, the first original anime from the studio that brought you Attack on Titan! In the wake of the Great Tokyo War, Japan – as the world once knew it – no longer exists. What remains is a fragmented network of independent nations, each ruled by a prophet known as a Mosa. Every Mosa commands an army, or Mob, as they seek to conquer anyone in their path. Enter Nozomi, Yukina, Ai, and Chiaya. Together, these intrepid and adorable girls travel across battle-ravaged Japan, seeking to transform themselves – and their world!

(Source: Funimation)

Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season

  1. Comedy
  2. School
  3. Shounen
  4. Sports
Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season
Jan 11, 2015 at 2:58am JST
25 eps × 24 min
Manga

Third season of Kuroko no Basket.

Yoru no Yatterman

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Comedy
  4. Drama
Yoru no Yatterman
Jan 11, 2015 at 10:00pm JST
12 eps × 24 min
Original

In a remote land, there was a girl who gazed beyond the ocean. The land was Yatterman Kingdom. It is said that it is a heavenly land controlled by the Yattermen, the allies of justice. In order to save her sick mother, the girl attempted to land in Yatterman Kingdom to ask for help. However, she was turned away, and her mother passed away without anyone to give her charity.
Doronbo: One of the bands of great thieves. There was a beautiful girl named Doronjo working under a boss named Dokurobeh. Her lackies were two men named Boyacky and Tonzuraa. The Doronbo fight with Yattermen, and within the fray, the team is banished to a remote land.

This is the story of a new generation of Doronbos. Doronjo, Boyacky, and Tonzura, as well as the story of the birth of Gan-chan and Ai-chan as Yattermen.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Junketsu no Maria

  1. Comedy
  2. Fantasy
  3. Historical
  4. Magic
  5. Seinen
Junketsu no Maria
Jan 11, 2015 at 10:30pm JST
12 eps × 24 min
Manga

The story follows Maria, the most powerful witch who lives during the Hundred Years' War in France. She despises war, so she obstructs battles with her strong magical powers. Her meddling with her succubus Artemis and incubus Priapos has caught the attention of the heavens, and so the Archangel Michael issues an edict. When Maria loses her virginity, she will also lose her magical powers. A beautiful angel named Ezekiel is supposed to watch Maria and make sure the witch does not use magic in front of people, but Maria continues to use magic anyways.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Seiken Tsukai no World Break

  1. Action
  2. Fantasy
  3. Harem
  4. Romance
  5. School
  6. Supernatural
Seiken Tsukai no World Break
Jan 12, 2015 at 1:05am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Light Novel

The "campus sword & sorcery" story is set in a private high school that brings together "saviors," youths with awakened memories from past lives. Some of them are Shirogane who fight enemies with weapons and techniques gleaned from the Puraana powers from their own bodies. Others are Kuroma who wipe out enemies, with magic to manipulate the Maana powers that surpass physics. A boy named Moroha Haimura enrolls in this school. He is the first person in history with past lives of both Shirogane and Kuroma.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Sengoku Musou

  1. Action
  2. Historical
  3. Samurai
Sengoku Musou
Jan 12, 2015 at 1:35am JST
12 eps × 24 min
Game

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is on the verge of unifying the realm, and all that remains is the Odawara Castle protected by the "Lion of Sagami" Ujiyasu Houjou. Hideyoshi's personally trained generals—Ishida Mitsunari, Katou Kiyomasa, and Fukushima Masanori—as well as Ootani Yoshitsugu, Shima Sakon, and Naoe Kanetsugu are all on the frontline of the battle. Amidst the battle formation are the two young warriors of the Sanada household: older brother Nobuyuki and younger brother Yukimura. As the stalemate begins to break down, Sanada Yukimura rides on a lone horse into the fray. His brother follows him right after.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Isuca

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Ecchi
  4. Romance
  5. School
  6. Seinen
  7. Supernatural
Isuca
Jan 24, 2015 at 1:35am JST
10 eps × 23 min
Manga

Shinichirou decides to look for a job in order to pay his rent, and his teacher suggests that he work for someone at their house, doing housekeeping. However, the person who hired him was Sakuya, a girl who is the 37th head of the Shimazu family, and her job is to exorcise and eliminate unwanted creatures. Shinichirou accidentally releases one of the creatures that Sakuya captures and they cooperate to catch it. A story of comedic creature hunting begins!

(Source: MyAnimeList)

Go! Princess Precure

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Fantasy
  4. Magic
  5. School
  6. Shoujo
  7. Slice of Life
Go! Princess Precure
Feb 1, 2015 at 8:30am JST
51 eps × 24 min
Original

Go! Princess PreCure is set in a boarding junior high school, named Noble Gakuen (Noble Academy). The protagonist Haruka Haruno is a 13-year-old first year student. Her big dream is to be a princess someday, because she has admired a princess in the picture book she has kept since her childhood. One day she transforms into Cure Flora with "Dress Up Key" which Prince Kanata of Hope Kingdom gave her as a good luck charm when she was little. Then she also finds other PreCure girls in her school, 14-year-old Minami Kaidou as Cure Mermaid and 13-year-old Kirara Amanogawa as Cure Twinkle. As the Princess PreCure team, with two fairies Pafu and Aroma, they decide to fight against dark witch Disupia (or Despair) who hates all the dreams in the world and wants to turn them to despair.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Onnanoko tte.

  1. Kids
  2. Shoujo
Onnanoko tte.
  • Studio TBD
Feb 5, 2015 at 12:00am JST
4 eps × 1 min
Manga

The manga is about the many worries that girls have, such as pimples, dry skin, unwanted hair, drinking while driving, face turning red, and singing well at karaoke. The series explains matters regarding girls' bodies and minds through manga art and answers from experts.

(Source: Anime News Network)