Fall 2008 Cheat Sheet
Categorized Under: Features, Season Previews
Dated: 3 Oct 2008
Here’s the fall cheat sheet, for those of you who want to print out it out. There’s a regular version after the jump, or you can click here for my full XLS spreadsheets. Oh, and the main season preview is still right here. :)
| Name | Studio | Genre | One-Liner |
| Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | TNK | Harem | Visual novel to anime: unwilling fiances edition. |
| Casshern Sins | Madhouse | Sci-Fi | Mecha anime to tokusatsu film and back to mecha anime, should be good times. |
| CHAOS;HEAD | Madhouse | Sci-Fi | A psychological shake-up set in Shibuya. |
| CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ | Kyoto Animation | Harem/Comedy | Who needs sad girls in snow when you can have psycho girls on a basketball court? |
| ef: a tale of melodies. | Shaft | Shounen Romance | Sequel to the off-the-beaten-path moe drama ef: a tale of memories. |
| Ga-Rei -Zero- | AIC Spirits | Action/Supernatural | Boy meets girl, girl makes boy fight monsters. |
| Gundam 00 Second Season | Sunrise | Mech | Boy meets mech, screams "GUNDAAAAAM!" a lot. |
| Hakushaku to Yousei | Artland | Fantasy/Shoujo | Girl meets count, count makes girl help him find her sword. |
| Hokuto no Ken Raou Gaiden: Ten no Haou | Satelight | Action | Boy meets…men. Manly, manly men. |
| Hyakko | Nippon Animation | Comedy | Looks kinda like Azumanga Daioh meets Hidamari Sketch. |
| Inazuma Eleven | OLM | Sports | Boys playing soccer, eh. |
| Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae | Studio Deen | Horror | I still can’t believe this did well enough for a third season. |
| Junjou Romantica 2 | Studio Deen | Boys Love | I’m pretty surprised THIS did well enough for a SECOND season. Not my favorite BL, but go yaoi go! |
| Kannagi | A-1 Pictures | Romantic Comedy | The moral of the story: don’t carve trees! |
| Kemeko Deluxe! | HAL Filmmaker | Sci-Fi/Comedy | The moral of the story: flee from strange chibi robots! |
| Kuroshitsuji | A-1 Pictures | Supernatural/Comedy | Pretty boy has a pretty butler who does pretty things. Prettily. |
| Kurozuka | Madhouse | Drama | 12th-century single man ISO immortal woman for long, long, LONG walks. |
| Kyou no Go no Ni | XEBEC | Comedy/Slice of Life | Middle schoolers are such curious little cats. |
| Macademi Wasshoi! | ZEXCS | Comedy/Fantasy | A boy accidentally summons up a nearly all-powerful she-being. Sound familiar? |
| Michiko to Hacchin | Manglobe | Adventure | A sheltered runaway and a sexy rifle-wielding bikini babe go on an adventure. |
| Mouryou no Hako | Madhouse | Supernatural | Dead girls stuffed in boxes. Ew… |
| Nodame Cantabile Parihen | J.C. Staff | Romantic Comedy | Crazy pianist and crazy conductor go to Paris! Wasn’t there a Babar goes to Paris book too? |
| One-Outs | Madhouse | Sports | Baseball geniuses bet on other baseball geniuses, draft one. |
| Rosario to Vampire Capu2 | Gonzo | Horror/Harem | Fanservice + fanservice = (fanservice)^2. |
| Shikabane Hime Aka | Gainax | Horror | A teenage gal must defeat 108 (…why 108?) spirits in order to rest in peace. |
| Shugo Chara!! Doki | Satelight | Magical Girl | Mm, delicious magical girl. And did I mention the catboy? |
| Skip Beat! | HAL Filmmaker | Comedy/Shoujo Romance | A dejected girl decides to become a superstar to get revenge on the ex who dumped her. |
| Tales of the Abyss | Sunrise | Fantasy | A pretty boy with a sword meets some other pretty people with varied weapons and they save the world, I’m betting. |
| Tentai Tenshi Sunred | AIC Asta | Gag | Genghis Khan, a bunny, a chicken head dude…yeah, I dunno. |
| Tetsu no Linebarrels | Gonzo | Mech | Boy meets girl, girl gives boy a mech. Why can’t I ever meet THAT girl? |
| To Aru Majutsu no Index | J.C. Staff | Fantasy | A boy gets his magic on after he spends some quality time with a nun. |
| Toradora! | J.C. Staff | Shounen RomCom | Man, I’m getting tired of writing these ones…boy meets feisty girl, boy and girl strike a deal to help each other’s love lives, boy and girl fall in love with each other eventually I’m sure. |
| Tytania | Artland | Sci-Fi | Think Star Wars: The Anime. |
| Vampire Knight Guilty | Studio Deen | Horror/Shoujo Romance | More shoujo fanservice. ‘Nuff said. |
| Yozakura Quartet | Nomad | Fantasy | Four teen superheroes run a town. I’d live there. |
| Zettai Yareru Girisha Shinwa | Hoichoi Productions | Ecchi | "You can Definitely Do It! Greek Mythology-Style." ‘Nuff said. |
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October 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Why 108? It’s to defeat the power of 801!
October 5th, 2008 at 11:53 am
108 is a religiously significant number in both Buddhism and Hinduism.