Spring 2016 Anime Releases

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Last Updated: Apr 27, 2015 - 19:23 PDT
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Title in alphabetical order - number of eps if known
Groups: groups subbing that I know of
Summary: taken from a site or based on the 1st episode if I can't find any info
My First Impressions: I give my first impressions honestly, I do have specific tastes and I don't expect you to think the same thing as me, but it's there for those who know whether they have similar or very different tastes from me.
Other Comments: Others' comments.
Link: link to more info

12-Sai. Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki - ? eps

Groups: Doremi-Fansubs
Summary: The story begins with Hanabi, a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends. The anime depicts a 12-year-old girl's innocent worries and first love.
My First Impressions: <not watching>
Link: ANN

Ace Attorney - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Anime based on the popular game series.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Anne Happy - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story revolves around class 1-7 of Tennogofune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially unhealthy Botan on her first day of school, and together they try to find a way to turn their school life into a happy one.
My First Impressions: Characters annoyed the heck out of me in the first 5 minutes that i couldn't stand it. <not watching unless highly recommended>
Link: ANN

Bakuon!! - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Big Order - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story centers on an introverted high school student named Hoshimiya Eiji with a huge secret — he wished for the destruction of the world when he was younger. Fairies give certain people special powers called Orders. What Order Users can do with their power depends on their wishes. 10 years after the Great Destruction, Eiji struggles to come to terms with his immense power.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and nothing appealed to me... <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Bishoujo Yuugi Unit Crane Game - ? eps

Groups: Kaitou Fansubs
Summary: The story centers on three girls: Mirai, Ayaka, and Kyouko. The three are the only ones who can save Earth from being destroyed by a group of asteroids. They are hired by Sayo, the representative of a shadowy organization, and the organization starts work on turning them into an idol group. While the trio are more than prepared to be idols, they are instead taken into an arcade.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Other Comments: <God_of_Mischief> holy shit is Bishoujo Yuugi Unit Crane Game Girls awful on every level. the animation is terrible and it sounds like the this is voice actors' first jobs
Link: ANN

Boku no Hero Academia - ? eps

Groups: FFFpeeps
Summary: Midoriya Izuku was just a regular middle school student in a world where people with superpowers known as Quirks are the norm. However, he dreams of one day becoming a Hero, despite being bullied by his classmates for not having a Quirk. After being the only one to try and save his childhood friend, Katsuki, from a Villain, All Might, the world's greatest Hero, bestows upon him his own quirk, One For All. The story follows Izuku's entrance into Yuuei High School, a school that cultivates the next generation of Heroes.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Bungou Stray Dogs - 12 eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The "battle action" story Bungou Stray Dogs centers around a league of literary figures with supernatural powers. For example, in real life, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke wrote acclaimed stories that inspired Kurosawa Akira's Rashoumon film and the Aoi Bungaku Series anime's Jigoku Hen (Hell Screen) arc. In Bungou Stray Dogs, he has the power to transform and manipulate his cloak into a monster-like entity. Together, these writers solve mysteries as part of the "Armed Detective Agency."
My First Impressions: The characters and pace of this really bored me to the point where I can't even get to the opening. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Endride - 24 eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Endra is an unknown world beneath the surface of Earth, where the giant Adamas shines above, and seven-coloured bands drift across the skies. One day, Asanaga Shun, an ordinary yet positive and bright 15-year-old middle school boy who lives in the Land Above, discovers a mysterious crystal at his scientific businessman father's company, and the moment he touches the crystal, he is transported to Endra. There, he meets the recently captured 16-year-old prince Emilio, who strongly despises the current king, Deruzain, and was imprisoned after seeking vengeance against the monarch.
My First Impressions: Watched almost 2 eps. Didn't seem so bad at first, but the characters are really annoying and there doesn't seem to be much of a plot either. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Flying Witch - ? eps

Groups: AnimeSenshi Subs, DameDesuYo Fansubs
Summary: The comical story follows the 15-year-old witch Kowata Makoto and the other boys and girls in her daily life. With her black cat Chito, the somewhat aimless girl moved from Yokohama to live with her second cousin at Aomori in verdant northern Japan.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Haifuri - ? eps

Groups: Vivid Subs & Good Job! Media
Summary: With Japan having developed as a maritime nation, it becomes necessary to have specialized schools to teach skills essential to protect the sea. The setting is one such all-girls school. The girls who enroll here study to become blue mermaids through classroom instruction and learning practical skills. They live by the motto: In the sea we live, the sea we protect, and by the sea we go. They must excel in their studies and also adopt an international mindset. They are the Elite of the Sea, who are expected to be knowledgeable of the customs and cultures of other countries as well as their own.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Hundred - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: A mysterious life form known as Savage is attacking the Earth, and there is only one weapon that can counter it: the Hundred. To become a Slayer, a master of military arts who wields this Hundred, Kisaragi Hayato enrolls in the marine academy city ship Little Garden. However, Hayato feels a strange yet familiar sense of incongruity towards Emile Crossford, his roommate who somehow knows him from somewhere. On top of that, as soon as he enters the school, he is challenged to a duel by the Queen, the school's most powerful Slayer, Claire Harvey.
My First Impressions: This anime is so "let's throw in all the stereotypes": harem, fanservice, memory lost, cross-dressing girl, guy-who-always-accidentally-ends-up-ecchi-situations, mecha/transformation superpowers, school life... but without the interesting subplots. Everything about this show is mediocre. I may watch one or two more episodes, but I expect I'll drop it sooner or later.
Link: ANN

Joker Game - 12 eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: In the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki of the Imperial Japanese Army forms the D Agency, an army intelligence outfit under his command and tutelage. Army General Staff attaches Lieutenant Sakuma to observe the unit's performance. D Agency casts a wide net to find agents beyond Japanese military personnel, and Yuuki establishes D Agency's tenets, which go against IJA doctrine: "Don't kill, don't get killed, don't get captured". With this, Yuuki trains a team of operatives who conduct missions against domestic and foreign powers.
My First Impressions: So far, this seems interesting enough. All spies and politics stuff, but interesting enough so far. Will definitely watch a couple more episodes.
Link: ANN

Kiznaiver - ? eps

Groups: AnimeSenshi Subs
Summary: The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. Those connected to this system are called Kiznaivers, and when one is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers. In Sugomori City, a Japanese city built on reclaimed land and with decreasing population, Sonozaki Noriko tells her classmate Agata Katsuhira: "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." Thus, he becomes connected to classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his.
My First Impressions: I watched ep1, but I don't think I can watch anymore. The art/animation isn't that good, and despite the fact that the premise is different from most other anime, I just can't find myself to like the characters enough to keep watching. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) - ? eps

Groups: DameDesuYo Fansubs, Doki Fansubs
Summary: As the world goes through the middle of an industrial revolution, a monster appears that cannot be defeated unless its heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. By infecting humans with its bite, the monster can create aggressive and undead creatures known as Kabane. On the island Hinomoto, located in the far east, people have built stations to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the station, as well as transport wares between them, with the help of a locomotive running on steam, called Hayajiro. Ikoma, a boy who lives in the Aragane Station and helps to build Hayajiro, creates his own weapon called Tsuranuki Zutsu in order to defeat the creatures. One day, as Ikoma waits for an opportunity to use his weapon, he meets a girl named Mumei, who is excused from the mandatory Kabane inspection. During the night, Ikoma meets Mumei again as he sees Hayajiro going out of control. The staff on the locomotive has turned into the creatures. The station, now under attack by Kabane, is the opportunity Ikoma has been looking for.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1, but hard to say how it will continue. The art/animation isn't all that great, but the story and characters are okay so far. <will update later after a couple more episodes>
Link: ANN

Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear - ? eps

Groups: Chyuu-Subs
Summary: Machi is a girl who serves as a shrine maiden (miko) at a Shinto shrine enshrining a bear (kuma) in the recesses of a certain mountain in Japan's northern Tohoku region. Machi's guardian is a talking bear named Natsu, and one day Machi tells him that she wants to go to a school in the city. The worrywart Natsu then gives Machi — who is ignorant about the ways of the world — a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive in the city.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Kuromukuro - ? eps

Groups: gg Fansubs
Summary: During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Shirahane Yukina. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.
My First Impressions: <coming soon?>
Link: ANN

Mayoiga - ? eps

Groups: Chihiro-Fansubs
Summary: 30 young men and women who came together on a shady bus tour. The tour's destination: an illusive, possibly nonexistent village called Nanakimura. In Nanakimura, one can lead a utopian existence, free of the world's obstacles ... or so it was rumored, like an urban legend. "In despair over the real world ... wanting to escape the tedious daily life ... wanting to restart your life from scratch..." The bus headed deep into the mountains, carrying 30 people each harboring their own expectations and wounds in their hearts... And so, the place these 30 arrived at, was an uninhabited village with the lingering faint scents of life, even though it was falling apart. What is the truth of Nanakimura facing the 30?
My First Impressions: I tried watching this and the characters grated on me. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? - ? eps

Groups: Chihiro-Fansubs
Summary: Nishimura Hideki is a young man who once confesses to a person he thinks is a girl online, only to find out that the person is actually a boy. He keeps this story secret and swears he'll never trust a girl online again. However, one day a girl online confesses to him, and it turns out she is actually a beautiful girl named Tamaki Ako. Ako cannot tell the difference between the online world and reality, and she is a loner who has trouble communicating. Hideki and his friends from the guild decide to work together in order to help her.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Other Comments: <God_of_Mischief> Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? is going to be a generic harem mixed with some MMO elements. I'll watch it some more but I won't give it any strong recommendations
Link: ANN

Onigiri - 13 eps

Groups: Kaitou Fansubs
Summary: In an alternate Japan where supernatural beings roamed freely, "Kamikui," powerful beings of darkness, were sealed by three strong barriers. Years have passed, one of those barriers has been broken; many young girls rise up to fight against the crisis of mankind.
My First Impressions: The first minute made me cringe enough to not watch more. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Pan de Peace! - ? eps

Groups: Kaitou Fansubs
Summary: Minami is an airheaded girl who is starting high school and who loves eating bread for breakfast. Baked goods bring happiness everyday to her and her classmates — the reliable Yuu, the pastry-baking Fuyumi, and the independent Noa.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - ? eps

Groups: DameDesuYo Fansubs
Summary: Natsuki Subaru is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favour, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.
My First Impressions: Somewhat interesting so far. I'm not a big fan of the characters, but the story itself is interesting enough to watch a couple of episodes. It moves a bit slow though, so if it doesn't keep moving along soon, I'll probably drop it.
Link: ANN

Sakamoto Desu ga? - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story follows the daily life of the "coolest" high school student, Sakamoto. As soon as he transfers to his new school, he attracts the attention of not just his class but the whole student body, and his jealous classmates' attempts to bully him repeatedly backfire and instead make Sakamoto look cooler.
My First Impressions: I tried watching ep1, and while the opening is interesting, the rest was ridiculous and boring at the same time. I didn't get through the whole episode. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Sansha Sanyou - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Odagiri Futaba is the new transfer student with a super energetic personality; Hayama Teru is the class president with a surprisingly mean personality contrary to her innocent looks; and Nishikawa Youko is a girl from a formerly rich, now extremely poor family who still holds on to her princess attitude. These three unlikely students with clashing personalities become good friends and survive the day-to-day teenage life.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalite - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: On a continent ruled by sword and magic called Kunaaan, there are three kingdoms with a fragile power balance that could spell disaster and war at any moment. Another power, the evil dragon Daganzord, also resides on the continent, and no one is powerful enough to stop him from spreading destruction in his wake. Bairo and Kismitete, and a party of wizards attempted to seal the dragon, but were foiled. This event becomes known thereafter as the Balbagoa Tragedy. Bairo and Kismitete's son Hiiro is saved by Gill, and Hiiro swears to avenge his parents' deaths and trains himself with the sword. When Hiiro turns 16, he sets out on a journey to slay the dragon, and Gill accompanies him, having no choice. Along the way, they meet many types of people and gain companions on their journey.
My First Impressions: Episode 1 seemed already, but episode 2 bored me to tears. I tried watching episode 3 and just couldn't get through the whole thing. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Shounen Maid - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Komiya Chihiro is an energetic elementary school student who lives with his mom. Chihiro is very good at doing housework and chores, and his mother's motto is No work, no food. After his mother suddenly dies, a man named Takatori Madoka who claims to be his uncle shows up and asks Chihiro to come live with him. Chihiro initially refuses, but when he sees the horribly dirty state of Madoka's rich house he decides to start cleaning it. Then Madoka makes another offer to Chihiro: that he comes to live with him, but in exchange Chihiro will do the housework. Chihiro accepts this deal, but suddenly finds himself in a maid uniform.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Space Patrol Luluco (Uchuu Patrol Luluco) - ? eps

Groups: Good Job! Media
Summary: Ogikubo is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a female middle school student who lives with her father, and no matter where she is, Luluco is a common, "super normal" girl. As she is living her normal life, one day the mysterious transfer student Α Omega Nova abruptly appears before her. That meeting will change Luluco's fate.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Sousei no Onmyouji - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Rokuro is from a family of exorcists who remove the evil Kegare, but his real dream is to be a singer, a soccer player, or anything other than an exorcist. When another exorcist name Benio arrives, Rokura is suddenly inflamed with competitive spirit and decides to put his natural knack to good use. Their rivalry gets more complicated when they both learn they are the destined "Twin Star Exorcists," two ultimate fighters fated to marry and create the prophesied child who will eliminate all the Kegare in the world.
My First Impressions: Watched the first two episodes and it basically covers the summary. The art is okay, but the animation is slightly below average. The characters are not interesting to me at all, and there's just nothing that makes me want to continue at this point. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Super Lovers - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: The story begins with a high school boy named Haru and his mother living overseas. His mother orders him to take care of and "civilize" his adoptive brother Ren, a wild young boy who dislikes talking with other people. While their relationship is adversarial at first, they grow closer as they begin to understand one another.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge - ? eps

Groups: Good Job! Media
Summary: Sighing, leaning on his elbows, sleepy eyes. Tanaka-kun is a boy that basically doesn't try but isn't disliked. This is a laid-back youth comedy about Tanaka-kun and the quiet Oota who can't leave him alone.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Katsumata Agetarou works at his family's tonkatsu restaurant in Shibuya, but he doesn't find his work exciting. One day, he takes a delivery to the staff of a night club, and the worker lets him in to enjoy the club for a while. Agetarou finds that he loves the club, with its relaxed people and beautiful girls, all enjoying the music supplied by the DJ. He continues going to the club, until DJ Big Master Fly, an American guest DJ, puts on a show one night. Inspired by Big Master Fly, Agetarou realizes that the groove of being a DJ is very similar to the one of being a tonkatsu chef; thus, he becomes determined to master both disciplines, though the one he is truly most excited about is becoming a DJ!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Usakame - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: ?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

Wagamama High Spec - ? eps

Groups: HorribleSubs
Summary: Narumi Kouki is a high school student who also draws a manga serialized in a weekly magazine. Because the manga he draws is a risqué romantic comedy, he keeps this fact a secret from everyone around him, with his younger sister Toa and his best friend Mihiro being the only ones who know. But one day, as the student council president Rokuonji Kaoruko is searching for male members for the student council, she finds out that Kouki is the manga's author. Kouki joins the student council in exchange for Kaoruko not revealing his secret. However, the vice president Ashe R. Sakuragi strongly opposes him joining, and in the midst of all this, various requests and troubles of students begin to pile up.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN

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