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NEW ANIME LINEUP #1

With a whole list of shows lined up this year, we take a glimpse at some of the titles featured at the TAF 2007, in the first part of our new anime preview. We will cover some of them in greater detail in the future.


TV/OVA SERIES #1 | TV/OVA SERIES #2 | MOVIES
精霊の守り人 / SEIREI NO MORIBITO
Genre: Action, Fantasy (TV series)  Airing On: 7 April 2007 (Sat) @ 08:06 on NHK-BS2
Balsa must protect the second prince of the Yogo Empire from the Emperor, as well as entities from another dimension who seek to devour the sacred egg of the Water Spirit within him. UEHASHI Nahoko's children's fantasy epic, Seirei no Moribito, comes to life in a brand-new TV adaptation by Production I.G......(click here for more)


DARKER THAN BLACK - 黒の契約者
Genre: Action, Science Fiction (TV series)  Airing On: 5 April 2007 (Thu) @ 26:15 on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting
An unexplained phenomenon known as Hell's Gate has replaced the skies over Tokyo. And with it the "Contractors" appeared--people who traded their humanity for special abilities. As countries wage an intelligence war in Tokyo, their agencies turn to these Contractors to do their dirty work......(click here for more)


ROMEO x JULIET
Genre: Action, Romance, Sci-fi Fantasy (TV series)  Airing On: 4 April 2007 (Wed) @ 25:45 on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting
William Shakespeare's famous feuding families return in GONZO's adaptation of the bard's timeless tragedy--this time set in the floating city of Neo Verona, and a featuring a feisty Juliet unlike one you've ever seen (grin)......(click here for more)


THE SKULL MAN
Genre: Superhero Action, Mystery (TV series)  Airing On: 28 April 2007 (Sat) Late night on Fuji Television
The Skull Man--one of manga's first anti-hero, from one of ISHINOMORI Shoutarou's darkest works. A man in a skull mask is linked to a series of murders, and freelance journalist MIKOGAMI Hayato wants a scoop on this mysterious figure. However, his investigations soon reveal a dark vigilante who walks a thin line between keeping his humanity and quenching his thirst for revenge......(click here for more)


バッカーノ! - BACCANO!
Genre: Action, Suspense, Romance (TV series)  Airing On: Summer 2007
Pulp fiction set in New York during Prohibition. When the legendary "Wine of Immortailty" gets resurrected, individuals living in New York during Prohibition are suddenly brought together by fate, Meanwhile, some of the most bizarre characters have gathered on a transcontinental train from Chigao to New York: terrorists, delinquent gangs, a crazed murderer and his fiance...and even an urban legend believed to spirit passengers away!.........(click here for more)


電脳コイル - COIL A CIRCLE OF CHILDREN
Genre: Drama, Slice-of-Life, Science Ficition (TV series)  Airing On: 12 May 2007 (Sat) @ 18:30 on NHK-BS2
In the near future, "computer glasses" have replaced the mobile phone as the indispensible gadget of modern society. OKONOGI Yuuko is a sixth-grader who has just moved to Ooguro City, which boasts the latest network infrastructure in Japan. As her circle of friends expand, the girl soon finds herself in all sorts of fascinating situations......(click here for more)


おおきく振りかぶって - OOKIKU FURIKABUTTE
Genre: High School Drama, Sports (Baseball) (TV series)  Airing On: 12 April 2007 (Thu) @ 25:25 on TBS
MIHASHI Ren joins Nishiura High School thinking of quitting baseball. But the quiet and obsequious ends up being coerced into taking the mound again, in this high school baseball drama series based on HIGUCHI Asa's manga......(click here for more)


CLAYMORE
Genre: Action, Fantasy (TV series)  Airing On: 3 April 2007 (Tue) @ 25:26 on Nippon Television
Claymores are half-man, half-demon female warriors who protect humans from the demons that prey on them. But when the Claymore Teresa kills a human instead to save Claire's life, she is hunted down and killed. Claire vows to avenge her saviour by becoming a Claymore herself, and journeys across the land in search of Teresa's killers, in a new fantasy adventure based on YAGI Norihiro's manga series.......(click here for more)


KISSDUM - ENGAGE PLANET
Genre: Mecha Action, Science Fiction(TV series)  Airing On: 3 April 2007 (Tue) @ 25:00 on Fuji Television
AD 2051. When an unknown species called Haiden threatens life on the planet, AIBA Shu and other members of the N.I.D.F. must fight their raving armies and uncover the secrets within a relic--the "Book of the Dead"--that could decide the fate of humanity........(click here for more)


HEROIC AGE
Genre: Mecha Action, Romance, Science Fiction(TV series)  Airing On: 1 April 2007 (Sun) @ 25:30 on Tokyo Television
As the "Silver Race" threatens humankind with extinction, Queen Deianeira follows the prophecy of the Golden Race and sets out into the galaxies towards the planet Olon. There she finds the young boy Age, who is destined to be the saviour of the human race........(click here for more)


ラブ★コン - LOVELY COMPLEX
Genre: High School Drama, Romance, Comedy (TV series)  Airing On: 7 April 2007 (Sat) @ 17:30 on TBS
At 172cm, KOIZUMI Risa stands head and shoulders above other girls in Maido Academy; at 156cm, OOTANI Atsushi can do with a a few more inches. Because of their height the bickering pair gets teased a lot in school, but everyone thinks they make a good comical duo--everyone except Risa and Atsushi, that is. Both have a complex over their height, and it gets even more tricky when they end up falling for each other. A romance comedy based on NAKAHARA Aya's award-winning shoujo manga series.


DEVIL MAY CRY
Genre: Action, Horror (TV series)  Airing On: 14 June 2007 (Thu) @ 23:00 on WOWOW
Capcom's hit action game is now an animted TV series! Dante is the descendent of the legendary dark swordsman, Devil Hunter, and runs a demon busting business, Devil May Cry. Armed with the twin-guns "Ebony & Ivory", the demon sword “Rebellion" and a wry sense of humour, Dante is itching for some real action besides the weird clients and jobs he gets.........(click here for more)


シグルイ - SHIGURUI
Genre: Period Drama, Action (TV series)  Airing On: July 2007 on WOWOW
Considered impossible to animate, YAMAGUCHI Takayuki's period manga series makes it to television, albeit with a R-15 rating. Set in the Edo Period, andbased on NANJYOU Orio's novel, Surugajyo Gozenjiai, the manga is a violent depiction of a sword-fighting contest held by TOKUGAWA Tadanaga that was fought with real swords (on Tadanaga's instructions) rather than wooden ones.

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