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	Title: AIC Genre: Drama, Romance Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/amagami/	Notable Cast/Staff: New Director: Amagami SS episode director) Returning cast: Tomoaki Maeno as Junichi Tachibana Opening and Ending Theme: azusa
Summary: Following on the heels of the first season, Amagami SS+ will continue to feature each of the heroines in two-episode mini arcs, similar to the first season. The series follows a previously love-lorn high school student named Junichi Tachibana who develops relationships with six different girls. Through their interactions, Junichi's broken heart is slowly healed.

	Title: J.C. Staff Genre: Comedy, Romance Website: http://www.ichika-ichika.com/	Notable Cast/Staff: Director: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.) Original character design: Onegai Twins) Character design: Masayoshi Tanaka (Toradora!, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.) Screenplay: Studio Orphee: Onegai Teacher, R.O.D. the TV) Cast: Haruka Tomatsu as Ichika Takatsuki (anohana's Anaru)
Summary: Created by Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins story creator Yousuke Kuroda, with original character designs by Onegai franchise designer Taraku Uon, Ano Natsu de Matteru will be an adolescent romantic comedy about two girls named Ichika Takatsuki and Remon Yamano, and a boy named Kaito Kirishima. This project will also reunite director Tatsuyuki Nagai and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, who worked together on the popular AnoHano series.

	Title: Mecha Website: http://aqevol.com/	Notable Cast/Staff: Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori (original creator for Macross Plus, The Vision of Escaflowne; mechanical design for Macross, Outlaw Star, Ghost in the Shell) Returning Music: Yoko Kanno (Wolf's Rain, Cowboy Bebop)
Summary: ing the Aquarion franchise is Aquarion Evol, a sequel to the Aquarion TV series that takes place 12,000 years later in a futuristic Hong Kong. New characters and a new Aquarion mecha will have to take on enemies from another dimension.

	Title: Area no Kishi Starts: Saturday, January 7 at 6:00AM JST on TV Asahi Studio: Shin-Ei Animation Genre: Action, Sports Website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/knight/	Notable Cast/Staff: Original manga creator: Getbackers) Code Geass's Lelouche Lamperouge)
Summary: Aizawa Kakeru has always loved soccer, but he doesn't think he has any talent for the game. Instead, he serves as the manager of his school's soccer team, where his older brother Suguru is the star player. However, a terrible tragedy forever changes Kakeru's life and his involvement in the sport.

	Title: SANZIGEN Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy Website: http://www.noitamina-brs.jp/	Notable Cast/Staff: Returning director: Black Rock Shooter (OAV) Series composition and script: Kodomo no Jikan) Original character design: Steins;Gate) Cast: Kana Asumi as Yu Kotari (Amagami SS+'s Miya Tachibana, Ano Natsu de Matteru's Mio Kitahara)
Summary: The next project in a franchise that already includes an Hiroyuki Imaishi.

	Title: Kill Me Baby (TBS Studio: J.C. Staff Genre: Comedy Website: http://killmebaby.tv/	Notable Cast/Staff: Director: Di Gi Charat Nyo)
Summary: Sonya is an assassin, but in between all her missions, she still has to go to school like every other kid. She's ed by her fearless, but air-headed friend Manga Time Kirara Carat.

	Title: SHAFT Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural Website: http://www.nisemonogatari-anime.com/	Notable Cast/Staff: Returning director: Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko) Original creator: NisiOisin (light novelist: Kizumonomatari, Bakemonogatari) Returning cast: Yuka Iguchi as Tsuhiki Araragi
Summary: Set in the early 21st century, Nisemonogatari is a sequel to Bakemonogatari, and will center around the "Fire Sisters" Tsukihi and Karen Araragi. It will be based on NisiOisin's light novel of the same name.

	Title: Dax Production Genre: Comedy, Slice of life Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/poyo/	Notable Cast/Staff: Director: Animation Runner Kuromi) Cast: Ryo Saeba)
Summary: Based on a four- manga by Rū Tatuki, Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki follows the adventures of a mysterious, round cat named Poyo. We also get to meet Poyo's family and the people that encounter this spherical creature.

	Title: Recorder to Randoseru Starts: Friday, January 6 at 1:00AM on Teletama Studio: TBA Genre: Comedy Website: http://www.takeshobo.co.jp/sp/tv_rikoran/	Notable Cast/Staff: Script: Morita-san wa Mukuchi) Cast: Rie Kugimya as Atsumi Miyagawa (Shakugan no Shana's Shana) Cast: El Hazard's Katsuhiko Jinnai)
Summary: Recorder to Randoseru follows two unique siblings— Atsushi Miyagawa, an 11 year-old boy with the height and looks of an adult, and his elder sister Atsumi, a 17 year-old with the short frame of a child. Even though Atsumi looks like a grade schooler, she needs to look after her brother, who despite his tall physique, still acts his age. The anime is based on Meme Higashiya's four- manga.

	Title: XEBEC Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Mecha Website: http://lag-rin.com/	Notable Cast/Staff: Chief director: Martian Successor Nadesico) Original character design: To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku)
Summary: Madoka's life forever changes when she's recruited by a girl named Lan to pilot a robot and protect her hometown Kamogawa City from space invaders. Their efforts are bolstered by a girl named Muginami, but they're still unsure of why their enemies are attacking.

	Title: Encourage Films Genre: Action, Science Fiction Website: http://www.symphogear.com/	Notable Cast/Staff: Music: Kimi to Boku) Original creator: Wild Arms) Cast: Naruto's Hinata Hyuuga) Cast: Kiki's Delivery Service's Kiki, Detective Conan's Conan Edogawa)
Summary: Created by video game producer Akifumi Kaneko and Elements Garden composer Noriyasu Agematsu, this new series follows two girls in a musical group named Zweiwing. Together, they must protect Earth against a threat known as "Noise" by donning weapons called Symphogear.

	Title: Toei Animation Genre: Magical Girl Website: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/smile_precure	Notable Cast/Staff: Original creator: Ojamajo Doremi)
Summary: Focused around five magical girls and their fairy mascot Candy, Smile Precure! will be the ninth in the Precure franchise. An evil emperor named Pierrot has invaded the peaceful fairy land of Marchenland, sealing away the Queen. In order to revive her, Candy and the other girls must find the Cure Decor to restore happiness.

	Title: Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 Starts: Thursday, January 5 at 11PM JST on Tokyo MX Studio: J.C. Staff Genre: Comedy, Fantasy Website: http://milky-holmes.com/	Notable Cast/Staff: Returning producer: Nobuyuki Nakamura (Tears to Tiara) Theme song performance: MM!)
Summary: Not too much information has been released yet about this sequel to Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, but in the first series, people in the future use "Toys" that grant them superhuman powers. This results in an increase of crime, but the Milky Holmes detective agency is there to make sure all the perpetrators are brought to justice.

	Title: DLE Inc. Genre: Comedy Website: http://thermae-anime.jp/	Notable Cast/Staff: Director: Nodame Cantabile live-action TV)
Summary: Roman architect Lucius gets sucked down the drain of a public bath, only to emerge in a bathhouse in 20th century Japan. Through his time-travel adventures, he gets a chance to compare two cultures that love their baths. Three Flash-animated episodes will be aired, but if that's not enough, there will also be a live-action film opening in April, 2012.