[Midonin]

The first part of my post amounts to a fanboyish love letter. One I've been wanting to write for a long time.

Spoiler for Nyan Koi! 01 - The Witch's Familiar:

Spoiler for Fanboyish Love Letter:

This show is directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi. The man behind Moetan, Zettai Karen Children, and the first season of Hayate no Gotoku!. I have an amazing amount of respect for this guy despite barely knowing anything about him. His style - fast and comedy-laden, with the occasional shout-out and love of things like Sentai teams and shiritori games - means that he directs pretty much how I would direct if I ever got a chance to be behind the wheel of an anime. This is a dude who knows his comedy in ways I wish I could be an apprentice to.

In fact, he's played a key part in my arrival on the anime scene. Back when I started watching non-mainstream anime in the summer of 2007, Moetan was one of the first shows I happened upon when I had no standards for what I was watching. I loved it, and to this day I have proudly not developed any standards.

But as for Nyan Koi!...

Whimsical. One of my favorite words, and one of the ones I'd use to describe this series. In fact, the premise reminds me of an inverted version of a series I enjoyed as a kid - 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd. Just with the threat of being turned into an animal and doing the deeds, instead of being turned into an animal, then having to do the deeds.

For the reasons detailed above in my spoiler-within-a-spoiler, this series is one that I'm most looking forward to.