Well he got to be "series director" on both but Shinbo is still the top boss and gets director credit.


Just to be clear I didn't mean to say I though this would be a shaft show because the director has worked at shaft but just that whatever studio ended up producing it it'd be interesting to see if the shaft influence will shows because of the director having worked there.For example earlier this year Sankarea was produced by Deen but the director was from shaft and it showed in the directing style.

Shinbo is the main man in SHAft. But a lot of SHAft series were co-directed by Shinbo and one of his apprentices(different ones for different series). And it's wrong not to call someone "director" because he made half of the job while other half was made by Shinbo. It's not the case than someone is ep. director or series director(which in fact is more like supervisor)

Website has actually opened/ been updated
http://www.hatsunejima.com/

The first episode is screened on 24th december as a pre-broadcast in Akihabara, but i doubt (m)any of us will be able to see that.

Is there any news on how long this is going to be? I can't imagine it being 1-cour.

Maybe due to the timing of D.C. III p2 and the psp port next year, it might be 2 cour or split cour like what people did with D.C. II anime. Because i don't think it will be 1 cour based on the content. As for actual facts, i don't think it has been posted anywhere how long it will be.

And what about the studio? Still unknown or is it some beginners in industry?

The staff page mentions 風見学園公式動画部 for the animation

I'm so claiming Rikka here! :D

Also, Himeno reminds me of Nemu from earlier Da Capo:
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...ter&charid=703

Indeed. Da Capo II is the oldest example of a split cour anime I can think of, actually, preceding The World God Only Knows by a few years (which is what popularized the trend).

I think Charles is gonna get me to watch this.:cool:

"Charles" is good, but Rikka is even better :p
Plus she has overknee socks to boot :D

btw, while it's nice that they named a girl after Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, someone should've told them that "Charles" is a name for *men* only XD

In literal Japanese "Charles" is pronounced as "Sharuru" which is what I prefer to call her. It sounds so much more cuter and girly than "Charles," which just irks me since she's so pretty. :p Besides, when hearing all the characters voices calling her Sharuru from the VN, it kinda became a habit for me to think that's her name rather than the translated version. :heh:

Sharuru, Sara, and Aoi (in that order) are my main reasons for anticipating this show, it's on my "must watch" list for next season. :D

Yes, calling her "Sharuru" is probably the best thing to do to preserve your sanity :D

Nice PV, but not promising much to me. To be honest though, I'm never a big fan of DC. Years ago, a friend of mine gave me the fansub of many (if not all) DC anime series when I was in college, and I watched them when I’m bored or had to stay in the dorm without any other means of entertainment. I thought it has so-so characters and generic animation. It has interesting plot but the execution is less than stellar (especially the first series).

Anyway, I guess I’ll check this out when I have nothing else better to do (just like how I watch the previous series). I think this anime kinda become a guilty-pleasure for me XD.


Oh, I'm gonna call her "Char" coz it sounds badass just like a certain character from a certain mecha series. :D

I hope they notice the error on Himeno's ribbon on her uniform, it's suppose to be red, not aqua (at 0:06). Also, her hair ribbon is a shade (or two) lighter than it's suppose to be, I noticed that right away, it felt so off. But anyways... It's looking great, 15 seconds is not enough of a preview for me... At least give me 30. ;)

Charles is indeed her name and it's a male name, but there's a reason for that. That being said, I prefer Char or Sharuru instead XD

It had better be a damn good reason.

Somehow this reminds me of "Charles" (Charlotte) from IS:
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...r&charid=20533

The IS-Charles had a very good reason for the male name, she was disguising herself as a boy.
Here however, the "Charles" looks 100% like a girl (unless she is actually a he and only disguising herself, but it doesn't look like that).
Most likely, whoever picked "Charles" as name for a girl didn't have the slightest clue that it's a men-only name.

That’s most likely the case.

The reverse also happens to some male Gundam pilots. There are guys who’re named Agnes and Courtney (I ignore Camille since they use that girly name on purpose to “humiliate” the male MC :heh:).

And the studio is still unknown. They just put "Kazami Gakuen' in this position on official site.