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Well... I don't have any impressions at all yet -- but here's what I plan to check out:

Sankarea

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Dead girls are more fun? o.O

Status: 3 episode probationary watch, wondering what they actually plan here... dark romance?

Gakkatsu!

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We’re all used to seeing battles fought with swords, but what about the most common “fights” in the world – debates? This spring season offers us a rare of a short comedy that takes place in a school with a girl named Rareko (Kawashou Miyuki). Rareko is known for starting enthusiastic yet absurd debates that result in a very lively classroom life. These debates take obscure topics and blow them out of proportion, and the arguments are exchanged like strokes from swords. Gakkatsu will air on weekdays every night in short five-minute episodes.

Status: 1 episode probationary watch (I like debate?)

Recorder to Randoseru Re

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Continuing directly from last season, the two siblings Miyagawa Atsushi (Okiayu Ryoutarou) and his 17-year-old sister Atsumi (Kugimiya Rie) continue facing the gag troubles that arise from their reversed appearances. Atsushi continues to get arrested by the police and Atsumi continues to take on the short jokes.

Status: Need to watch 1st season, I missed this one.

Natsuiro Kiseki
Status: 3 episode probation, mostly because the VAs make up the pop group Sphere and its an anime-original work.

Nazo no Kanojo X

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Love and saliva with quirky characters in a "90s atmosphere" style?

Status: originally ruled this one out... but the artwork is interesting so if I can get beyond the body fluids o.O ... we'll see.

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san

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This series is based on the Cthulhu mythos, so that aspect should be interesting, but unfortunately I haven’t actually read any of the light novels so I don’t really know what the exact plot entails. This anime follows Yasaka Mahiro (Kitamura Eri) who is a normal boy and Nyaruko (Asumi Kana) who is a Cthulu deity that has no form (whatever she turned into in the previous anime was censored) but can tranform into a girl. Judging from what I’ve seen previously, the show has more of a slice-of-life focus than an overarching plot.

Status: Its Cthulhu!!!!! I have to at least take a look.

Sakamichi no Apollon

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Kaoru (Kimura Ryouhei) is a bespectacled intelligent young man who moves from Yokosuka to Kyushu during his first year in high school, but because he has been moving around for so much of his life and is quite introverted, he’s never been able to make lasting friendships… until he meets Kawabuchi Sentaro (Hosoya Yoshimasa), who is his exact opposite in personality. With Kaoru on the piano and Sentaro on the drums, the pair are eventually joined by some fellow classmates as together, they discover friendships, love, and most importantly, themselves – all through the universal language of jazz music.

Status: Unique premise demands a chance...

Hyouka

Spoiler for plot summary:

Beginning when the shy Oreki Houtaro (Nakamura Yuuichi) decides to finally join a club after a bit of nudging by his older sister, he meets its three members: the perfect girl Chitanda Eru (Satou Satomi), who turns into a mystery maniac the moment something interests her; the amazingly smart Fukube Satoshi (Sakaguchi Daisuke) who can’t put two and two together; and the hot-headed Ibara Mayaka (Kayano Ai).

Status: I always try to give co-ed ensemble series a chance.