Anime Winter 2012 Season List

Kurohime says : 

Haha~! Looks like another anime season is here. Sorry for the SUPER LATE posting on this. 

By the way, if you can't see the picture below, you can click on the link here 

Anyhow, time to make a list of what's nice to watch. 

PS, extra info on the release dates and etc are written below.

Kyousogiga
Premiere: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 @ 9:00 PM
Studio:Toei Animation
Primary network: Nico Nico Douga (internet)
Comment: Advance screening on December 1, 2011, may be single episode special

Busou Chuugakusei Basketarmy
Premiere: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Studio: asread x Studio RF
Primary network: Official website {http://basketarmy.jp/}? (internet)
Comment: Episodes are 3 minutes in length, and scheduled for bi-monthly release. This series is not listed by Fansub Wiki or Countdown.

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed HD Remastered
Premiere: Friday, December 23, 2011 (internet) & January 1 @ 7:30 PM (TV)
Studio: Sunrise
Primary network: Bandai Channel/BS11
Comment: Neither Fansub Wiki or Countdown list this, but it was confirmed in both Crunchyroll and ANN news articles. The December 23, 2011 premiere date listed on the chart is the date the series will have a streaming premiere on the Bandai Channel website in Japan. The TV premiere will be on BS11 at the listed time

Natsume Yuujin-Chou Shi
Premiere: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 @ 1:30 AM
Studio: Brains Base
Primary network: TV Tokyo

Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (New Prince of Tennis)*
Premiere: Thursday, January 5, 2012 @ 1:50 AM
Studio: Production I.G / MSC 
Primary network: TV Tokyo
* This should not be confused with Prince of Tennis: Best Match, set to air in Fall 2012, which is not a new series, but a collection of episodes from the existing OVAs.

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Second Season
Premiere: Thursday, January 5, 2012 @ 11:00 PM
Studio: J.C. Staff
Primary network: Tokyo MX

Recorder to Randoseru
Premiere: Friday, January 6, 2012 @ 1:00 AM
Studio: Seven
Primary network: Teletama 
Comments: Reported to be short form series (only a few minutes per episode)

High School DxD
Premiere: Friday, January 6, 2012 @ 11:00 AM
Studio: TNK
Primary networks: AT-X

Area no Kishi (The Knight in the Area)
Premiere: Saturday, January 7 @ 6:00 AM
Studio: Shinei Animation
Primary network: TV Asahi

Zero no Tsukaima F* (12 episodes)
Premiere: Saturday, January 7, 2012 @ 8:30 AM
Studio: J.C. Staff
Primary networks: AT-X
Comment: Episode count is listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.
* This should not be confused with Zero no Tsukaima Kessakusen, set to air in Fall 2012, which is not a new series, but a collection of episodes from the existing 3 series.

Nichijou [ETV version - see comments] (12 episodes)
Premiere: Saturday, January 7, 2012 @ 5:55 PM
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Comments: This is not new episodes, but rather a re-edit of the existing 26 episode series into a 12 episode format.

Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki
Premiere: Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 7:24 AM
Studio: Dax Production / Studio DEEN
Primary network: TV Tokyo

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, (Daily Lives of High School Boys)
Premiere: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 @ 2:00 AM
Studio: Sunrise
Network: TV Tokyo

Another (12 episodes)
Premiere: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 @ 1:35 AM
Studio: P.A. Works
Primary network: KNB
Comments: Episode count and premiere time are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown. Kadokawa is streaming the promo for this series, so it can be expected to be acquired by Funico, and simulcast on NicoNico.com and Funimation.com.

Rinne no Lagrange (Lagrange -The Flower of Rinne-)
Premiere: Monday, January 9, 2012
Studio: XEBEC
Primary network: Yomiuri TV

Black★Rock Shooter (8 episodes)
Premiere: January 2012 @ 12:45 AM
Studio: Ordet
Primary network: Fuji TV
Comment: This ANN news article confirms the episode count provided by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Amagami SS+
Premiere: Friday, January 6, 2012 @ 1:55 AM
Studio: AIC
Network: TBS
Comment: Premiere date and time are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Kill Me Baby (Baby, Please Kill Me!) 
Premiere: Friday, January 6, 2012 @ 1:25 AM
Studio: J.C. Staff
Primary network: TBS/BS-TBS
Comment: Premiere date and time are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown, and confirmed by official website.

Moretsu Pirates (Bodacious Space Pirates) (26 episodes)
Premiere: Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 12:30 AM
Studio: Satelight
Pimary networks: TV Kanagawa
Comment: Episode count and premiere time and date are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Inu x Boku SS
Premiere: January 2012
Studio: David Production
Primary network: MBS

Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!)
Premiere: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 @ 1:30 AM
Studio: Feel 
Primary Network: Tokyo MX/MBS
Comment: Premiere date and time are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Brave10 (12 episodes)
Premiere: Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 2:00 AM
Studio: Studio Sakimakura
Primary network: Tokyo MX / TV Kanagawa
Comment: Episode count and premiere time and date are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown..

Aquarion Evol
Premiere: Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 1:35 AM
Studio: 8-Bit / Satelight
Primary Network: TV Tokyo
Comments: Fansub Wiki shows the same premiere time but lists the premiere date as January 9. The promo for the series, embedded in this ANN news article has a listing of air times at the end (1:42) that shows 01/08 1:35 as the earliest air time.

Senhime Zesshō Symphogear (13 episodes)
Premiere: Saturday, January 7, 2012 @ 11:30 PM
Studio: Encourage Films
Primary network: Tokyo MX
Comment: Episode count and premiere time and date are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Nisemonogatari (13 episodes)
Premiere: Monday, January 9, 2012 @ 1:00 AM
Studio: SHAFT
Primary network: TV Kanagawa
Comment: Episode count and premiere time and date are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Ano Natsu de Matteru (12 episodes)
Premiere: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 @ 1:30 AM.
Studio: J.C. Staff
Primary network: TV Aichi / KBS Kyoto
Comment: Episode count and premiere time and date are listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown.

Gokujyo--.
Premiere: January 2012 (see comment)
Studio: ?
Primary Network: ?
Comment: Countdown and Fansub Wiki both list this series for Spring 2012, and Moetron reported the same as of September 26, 2011. Neregate's release notes for version 4 of their chart indicate it my be removed in the next version.

Smile Precure!
Premiere: Sunday, February 5, 2012 @ 8:30 AM
Studio: Toei Animation
Primary Network: TV Asahi
Comment: url label="ANN"]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-01/smile-precure-1st-anime-art-february-5-debut-revealed has confirmed the premiere date. Premiere time is listed by both Fansub Wiki and Countdown, and is consistent with the time slot for Precure series.

Series not listed on the chart:

Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin Eien no Mermaid (1 episode)
Premiere: Friday, December 2, 2011 @ 9:00 PM
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Primary network: Nippon TV
Comment: Single episode extended length special. This special has already aired.

Episode counts (except where noted), primary network(s) and studio information are per Fansub Wiki.

Additional information and confirmations of date and time of premieres via Countdown.

The Girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson.

Reviewed by Kuro-hime

Haha, yes, I am back~~!! Well, it's my holidays and I did promise that if I was free, I would come here and review stuff. So yea. Here I am~~!!



Summary :

Mikael Blomkvist is hired by the great industrialist who has passed his prime, Henrik Vanger to investigate the disappearance of his favorite grand niece, Harriet Vanger. Henrik Vanger has been haunted by her disappearance and taunted by her 'murderer' for 40 years.  Blomkvist who is a journalist took the offer because his own career is going to hell after  being convicted of libel against Wennerström. 


Mikael starts to investigate and then, finds and works together with Lisbeth Salander to solve it. 

REVIEW :

This book is honestly one hell of a book. I mean, it's really good. I knew that everyone loves this book and I really wanted to know why. So I went in with great expectation and let me tell you, it did not dissappoint me. 


I like how this book mixed crime, business and journalism together. It worked really well. In the beginning, I was a little skeptical because the first few pages proved to be very confusing and very swedish.


But as I read, it completely gripped my attention. I couldn't let go of this book.


Stieg Larsson really did a great job in storytelling. His writing method were simple, honest and captivating. 
Usually, I do not like mundane long dialogues and authors writing every miniscule details in their books. However, Stieg Larsson managed to make this mundane dialogues interesting. I have never been so surprised. He writes details but not too much. He gives just enough for the readers to feed on which I think is good.

This story also has several plot twists that you completely wouldn't expect.


WARNING SPOILER HERE : so if you don't like spoilers, it's best if you skip this entire paragraph.

For example, I really thought Harriet Vanger was dead. But she wasn't and the way he managed to twist the story so that it is possible for her to be alive was amazing. That was seriously a good plot twist. I really didn't see that coming. Not only that, the fact that Lisbeth Salander actually falling in love with Blomkvist was a little hard for me to comprehend. It's a little surprising. I saw that coming but dismissed it, thinking that the author wouldn't do that. But he did. So yea.


Not only that, this story does not revolves on only one story or one character. I like how there is many different mysteries in it and how each character is important.


Each character is very well developed especially Lisbeth Salander. 


All in all, I think this book deserves all the hype it's getting. It's a good book and I really look forward to reading the next one, The girl who played with fire.
I wonder what will that be about. After all, the mysteries that were presented were all solved in this.

I give this book a 8/10