The A List
1) Makai Senki Disgaea - If it's half as amusing as the promos have been, I might have to run off and buy the game too.
2) School Rumble 2nd Semester - Probably the show I'm looking forward to the most. I love the manga, I loved the first season, and it's probably single handedly responsible for turning me back to anime at a period when there really wasn't much of it going on that I thought I would enjoy.
3) Tsubasa Chronicles 2nd season - Another one, loved the first season, love the manga. Can't imagine I won't love this as well.
4) XXXHOLiC - I actually like the XXXholic manga better than the Tsubasa Chronicles one, so I'm cautiously optimistic about the anime version.
The B List
1) Ergo Proxy - As others have noted, this carries a heavy Blade Runner type vibe. And that's a really good thing.
2) NANA - More to see what the fuss is then anything else. It's inordinately popular and the manga has just started up here in the US.
3) Shinigami no Ballad - Bleach with a cute little girl. Love her sickle.
4) Soul Link - If I were to guess this is probably one of the game-to-anime conversions I'll like the best, but then, except for the aborted ending to the Kaede arc, I actually liked the Shuffle! series as well.
The C List
1) Ah! My goddess: The second season- I've mentioned before that I didn't particularly enjoy the manga, I haven't even watched the first season, but maybe it's time to give it a chance.
2) Air Gear - I've never really read or watched any of Oh! Great's material, but I'm willing to give this a chance. I missed the boat on TenTen (and now it's licensed by a company that decided it would still be appealing if they edited it), but Del Ray is going to have Air Gear, so I might give this a chance to see if it would be worth buying the manga.
3) Finalist - Here's my prediction for the harem series. One of them I'll really like, one of them I'll really hate, and the rest will be amusing enough that I'll watch them when they come out. Interestingly this crop seems more based off of game conversions than manga (which was where the winter season mined gold for me). So I'm expecting less in the way of funny, more in the way of drama. If I'm going to pick ahead of time, I'm looking forward to this less than the others, but I doubt it'll end up being the one I hate.
4) Utawarerumono - I imagine I'll enjoy this somewhat, but not in a "OMG WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK?" sort of way.
The D List
1) Higurashi no Naku koro ni - Not only based off of a game, but a doujin game apparently as well. And a murder mystery one at that. Interesting enough that I will definitely give one episode a try.
2) Himawari! - Before Kage Kara Mamoru! this would have been on the F list, but now I figure if it's half as funny as that show, I can deal with the fact that it's about ninjas.
3) RAY The Animation - I know almost nothing about this show, but the description seems kind of neat in a Witch Hunter Robin sort of way.
4) Strawberry Panic - I fail to see how this can't be successful. Yeah, it's yuri, but my objection about yuri and yaoi has more to do with the overly angst-ful part then the nature of yaoi and yuri themselves. This seems to take itself less seriously.
The E List
1) Gintama - Samurai and aliens? I'll probably see what other people have to say about it and then decide based off of that.
2) Hack//GU - I'm going to have to admit that I've never watched any of the .Hack stuff (or read it either). But it has a pretty avid following, so I'll probably at least give this a try. Of course, the last time I said that I ended up watching Gundam Seed Destiny.
3) Hime-sama Goyoujin - Now I'm going to have to admit that I can't get past the first episode of the first season of Rozen Maiden either. Though I probably could at least try the rest of it (it wouldn't really take long as both seasons together are only 26 episodes I believe).
4) Inukami! - Sounds somewhat like Mai Hime or maybe Shakugan no Shana, either one without the serious parts. Have to admit I'm not really much of a fan of the character designs.
5) Joshikousei GIRLS-HIGH - Don't especially care for the overt Yuri overtones, but I said the same thing about Kashimashi and I've ended up liking that. I imagine if it spends a lot of time poking fun at girls (I've been married for ten years and have yet to see much in the way of comedy that pokes fun at gender differences in anything other than stereotypical ways) and snooty people in general it will be funny. If it's just an excuse to have yuri pillow fights, I'll probably pass. Unless they're really funny pillow fights.
6) Kishin Houkou Demon Bane - This is the anime-from-game that I'm betting I probably won't care for.
7) Ohran High School Host Club - I'm detecting a high yaoi/yuri probability here, but am holding off judgement until I see how well it's handled.
The F List
1) Aria 2nd Season - Didn't watch the first either. For me, exceptionally slow shows have to either be romances (see, Suzuka), or damn fine examples of anime (see GiTS:SAC).
2) Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! - Didn't watch the first season. Magical girls really just don't usually do it for me.
3) Ju Oh Sei - Neither the description nor the character design does much for me.
4) Kamisama Kazoku - Unless it turns out to be another Kamichu, which would be a good thing.
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