Winter 2012 Anime

This is a list of the anime TV series that are planned to air between December 2011 and March 2012, along with their Laconic descriptions.

See also Fall 2011 Anime for the previous season and Spring 2012 Anime for the next one.

Amagami SS +


Airing from January 5 (PV)

Second season of the Dating Sim-based romance stories, still in an "omnibus format", this time with 2 episodes continuing the stories of each heroine from the first season.

Another


Airing from January 9, for 12 episodes (PV)

As adapted from a mystery Light Novel: 26 years ago, in a third-year classroom of a middle school, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, the charming girl was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Koichi Sakakibara transfers to that classroom, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and is always alone drawing pictures.

Aquarion Evol


Airing from January 8 (PV)

A sequel to Genesis of Aquarion taking place 12,000 years later, chronicling a battle against new enemies from another dimension.

Area no Kishi


Airing from January 7 (PV)

A soccer anime, particularly focusing on the main character's relationship with his Aloof Big Brother.

B-G

 * Black★Rock Shooter
 * Bodacious Space Pirates
 * Brave 10
 * Daily Lives of High School Boys
 * Gokujyo

High School DxD


Airing from the 6th of January for 12 episodes (PV)

The story follows Issei Hyoudou, a dim-witted, lecherous second-year high school student who is killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that day forward, he serves as an underling of Riasu, a high-level devil who is also the prettiest girl on Issei's campus.

Inu x Boku SS
- (Dog × Me SS) Airing from the 12th of January (PV)

Adapted from the manga of the same name by Cocoa Fujiwara.

Riricho Shirakiin, who has a complex about being unable to live independently and unprotected, feels the need to move out and live on her own under the condition of residing in a certain mansion. Only those who have cleared a very strict examination could reside in this mansion, and they are accompanied with one agent of the Secret Service (S.S.). Although Riricho has rejected the company of the S.S., while residing in the mansion she finds out that the agent dedicated to protecting her is actually the Fox Spirit whom she previously rescued.

Kill Me Baby
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Natsume Yuujinchou Shi


Airing from the 1st of January

The fourth season of the laid-back supernatural adventure of a boy and his youkai mentor.

New Prince of Tennis


Airing from the 4th of January for 1 cour

The sequel to the popular tennis manga, now in anime form.

Nisemonogatari


Airing from the 7th of January for 11 episodes (PV)

The sequel to Bakemonogatari. A swindler who once tricked Hitagi arrives in town, spreading the curse which afflicted Nadeko in the first series. Koyomi's sisters, Karen and Tsukihi, start working to capture this swindler, but things get complicated along the way.

Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!
(Listen to Me Girls, I Am Your Father ) Airing from the 10th of January

Segawa Yuta is a freshman of a university. He lost his parents when he was small and was raised by his sister Yuri. Yuta has been living alone since Yuri got married to a middle aged man when Yuta was a junior high student. One day, Yuri visited Yuta's apartment and asked him to take care of her three daughters while Yuri and her husband were on a trip. He unwillingly accepted the job but the plane Yuri took went missing. In order to prevent the daughters from being adopted separately by the relatives, Yuta decided to take in all the three girls. A life of a strange family in a tiny apartment begins. (The elder two of the daughters are stepchildren of Yuri's husband. The smallest one is Yuri's child.)

Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki


Airing from the 8th of January

A Slice of Life comedy about a spherical cat.

Recorder and Randsell


Airing from the 5th of January

A story based on a yonkoma manga, about an 11-year-old that looks 17 is taken care of by his 17-year-old sister, who looks 11.

Rinne no Lagrange: Flower Declaration of Your Heart


Airing from the 8th of January, for 12 episodes (PV)

An Anime First series dealing with three girls using Humongous Mecha to fight off alien invaders. Looks to be somewhat Slice of Life in-between fight scenes.

Senki Zesshou Symphogear


Airing from the 6th of January, for 13 episodes (PV)˙

An original anime, that tells the story of two girls in a top vocal unit named Zweiwing who fight to save humanity against a threat known as "Noise."

Smile Pretty Cure


Airing from the 5th of February

The 9th anime entry to the Pretty Cure Magical Girl series.

T-Z

 * Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai-Ni-Maku
 * Thermae Romae
 * Waiting in the Summer
 * Zero no Tsukaima F