Spring 2011 Anime

This is a list of anime series which aired between March and June 2011, along with their Laconic description.

See also Summer 2011 Anime for the following season.

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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
("Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai") (trailer) 11 episodes, Starting April 15.

An Anime First series on NoitaminA: It's about a group of childhood friends, who, as time went by grew apart, and now gather once more to help someone amongst them.

... We should probably just call it Ano Hana.


 * Aria the Scarlet Ammo
 * Asobi ni Iku yo!

Blue Exorcist
Starting April 17.

Based on the manga by Kazue Kato, animated by A-1 Pictures.

No, Rin. You are the demons. And then Rin was an exorcist.


 * C the Money And Soul of Possibility

Deadman Wonderland
12 episodes, starting April 16

A boy who allegedly slaughtered his whole class is sent to "Deadman Wonderland," where he must fight for survival at a horrible prison that doubles as an amusement park.

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
(trailer) starting April 15.

A story about a boy, and his cousin who disappeared for 1,5 years, and now claims that she was kidnapped by aliens. It is based on a Light Novel series, and animated by Studio Shaft.

Dog Days
(trailer) 12 episodes, starting April 2.

An Anime First from Seven Arcs: Ordinary High School Student becomes victim of Summon Everyman Hero, and he has to fight in a war between Kemonomimi people in a Standard Fantasy Setting. Or, if you want to know the First Episode Spoiler,

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 * Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
 * Gintama: Season 2

Hanasaku Iroha
(trailer) 26 episodes, starting April 3.

An Anime First dramatic Slice of Life series about a girl moving out of town to work at her grandmother's hot spring hotel, due to Parental Abandonment.

Hen Zemi
(trailer) 13 episodes, starting April 8.

Nanako Matsutaka is a normal university student, who happened to enroll in an Abnormal Physiology seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality..."

MM! meets Seitokai Yakuindomo. Normal college girl accidentally gets signed up as part of a case study of perversions and sexual fetishes, except she's perfectly ordinary—at first.


 * Highschool of the Dead – Drifters of the Dead

Hyouge Mono
(trailer) 39 episodes, starting April 7.

Based on the manga by Yoshihiro Yamada, In the age of civil war, when the shadow of Nobunaga Oda was still cast over the land, the warlord Furuta Sasuke lost his soul to the tea ceremony. While war shook the world around him, he faced his own conflict between his desire for promotion and his love for his art. Animated by Bee Train.

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 * Kämpfer: Für die Liebe

Kaiji 2: Hakairoku Hen
More stories about a hardcore gambler who must win his way out of a large debt.

Lotte No Omocha - Astarotte no Omocha!
(trailer) 12 episodes, starting April 10.

A 10 year old man-hating succubus princess must assemble a harem of men for health reasons. She attempts to use Loophole Abuse to get out of it, only to have her assistant actually manage to find a human male. Human male turns out to be a single father to a girl the same age as a the princess, and so is (mostly) above all the shenanigans. Hilarity Ensues.

Moshidora
A high-school girl studies Peter Drucker's management guide and uses it to help manage her baseball team to victory.


 * Nichijou: Episode 0

Nichijou
(trailer) 26 episodes, starting April 3.

This one is based on a manga, and animated by Kyo Ani.

Remember when we described Azumanga Daioh as Peanuts on LSD? Well, this is Azumanga Daioh on even more LSD!

Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
(We, Without Wings) (Under Innocent Sky) (trailer) 12 episodes, starting April 8.

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 * Seitokai Yakuindomo

Seikon no Qwaser: Season 2
More breast-sucking, chemistry-powered shonen action that follows some time after the events of the first season.


 * Sekaiichi Hatsukoi

Sengoku Otome
Starting April 5

Imagine Kagome traveling back in time to Feudal Japan again, only to find that every famous person at the time is now a girl. Loosely based on some pachinko game characters.

Sket Dance
(trailer) Starting April 7

Like Gintama, but set in a modern-day high school as a goggles-wearing leader, a former "delinquent" girl and an otaku who never speaks directly help others out as part of their "Sket-dan" club.

Softenni
A group of middle school girls form a tennis club. Panty Shots ensue. Also, tennis.

Steins;Gate
(trailer) 24 episodes, starting April 6.

A group of friends have developed a device to send text messages to the past. Now they are under threat from a secret organisation. It takes place in the same verse as Chaos;Head, and just like that one, it is also based on a Visual Novel.

Tiger and Bunny
(trailer) Starting April 3, animated by Sunrise.

In a world of corporate-sponsored superheroes, a veteran hero is stuck being partner to a rookie.

Toriko
A Kenshiro lookalike fights monsters in order to collect rare food ingredients, which he hopes to use to create the ultimate dinner.


 * The World God Only Knows: Season 2
 * X-Men