Anime Club Week 19: What we're watching next

For those looking for the KnK discussion, I'm bumping it to tomorrow. It will replace "anime of the week", because something special is happening on Tuesday.

So, the voting had a surprisingly low turnout. I think the voting was posted at a bad time, during the holidays, so that not enough people saw it. Anyways, out of the whole 30 votes we got, here are the results:

1. Gunbuster: 15 yes, 6 no

2. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: 14 yes, 9 no

3. Princess Tutu: 14 yes, 11 no

Gunslinger Girl, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kino's Journey, and Serial Experiments Lain all received 13 votes.

Gunbuster is an OVA from 1988 that predates Evangelion (same director, same studio). It is also known as Top wo Nerae, the japanese title being a reference to a tennis anime called Ace wo Nerae. The two titles literally translate as "Aim for the Top" and "Aim for the Ace".

The series is a mere 6 episodes long, making it hard to cram in nominations and voting for the next series if we watch this at our typical rate. So what we're going to do is we're going to watch this series as at a relaxed pace of two episodes a week. We'll therefore be done in 3 weeks. There is a sequel, but since it was made a full 16 years after the original, we're not including it. You'll have to watch the sequel on your own. Also, regarding the extras, it's fine to watch them, and we can discuss them in the last thread. There are "science lessons" and "Renewal EX", both of which are really short.

So here's to a new great series!