March 29th
TAIHO SHICHAUZO
(YOU'RE UNDER ARREST)
Monday-Thursday
around 24:30-
on TBS (during the anthology show WONDERFUL)
This 5min. anime slot airs one title per month.
April 1st
TO HEART
Thursdays
24:35-25:05
on SunTV (not on key stations - check the local TV station for schedules)
Based on a Playstation game of the same title. It looks to be very similar
to the show SENTIMENTAL
JOURNEY, which aired last year.
BETTERMAN
Thursdays
25:15-25:45
on TV Tokyo
Described as "psyco-horror," although it doesn't really look like one. It
involves two girls, a guy named Keita Aono, mechas and the Underground World.
Produced by the same staff who did GAOGAIGAR.
April 2nd
TURN A GUNDAM
Fridays
16:55-17:25
Fuji TV
The series that has Gundam fans worldwide speculating. Tomino returns to the
helm. And Gundam designs by... Syd Mead? This looks something like a WORLD MASTERPIECE THEATER (SEKAI
MEISAKU GEKIJO) meets Syd Mead. Only time will tell if fans will be won over.
GOKUDO-KUN MANYUKI
(GOKUDO-KUN'S TRAVELOGUE)
Fridays
18:30-19:00
on TV Tokyo
Based on a manga of the same title. The main character Gokudo is an
adventurer but actually a punk (and looks like one) who's truthful to his
desires and causes troubles everywhere he goes.
April 3rd
MONSTER FARM
Saturdays
7:30-8:00
on TBS
Based on a PlayStation gamesoft of the same title.
SHIN HAKKENDEN
Saturdays
8:00-8:30
on TV Tokyo
No, it's not the HAKKENDEN, the famous samurai novel (or the OVA), but it's
loosely based on the concept. The kanjis are different. "Kami" (god) is
used for "Shin", and ken (sword) is used for "Ken". The direct translation
of the title would be something like: The Tale of Eight Godly Swords.
Contrary to the title, the characters look cute and
it's an heroic fantasy.
POWER STONE
Saturdays
17:00-17:30
on TBS
Based on the Dreamcast game. Focker is a noble, yet
he wants to become a top fighter. He inherits a stone called a "Power Stone"
from his father, who is an adventurer. Then starts a struggle from
different sides to obtain this magical stone which is said to make
whatever wish you have come true.
April 4th
SOREYUKE! UCHUSENKAN YAMAMOTO YOKO
Sundays
9:30-10:00
on TV Tokyo
Based on a novel from Fujimi Fantasia Bunko of the same title. It has been
made into an OVA series. This is the TV version.
April 5th
BA-BAPAPA
Monday-Friday
16:50-16:55
on NHK ETV
ARC THE LAD
Mondays
19:00-19:30
on WOWOW (non-scramble)
Based on the PlayStation game of the same title. A fantasy RPG anime.
JUBEI-CHAN
Mondays
25:15-25:45
on TV Tokyo
Directed by comedic genius Daichi Akitaro and produced by Madhouse. Check
out Jubei-chan's father "Sai"!!
April 6th
CARD CAPTOR SAKURA
Tuesdays
18:00-18:30
NHK BS-2
This is the start of the 2nd season. They've been airing the re-run of the
1st season in
March, but brand new episodes will begin from April.
EDEN'S BOY
Tuesdays
18:00-18:30
TV Tokyo
Another "Heroic Fantasy."
NEORANGA (Second Season)
Tuesdays
19:00-19:30
WOWOW (non-scramble)
Continuation from the previous series.
D4 PRINCESS
Tuesdays
19:00-19:30
WOWOW (non-scramble)
Somewhat like PRINCESS 9. A princess
comes to a school where students acquire skills wearing armors called
"panzers" (materialization of wearer's ability)
April 7th
TENSHI NI NARUMON!
(I'LL BE AN ANGEL!)
Wednesdays
18:00-18:30
TV Tokyo
Yusuke accidentally kisses a girl named Noel. As a result, she becomes
Yusuke's fiancee and her family comes along to live in the Human World.
Noel turns out to be an angel raised by a devil and a witch...
ANGEL LINKS
Wednesdays
19:00-19:30
WOWOW (non-scramble)
Shares the same universe as OUTLAW STAR. Li Mei-feng
is a 16-year old captain of a space battleship "Angel Links".
She is the head of Links Konzern and is in pursuit of space pirates (free
of charge!)
A.D.POLICE
Wednesdays
25:45-26:15
TV Tokyo
It seems that where BUBBLEGUM CRISIS goes, the
A.D. POLICE are sure to follow. Kenji and Hanz are cops working for the
A.D.Police, which is set up to curb the Buma crimes in the slums. They are
opposites and go against each other at first, but soon, they become the best
of friends.
April 8th
DUAL! PARALLELLUNLUN MONOGATARI
Thursdays
19:00-19:30
WOWOW (non-scramble)
Sci-Fi action adventure series involving "parallel worlds".
The original creator of TENCHI MUYO! RYO-OH-KI, Kajishima Masaki created
this new series.
Kazuki is a normal high school student, but he sees what others don't:
fighting robots!
He becomes the key figure linking the two parallel worlds.
April 9th
CORRECTER YUI
Fridays
18:00-18:25
NHK ETV
Asamiya Kia
has started a manga version of this in Shogakukan's
"Chao". A magical girls show where a heroine gets sucked into a computer to
fight a virus. She is looking for a software that "corrects" the problem,
hence the title.
April 10th
CARD CAPTOR SAKURA (re-run)
Saturdays
18:30-19:00
NHK ETV
Rerun of the first season on regular NHK channel.
