MY TOP ANIME 2010

1. Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru



Note:
Anime adaptation of ongoing shojo manga series by Hotaru Odagiri serialised in Monthly Asuka. The titles translates to Betrayal Knows My Name.

Synopsis:
Sakurai Yuki is a mysterious boy with a mysterious power. His mother left him near an orphanage right after he was born. Because of that, Yuki strives for independence, hates being a burden to anyone near him, but at the same time, he is afraid of being left alone. Moreover, ever since he can remember he had a strange ability where when he touches others, he can feel their emotion.

Airing:
Chiba TV

Staff:
Original Story: Hotaru Odagiri
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi
Character Design: Yumi Nakayama, Mai Matsuura
Colour Composition: Maya Muranaga
Director of Background Art: Hirotsugu Kakoi
Director of Photography: Kazuya Iwai
Editor: Shigeru Nishiyama
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Composer: Shogo Kaida
Music Production: FlyingDog, Inc.
Animation Production: J.C.Staff
Production: "Uraboku" Production Committee

Cast:
Yuki Sakurai (Giou): Soichiro Hoshi
Zess (Luka Crosszeria): Takahiro Sakurai
Touko Murasame: Marina Inoue
Tsukumo Murasame: Jun Fukuyama
Hotsuma Renjou: Daisuke Ono
Shuusei Usui: Mamoru Miyano
Kuroto Horai: Hiroshi Kamiya
Senshiro Furuori: Satoshi Hino
Tachibana Giou: Shin-ichiro Miki
Isuzu Fujiwara: Ken Narita
Aya Kureha: Sayuri Yahagi
Katsumi Tohma: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Yuki (Previous Life): Yukana
Takashiro Giou: Takehito Koyasu
Kanata Wakamiya: Akira Ishida

2. saraiya Goyou(House of Five Leaves)



Note:
Anime adaptation of the samurai manga by Natsume Ono(Ristorante Paradiso) serialised in monthly Ikki magazine.

Synopsis:
Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naive, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Hungry and desperate, he becomes a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a gang called "Five Leaves." Although disturbed by the gang's sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi's motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he's drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws

Airing:
Fuji TV: April 15(Thu) 25:15-
Kansai TV, Tokai TV, BS Fuji: TBA

Staff:
Original Story: Natsume Ono
Director/Series Composition: Tomomi Mochizuki
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
Chief Animation Director: Yoshimitsu Yamashita
Background Design: Masahiro Sato
Background Art: Michie Watanabe
Prop Design: Shinobu Tsuneki
Colour Composition: Miyoko Ichinose
Editor: Tomoki Nagasaka
Director of photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Composer: MOKA☆(Kayo Konishi, Yukio Kondo)
Sound Production: Jinnnan Studio
Animation Direction: Manglobe

Cast:
Masanosuke Akitsu: Daisuke Namikawa
Yaichi: Takahiro Sakurai
Otake: Fuyuka Oura
Umezo: Masaya Takatsuka
Matsukichi: Yuya Uchida
Heizaemon Yagi: Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Okinu: Ao Takahashi
Soji (Goinkyo): Katsuhisa Hoki

Opening Theme Song: Immi "Sign of Love"
Ending Theme Song: Rake "all I need is..."

3. Okiku Furikabutte -Natsu no Taikai hen-(Big Windup! Summer Tournament)



Note:
Sequel to the anime series aired from April to September, 2007, based on the manga by Asa Higuchi serialised in Afternoon magazine since 2003.

Synopsis:
The baseball anime set in Saitama follows the story of Ren Mihashi, a timid, insecure pitcher with many issues who used to be bullied by his teammates in middle school. Assisted by his new teammates at Nishiura High, Mihashi grows in stature, confidence and skill, helping his team excel with his own abilities.

Airing:
TBS: 4/1(Thu) 25:25-
MBS: 4/1(Thu) 25:50-

Staff:
Original Story: Asa Higuchi
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Series Composition: Yosuke Kuroda
Character Design: Takahiko Yoshida
Chief Animation Director: Akira Takada, Jun'ichiro Taniguchi
Action Animation Director: Jun'ichiro Taniguchi
Composer: Shiro Hamaguchi
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuda
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Production: Ofuri Production Committee

Cast:
Ren Mihashi: Tsubasa Yonaga
Takaya Abe: Yuichi Nakamura
Azusa Hanai: Kisho Taniyama
Yuichiro Tajima: Hiro Shimono
Kazutoshi Oki: Yudai Sato
Yuto Sakaeguchi: Chihiro Suzuki
Shoji Suyama: MAKOto Yasumura
Fumiki Mizutani: Kenichiro Sumi
Kosuke Izumi: Jun Fukuyama
Shintaro Nishihiro: Ryohei Kimura
Maria Momoe: Risa Hayamizu
Tsuyoshi Shiga: Takehiro Murozono
Chiyo Shino'oka: Misato Fukuen
Yoshiro Hamada: Atsushi Kisaichi

4.Hakuouki



Note:
Based on otome game(dating sim targeted at female audience) "Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan" by Idea Factory.

Synopsis:
Set in Bakumatsu(the final years of the Edo period). Chizuru is a girl living in Edo while her father works as a physician at Kyoto. When she fails to contact her father, she gets worried and decides to visit Kyoto, disguised as a boy. There she encounters the members of Shinsengumi.

Airing:
TBA

Staff:
Original Story: Otomate(Idea Factory)
Director: Osamu Yamasaki
Character Design: Atsuko Nakajima
Sound Director: Miwa Iwanami
Animation Production: Studio Deen

Cast:
Chizuru Yukimura: Hoko Kuwashima
Hijikata Toshizo: Shin-ichiro Miki
Okita Soji: Showtaro Morikubo
Saito Hajime: Kosuke Toriumi
Todo Heisuke: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Harada Sanosuke: Koji Yusa
Kondo Isami: Toru Okawa
Yamanami Keisuke: Nobuo Tobita
Nagakura Shinpachi: Tomohiro Tsuboi
Chikage Kazama: Kenjiro Tsuda


5. RAINBOW: Ni-sha Roku-bo no Shichi-nin



Note:
"Ni-sha Roku-bo no Shichi-nin" translates to "Seven people in two halls, six cells". Anime adaptation of ongoing manga series by Joji Abe(story) and Masasumi Kakihara(illustration) serialised in Big Comic Sp irits.

Synopsis:
1955, six boys meet charismatic Rokurota Sakuragi a.k.a. "Anchan (big bro)" in a juvie. The story follows the lives of the six after their release, of how they follow their dreams and try to live straight, following Anchan's lesson.

Airing:
Nippon Television: 4/6(Tue) 24:59-

Staff:
Original Story: George Abe, Masasumi Kakisaki
Director: Hiroshi Kojina
Series Composition: Hideo Takayashiki
Character Design: Ai Kikuchi
Chief Animation Director: Ai Kikuchi, Mika Takahashi
Background Art: Tomoyuki Shimizu
Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto
Colour Composition: Yoshinori Horiuchi
Editor: Satoshi Terauchi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mitsuma
Sound Effect: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound production: Techno Sound
Animation Production: Madhouse
Production: VAP

Cast:
Mario Minakami: Shun Oguri
Setsuko: Shihori Kanjiya
Rokurota Sakuragi: Rikiya Koyama
Mansaku Matsuura: Tomohiro Waki
Ryuji Nomoto: Keiji Fujiwara
Noboru Maeda: Romi Park
Tadayoshi Tohyama: Takaya Kuroda
Joe Yokosuka: Tatsuya Hasome
Sasaki: Takaya Hashi
Ishihara: Koji Ishii
Lilly: Kaori Yamagata
Narration: Megumi Hayashibara


6. Bungaku Shojo(Literature Girl)



Notes:
Anime movie adaption of popular light novel series Bungaku Shojo(lit. Literature Girl) by Mizuki Nomura.

Synopsis:
Coming-of-age story with a touch of mystery, Bungaku Shojo centers on Konoha Inoue, an ex-bestselling author who used to write under a pseudonym. He has retired after a traumatic event in middle school, now trying to live as an ordinary highschool student. But somehow Toko Amano, chair of the school's Literature Club who describes herself as "the literature girl", leeched onto him and drew him into the club. Without his intent, his life becomes eventful again, even more so than when he was a best-selling novelist.

Opening Date:
May 1(Sat): United Cinema Sapporo, Cine Libre Ikebukuro, Fushimi Million-za, Theatre Umeda, United Cinema Canal City 13

Staffs:
Director:Shunsuke Tada
Original Story:Mitsuki Nomura
Original Characters:Miho Takeoka
Story Composition,Screenplay: Yuka Yamada
Character Designs: Keita Matsumoto
Sound tracks:Masumi Ito
Animation Production：Production I.G
Production: "Bungaku Shojo" Production Comittee

Casts of Voice:
Toko Amano:Kana Hanazawa
Konoha Inoue:Miyu Irino
Nanase Kotobuki:Nana Mizuki
Ryuto Sakurai:Mamoru Miyano
Kazushi Akutagawa:Daisuke Ono
Maki Himekura:Shizuka Ito
Chia Takeda:Aki Toyosaki
Mori-chan:Asami Shimoda

7. Kaicho wa Maid sama!(lit. The Student Council President is a Maid!)



Note:
Anime adaptation of the shojo manga series by Hiro Fujiwara serialised in monthly magazine LaLa.

Synopsis:
Seika High School, once an all-boys school notorious for its wild students and for generally being a terrifying place for girls, has recently become a co-ed school. With the female population still a minority and living in fear of the over-the-top antics of the males, Misaki Ayuzawa becomes the first female student council president determined to reform the school and allow the girls to feel safe in the rough environment. But her hard-earned reputation is threatened when the popular and somewhat impassive Usui Takumi finds out her secret: she works part-time at a maid cafe in order to support her family.

Airing:
TBS: 4/1(Thu) 25:55-
BS-TBS: 4/24(Sat) 25:00-
MBS, CBC: TBA

Staff:
Original Story: Hiro Fujiwara
Director: Hiroaki Sakurai
Series Composition: Mamiko Ikeda
Character Design: Yuki Imoto
Sound Director: Tohru Motoyama
Composer: Wataru Maeguchi
Animation Production: J.C.Staff

Cast:
Misaki Ayuzawa: Ayumi Fujimura
Takumi Usui: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Ahoichiro yukimura: Kazuyoshi Shiibashi
Sakura Hanazono: Kana Hanazawa
Shizuko Kaga: Yu Kobayashi
Naoya Shirakawa: Mitsuhiro Ichiki
Ikuto Sarashina: Takuma Terashima
Ryunosuke Kurosaki: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Tora Igarashi: Kenichi Suzumura
Aoi Hyodo: Hiromi Igarashi
Satsuki Hyodo: Aki Toyosaki
Subaru: Kana Ueda
Honoka: Kana Asumi
Erika: Mariya Ise

8. GIANT KILLING



Note:
Anime adaptation of football manga by Masaya Tsunamoto(story) and Tsujitomo(illustration) serialised in Weekly Morning since 2007.

Synopsis:
Former football player Takeshi Tatsumi went to England after retiring and became a coach. With extraordinary strategy, training method and intuition he managed to lead a Conference National(level 5) semi-professional club to almost defeat a Premiere League club in FA Cup. Now his old team East Tokyo United needs his help to get out of their longest losing streak in J. League.

Airing:
BShi: 4/4(Sun) 9:25-9:50
BS2: 4/4(Sun) 23:00-23:25

Staff:
Original Story: Tsujitomo, Masaya Tsunamoto
Director: Ko Yu
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Character Design: Tetsuya Kumagai
Composer: Hideharu Mori
Animation Production: Studio Deen
Production: Sogovision, NHK

Cast:
Takeshi Tatsumi: Tomokazu Seki
Daisuke Tsubaki: Takahiro Mizushima
Shigeyuki Murakoshi: Ryotaro Okiayu
Luigi Yoshida: Daisuke Ono
Kosei Goto: Tokuyoshi Kawashima
Yuri Nagata: Masumi Asano

Opening Theme Song: THE CHERRY COKES "My story"
Ending Theme Song: GPS "Get tough！"

9. Yojohan Shinwa Taikei



Note:
Based on a novel by Tomihiko Morimi. "Yojohan" means 4.5 tatami mats, which is the size of a small room of 9ft×9ft. "Shinwa" means Myths. To be aired in Fuji-TV's noitaminA block along with House of Five Leaves.

Synopsis:
The story revolves around watashi(me), the narrator, a third year male student of Kyoto University and his peculiar friends.

Airing:
Fuji TV: April 22

Staff:
Original Story: Tomihiko Morimi
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Series Composition: Makoto Ueda
Original Character Design: Yusuke Nakamura
Character Design, Animation Director: Nobutaka Ito
Background Art: Shin'ichi Uehara
Colour Composition: Kunio Tsujita
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Composer: Michiru Oshima
Animation Production: Madhouse

Cast:
Watashi (Me): Shintaro Asanuma
Akashi-san: Maaya Sakamoto
Ozu: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Higuchi shisho (Master Higuchi): Keiji Fujiwara
Jogasaki-sempai: Junichi Suwabe
Hanuki-san: Yuko Kaida

Opening Theme Song: Asian Kung-Fu Generation "Maigo Inu to Ame no Beat"
Ending Theme Song: Junji Ishiwatari + Yoshinori Sunahara + Etsuko Yakushimaru "Kamisama no Iutori"

10. WORKING!



Note:
Anime adaptation of the four-panel comic strip manga series by Karino Takatsu serialised in Young Gangan.

Synopsis:
Sōta is a 16-year-old high school student recruited by Poplar, an undersized 17-year-old high school student, to become a new employee at the family restaurant Wagnaria where she works. He is enamored by cute things and thus favors Poplar over the other employees due to her cute appearance. He usually finds his co-workers and the rules of the restaurant to be strange, but he still has an attachment to his job.

Airing:
TOKYO MX: 4/4(Sun) 23:00-
Yumiuri TV: 4/5(Mon) 25:44-
Sapporo TV: 4/5(Mon) 25:59-
Chukyo TV: 4/6(Tue) 26:44-

Staff:
Original Story: Karino Takatsu
Director/Series Composition: Yoshimasa Hiraike
Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Dhingo Adachi
Prop Design: Usaku Myochin
Colour Composition: Izumi Sakamoto
Background Art: Ken'ichi Tajiri
Editor: Kentaro Tsubone
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Composer: MONACA
Production: A-1 Pictures

Cast:
Sota Takanashi: Jun Fukuyama
Poplar Taneshima: Kana Asumi
Mahiru inami: Saki Fujita
Yachiyo Todoroki: Eri Kitamura
Kyoko Shirafuji: Kumiko Watanabe
Jun Sato: Daisuke Ono
Hiro'omi Soma: Hiroshi Kamiya
Kazue Takanashi: Ryoko Shiraishi
Izumi Takanashi: Yoko Hikasa
Kozue Takanashi: Shizuka Ito
Nazuna Takanashi: Momoko Saito


How was it? did you agree with my Top anime list up there?
I hope it could be a reference for you to choose a random anime to watched.
well, enjoy watching!