The third season of Hidamari Sketch has been given the green light.

The Anime Maker Ōdan Sendenman Blog confirms the announcement. The first part of the first volume of the Hidamari Sketch × 365 anime special was screened during the festival before the volume’s October release.
I never actually caught Hidamari Sketch – I have been intending to, but just never got to do so >_>. Procrastination XD. What about you?
Summary of Hidamari Sketch:
Yuno has been accepted to her dream school: Yamabuki Arts High School. To attend the school, Yuno moves …

A two-part TV Special/OVA for Mahoromatic Anime has been announced! The official site for Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri is up too.

Scheduled to premiere on BS-TBS satellite and cable channel on October 17 and 24. Following that, there will be a DVD and Blu-ray release on December 23.
The original cast members will reprise their roles!
Shouji Saeki is returning from Mahoromatic: Summer Special to direct this new work at the Gainax anime studio, and Kazuhiro Takamura is returning from every previous Mahoromatic anime project to design the characters and oversee the animation production. …

Apparently millions of Otaku fanboys, Internet fame, and a video game weren’t enough for virtual pop-diva Hatsune Miku. She has now decided to star in an anime slated for Spring 2010.

The official website for the “Black Rock Shooter” song from the virtual idol singer Hatsune Miku has confirmed that supervisor Yutaka Yamamoto and his Ordet studio are developing an anime project for next spring. A “Pilot Edition” of the anime will ship on DVD or Blu-ray Disc (BD) on September 30. The Pilot Edition will bundle a CD single with …

Gundam Unicorn will be a 6 episode OVA series released in Spring of 2010. It is based on the first two volumes of the Gundam Unicorn Novel. The story is a sequal taking place 3 years after Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Attack.
I had seen news of this pop of several times in the past month or two, but its so hard for me to take a Gundam with the word “UNICORN” in its title seriously xP
Here are some previews for those that are interested:
This is the only Trailer I can …

There is currently an online rumor about a second season of the most epic series of all time; Berserk. If said rumors were true I would go as far as to say this is the biggest announcement of the year.

J2d, a member of the video game-centric forum NeoGAF, seems to have insider information regarding a sequel to the Berserk anime.
Apparently, he learned from an old friend (who now works for the animation company, Studio 4°C) that a new Berserk anime is in production, and was even lucky enough to get …

A few days ago Newtype announced that they had a *HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT* about Haruhi in their next issue.  Its not only one HUGE announcement… but Four.
1. The seiyuu for Haruhi, Nagato and Mikuru are recording some exclusive interview for distribution only to Newtype’s loyal rubes!
2. Endless Eight will be shown again on Newtype’s site for a whole day at the end of August! Relive the joy!
3. Fans will finally get to test their knowledge of Endless Eight in the “Endless Eight Cult Quiz”! How many questions will you be able …

If we want to be technical this is an announcement of an announcement. Newtype is saying that their next volume will include a *HUGE* haruhi announcement. No hints are given though, leaving it open to fan speculation for the time being.
I can only imagine one of three things
1. A third season
2. A Movie of Endless 8
3. A second season of Youtube “Haruhi Chan”
I will give Kyo-ani a big pat on the back if they pick option number 2… For being such an epic troll =3
Source: Sankaku Complex

The Japanese production company Media Factory has begun streaming a 2 minute promotional video for the anime adaptation of Kenji Inoue’s Baka to Test to Shōkanjū fantasy romantic comedy light novels on Thursday.

Summary of the anime:
The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the “baka” of the title. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which …

The official website of the Sekirei television anime has announced on Sunday that production on a new Sekirei television anime series, Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~, has been green-lit.

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