2022 Winter Anime Season Preview
Winter is here, and a new anime season is upon us. Lord El-Melloi II is getting an anime special on New Year's Eve. Other than that, there are a bunch of sequels for other established series, including the final batch of episodes of Shingeki no Kyojin final season. As usual, I'm only including shows I'm interested in.
January 5
Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward
An original anime from CloverWorks. On the anniversary of their friend's death, three childhood friends reunite by chance and receive a phone call from their dead friend, telling them to choose the future.
https://tokyo24project.com/
January 7
Girls' Frontline (smartphone game)
Female androids with guns fight each other in the battlefield after much of Earth is destroyed due to pollution and World War 3.
https://gf-anime.com/
January 8
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (manga by Fukuda Shinichi)
Goujo Wakana aspires to become a hina doll maker. His popular classmate Kitagawa Marin loves anime and wants to be a cosplayer. When Marin finds out about Wakana's hobby, she enlists his help in making cosplay costumes for her. Animation production by CloverWorks.
https://bisquedoll-anime.com/
January 9
Bara-ou no Souretsu (manga by Kanno Aya)
Richard III, the intersex third son of the Duke of York, must wage a battle within and without during the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars fought over the English throne. Animation production by J.C. Staff. It will run for 2 cours.
https://baraou-anime.com/
Sasaki to Miyano (manga by Harusono Shou)
High school student Miyano is a fudanshi who loves BL manga, and the last thing he expects is to attract the attention of his sort-of delinquent senpai Sasaki, whom he admires. Animation production by Studio Deen.
https://sasamiya.com/
January 10
Sabikui Bisco (light novels by Cobkubo Shinji)
A post-apocalyptic adventure that takes place in an alternate Japan ravaged by a phenomenon known as the Rusting Wind, which turns everything in its path to rust, including people. Two boys, who are looking for a way to save their respective loved ones, cross path and set off on a journey together in search of a cure.
https://sabikuibisco.jp/
January 12
Koroshi Ai (manga by Fe)
A dangerous love story between Chateau Dankworth, a stoic bounty hunter/bodyguard, and Son Ryang-ha, a professional assassin who seems to hold a key to Chateau's past.
https://love-of-kill.com/
January 14
Vanitas no Carte Second Cour (manga by Mochizuki Jun)
The second half of Vanitas no Carte sees Vanitas and Noe leaving Paris for Gevaudan to investigate the incident surrounding the Beast of Gevaudan.
https://vanitas-anime.com/
January 30
Eien no 831
Original anime film for WOWOW's 30th anniversary. An unparalleled catastrophe, a university student who has no control over his ability to stop time, and a girl who shares the same ability. It is described as a "youth crime adventure" by its director and creator Kamiyama Kenji.
https://eienno831.com/
Crossposted from https://lee-bella.dreamwidth.org/805210.html.
January 5
Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward
An original anime from CloverWorks. On the anniversary of their friend's death, three childhood friends reunite by chance and receive a phone call from their dead friend, telling them to choose the future.
https://tokyo24project.com/
January 7
Girls' Frontline (smartphone game)
Female androids with guns fight each other in the battlefield after much of Earth is destroyed due to pollution and World War 3.
https://gf-anime.com/
January 8
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (manga by Fukuda Shinichi)
Goujo Wakana aspires to become a hina doll maker. His popular classmate Kitagawa Marin loves anime and wants to be a cosplayer. When Marin finds out about Wakana's hobby, she enlists his help in making cosplay costumes for her. Animation production by CloverWorks.
https://bisquedoll-anime.com/
January 9
Bara-ou no Souretsu (manga by Kanno Aya)
Richard III, the intersex third son of the Duke of York, must wage a battle within and without during the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars fought over the English throne. Animation production by J.C. Staff. It will run for 2 cours.
https://baraou-anime.com/
Sasaki to Miyano (manga by Harusono Shou)
High school student Miyano is a fudanshi who loves BL manga, and the last thing he expects is to attract the attention of his sort-of delinquent senpai Sasaki, whom he admires. Animation production by Studio Deen.
https://sasamiya.com/
January 10
Sabikui Bisco (light novels by Cobkubo Shinji)
A post-apocalyptic adventure that takes place in an alternate Japan ravaged by a phenomenon known as the Rusting Wind, which turns everything in its path to rust, including people. Two boys, who are looking for a way to save their respective loved ones, cross path and set off on a journey together in search of a cure.
https://sabikuibisco.jp/
January 12
Koroshi Ai (manga by Fe)
A dangerous love story between Chateau Dankworth, a stoic bounty hunter/bodyguard, and Son Ryang-ha, a professional assassin who seems to hold a key to Chateau's past.
https://love-of-kill.com/
January 14
Vanitas no Carte Second Cour (manga by Mochizuki Jun)
The second half of Vanitas no Carte sees Vanitas and Noe leaving Paris for Gevaudan to investigate the incident surrounding the Beast of Gevaudan.
https://vanitas-anime.com/
January 30
Eien no 831
Original anime film for WOWOW's 30th anniversary. An unparalleled catastrophe, a university student who has no control over his ability to stop time, and a girl who shares the same ability. It is described as a "youth crime adventure" by its director and creator Kamiyama Kenji.
https://eienno831.com/
Crossposted from https://lee-bella.dreamwidth.org/805210.html.