History Main / Winter2012Anime

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!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16712554820.48354000 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.
This is a list of the anime TV series that aired between December of 2011 and March of 2012, along with their {{Laconic}} descriptions.

Here is the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13130364040A94620600&page=1 season's forum thread.]]

See also Fall2011Anime for the previous season and Spring2012Anime for the next one.

!TV Series:
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* '''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS +'''\\
Airing from January 5th\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95QPJpjH5Wk PV]])\\
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Second season of the {{Dating Sim}}-based romance stories, still in an "omnibus format", this time with 2 episodes continuing the stories of each heroine from the first season.

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* '''Literature/{{Another}}'''\\
Airing from January 9th, for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2VgaTD1wg PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13261564170A17349900&page=1 forum thread]])\\
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As adapted from a mystery LightNovel: 26 years ago, in a third-year classroom of a middle school, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, the charming girl was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Koichi Sakakibara transfers to that classroom, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and is always alone drawing pictures.

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* '''Anime/AquarionEvol'''\\
Airing from January 8th\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8CIFim_Pk PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13132488170A54581700&page=1 forum thread]])\\
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A sequel to ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' taking place 12,000 years later, chronicling a battle against new enemies from another dimension.

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* '''Manga/AreaNoKishi'''\\
Airing from January 7th\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhbl6GP2Zb4 PV]])\\
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A soccer anime, particularly focusing on the main character's relationship with his AloofBigBrother.
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* '''Anime/BlackRockShooter'''\\
Airing from February 2nd for 8 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MSCrFGJy0s PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13197262870A35700100&page=1#1 forum thread]])\\
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A TV anime based on the characters created by huke and popularized by the Music/{{Supercell}}[=/=]Music/{{Vocaloid}} music video. Based off the earlier ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' {{OVA}}.
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* '''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates'''\\
Airing from the 7th of January for 26 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6CaszcJ6k PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13259697850A29914900&page=1 forum thread]])\\
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This {{Light Novel}}-based story is about a spirited high school girl named Marika, who inherits a pirate spaceship from her dead father.

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* '''Manga/{{Brave 10}}'''\\
Airing from the 7th of January for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5PaXK8f92E PV]])\\
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The story reimagines the legendary adventures of the 10 brave warriors assembled by the warlord Sanada Yukimura in the year 1600, in the middle of Japan's tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era.
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* '''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'''\\
Airing from the 9th of January\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsgfxPgmPwY& PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13263495010A10320100&page=0 forum thread]])\\
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A SliceOfLife series about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, from studio Creator/{{Sunrise}}, with the Director of Manga/{{Gintama}}.
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* '''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero F''' - [-(''The Familiar of Zero - Final'')-]\\
Airing from January 7th for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXzj3IS-ms PV]])\\
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The fourth and final season of the ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' series.
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* '''Anime/{{Gokujyo}}''' - [-(''Top Girls'')-]\\
Airing from the 23rd of January as 5-minute episodes.\\
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Kuribayashi Minami returns to Japan after a long stay in Los Angeles. She enters an upper-class girl's high school "Gokurakuin Jyoshi High School", so called "Gokujyo". She tries to [[AlphaBitch dominate the school with her beauty]] but her plan is spoiled by the [[RuleOfFunny silly]] and [[{{Ecchi}} perverted]] behaviors of her eccentric classmates.\\
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The first episode, intended to be shown on January 16th, was reportedly taken down before its broadcast on Japanese TV. It was streamed online on January 30th.

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* '''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'''\\
Airing from the 6th of January for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7LzTlPMHZA PV]])\\
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The story follows Issei Hyoudou, a dim-witted, lecherous second-year high school student who is killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that day forward, he serves as an underling of Riasu, a high-level devil who is also the prettiest girl on Issei's campus.
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* '''Manga/InuXBokuSS''' - [-(''Dog × Me SS'')-]\\
Airing from the 12th of January\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI_nBrRzo0 PV]])\\
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Adapted from the manga of the same name by Cocoa Fujiwara.\\
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Riricho Shirakiin, who has a complex about being unable to live independently and unprotected, feels the need to move out and live on her own under the condition of residing in a certain mansion. Only those who have cleared a very strict examination could reside in this mansion, and they are accompanied with one agent of the Secret Service (S.S.). Although Riricho has rejected the company of the S.S., while residing in the mansion she finds out that the agent dedicated to protecting her is actually the Fox Spirit whom she previously rescued.

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* '''Manga/KillMeBaby''' - [-(''Baby, Please Kill Me!'')-]\\
Airing from the 5th of January\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-re7RjaROg PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13258316160A75785800&page=1 Forum thread]])\\
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An anime adaption of Yonkoma gag manga revolving around an airheaded, but otherwise ordinary high school girl, who befriends an assassin classmate.

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* '''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'''\\
Airing from the 8th of January, for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBM4kGvcVQ PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13251043530A93920100&page=0 forum thread]])\\
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An AnimeFirst series dealing with three girls using HumongousMecha to fight off alien invaders. Looks to be somewhat SliceOfLife in-between fight scenes.
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* '''LightNovel/ListenToMeGirlsIAmYourFather''' - [-(''Papa no Iukuto o Kikanasai!'')-]\\
Airing from the 10th of January\\
([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13134814340A72414400&page=0 forum thread]])\\
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Segawa Yuta is a freshman of a university. He lost his parents when he was small and was raised by his sister Yuri. Yuta has been living alone since Yuri got married to a middle aged man when Yuta was a junior high student. One day, Yuri visited Yuta's apartment and asked him to take care of her three daughters while Yuri and her husband were on a trip. He unwillingly accepted the job but the plane Yuri took went missing. In order to prevent the daughters from being adopted separately by the relatives, Yuta decided to take in all the three girls. A life of a strange family in a tiny apartment begins. (The elder two of the daughters are stepchildren of Yuri's husband. The smallest one is Yuri's child.)
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* '''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends Season 4'''\\
Airing from the 1st of January\\
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The fourth season of the laid-back supernatural adventure of [[ABoyAndHisX a boy and his youkai]] mentor.
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* '''[[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis The New Prince of Tennis]]'''\\
Airing from the 4th of January for 1 cour\\
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The sequel to the popular tennis manga, now in anime form.
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* '''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Nisemonogatari]]'''\\
Airing from the 7th of January for 11 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XY3xsTRp0 PV]])\\
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The sequel to ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''. A swindler who once tricked Hitagi arrives in town, spreading the curse which afflicted Nadeko in the first series. Koyomi's sisters, Karen and Tsukihi, start working to capture this swindler, but things get complicated along the way.

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* '''[[Manga/{{Poyopoyo}} Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki]]'''\\
Airing from the 8th of January\\
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A SliceOfLife comedy about a spherical cat.
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* '''Manga/RecorderAndRandsell'''\\
Airing from the 5th of January\\
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A story based on a yonkoma manga, about an 11-year-old that looks 17 is taken care of by his 17-year-old sister, who looks 11.

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* '''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'''\\
Airing from the 6th of January, for 13 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGujGeLNHkA PV]])˙([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13259172500A47000100&page=0 Forum thread]])\\
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An original anime, that tells the story of two girls in a top vocal unit named Zweiwing who fight to save humanity against a threat known as "Noise."

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* '''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'''\\
Airing from the 5th of February\\
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The 9th anime entry to the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' MagicalGirl series.

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* '''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes Dai-Ni-Maku'''\\
Airing from the 5th of January for 12 episodes\\
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Second season of the detective-based MagicalGirl series.

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* '''Manga/ThermaeRomae'''\\
Airing from January 12th for 3 episodes\\
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This manga adaptation is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. The author explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans."

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* '''Anime/WaitingInTheSummer'''\\
Airing from January 9th for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-TgHFESl-8 PV]])\\
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An AnimeFirst romantic comedy by the creator of ''Anime/PleaseTwins''.

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* '''Anime/RinneNoLagrange: Flower Declaration of Your Heart'''\\
Airing from the 8th of January, for 12 episodes\\
([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBM4kGvcVQ PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13251043530A93920100&page=0 forum thread]])\\
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An AnimeFirst series dealing with three girls using HumongousMecha to fight off alien invaders. Looks to be somewhat SliceOfLife in-between fight scenes.
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* '''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'''\\

* '''LightNovel/ListenToMeGirlsIAmYourFather''' - [-(''Papa no Iukuto o Kikanasai! '')-]\\

* '''New Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'''\\

The 9th anime entry to the ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' MagicalGirl series.

* '''Manga/PoyopoyoKansatsuNikki'''\\

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* '''LightNovel/{{Highschool DxD}}'''\\

([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TE8CIFim_Pk PV]]) ([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13132488170A54581700&page=1 forum thread]])\\

([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t5PaXK8f92E PV]])\\

([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N7LzTlPMHZA#! PV]])\\

'''Anime/RinneNoLagrange: Flower Declaration of Your Heart'''\\

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** '''LightNovel/PapaNoIukotoOKikinasai''' - [-(''Listen to Me Girls, I Am Your Father '')-]\\
Airing from the 10th of January\\
([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13134814340A72414400&page=0 forum thread]])\\
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Segawa Yuta is a freshman of a university. He lost his parents when he was small and was raised by his sister Yuri. Yuta has been living alone since Yuri got married to a middle aged man when Yuta was a junior high student. One day, Yuri visited Yuta's apartment and asked him to take care of her three daughters while Yuri and her husband were on a trip. He unwillingly accepted the job but the plane Yuri took went missing. In order to prevent the daughters from being adopted separately by the relatives, Yuta decided to take in all the three girls. A life of a strange family in a tiny apartment begins. (The elder two of the daughters are stepchildren of Yuri's husband. The smallest one is Yuri's child.)
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A SliceOfLife series about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, from studio {{Sunrise}}, with the Director of Manga/{{Gintama}}.

The 9th anime entry to the PrettyCure MagicalGirl series.

A TV anime based on the characters created by huke and popularized by the {{Supercell}}[=/=]Music/{{Vocaloid}} music video. Based off the earlier ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' {{OVA}}.

* '''Anime/{{Brave 10}}'''\\

A TV anime based on the characters created by huke and popularized by the {{Supercell}}/{{Vocaloid}} music video. Based off the earlier ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' {{OVA}}.

** '''Literature/PapaNoIukotoOKikinasai''' - [-(''Listen to Me Girls, I Am Your Father '')-]\\

Kuribayashi Minami returns to Japan after a long stay in Los Angeles. She enters an upper-class girl's high school "Gokurakuin Jyoshi High School", so called "Gokujyo". She tries to [[AlphaBitch dominate the school with her beauty]] but her plan is spoiled by the [[RuleOfFunny silly]] and [[{{Ecchi}} perverted]] behaviors of her eccentric classmates.

Adapted from the manga of the same name by Cocoa Fujiwara.

'''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS +'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95QPJpjH5Wk PV]])

'''Literature/{{Another}}'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2VgaTD1wg PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13261564170A17349900&page=1 forum thread]])

'''Anime/AquarionEvol'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TE8CIFim_Pk PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13132488170A54581700&page=1 forum thread]])

'''Manga/AreaNoKishi'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhbl6GP2Zb4 PV]])

'''Anime/BlackRockShooter'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MSCrFGJy0s PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13197262870A35700100&page=1#1 forum thread]])

'''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6CaszcJ6k PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13259697850A29914900&page=1 forum thread]])

'''Anime/{{Brave 10}}'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t5PaXK8f92E PV]])

'''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsgfxPgmPwY& PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13263495010A10320100&page=0 forum thread]])

'''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero F''' - [-(''The Familiar of Zero - Final'')-]\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXzj3IS-ms PV]])

'''Anime/{{Gokujyo}}''' - [-(''Top Girls'')-]\\
Airing from the 23rd of January as 5-minute episodes.

'''LightNovel/{{Highschool DxD}}'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N7LzTlPMHZA#! PV]])

'''Manga/InuXBokuSS''' - [-(''Dog × Me SS'')-]\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI_nBrRzo0 PV]])

'''Manga/KillMeBaby''' - [-(''Baby, Please Kill Me!'')-]\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-re7RjaROg PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13258316160A75785800&page=1 Forum thread]])

'''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends Season 4'''\\
Airing from the 1st of January

'''New Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'''\\
Airing from the 4th of January for 1 cour

'''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Nisemonogatari]]'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XY3xsTRp0 PV]])

'''Literature/PapaNoIukotoOKikinasai''' - [-(''Listen to Me Girls, I Am Your Father '')-]\\

([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13134814340A72414400&page=0 forum thread]])

'''Manga/PoyopoyoKansatsuNikki'''\\
Airing from the 8th of January

'''Manga/RecorderAndRandsell'''\\
Airing from the 5th of January

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBM4kGvcVQ PV]]) ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13251043530A93920100&page=0 forum thread]])

'''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGujGeLNHkA PV]])˙([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13259172500A47000100&page=0 Forum thread]])

'''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'''\\
Airing from the 5th of February

'''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes Dai-Ni-Maku'''\\
Airing from the 5th of January for 12 episodes

'''Manga/ThermaeRomae'''\\
Airing from January 12th for 3 episodes

'''Anime/WaitingInTheSummer'''\\

([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-TgHFESl-8 PV]])

'''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends Shi'''\\