A first date is a type of initial meeting between two individuals, whether or not previously acquainted, where an effort is made to ask, plan, and organize some sort of social activity, with the goals ranging from forming a friendship or finding a romantic or sexual partner for a short period to finding a long-term spouse.
Blaze is a weapon that is the manifestation of a human's soul. Kokonoe Tooru happens to be qualified for this, but for some reason his Blaze is not a weapon, but a shield. Moreover, he enrolled in a school that teaches combat skills, and thanks to the school's Duo partner system, he ends up living with a beautiful silver-haired girl.
Retsuko is a 25-year old red panda who works in her dream company's accounting department. But it turns out that she is forced to keep doing more and more impossible tasks by her superiors and co-workers. She doesn't talk back to them, but she still has to let off steam, so she ends up going to karaoke by herself and singing death metal.
* Based on a science fiction drama manga by Yamada Kyuuri.
The story is set in the near future, when nearly 10% of the population are "humanoids" — human-like robotic artificial life. Humanoids are accepted as a matter of fact in society, yet they suffer from their own problems and sicknesses. The main character, Sudou Hikaru, is a doctor specializing on humanoids.
Jiang Haoyi is an ordinary freshman high school student. One day, he is approached by a group of girls he does not recognize, and the girls confess their love to him, causing quite the disturbance!
Just as the student body surrounds them, at the ready to denounce what's happening, time stops. A young girl in an outlandish dress descends from the heavens. She claims to be the God of Love, and explains just what is going on behind all this confusion...
Darkness lurks everywhere, in every human heart, and sometimes it takes just a second of weakness for it to take root. For Kasuga Takao, that germination begins when his obsession with his beautiful classmate Nanako meets the opportunity to borrow her used gym clothes. Unfortunately, his loathsome act of laundry theft is witnessed by Nakamura, the strange girl who sits behind him in class. Soon, Nakamura's own dark obsessions begin to hook their twisted tendrils into Takao's miserable existence. Blackmailed into a contract under the threat of having his guilt revealed to his entire class, the former bookworm who could spend hours reading Beaudelaire's The Flowers of Evil now finds himself entwined in Nakamura's growing fantasies as she leads him down the garden path to damnation. As their blossoming relationship becomes ever darker, even the seemingly innocent Nanako is pulled into the nightmare. Just what are Nakamura's ultimate plans, and will the increasingly trapped Takao really be willing to carry them out? What you sow, you must ultimately reap, and there's certain to be a harrowing harvest ahead in FLOWERS OF EVIL!
Source: Sentai Filmworks
Note: The first episode received a special pre-air at an event on 20.03.2013. Regular TV airing started on April 5.
* Based on the PlayStation 2 romance simulation game Amagami by Enterbrain.
Tachibana Jun'ichi, a second-year high school student, always feels depressed around Christmas time due to a certain past experience. And because of his fear of opening his heart to love, his school life is rather lonely.
One day, Tachibana asks himself if he is really satisfied with ending his high school life in such a pathetic way? Setting aside his fears, Tachibana determines that he will spend the coming Christmas with a girl.
Thus resolved, he goes on to meet many different girls. In the end, what will Christmas hold for Tachibana?
~ translated and adapted from the official Japanese site by Cranston
* Shimura Takako's Aoi Hana yuri manga has been running in Ohta Books' Manga Erotics F magazine since 2004, and three volumes have been compiled and published.
Fumi and Akira were close childhood friends until Fumi had to move away. Ten years after losing touch with each other, the two girls meet again as high school freshmen. The two struggle to reconnect after so much has changed, and both deal with the trials and tribulations of high school — sometimes independently and sometimes with each other's help.
* Based on a light novel series written by Amagi Kei and illustrated by Ninomotonino.
In a world where only nobles wield the sacred power of mana to wage war against the creatures of darkness, a curious absence of ability places young Melida in a precarious position. Under the guise of tutelage, Kufa, a ruthless assassin, is sent to assess Melida's abilities and determine if she is the true-born heir of the prestigious Angel family. If she does not measure up to her family's expectations, another, more ruthless plan will be set in motion...
In the medieval fantasy world of Alfheimr, succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar, the first princess of the kingdom of Ygvar, has just reached the age of 10. For the coming years of a young succubus' life, it is necessary for them to have a male harem. In order to maintain their body and preserve their beautiful appearance, they must consume a substance only found on males. This substance is a liquid called Sauzfryma, better known as semen. The princess, however, bears a great dislike against men, and only agrees to create a harem if a human male is to join. The catch is, nobody has been able to travel between Alfheimr and the human world, Midgard, for over a millennium.