Anime Spotlight Summer 2012 - The List Part 2

	Title: Joshiraku Starts:Friday, July 6 at 2:25AM JST on MBS/TBS Studio:J.C. Staff Genre:Comedy Website: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/joshiraku/	Notable Cast/Staff: Director: Tsutomu Mizushima (Genshiken, xxxHOLiC) Series Composition: Michiko Yokote (Genshiken, xxxHOLiC)
Summary: This comedy follows a group of female Japanese verbal show (rakugo) peformers, and their behind-the-scenes dressing room conversations. Title: Kingdom Starts:Monday, June 4 at 7:00PM JST on NHK-BS Premium Studio:Pierrot Genre: Historical Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/kingdom/ Notable Cast/Staff: Director: Jun Kamiya (Blue Seed, The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye) Script: Naruhisa Arakawa (Blue Seed, Steel Angel Kurumi) Summary: Taking place in the Warring States Period in China, Orphans Shin and Hyou dream of some day proving themselves on the battlefield and becoming warlords. Title: Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate Starts:Thursday, Jul 5 at 1:25AM JST on TBS Studio:AIC Build Genre: School, Drama, Romance Website: http://www.koichoco.com/ Notable Cast/Staff: Script: Katsuhiko Takayama (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts) Theme Song Performances: "Signal Graph" by Annabel (Another, Sankarea), "Kaze no Naka no Primrose" by Ceui (The Girl Who Leapt Through Space, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes) Music: Elements Garden (Bodacious Space Pirates, Senki Zesshō Symphogear) Summary: In order to protect his Food Research Club from being abolished Yuki Ojima must do his best to win the election for student council president and save his club. Title: Moyashimon Returns Starts:Friday, July 6 at 12:45AM JST on FujiTV Studio:Shirogumi Inc., Telecom Animation Film Genre:Comedy, Seinen, Science Website: http://kamosuzo2.tv/ Notable Cast/Staff: Returning Cast: Daisuke Sakaguchi [Tadayasu Sawaki], Akemi Kanda [Hazuki], Katsuyuki Konishi [Kaoru] Director: Yuichiro Yano (Mujin Wakusei Survive, Moyashimon season 1) Summary: Picking up where the first season left off, Moyashimon Returns continues following agricultural student Tadayasu Sawaki, who was born with the unique ability to see microbes as tiny, sharp-witted anthropomorphic blob things. Title: Natsuyuki Rendezvous Starts:Friday, Jul 6 at 1:15AM JST on FujiTV Studio: Dogakobo Genre: Josei, Supernatural, Romance Website: http://natsuyuki.tv/ Notable Cast/Staff: Cast: Jun Fukuyama as Atsushi Shimao (Black Butler, Code Geass) Director: Kou Matsuo (Red Garden, Rozen Maiden) Character Design/Animation Director: Junichiro Taniguchi (Madoka Magica, Big Windup! Season 2) Summary: A young man falls in love with the owner of the flower shop he works for. Unfortunately, he can also see the spirit of her dead lover, who's still hanging around her apartment... Title: Oda Nobuna no Yabō Starts: Monday, Jul 9 at 1:05AM JST on TV Tokyo Studio: Studio Gokumi / Madhouse Genre: Comedy, Romance, Historical Website: http://odanobuna.com/ Notable Cast/Staff: Series Composition: Masashi Suzuki (Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox, Shuffle!) Original Character Design: Miyami-Zero (High School DxD, My Imōto: Koakuma na A Cup) Summary: Regular high schooler Yoshiharu gets pulled into the Warring States era, where he meets Nobuna Oda. He soon realizes that all the famous warlords are actually female, and is quickly recruited to help Nobuna take over the world.