(Japanese/日本語)
With many of the 12-episode Winter 2009 and 24-episode Autumn 2008 anime ending, Spring 2009 brings with another batch of anime.
All times are stated are stated in Japan time (UTC+9, or 16 hours ahead of Pacific Time in America). Time is converted to the proper format: For example, "4月2日（木）26:09" would be converted to "Friday, April 3 @ 2:09am", but for simplicity, only the day of the earliest would be stated.
http://www.sengokubasara.tv/
Thursday, April 2 @ 1:34am
Production Studio: Production IG
Opening theme: "JAP" by Abingdon Boys School
During the era of eternal war, Oda Nobunaga rose to power above all others and nearly consolidated his rule over the entire country as the Devil King… and then an unknown general rode forth from the north with an army to challenge Nobunaga and seize the conquered lands for himself. His name is Date Masamune.
http://queensblade.tv/
Thursday, April 2 @ 8:00am
Studio: ARMS
Opening theme: "Open the Door" by Rie Oohashi
Ending theme: "Omoide to Yakusoku" by Ayuko Kawasumi, Mamiko Noto, Aya Hirano
A tournament is held to decide the new queen. The rules are simple, the participants must be female, and they must fight until one cannot or will not fight any longer. These are the stories of the tournament’s participants.
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/asura/
Thursday, April 2 @ 9:30am
Studio: Seven Arcs
Opening theme: "Spiral" by Angela
Ending theme: "Link" by Angela
Tomoharu moves to a new town to live on his own. However, a spirit girl appears, bound to him through a trunk that his brother left him. Magi soon appear seeking the trunk and Tomoharu is drawn into a mystical battle as he learns the mysteries of this world, and the ghost world that was destroyed before it.
http://basquash.com/
Friday, April 3 @ 1:25am
Studio: Statelight
On a distant planet, the sport of Bigfoot Basketball… basketball played in giant mecha… becomes the most popular form of entertainment. All sorts of kids get drawn into it and seek fame on the court.
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ph/
Friday, April 3 @ 1:29am
Studio: Xebec
Opening theme: "Parallel Hearts" by FictionJunction
Ending theme: "Maze" by savage genius feat. Tomoe Ohmi
Oz Bezarius has the perfect life… until his 15th birthday. He’s thrown into a prison called the Abyss. He’s saved by a bloodstained rabbit calling herself Alice who contracts herself to him and leads him out of the Abyss, but back into the mysteries of his family and how they’re connected to it.
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/
Friday, April 3 @ 1:59am
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Opening theme: "Cagayake! GIRLS" by Sakura High Light Music Club (Aki Toyosaki, Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki)
Ending theme: "Don't say "lazy"" by Sakura High Light Music Club (Aki Toyosaki, Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki)
Four girls who love music attempt to revive their school’s music club, only none of them have ever played instrument before in their lives.
http://www.phantom-r.jp/
Friday, April 3 @ 2:15am
Studio: Bee Train
Opening theme: "KARMA" by KOKIA
Ending theme: "Jigoku no Kado" by ALI PROJECT
Mafia members are being picked off one by one by the mysterious assassin group known as Inferno. A boy witnesses one of the murders and is kidnapped. His identity is stripped from him and he begins a new life as one of Inferno’s assassins.
http://hayatenogotoku.com/
Saturday, April 4 @ 1:23am
Studio: JC Staff
Opening Theme: "Wonder Wind" by ELISA
Ending Theme: "Honjitsu, Mankai Watashi Iro!" by Shizuka Itou, Eri Nakao, Sayuri Yahagi, Masumi Asano
The continuing adventures of Hayate, pressed into butler service by the tyrannical and socially inept Nagi, and all the women/tigers/tigerwomen throwing themselvs at him.
http://www.sup-arad.jp/
Saturday, April 4 @ 2:45am
Studio: Gonzo
The Cursed Light of Kazan has descended upon the world, tainting people and places. One man afflicted by the curse rallies others to his side as he sets out to discover its secrets.
http://mechamote.tv/
Saturday, April 4 @ 9:00am
Studio: SynergySP, Shogakukan Music and Digital Entertainment
Mimi has vowed to be a perfect class representative in her school’s history. However, she still has to deal with a group of troublemaking boys, one of whom she has a crush on.
http://www.polyphonica.tv/
Sunday, April 5 @ 1:30am
Studio: Diomedea
Opening theme: "phosphorus" by eufonius
Ending theme: "Koi no Uta" by Haruka Tomatsu
Spirits are born in the world through music. Especially gifted musicians able to play Divine Songs are known as Dantists. One such Dantist was contracted by one of the strongest spirits in the world, the Red Elder Spirit Corticante, so that his voice would belong to her alone.
http://www.valkyria-anime.com/
Sunday, April 5 @ 1:35am
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Opening theme: "Ashita he no Kizuna" by HIMEKA
Ending theme: "Ano Kaze ni Notte" by pe'zmoku
Gallia is a neutral nation trapped between two other countries at war. It’s drawn into the conflict when invasion forces march across the country and young men and women are forced to join the resistance army to repel the attack.
http://www.hagaren.jp/
Sunday, April 5 @ 5:00pm
Studio: Bones
Opening theme: "again" by YUI
Ending theme: "Uso" by Shido
Almost five years after the original, Fullmetal Alchemist is back with a new series that’s not a sequel but is instead going to be a retelling based more on the original manga following two brothers who lost parts of themselves when they attempted forbidden techniques to revive their dead mother.
http://www.guinsaga.net/
Sunday, April 5 @ 11:29pm
Studio: Satelight
Opening theme: "Guin no Tema" by Nobuo Uematsu
Ending theme: "Saga~This is my road" by Kanon
A man named Guin wakes up with no memory and a leopard mask attached to his head. All he can remember are his fighting abilities as he sets out to find the answers to his past.
http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:15am
Studio: Gonzo
Opening theme: "Kimi Shinitamou Koto Nakare" by May'n
The story is set in a neo-futuristic age, in which Tokyo has turned into the world’s largest “jungle-polis” that absorbs carbon dioxide. A tower city called Atlas houses the rich and privileged, and is the object of yearning of all that are not allowed to enter. But Atlas also has ancient secrets which cause a sudden whirl of events. Festooned by colorful characters such as a riotous teenage girl, a child genius, a juvenile princess, a drag queen, a female doctor, an army major, and an elderly gentleman and lady, SHANGRI-LA’s hard-core world view plays out as an anime action saga.
http://www.tayutama.com/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:30am
Studio: Silver Link
Opening theme: "The fine every day" by Kicco
Ending theme: "Kizuna no Uta" by Ui Miyazaki
When Yuuri accidentally burns down a forest and releases a torrent of spirits upon the city, he tries to summon a goddess to drive them away. When she incarnates as a young, sick girl, she makes him promise to marry her once she grows up, but her future and his battles with the spirits are both closer than Yuuri imagined.
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/natsunoarashi/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:30am
Studio: Shaft
Opening theme: "Atashi dake ni kakete" by Omokage Lucky Hole
Ending theme: "Kirari Futari" by Ryoko Shiraishi
A socially inept city boy named Yasaka protects a beautiful girl from being attacked while visiting the countrysid. She senses something unusual about him and drags him to the top of a hill where they find another world. The next morning, everything is back to normal, but the girl has decided to live with Yasaka and he becomes swept up in her life.
http://tearstotiara.jp/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:35am
Studio: Oriental Lights and Magic/White Fox
Opening theme: "Free and Dream" by Suara
Ending theme: "Blue sky,True sky" by Aira Yuuki
The oracle Riannon is kidnapped to be sacrificed to appease the resurrected demon lord, Arawn, prophesized to bring the world to ruin. However, in the time since his ‘death,’ the prophecies have become corrupted and lost their original meaning. He awakens and kills the evil priest that summoned him, granting Riannon her freedom. She’s so grateful that she declares herself Arawn’s wife, putting the Gael tribe under his control as he leads them to his true destiny.
http://www.saki-anime.com/
Monday, April 6 @ 2:00am
Stuido: Gonzo
Opening theme: "Glossy:MMM" by Miyuki Hashimoto
Saki Miyanaga always lost her New Years money to her family when she played mahjong with them, so grew to hate it. However, when her friend drags her into his mahjong club against some of the top players in the nation, she intentionally throws the match by using her ability to control her score with almost inhuman skill. From there, her fate is sealed as a member of their club.
http://07-ghost.net/
Tuesday, April 7 @ 1:40am
Studio: Studio DEEN
Opening theme: "Hi-iro no Kakera" by Yuki Suzuki
Ending theme: "Hitomi no Kotae" by Noria
Teito lived his life as a slave, without any memory of his past until he’s discovered to hold a rare power and is sent to a military academy to develop it. While there, he discovers clues to his past and becomes embroiled in a war turning his friends against him, and forcing him to seek his enemies for help.
http://juiz.jp/
Friday, April 10 @ 12:45am
Studio: Production IG
Opening theme: "Falling Down" by Oasis
Ending theme: "Futuristic Imagination" by School Food Punishment
In 2010, a curious missile attack strikes an uninhabited area of Japan, causing no real damage. Soon after, a Japanese woman visiting American is saved by a man carrying nothing but a cellphone filled with money and a gun. He has no memory of his past, but the two of them are drawn into discovering the truth behind the missile attack.
http://www.j-hatsukoi.com/
Sunday, 12 April @ 12:00am
Studio: J.C.Staff
Other than the Hayate sequel, the only other new show J.C.Staff is working on is Hatsukoi Limited, a series based on a manga by the creator of Ichigo 100%. This is probably the epitome of idealized school romance and comedy, and it features a huge cast of characters - both high school and junior high - falling in love in some way or another.
Titles that were skipped include anime that are targeted at kids (eg. Mainichi no Kaasan), repeats (eg. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu), typical sports anime (eg. Cross Game) and had negative reviews by several other bloggers (eg. Ristorante Paradiso).
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