Idolmaster Xenoglossia
I've always been an Idolmaster fan and am just waiting for Bandai to jump ship and do other platforms too. I guess the 360 will completely die in Japan if Bandai makes the jump ^^;
The first episode tells me this is another" girl-from-countryside-goes-to-city-to-become-a-pilot / starts-off-clumsy-and-ends-up-ultra-mecha-pilot" type series just like Top wo Nerae Gunbuster and Soukou no Strain (I'm sure there are others). Is that a bad thing then? Absolutely not when the main character is as cute as Haruka Amami (pictured above).
Haruka goes for what appears to be an audition to become an Idol. She passes and we watch Haruka encounter other characters as she travels to Tokyo. At the end we see Haruka making a first encounter with some huge mecha which looks like it was summoned by her presence.
Those who are familiar with the game will recocnize the other characters like Chihaya, Yukiho and the others. Chihaya is one of my favorites (I have a T-shirt of her ^^;) but it looks like she plays a baddie. The first episode ends with Haruka getting in her new mecha - I want to see more!
Thats all I should say about the plot but if you enjoy (very) cute anime characters, coolsome mecha, great animation then judging from the story so far, this season of Xenoglossia should be on your watch list - check out the stills below. Just hope it doesn't have a bad ending like Top wo Nerae.
