Summer of Anime 2013
Spotlight: Crunchyroll

Recently, for a shojo-girl like me, Crunchyroll has gone in the opposite direction in genres of anime. Their most recent season, Spring 2013, included a lot of action and very few quality shojos. However, this upcoming summer season is looking up! There is a lot of cute, slice-of-life, moe shows that I'm really looking forward to :) 

My Top 5

5) Kitakubu Katsudou Kiroku

  
Synopsis:
When a friend asks Natsuki what high school club she's going to join, she cheerfully responds "the go-home club" (meaning, she's not going to join any of them). However, she soon realizes that this club actually exists at her high school, and she's just expressed interest in joining it! Before she knows it, she ends up as one of the two new members of "the go-home club," which is a small group of eccentric school girls. One of the girls likes fighting bears, while another is ridiculously rich. But what exactly constitutes the activities of "the go-home club"?

My Notes: 
This looks like a cute anime; I am a HUGE fan of slice of life shows because they keep me smiling. I can relate (to most of it). Plus, I love seeing cute school girl uniforms! 

4) Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi

Synopsis:
God abandoned the world on Sunday. As a result, nobody in the world can die or reproduce. A little girl, Ai, is the gravekeeper for a village. She has prepared 47 graves for the eventual deaths of every member of the village. Later, a boy who identifies himself as "Hampnie Hambart, the 'Man-eating Toy'," which is coincidentally the name that Ai's mother left behind as the name of her father, arrives in the village and slaughters everybody. Just what is going on?

My Notes: 
Now, I know that this is not a "shojo" of sorts. But I love a strong female lead. Plus, I've read the manga and it's really interesting so far! Check out the outfits in this one - Ai's clothes are very nice. 

3) Gin-no-Sagi

 
Synopsis:
Yugo Hachiken dreams of life separated from his family, so he takes the initiative by enrolling in an agriculture school. He thinks, with his talent in studying, no problems will arise no matter what kind of school he attends. He is proven wrong very quickly. Raised as a city boy, he is forced to uncover the inconvenient truth about agricultural life. Enjoy the story of Hachiken, as he tries to keep up with his new friends, farmers' heirs, who are already accustomed to the harsh world of farming. With no clear goals or understanding of farming life, how will Hachiken survive this new, cruel reality? The story of a sweat, tear, and mud-stained youth begins!

My Notes:
This one just looks fun! It reminds me of Moyashimon, which has the characters residing in an agricultural college as well. I love finding animes that are situated in colleges instead of high school. I can really relate!

2) Tokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jo-Gakuin Kōtō-ka C3-Bu

Synopsis: 
Yura Yamato has just arrived at the high school division of Stella Women's Academy, when Sonora Kashima invites her to join a club called "C³". Sonora is the third-year student who became the new head of this club for military survival games. The other members include two second-year students (part-Japanese Karila Hatsuse and G36K-wielding Honoka Mutsu) and two other new students (Rento Kirishima whose family runs a Japanese sweets shop and the really short Yachiyo Hinata).

My Notes: 
This concept is so fantastic! Adorable girls and military survival games?! How can this get any better? The otaku and moe-girl is me is just going crazy. Super excited! 

And my #1 is...

1) Servant x Service 

Synopsis: 
Originally a popular four-panel manga series, SERVANT × SERVICE is a story following Lucy Yamagami, an employee of the Health and Welfare Division, at a certain government ward office in Hokkaido prefecture. The slice-of-life comedy follows Lucy’s day-to-day as a newly hired public servant alongside her eccentric colleagues and how they all actively and covertly serve their community every day. SERVANT × SERVICE touches upon situations that are similar to what often occur in actual Japanese ward offices since the author of the manga, Karino Takatsu was formerly employed at a government ward office herself.

My Notes: 
GAH! This looks so cute! I love that it's in a work environment. This never happens in anime! This is especially great because I'll be graduating soon >< Slice of life, comedy, shojo (?)...Number One Choice for Summer 2013!

 For the entire list of Crunchyroll's Summer 2013 Season, check it out here.

What are you excited for this season? Let me know! :D