Otaku Review

Two new series have gotten the green light for TV anime series with one being about train bishies and another featuring pretty cat girls. The first series is titled ‘Miracle Train: Welcome to the Chuo Lines’ and will star the moe bishie mascot quintet that debuted recently as the mascot characters for the Chou train lines in Japan. Yumeta Company will be producing the animation with five cast members already set to take on the leads: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Rei Tokyo), Ryoutarou Okiayu (Shintarou Shinjuku), Hiroshi Kamiya (Riku Nakano), Miyu Irino (Takuto Kichijouji) (Gundam 00’s Saji Crossroad, Tsubasa’s Syaoran), Kouki Miyata (Rune Tachikawa). No other details are available about the project but one can only hope that it doesn’t turn into thirteen episodes worth of train commercials.

Also announced this morning is a series based on the manga ‘Omamori Himori’. The romantic comedy follows a sixteen year old boy who is protected by a spirit in the form of a cat girl. Also revealed in the announcement via the author is the news that Studio Hibari will be producing the animation. Personally I’m much more interested in this one at the moment than I am in the train bishies.