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While it may be summer for a few more carefree weeks,
soon our thoughts will turn to going back to school,
harvesting Papa's sorghum crop,
and sacrificing enough cattle
to appease the dread queen Jessica Chothulhu.
It also means we'll be getting some brand new anime series
coming down the pipeline.
So, there will be plenty of reasons to stop shoveling leaves
and start shoveling anime into your eye holes.
I guess you don't really shovel leaves,
but I liked it better in my head.
Anyway, on today's episode of The Dan Cave,
I'm going to tell you all about the best new anime
of fall 2017.
Black Clover, it sounds like the world's douchiest cologne,
but it's really the story of two orphans Asta and Yuno
who are raised in a world
where magic is literally everything.
Doesn't matter if you're good at lacrosse or needlepoint
or inline rollerblading, I said it's all about magic.
Unfortunately, while Yuno is basically a magical prodigy,
Asta can't use it all, or so they thought,
until they receive these special books called Grimoires
at age 15.
As it turns out, Asta can repel
and negate his opponent's spells with anti-magic.
You know, because anime.
And soon, these childhood friends become rivals
as they both strive to become the Wizard King.
This is basically like someone put
Harry Potter and Naruto into a blender,
and that is one smoothie that I empty to see.
Down to chug.
Code: Realize, Guardian of Rebirth.
What a name.
This show follows a woman named Cardia,
who is living in isolation because she,
A, apparently has a deadly poison inside of her,
and B, her dad told her to.
Except now, she has the daddiest issue of them all.
Her dad is missing.
Where'd he go?
Naturally, she does what any one of us
would do in this circumstance,
follows Arsene Lupin, the infamous gentleman thief
of French literature, not that one anime you're thinking of,
to industrial London, where she tries to uncover
the truth about her missing Pops
and meets other literary weirdos like Victor Frankenstein,
Abraham Van Helsing,
and the bafflingly named Herlock Sholmes.
Honestly, this sounds like some bonkers-ass fan fiction
with a massive budget, and I am more than okay with that.
Dies Irae, dubbya dubbya two,
aka the worst sequel of all time.
It's inspired plenty of wacky TV shows over the years,
but the latest is Dies Irae.
Based on a visual novel,
the show centers on a hospitalized young man
who has recurring nightmares
about a roving band of murderers
and a black-clothed order of knights that hunt them down.
But little does he know that back in 1945,
a group of Nazi officers performed a ritual sacrifice
to resurrect an ancient warrior order
called the Order of the 13 Lances
who would herald the end of the freaking world.
Could the two be related?
I'm gonna go with, yeah, probably,
otherwise this would be a really boring ass show.
Godzilla: Monster Planet.
It only took 63 years, but we finally have a Godzilla anime.
And sure, we had to sit through whatever the hell
Godzooky was along the way,
but it was all worth it to get Godzilla: Monster Planet.
The movie takes place in the future,
where Earth is inundated with Godzilla
and all manner of colossal kaiju.
Human beings manage to escape Earth
but accidentally got lost in hyperspace in the process.
You know, that old chestnut,
that old, we are wildly unequipped
for interstellar travel chestnut.
And now, 20,000 years later after they left,
humanity's on a mission, to reclaim their home
and dunk on Godzilla like so many Charles Barkleys
in so many befuddling commercials.
Kino's Journey.
How many times have you stared wistfully out your window,
dreaming of leaving your boring life behind
to go on a series of exciting adventures
with a talking motorcycle named Hermes,
never staying in one place
for more than three days at a time?
If you said at least once, then weird.
But also fortunate because the director behind
the Persona 4 and Persona 3 anime
is remaking the classic 2003 Kino's Journey anime,
basing it off the fan favorite Light novel series,
and that's exactly what it's about.
Kid goes on adventures with a talking freaking motorcycle.
Now, if they would only do that with Chobits,
my early 2000s era anime dreams would be complete.
Inuyashiki.
No, this isn't some weird mashup of Inuyasha
and Yoshiki from X Japan, though I'm sure that hentai
is out there on Kyle Hill's computer.
Inuyashiki kinda feels like that video game
Roy: A Life Well Lived from Rick and Morty,
but if that was a TV show.
Basically, it's about this 58-year-old dude
whose family treats him like absolute garbage.
And then, he gets diagnosed with terminal cancer,
only to get caught in a mysterious explosion
that, wait for it, replaces his weak fleshy form
with a sick alien robot body, enhanced strength,
and the power to heal the sick.
So, I guess it's a bit better than Roy fared.
Unfortunately, someone else was caught in that blast,
a dang teenager.
And like all teenagers, this one is murdering
literally everybody.
So, once again, it's up to one heroic grandpa
to stop the terrible younger generation
before it's too late, and wait,
why does that sound so famil--
Oh God.
Two Car.
On the small sparsely populated land
of Japan's Miyake Island,
there are two girls who get along like cats and fire,
which is to say, not at all.
But somehow, they manage to work together magnificently well
in the high stakes world of motorcycle sidecar racing,
whatever that is.
Honestly, this feels like a weird mix of high school drama
and that old video game Road Rash.
And if you're as addicted to oddball sports
and competition anime like I am,
then you are honor bound to watch
this goofy sounding series, honor bound.
Infini-T Force.
If you were hoping for a heartwarming adventure story
about a girl with a magical pencil
that wills four heroes into existence
after she gets caught in a convenience store robbery
and that one of those heroes would be from a familiar anime,
then we gat cha man.
Get it, 'cause it's got Gatchaman in it.
Anyway, Tatsunoko Productions is celebrating
its 55th anniversary with Infini-T Force,
a brand new series starring heroes from
Tekkaman The Space Knight, Casshern,
Gatchaman, and Hurricane Polymar.
Sure, it's CG-animated, but hey,
we don't always get everything we want in life.
Right, Dad?
Anyway, this anime looks pretty cool.
And those are the best new anime
you need to watch this fall.
But tell me, what would you add to this list?
What are your most anticipated new series?
Let us know in the comments below,
and give me the best thumbs of all 2017 while you're there.
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Let's open up the old mailbag, shall we?
@AlexBuck asks, "Any plans for another book?"
Well, thank you so much for asking, Alex.
As some of you out there may know,
I've written books about The Avengers and Star Wars,
which are available now wherever fine books are sold.
While I've turned down a couple books in the interim
due to scheduling issues,
I'm proud to announce that I will, in fact,
be doing a second edition of my Star Wars book
that will be updated through The Last Jedi
and pointing towards the Han Solo movie coming out
hopefully sometime next year.
I'll have more details to share with you soon,
but I thought I'd tell you folks first
because you were kind enough to come here and watch my show.
But tell me, what do you want to see included
in a Star Wars guidebook?
What do you want to see in the second edition?
Let me know in the comments below,
and I'll see you guys next time.