Hyakko, the anime series, adapts Haruaki Katoh's slapstick school comedy / slice of life manga about four, fresh high school girls, who join a huge private academy that teaches every grade from elementary school to high school. The anime premieres in Japan on October 1, 2008.

The TV anime Ga-Rei: Zero is based on Hajime Segawa's "non-stop after school demon action" manga series, The Enchained Spiritual Beast Ga-Rei. The story follows a high school freshman named Kensuke Nimura who can see ghosts and demons. He meets a girl named Kagura who has the ability to summon a demon-eater (a "ga-rei"), but who is actually a member of a secret government agency, one which she presses Kagura to join.

Skip Beat! is another shoujo comedy / romance anime adaptation starting this autumn, on October 5, spawned from a manga animated by studio Hal Film Maker.

Junjou Romantica returns with a second anime season adapted by Studio DEEN from Shungiku Nakamura's boys-love manga, starting this October 11.

Negibouzu no Asatarou may not be the first samurai anime that comes to mind, but that's precisely what it is. Well, except for the fact that the titular protagonist (Asatarou) happens to be an onion head, quite literally. Toei Animation premieres this kids' anime on October 12, 2008.

Today in Class 5-2 (Kyou no Go no Ni) is the anime adaptation of Coharu Sakuraba's "light ecchi" manga, perfectly blending school humor with plain ridiculousness and raging sexual innuendo. After the initial 2006-2007 OVA release, Today in Class 5-2 returned in autumn 2008 as a full-fledged TV anime series.

The Chaos;HEAd anime series is based on the 2007 visual novel game of the same title created by 5pb. and Nitroplus. Airing in Japan from October 2008, Chaos;Head the anime is a delusional murder mystery story with strong elements of gore, psychology and science fiction.

Macademi Wasshoi! (The Magician's Academy) is the anime adaptation of the fantasy comedy novels by the same title, authored by Ichiro Sakaki (Scrapped Princess, Polyphonica).

Macademi Wasshoi! (The Magician's Academy) is the anime adaptation of the fantasy comedy novels by the same title, authored by Ichiro Sakaki (Scrapped Princess, Polyphonica).

Macademi Wasshoi! (The Magician's Academy) is the anime adaptation of the fantasy comedy novels by the same title, authored by Ichiro Sakaki (Scrapped Princess, Polyphonica).