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With the beginning of June just two weeks away, it’s about time to take a look at upcoming anime for the summer 2009 season.

As with previous seasons, Chartfag and Denizen have already begun composing their list of all the new anime being aired. On the list so far are familiar anime like Spice and Wolf, and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei returning as sequels, as well as many new titles. One of the more anticipated series this season would have to be Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, but there are other good titles to look forward to like Umineko no Naku Koro ni and CANAAN. Other anime which I think can go either way are: Bakemonogatari, Sora no Manimani, and Taishou Yakyuu Musume. Of course, for those looking for generic anime, Umi Monogatari looks like a typical transforming-girls-fighting-evil anime. There’s also some harem anime in the form of Princess Lover! and Seitokai no Ichizon, with the latter seemingly more on the cute side.

Trailers for some of the series are already out and you can see them on youtube:

Aoi Hana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbtZ2NZMTLM

Element Hunters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOAguY05Xgo

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTjpjnrhSp4

CANAAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZMZbUAXnAc

Taishou Yakyuu Musume
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsR9h2VLzdc

Bakemonogatari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPgwOt0Q_98

Sora no Manimani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPSfPl9Rrmo

Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8mI4GGqUA0

Umi Monogatari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmtzWyVaPzQ

Princess Lover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M1aQeNLx_s