New summer excitement -- cuddly wuddly

Natsume Yuujinchou 1! Natsume's book of friends...hm.

+ Good animation
+ Good seiyuu: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Akira Ishida
+ Cute & funny sidekick cat
+ Only 13 episodes!
- Somewhat bland opening and ending

Quick summary~ Natsume sees dead people monsters/spirits, and they like chasing him. One day he accidentally lets a cat spirit loose who informs him of why they chase him. His grandmother who was a bit of a brat when she was younger left a book of names from spirits with whom she created contracts.

Quick impression~ Pleasant and charming episode. Natsume seems a little lonely due to his seeing abilities, so I imagine that those characters in the opening song will help him along the way and become his friends.



World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin 1! based on a RPG game.

+ Maaya Sakamoto & Mamoru Miyano
+ Animal characters
- Generic rock song opening & pop ending
+ Only 13 episodes?
- Generic story
- Generic animation

Quick summary~ Mamoru Miyano's ho-hum average boy character, Kirie, is pulled into problems involving Maaya Sakamoto's character, Morte. She is wanted for being in the World Destruction committee. I guess they are feared for having the power to destroy the world. They hook up with a one-eyed teddy bear character.

Quick impressions~ Despite having two of my favorite seiyuu in it (Ouran flashbacks!), and being pretty fast-paced, I don't think I'll be watching much more of this. It seems to be targeted towards the kiddie crowd; bloodless violence and evil cats. The DS game looks 10x more interesting than this.