I can see why starting it early would be a good idea in the case of Fairy Tail, since a lot of people are reading the manga so there's already things to discuss. Whereas Trapeze would probably benefit from being left until the last minute, as I doubt it would promote anywhere near as much discussion before the anime has begun.
I agree, both are quite different in that regard. I'm glad you're considering creating a thread for Trapeze. Given its Noitamina time-slot and interesting aesthetic, I'm anticipating this one.
AJ already posted this in the On-Topic thread, but I'll post it here too as its relevant
Kūchū Buranko (Trapeze) TV Series to Be Anime/Live-Action Hybrid
The previously announced television series adaptation of Hideo Okuda's Kūchū Buranko (Trapeze) short story collection will be a hybrid of 2D anime and live-action. 20-year-old media personality Yumi Sugimoto will play a "sexy nurse" in both the anime and live-action segments. The stories center around the various odd patients of psychiatrist Ichirō Irabu; Sugimoto's character is an assistant to Irabu. Yuji Mitsuya and Romi Paku are splitting the shared role of Ichirō Irabu since the character takes on three different forms.
For this project, director Kenji Nakamura is reuniting with his Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales (Bakeneko) and Mononoke character designer/chief animation director Takashi Hashimoto at Toei Animation. The television series will premiere on October 15 in Fuji TV's popular late-night Noitamina timeslot.
(Source: ANN)
Really looking forward to this - just sounds really original
I seem to have neglected putting up a list ... so here it is.
4. Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra 5. The Sacred Blacksmith 13. Kimi no Todoke: Mainly because it looks interesting and this studio gave us Eden of the East (which I actually wouldn't have watched if I just went off the promo) 14. 11eyes: The number+object/thing type name got me with 07-Ghost, and it's pretty much the same here. If the eroge aspect is too much for me it'll be dropped. 16. Fairy Tail: Need to finish the manga, but since my main laptop can't connect to the internet I don't actually switch it on, and it has the manga saved on it. 23. To Aru KAgaku no Railgun: I MISS INDEX T_T
6 isn't too bad, but I probably wont be able to watch them until closer to Christmas, or whenever I end up getting a new laptop/a Mac ... damn internet problems! I will hopefully be going home in six weeks time-ish, so will try and download as much as is out/I can then Although my priority will be on currently running series that I have to finish up.
The skeleton pic seems to be from Soseki Natsume's Kokoro, one of the six pieces of classic Japanese literature being adapted (not four as the chart says, according to ANN they're doing two more).
But this seems to be srsbns Madhouse which is the best kind Although as a studio they cover all sorts of different genre's (which varying amounts of success)