Shikabane Hime: Kuro is the sequel to the fall series Shikabane Hime: Aka. While I have not been watching the original show I will say that I checked out the first episode when it first aired to see if I would be interested. The show did catch my eye but I decided to hold off on it for the time being since my schedule is already pretty full at the moment. I’m going to assume that the second season continues on the story of Makina Hoshimura in her quest to kill 108 corpses in order to go to heaven. Obviously I could be wrong considering I’m not up to date with the show and have not read the manga. The story seemed interesting enough to make me want to watch it eventually, but who knows when that will be (still haven’t watched season 2 of Black Lagoon and I finished the original months ago). I did like the animation and overall art style from the one episode I saw. A lot of people seemed to dislike the scribbly drawing of the monster, but I found it to be rather fitting. It is not yet known whether FUNimation will acquire the second season or not. They have been posting up subbed episodes of the original season over at Hulu, though they can be a bit slow at updating the list. Letters were sent to fansub groups to cease distribution of the show which has been pretty effective. Kuro will premier on January 1st with an unknown amount of episodes (though I’ll take a stab and guess 13 like the first season).

Official Site
Info at ANN
Info at MAL

Verdict: Pending on Season 1