I read the "in-progress" lists with a certain interest if the descriptions are short. Steven and Chris do it about right. At Ani-nouto, these things are uncommon, because I prefer to lag the season. For example, AKB0048 is the most fascinating series in the current run list. I want to marathon it badly, but I put brakes on it on purpose. Otherwise I would catch up quickly, and waiting is just no fun. Also, I'd be invested into a possible bad ending without a freedom to maneuver shows. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to batch. And then, I only run one or two shows at once. Following broadcast makes the watchlist swell.

Running (not had that many in months!):

• AKB0048: Seen 5. It's great, everyone is great. Chieri is not overpowering or nasty, Nagisa is not whiny or clumsy. It's like Miki Hoshii and Haruka Amami, remember those? Only instead of P-san, they fight for the love of the ghost octopus. The shadow of the real AKB48 is not as opressing as I expected. Omo threw off a comment about Oba Nobuna: "It doesn’t matter if you’ve taken an interest in the gender-flipping historical-re-enactment genre or not, good show is good." It applies here fully as well.
• Mysterious Girlfriend X / Nazo no Kanojo X: Seen 6. This is starting to get good when it was demonstrated that all-knowing Urabe is only human. I know that it ends in a no-ending, but I'm gobbing it up. It's a wonderful love story for teenagers of all ages.
• Tari Tari: Seen 1, on "free" legal streaming. PA Works batted it out of the park (is this what they say? hope the spirit of Evirus forgives me). It remains to be seen how well they follow up, but so far the only concern is that one of the characters, Sawa, may come dominate the proceedings. She is that much better than the rest of the 2+3 group, and she's not the notional leader even.
• Joshiraku: Seen 2. Basically the same as Kill Me Baby, only funnier and vastly more educational.
• Oba Nobuna: Seen 0. Supposedly it's one of "strong servant protagonist" versions, and we're not to be served the whiny passive-aggresstive of Saito of ZnT. But we'll see.

Recent postponements:

• Sankarea: Seen 0. Supposed to be a cute undead; Aroduc says that "Rea's father sucks", whatever that means. This is probably a sight-unseen cancellation in fact.
• Accel World: Seen 3. For a shounen, it's quite good. But for my anime, the pace is uneven, characters are oddly constructed and their backgrounds appear poorly thought out. Actually, it's possible that more thought was given to those than to backgrounds of AKB0048 understudies, but the emphasis on their motivations is too great for their depths. Porky is no Naruto, truly. I think I should drag it along for 3 more episodes for the arc to complete, then drop.
• Chihayafuru: Seen 5. It was not Nodame, alas. Masterpiece of a sports anime, maybe. Animation is astonishing. But the story background is so stilted, I could not stand it. Also, everyone in the show is a bit unpleasant, even our muda-bijin Chihaya. Suspending, because it looks too masterpiec-y to drop outright and did not peeve me enough like Denno Coil.
• Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku: Seen 6.5. Marika's bad day in the office did me in. I thought it would be a fun series to see with other bloggers, like the original Dog Days, but actually it's a torture of uncomfortable and uninteresting. Also, Tatsuo Sato is losing it. He was not afraid of romance in Shingu, was he? This is a de-facto cancellation. Really did not want to cancel, so maybe one day... I know that ending was okay.
• Dog Days Dash (as DiGi reminds us, there's a serviceable pronounceation): Seen 1. Well, what can I say... Just not feeling it. It's like K-ON2. That was a great anime on the merits, too, but it was only too obvious that it was a derivative. Saving for a rainy day.

Recent cancellations:

• Shining Hearts: Seen 6. Everything about it is awful, the story is most of all. The art is supposed to be beautiful, but it's not, absolutely not. People just have no taste, I guess. Steven tried to entice me with Rouna's chest. Seriously! Do I look like a furry?

UPDATE: Omo on Summer 2012.

UPDATE: Zyl, too. Note the injection of interest into the pirate show:

Mouretsu Pirates was an odd kind of series for me because there wasn't that much pirating. Or bodaciousness either. Until I read somewhere (likely via Ani-Nouto but I can't remember) that the director wanted this series to be about how someone decides to be a leader. Marika has talent, luck, support etc. But what fascinates me most about her is her overwhelming need to be free, to be herself. The two flashes of her closely guarded inner self - the only time she calls Ririka "Mom" after the first Yacht Club cruise and allowing herself a small smile when Chiaki says she believes in her - accentuate her indomitable, independent streak.

Emphasis mine.