Yeah, roughly 30 to 50 new anime come out each season, with the largest amount being in the fall and spring. My friend pkjd on moetron.com always makes these handy lists of all the new shows each season. For example, here’s his post for all the fall 2009 and winter 2010 shows. Another good source is chartfag. That site has lists of anime all the way back to 2000.

I don’t think very many people have time to watch more than a handful of currently airing shows, and even less people actually finish all the ones they start. Each season I usually pick up about 5 to 7 shows, but it depends. Hope this was helpful =)

This is sort of unrelated and yet related to this post – just how many times a year do they start new anime series in Japan, anyway…? I thought I was doing well with taking up Hanasakeru Seishonen (which began in summer 2009), Miracle Train and Letter Bee (which started in fall 2009). Now it’s January, and all these new shows are starting up. Do they start airing new series every few months over there? I’ve fallen behind on Letter Bee, and I’m about 18 episodes behind on FMA: Brotherhood (I need to hole up with a pizza for one entire day and just marathon them ;) ).

I want to watch some of these new series, but I can barely keep up with the series I already watch. Gahh!