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Great Pretender (and its unfulfilled potential): A Review
Great Pretender is a fantastic production that is sadly overshadowed by an unengaging story


Great Pretender – Episode 3
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’ll checking out the third episode of Great Pretender, where Edamura has at last proven his value to…


Representation! Characters of Color– An Appreciation Post
Hey! It’s time we write a post about BIPOC characters in Anime! Honestly, it’s surprising we didn’t already have a post so what better time than the last…


The Great Pretender: You Can Forgive Yourself
Hey everyone, I am here to complain about Netflix jail once again. Yeah, I still wish that it wasn’t a thing. In some ways it doesn’t matter. There…


16 Good-But-Not-Too-Weird Anime Series to Watch With Your Parents
For younger anime fans, even today their parent may not be fully familiar with what anime is. To them, it might seem little different than the cartoons on…
ReLIFE, VINLAND SAGA, Attack on Titan, Great Pretender, Gungrave


Great Pretender – Episode 2
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. You down for some Great Pretender? Personally, I’m pretty jazzed about it. The show’s first episode was an energetic…


Anime Awards: Which ‘Best Animation’ Nominee Deserves the Win?
At the time that this goes live, we will be 3 days from the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. There's plenty of categories to discuss, winners for speculation, and
Princess Connect! Re: Dive, The God of High School, BEASTARS, Great Pretender, JUJUTSU KAISEN


Ani-Gamers Podcast #152 – Be Gay Do Akudama Crimes with Paul Chapman
Evan reviews the 2020 anime series Akudama Drive with Greatest Movie EVER Podcast host Paul Chapman. Plus, Evan, David, and Paul discuss Donkey Kong Country 3, Metal Gear…


Great Pretender – International high-flying capers that fall a little flat
An otherwise great series – and a step in the right direction for accessible anime – failed to really make me fall in love with its cast.


Fell for it– Great Pretender
View the trailer About a Tokyo conman who meets an American conman. This is an incredibly fast-paced anime. It’s unique to it’s kind. It also has a 1970s…


Anime Series Like IWGP: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro is a haven for violent gangs, and also the home to Makoto Majima. In order to protect his friends, Makoto mediates different disputes. However, when things go…
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, Heaven's Memo Pad, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Maji, No Guns Life
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[Repost] The Great Pretender Review: Cases 1 through 3
The following is my review of Cases 1 through 3 of The Great Pretender that I wrote for Anime Quarterly back in September. If you like what you read…
91 Days, Attack on Titan, Great Pretender, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, My Little Monster


2020 Anime Awards: The You Can’t Know Edition
Welcome weebs, otaku, and fans alike, to the 2020 You Can’t Know Anime Awards! On this special Otaku Thursday, we’re going to be bringing you our favorites from…


Anime Robin Hood: 11 Anime Series With Outlaw Heroes
Everyone loves a bit of a rogue. Or perhaps more specifically, people love the type of rogue you often see used in anime. What you see in anime…
Great Pretender, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Lupin III, Outlaw Star, Outlaw Star


Great Pretender – Episode 1
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’ll be exploring the first episode of one of 2020’s most impressive productions, the energetic and visually dazzling…


The GLORIO Chat Episode 77: The Best Anime of 2020
2020 bad but anime good? The GLORIO crew chats about the top 10 shows of the year.


GREAT PRETENDER REVIEW — DADDY ISSUES IN DISGUISE
“What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes of the ones that passed it all off as a jest, pretending to understand everything and in reality not…


The Con of Great Pretender
On a pure exterior level, there are many things to appreciate about Great Pretender: it’s an anime original production not tied into any future mobile game or idol…


A Very GLORIO 2020: The Top 10
We can finally say good bye to 2020, but before we move on we’re going to take a final look at the best shows of the year. If…


Top Anime of 2020
It’s been a year, huh, folks? Trapped inside by a pandemic, tormented by the xenophobia and callousness of our own governments, and hurtling towards a climate change precipice,…
Great Pretender, In This Corner of the World, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Adachi and Shimamura


Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2020
We’ve yet again gathered a team of fans from all over the world, as well as animators, directors, and indie creators to share their favorite works and creators…
One Piece, Akudama Drive, Baja's Studio, Dorohedoro, Great Pretender


A Very GLORIO 2020: Zigg’s State of the Union
Zigg looks back on a year that soared and stumbled in equal measure, and picks out the stories that shone the brightest.
2020 In Review
Boy, am I happy to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror. Pandemic, protests, political polarization... Millions dead world-wide... It can't end soon enough. Despite that, Orphan Fansubs had…
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells, Senya Ichiya Monogatari, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, Amatsuki, Great Pretender


Top 10 Anime of 2020
It’s time for my top 10 anime of 2020. It’s been a great year for anime, even better than last year. I gave a lot of good ratings…
Somali and the Forest Spirit, Asteroid in Love, BNA, DECA-DENCE, Great Pretender


20 Recommended Shows From 2020
Okay, so here’s the thing: this was initially supposed to be a “Top 10 Anime of 2020” post. I had every intention of doing that, but then someone…
Great Pretender, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Anime Awards 2020
It’s that time of the year. Time for the anime awards. I wanted to make sure I watched a good amount of anime so I could make an…
DECA-DENCE, Great Pretender, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Sword Art Online, Talentless Nana
Great Pretender – 23 (Fin) – How the Sausage is Made
In its penultimate episode Great Pretender pulled the wool over our eyes as well as those of con artists’ hapless targets. The finale opens with Liu, Chen, Suzaku,…
The Speakeasy #120: Lupin the Third Part 1 and The Great Pretender
We participated in Anime Secret Santa this year with Lupin the Third Part 1 and close out the year with a full review of The Great Pretender.
A Very GLORIO 2020: Gee’s Highs and Lows of the Year
Like many people, this year has been rather busy for me for a variety of reasons both personal and practical. So rather than my usual arbitrary awards show…
Great Pretender – 22 – PRETENCEPTION
The preparations for the 100-billion-yen swindle are complete; all that’s left is to execute. Everyone on the team who isn’t Laurent or Makoto are wise to assume that…
Great Pretender – 21 – Language Barrier
After learning how his last princess-trafficking job went south and cost Laurent the love of his life, we return to Cynthia’s island, probably not long after Makoto returned…
Great Pretender – 20 – One Mistake and You’re Gone
The fake princess job turns out to be the last job, but not in the way Dorothy’s crew had hoped. Of course, at first things unfold exactly as…
Great Pretender – 19 – The Interpreter
Laurent could hardly have envisioned that his failed revenge mission in Paris would set him on the path—and connect him with the people—that would define the rest of…
Akudama Drive – 10/11 [Babel/War Games]
These two episodes were absolutely stuffed with plot developments, character deaths, and big reveals. There’s no way I can comment on everything they had to offer in a…
Great Pretender – 18 – The Pressure is the Reward
Makoto, Abby, and Cynthia are bound, fitted with weights, and taken out to sea to be executed. However, Oz begs Suzaku Akemi to spare his boy. Oz tells…
Great Pretender – 17 – Coward of Oz
Edamame is moving up in the Scarlet Company thanks, in part, to the Chinese lessons his late mother insisted he take. Back then, he idolized his valiant attorney…
Days of Anime 2020: Extra Credits
It’s been a so-so year for anime in my book, but a pretty good year for opening and ending credits. This year I did an ongoing thread on…
Great Pretender – 16 – Surly Princess in the Demon Castle
Makoto knowing he’s in on Laurent & Co.’s latest scheme doesn’t make coming to work at Scarlet every day any easier. He cooks tasty food for the captive…
What's ACTUALLY Wrong with the Dragon Maid Dub?
The English Dub for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid has become infamous within the anime community for various rewritten lines. While we do think it’s unfair th...
Fairy Tail, Great Pretender, Haganai, My First Girlfriend is a Gal, HINAMATSURI
The GLORIO Chat Episode 75: Weeb Games
As the season crawls toward the finish line, we take some time to chat about the anime-ish games we’ve been playing in addition to our usual anime talk.
My Favorite (Anime) Things (2020)
The Eizouken girls will get it all done, Go, Ishigami! Go finish the run! Confidence men—even heists on the wing! These are a few of my favorite things…
DECA-DENCE, Fruits Basket, Great Pretender, HAIKYU!!, In/Spectre


The Great Pretender Final Review: WIT Studio’s New Classic?
Before you read this, check out my review of Cases 1 Through 3!
Attack on Titan, Great Pretender, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, 91 Days
Great Pretender – 15 – The Brutal Return to Reality
It’s been four months since the Wit Studio-produced, Netflix-distributed Great Pretender closed the book on its satisfying London art dealing/Cynthia romance arc, and I’ve been eagerly …
The GLORIO Chat Episode 74: Class Warfare
Halfway through the season we welcome back Gal and Dino, catch up on some other anime trash we haven’t discussed in a while, and check in for another…
The Great Pretender Break Down (Should You Watch?)
Hey my anime people! Welcome back to the channel and I hope you enjoyed the video The Great Pretender Break Down. It was a bit of a different…
Anime Series Like Akudama Drive
The region of Kansai is overrun by powerful criminals known as Akudama. One night, after picking up 500 yen dropped by an Akudama, an Ordinary Girl finds herself…
Blood Blockade Battlefront, Bungo Stray Dogs, Dorohedoro, Durarara!!, Great Pretender
The GLORIO Chat Episode 73: 500 Yen and Some Takoyaki
We are still talking about Great Pretender somehow (thanks Netflix), discussing the anime versus the game with Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst, and we finally get off some Genshin Impact…
Great Pretender Anime Review – 78/100
From an aesthetic point of view, Great Pretender is my favorite TV anime of 2020. I’ve spoken plenty about art director Yuusuke Takeda in previous posts, but since…
Great Pretender – 21-23 [Wizard of Far East]
I didn’t abandon you, Great Pretender – my cigarette heist just took a few weeks longer than expected. After spending half of my previous G.P. post complaining…