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A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2022
Scotland Loves Animation returned this year, bringing a curated selection of movie premieres and classics to the big screen. Three of us attended the latest instalment, where we…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 124: Podcast of Lordly Caliber
We chat about hot “new” video game releases Tactics Ogre Reborn and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, and share our thoughts about the excellent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
The GLORIO Chat Episode 123: Everything Wrong with Chainsaw Man
Chainsaw Man (the anime) is bad! Bocchi the Rock is good! Gundam Aerial is actually…. These shocking revelations and more in this episode of The GLORIO Chat.
First Look: Kamen Rider Black Sun
In this reimagining of 1987’s Kamen Rider Black, Japan is a state in socio-political turmoil, where discrimination of an underclass of mutated humans known as “kaijin” is commonpl…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 122: Robots and Lesbians
Jel and Iro return to talk about more new Fall 2022 shows, including the mega hit Chainsaw Man.
First Look: Urusei Yatsura (2022)
Horny teen extraordinaire Ataru Moroboshi is randomly selected to be the representative of the human race in a contest of honor against invading aliens, and wins, saving the…
First Look: Love Flops
Average nobody Asahi Kashiwagi has a fated encounter with, not one, but FIVE cuties from his school. Somehow, this makes all of them fall in love with him.
First Look: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
Just as the Bleach anime returns after a decade long gap to cover the final arc of the manga, the Quincy faction returns after a thousand years to…
First Look: Chainsaw Man
Devils, the physical embodiments of mankind’s fears, terrorize humanity. Devil Hunters are tasked with combatting them. Denji, a young man who’s known nothing but the rock bottom of…
First Look: More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers
Nerdy loser Jiro must participate in the “marriage practical” at school: a test where a male and female student must live together as a married couple and score…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 121: Fall 2022 Anime First Impressions
Fall 2022 features some of the year’s highest profile anime. To stay on brand, we talked about less than 10 of them.
First Look: Blue Lock
The Japanese national soccer team has yet to win a world cup. In a bid to create future champions, they take modern, drastic measures: putting 300 high school…
First Look: Akiba Maid War
Nagomi has always dreamed of being a maid, and now she finally has a chance to work at maid cafe in Akibahara. Together with her fellow new employee,…
First Look: Bibliophile Princess
Eliana Bernstein has always preferred books to beautiful dresses or expensive jewelry, to the point where people refer to her as the “Bibliophile Princess”. However, as a noblewoman…
First Look: Do It Yourself!!
It’s a new anime about cute girls doing cute things at high school, this time with power tools.
First Look: The Eminence in Shadow
The Stylish Ruffian Slayer is a teenage boy who goes around with a bag of crowbars because it makes him feel strong. After playing out his hero fantasy…
First Look: Shinobi no Ittoki
After nearly being assassinated, average school boy Itokki learns that he is actually the heir of the famous Iga clan, a group of ninjas that have been operating…
First Look: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
Ad Stella 122. Mobile suit and space colony development are monopolized by the Beneritt Group, an omnipresent conglomerate of corporate entities. The Beneritt Group also sponsors The Asticassia…
First Look: Raven of the Inner Palace
In a fantastical version of ancient China, Jusetsu is a palace consort who, despite her official position, does not serve the emperor or anyone else. Known as the…
First Look: I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss
Aileen Lauren Dautriche is the villainess, so she’s taming the final boss.
Final Thoughts: Made in Abyss – The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Gold! Always believe in your soul! You’ve got the power to know! You’re incredibly, catastrophically, destructible!
First Look: My Master Has No Tail
Mameda is Tanuki who wants to live with humans, but fooling people these days (the Taisho era) is not easy. After meeting a mysterious woman and seeing her…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 120: Summer 2022 Anime Wrap Up (sort of)
We discuss the latest Crunchyroll controversy, rave about Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, then do our best to give final thoughts on Summer 2022 despite most of the shows not ending…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 119: Fall 2022 Anime Season Preview
It’s season preview time again, and we check out the onslaught of high profile sequels that make up the Fall 2022 season.
First Look: Kamen Rider Geats
So, a hundred Kamen Riders drop onto an island…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 118: Anime is Not for Kids
No children were harmed during the recording of this super-size episode of The GLORIO Chat, which is more than we can see for some of the shows we…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 117: Wagyu Cheeseburgers
Deep in the heart of the Summer 2022 season, we add Kakegurui Twin and, surprisingly, Uncle from Another World to our usual watch list.
First Look: Kakegurui Twin
First-year student Mary Saotome has one goal: to rise to the top as the pretty and popular gambling prodigy of the infamous Hyakkaou Private Academy. However, she soon…
First Look: Fuuto Pi
In the sequel to the 2009 tokusatsu series ‘Kamen Rider W’, the Narumi Detective Agency protects the windy city, Fuuto, from attack by hideous monsters known as Dopants.…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 116: Endorsed by Hideo Kojima
We talk about both anime endorsed by Hideo Kojima this season, then hit the backlog because there’s not much else to watch.
I made a visual novel!
If you’re reading this blog, that probably means you’ve at least got a tangential interest in cartoon teenage girls saying things written by grown men who have never…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 115: Summer 2022 Anime First Impressions
Somehow, we are still here after 10 years! After a look back at how things looked in our first season (all the way back to Summer 2012), we…
First Look: Shine Post
Haru, Rio and Kyouka are working hard to take their idol unit TiNgS all the way to the top, but their efforts aren’t translating into audience turnouts in…
First Look: Parallel World Pharmacy
Guy dies from overwork at a pharmaceutical company, wakes up in fantasy world with medieval level medicine. Also he has magical powers, a maid, and no shadow.
First Look: When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
Urushi knows that her underclassman in the shogi club, Ayumu, is smitten with her. Much to her frustration, however, he refuses to ask her out until he’s managed…
First Look: Made in Abyss – The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Directly following on from the events of ‘Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul’, Riko, Reg, and Nanachi have overcome the monstrous Bondrewd and look to continue…
First Look: Call of the Night
Unable to sleep, a boy named Ko sneaks out to experience life on the streets at night. Just as he’s starting to enjoy it, he encounters a mysterious…
First Look: The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting
Known as “The Demon of Sakuragi,” the violent Tooru Kirishima is the right-hand man of the well-known Sakuragi yakuza family and has a tendency to kill first and…
First Look: UNCLE FROM ANOTHER WORLD
Seventeen years ago, some uncle got isekai’d. However, he was just in a coma and woke up back in the real world with an obsession with SEGA and…
First Look: Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
Deadbeat college student Amamiya Yuuhi wakes up one morning to find a talking lizard on his bed. It proclaims that his destiny is to join up with the…
First Look: Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation
Five girls in a magic academy sit down for tea and scones.
First Look: My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex
The title says it all.
First Look: Tokyo Mew Mew New
In a new adaptation of Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi’s classic manga, Ichigo Momomiya has just begun her high-school life and is already preoccupied with asking out her…
First Look: Vermeil in Gold
Bland protagonist, who is also a wizard, summons a horny demon.
First Look: Luminous Witches
In a world where World War II is fought against aliens instead of fascists, Major Grace Maitland Steward, who has retired from active duty after losing her magical…
First Look: YUREI DECO
In the virtual world of Tom Sawyer Island, a young girl teams up with an elusive hacker to find Phantom Zero – the thief stealing everyone’s love!
First Look: RWBY: Ice Queendom
In the world of Remnant, humans and human-animal hybrids called Faunus go about their days as best they can with the constant threat of monsters called Grimm hanging…
First Look: BASTARD!!
The Kingdom of Meta-licana is under attack by demons, monsters, and sinister warlocks. Only the legendary wizard, Dark Schneider, sealed into the body of mild-mannered Lucien, can save…
First Look: Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing ’til You Cry
The Teppen Grand Prix is the pinnacle competition for high schoolers looking to show off their manzai comedy skills. Yayoi, Yomogi, and Yuzu are three students from Kazuki High…