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The GLORIO Chat Episode 133: Spring 2023 Anime Season Preview
Gee has taken control of the ship in time for Spring 2023 season preview. Every Weekly Shounen Jump adaptation and isekai this season has been thrown overboard to…


The GLORIO Chat Episode 132: Woke Video Games
In addition to our usual anime coverage, we talk about several anime adjacent games we’ve been into lately. Please play Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, now available…


First Look: Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
In the distant past, the evil Bugnarok were defeated by five brave warriors who went on to found the five kingdoms of Terra. However, a prophecy foretells that…


Review: Witch on the Holy Night / Mahoutsukai no Yoru / Mahoyo
A decade after it came out, Mahoutsukai no Yoru is finally translated. But is it any good?


The GLORIO Chat Episode 131: Touching Grass
#1 Aikatsu! fan Peter details their recent trip to Japan, Jel goes to the Kaguya-sama: Love is War movie, and the NieR:Automata anime is back.


The GLORIO Chat Episode 130: Advanced Dodgeball Rule Variants
As we grind into the midpoint of the season, we talk about our regularly scheduled shows and… sports?


The GLORIO Chat Episode 129: This Cannot Continue
We add a few more Winter 2023 shows, say some parting words for NieR:Automata ver. 1.1a as it goes on hiatus, and dive back into our complicated feelings…


The GLORIO Chat Episode 128: Winter 2023 Anime First Impressions
In this supersized episode, we tie up some loose ends from last season including the wild finale to Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, then we tackle…
Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury


First Look: The Fire Hunter
After a world-altering event, humans now spontaneously combust if they come into close proximity to a naked flame. To adapt, Fire Hunters harvest a new energy source from…


First Look: Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari
Hyouma Kunato is heir to the Saenome clan, which is responsible for sending tsukumogami – spirits that can possess physical objects and thus gain physical form – safely…


First Look: TECHNOROID OVERMIND
It is the future, global warming has flooded the planet and high temperatures have massively reduced the population of the world. The solution is androids of course. This…


First Look: Ippon Again!
With her arrival in high school, Michi is determined to leave her old hobby of Judo behind her. Howeever, the girl who beat her in her final match,…


First Look: HIGH CARD
Known of only by a select few, the 52 X-Playing cards can each grant their owners superhuman power and abilities. After the cards are stolen from the Kingdom…


First Look: The tale of outcasts
Wisteria is a young girl that is forced to beg on the streets to pay the slave trader that feeds her. Her only comfort in life is Marbas,…


First Look: Trigun Stampede
Vash the Stampede, aka the “Humanoid Typhoon”, wanders the planet Noman’s Land righting wrongs and causing problems for the establishment as he searches for his nefarious brother,…


First Look: The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
Amane seems like an OK guy but he’s kind of a slob. On a rainy day he gives his umbrella to Mahiru, the beautiful, popular “angel” of the…


First Look: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War
Branded with her grandfather’s reputation as a traitor, Lavian Winslet joins the Northern Jaegers where she’ll put her life on the line to protect her country against an…


First Look: NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
In the far future, the remnants of humanity have been driven to the brink by the rise of machine lifeforms. The YoRHa model androids, including battler-model 2B and…


First Look: Buddy Daddies
Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa are assassins who live and work together, a deadly combo despite being polar opposites in personality. However, their lives take a sudden turn…


First Look: Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
A bold new experiment in narrative anime criticism.


First Look: Giant Beasts of Ars
The fantasy world of Ars is beset upon by the eponymous giant beasts, which can only be defeated with entire armies or with the magical powers of Paladins…


First Look: ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister!
Mahiro is a deadbeat shut in who sleeps all day and plays eroge all night. One day he wakes up and discovers Mihari, his mad scientist little sister,…


First Look: Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
After being dumped by his party, Nick finds himself struggling to make the money he needs to support his newfound idol obsession. He comes across three other adventurers…
Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World


First Look: The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
Anisphia, the first princess of the Kingdom of Palettia, has always loved magic, but couldn’t use it herself. So, in comes science with a bit of fantasy to…
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady


First Look: Tomo-chan is a Girl!
Aizawa Tomo wants to confess to her childhood friend Jun. Unfortunately, her boyish looks and rowdy personality keep getting in the way and Jun just sees her as…


First Look: The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
Newly-minted office worker Himuro may look human, but he’s actually a descendant of a Yuki-onna, or snow woman, which means he inadvertently produces snow or ice whenever he…


A Very GLORIO 2022: Finding Black★Rock Shooter
In all the 13 years obtaining and tagging music for Neko Desu, there is one song that has given me constant headaches. It’s time to talk about Black★Rock…


The GLORIO Chat Episode 127: The Best Anime* of 2022
Our Top 10 list, now in podcast form.


A Very GLORIO 2022: The Top 10
Our ten favorite anime (and anime adjacent) series from the past year, 2022 edition.


A Very GLORIO 2022: Zigg’s State of the Union
In his annual musing on the year past, Zigg talks about 2022 being dominated by high-profile sequels and adaptations, and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.


A Very GLORIO 2022: Artemis’ Perfectly Cromulent Anime Awards
Realistically, not every series can be a gem, and not every series even strives to be. So, here’s a toast to the little guys – those anime that…


A Very GLORIO 2022: Aqua is extremely boring
This is it, folks. I have officially hit rock bottom. I’m going to be boring. I’m going to give you my five favourite shows of the year, and…


A Very GLORIO 2022: Euri’s Hobbies Collide
Euri forgot to watch any J-drama this year, so unfortunately you get a long rambling post about trading cards.


A Very GLORIO 2022: Gee’s Last Minute Year in Review
2022 is an interesting year for anime. What it lacks in an obvious high profile mega-hit, it makes up for with a lot of surprise hits. I laughed…


A Very GLORIO 2022: Iro’s Meandering Thoughts on 2022’s Adaptations, adapted from electrical signals in his brain to the form of a blog post
When I whittled down this year’s list of watched shows down to smaller and smaller numbers, it turned out that almost everything on there was some kind of…


A Very GLORIO 2022: Jel’s Best Anime Moments
Diving into my (mostly silly) favorite anime moments of 2022.
Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout


The GLORIO Chat Episode 126: Endless Love
In our final episode of 2022, we make our final predictions for currently airing shows and even fit in a few previews for next season.


The GLORIO Chat Episode 125: I Started a Company at 16 with this Money Saving Tip
First, you save money by growing your own tomatoes at home. Then, you get a loan from your corporate space czar dad. And just like that, you are…


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…