The GLORIO Chat Episode 160: Spring 2024 Anime First Impressions
We talk about the new Spring 2024 shows including the hottest new show of all: Drake vs. Kendrick rap beef.
We talk about the new Spring 2024 shows including the hottest new show of all: Drake vs. Kendrick rap beef.
A bunch of ladies stand around and talk and stuff because they all want to be the one to marry a prince. Also there are supernatural creatures who can transform from human to crow (or raven, depending on the translation).
Yoo Hobin is a scrawny high school student who’s constantly being bullied and taken advantage of by his brawnier and more popular classmates, who have a habit of using him to rake in easy money for their YouTube NewTube videos. However, when Hobin finally snaps one day and fights back, accidentally going viral online in the process, he realizes there’s a wealth of untapped potential in his newfound fame. Now that he has a way of bringing down bullies while paying his mother’s hospital bills, Hobin is determined to transform both his life and his bank account, teaming up with a former aggressor to take on the streaming world – and possibly even win the girl of his dreams.
Looking to start a new life in the big city, high school dropout Nina bumps into Momoka Kawaragi, the guitarist of her favourite up-and-coming band. Unfortunately, the band in question has just decided to call it quits, and Momoka is preparing to give up on music entirely.
An elderly couple in Japan finds a golden apple in their garden. Eating it miraculously makes them young again. Yes, grandpa and grandma are young again.
Thirteen years ago, Earth was invaded by the evil Monster Army, intent on enslaving mankind. Fortunately, a team known as the Divine Dragon Rangers rose up to confront the invaders and defend humanity down to this very day. At least, that’s how it appears. In reality, the Dragon Rangers defeated the Monster Army long ago, and have continued to stage the attacks to enhance their own power and prestige. One downtrodden mook, disgusted at this state of affairs, vows to rise up and destroy the rangers.
Himari joins Paradise Academy with her friend Mitsuki. She wants to get 10,000 friends, but also secretly wishes to follow in the famous Mii-chan’s footsteps in becoming an AiPri (Idol Princess). One day, she accidentally finds herself transported to the AiPri world, so maybe that dream can come true!
In a society where people and youkai peacefully coexist, a 20-year-old housecat named Buchio living in the Japanese countryside is reborn as a nekomata, much to the delight of his human family. Now, Buchio sets out of a journey of self-discovery, aided by his fellow youkai neighbors. Meanwhile, one of his human family members, a girl called Mutsumi, has recently lost her father, likely to a mysterious force known as The Void. Now, her growing curiosity about her youkai friends tangles with grief over a missing family member, while the looming threat of The Void casts a palpable shadow over her otherwise quiet small-town life.
Orphaned as a young child and shuttled between indifferent relatives, Mito Yamamoto, a girl disguising herself as a boy for Reasons (?), is now a teenager with no family, no home, and no job. When she is saved one night by Ruka Saotome, a vampire in need of a thrall, Mito readily agrees and begins her new life living with him in Hijirigaoka Boys’ Academy dormitory. However, when she discovers that Ruka cannot drink from girls and was therefore seeking a male companion, Mito seemingly has no choice but to keep her true identity a secret.
Mahiru wanted to be an artist, but is now a normal, responsible high school student. After a chance encounter with a former idol, her passion for art is renewed and the two girls form the artist group “JELEE”.
On the rural island of Hinoshima, pro golfer Igarashi arrives to find the island’s only middle schooler has a talent for golf, and she’s a girl!
After being cornered by rebels, Sara da Odin escapes through a portal to another world. She quickly meets a detective, who is forced to look after her.
Takumi lost his job and applies to be a chef at an old boarding house and meets the caretaker, Mira. They hit it off, there’s some weird residents and Mira is an alien. Oh yeah, there’s that.
A series following bartenders as they chase the “Glass of God”: the perfect drink that will change their world.
High school student Shintaro Tokumitsu lives alone, studying and working by day and living a lonely existence at home at night. However, his life changes when one morning, he wakes up to find a girl fast asleep on his apartment balcony – and when he discovers that Towa is a literal angel sent by God to study mankind (and repay Shintaro’s kindness by bringing happiness into his life), things will clearly never be the same.
Haruka Sakura has moved to a new town to try and escape the bullying he used to receive over his appearance. Although he’s joined a school notorious for its problems with delinquency, he finds out that the students have actually banded together to form a gang which protects the town.
Kraft Lawrence is a traveling merchant delivering goods to a village during a harvest festival. While passing through, he picks up an unexpected companion: a girl claiming to be the harvest god the village has been praying to.
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 watched twelve different films in the cosy Cameo cinema.
It’s been a pretty solid season, but do any of these shows break The Curse of Kenjiro Tsuda?
We say a few words on the passing of Akira Toriyama, then dive into our Spring 2024 anime preview.
There are a LOT of anime adjacent video games hitting us all at once, so we hit the GLORIO Gaming no Korner in addition to our usual anime coverage.
Does Relink deliver the true Granblue Fantasy experience? My answer is… not quite.
We’ve trimmed down our watch list to a lean six shows, but most of them are pretty good… even Metallic Rouge?
Metallic Rouge is bad but should we blame prolific voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda? Will Sengoku Youko be the one to break the curse?
New year, new season, new anime for us to love (or hate). Sengoku Youko is good, we promise!