Terror In Resonance Episode 5

Nine and Twelve plant a bomb on the subway, but soon come to realize that the police won’t be able to find it in time to evacuate. Unwilling to become mass murderers, they rush to take down the bomb themselves, but someone is getting in their way.

Terror In Resonance Episode 4

The police keep grasping at straws while Shibazaki heads to Aomori to gather more clues. Nine prepares another riddle, but starts to clash with Twelve over whether they should take in the runaway Lisa.

First Look: HaNaYaMaTa

Naru Sekiya’s life consists mostly of reading and taking severe blows to her self-esteem. This all changes, however, when she meets Hannah S. Fountainstand, a transfer student for New Jersey who introduces Naru to yosakoi dancing.

First look: Free! – Eternal Summer

After both a literal and an in-universe winter break, Haruka, Makoto, Rei, Nagisa and that girl reunite for another summer of swimming shenanigans, yet there’s a lot of work to be done before they can start training again. Meanwhile, Mikoshiba’s graduation leads to Rin becoming Samezakura’s new swimming team captain, with all due awkwardness.

The Wrap-Up: Spring 2014

Another season’s done, so all of our contributors once again get to shine a spotlight on the show they thought to be the very best of the past Spring season, as well as reflect back on the season preview to see which shows disappointed the most.

OP/ED Op-Eds: The Best of Spring 2014

It’s the end of yet another anime season, so amidst all the final impressions, we also try to choose our favourite anime theme songs of the season. This proved rather exceptionally hard this season, as not one, but two songs were picked by two different people. I had no idea we had such unanimous taste over here. Then again, maybe we just didn’t watch enough anime this season, and that should probably tell you something.

Review: “Noise” – Boris

Boris is one of the most unique and critically acclaimed Japanese bands in history, yet delving into their expansive back catalogue is quite the challenge. Luckily, their latest album, “Noise”, has been designed to be “their most all-encompassing effort to date”.

Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land

Chasing after a mysterious Golden Wizard, Haruto and Koyomi find themselves in a alternate world where everyone can use magic. Unfortunately, this world’s alternate-ness does not extend to making Wizard good.

Review: “DIStopping” – Charisma.com

Last year, Charisma.com released “Hate”, a fantastic song that sadly flew under The Glorio Blog’s radar. With the release of their first full album, DIStopping, it’s time to right that wrong and give these two badass ladies the attention they deserve.

Jukebox: Kayoko Yoshizawa

Believe it or not, Japan can make other music aside from peppy pop! It has a vibrant underground music scene, which over the years has developed into an influential force to be reckoned with. In Jukebox, we take a look at the versatility of the Japanese music industry — beyond the realm of anime and other geekery. Last time, way too long ago, we learnt about Mop of Head and their bouncy dance music. As usual with this feature, it’s time for something entirely different… erm, peppy pop, actually. Who the heck is Kayoko Yoshizawa?

The Unfortunate Implications of Kantai Collection

You’ve probably seen them before, whether it’s on social networks, in fanart, as figures on online shops or in the seedier underbellies of the anime fandom. The kanmusu, or “ship daughters”, twee teenage girls dressed like fashionable sailors and armed to the teeth with equally cutesy heavy weaponry, are the heroines and mascots of Kantai Collection, the new cult phenomenon taking the Internet by storm. Yet the context on which Kantai Collection exists, is a rather problematic one.

First Look: Marvel Disk Wars – The Avengers

Akira and his older brother are summoned to the United States by their dad, an employee of Tony Stark. He reveals that he and Stark have been working on DISKs, a new method of capturing and locking up super-villains. However, when Stark and the other Avengers present the DISKs to the public, Loki shows up and uses a set of DISKs to summon a bunch of super-villains to his aid.

First Look: Mekakucity Actors

Shintaro hasn’t left the house for two years, spending most of his time grieving a girl he used to know and being annoyed by Ene, a nosey AI living on his computer. One day, an unfortunate accident forces him to go out shopping and even worse, he ends up in a hostage situation. Luckily, with some help from Ene and a mysterious other boy, Shintaro finds the power to fight back.

First Look: Spring 2014 Anime Shorts

We take a look at The Comic Artist and His Assistants, Keroro, Inugami and Nekoyama and Magica Wars, and see if any of them are worth your ti– Okay, yeah, sorry, I can’t finish that sentence this season either.

First Look: Ping Pong – The Animation

Sullen Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto and lively Yutaka “Peco” Hoshino are the aces of their school’s table tennis club. Smile’s dragged down by a complete lack of motivation, however, so Peco drags him to a rival club to meet a Chinese top-level player, recruited to coach the other team back to superstardom.