It’s that time of the year again when all of our contributors get to shine a spotlight on the show they thought to be the very best of the past Winter season, as well as reflect back on the preview to see which shows let us down the most.
Back me up here, guys. It’s just fiction, right? Anime is entertainment, not politics! Those feminazis and SJWs just need to get laid!
Move over, posers! This enchanting and smoking hot new idol group from Japan gives the audience what they’ve truly been clamouring for! The cute and sexy members of this new pop sensation bare it all on the streets of Akihabara to show their fans what being an idol is truly all about! Saucy maid outfits! Suggestively eating ice cream! Lewd dance routines! This video has it all! Even the girls from AKB048 make an appearance, lamenting their incoming fall into oblivion at the hands of these hot, new darlings! Check it out!
You know how certain blogs tend to come up with a gazillion different variations on a list with the “Most Shocking Deaths in TV History” just so they can keep reminding you how outrageous the Red Wedding scene in Game of Thrones was? Well, of course, they’re in way over their heads, because anime, the objectively superior form of entertainment, just made that scene look like an episode of Blue’s Clues. Judge for yourself!
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. As usual, we get a wide variety of crazy songs from a wide variety of crazy shows, but to my giant distress there’s an awfully scary amount of weird early noughties synth metal. Oh my.
After ten episodes of shapeshifting shenanigans and tiny fox friends, Aquagaze bids goodbye to Inari and her heartfelt feelings of love.
The Rainbow Line hits a roadblock on its way to the next station, so it’s up to the ToQgers to go up ahead and figure out what’s wrong. However, Right ends up separated from the rest of the team.
Both Yggdrasil and Team Gaim plan to stakeout any cracks that show up to prevent any more Invess from passing through. However, when Kouta bumps into Professor Ryouma, the latter reveals the dark thruth about “Project Ark”. Meanwhile, Kaito looks for the source of Helheim’s power.
With their self-titled debut album skyrocketing up the charts faster than you can sacrifice a three-legged goat to the prince of darkness, Babymetal are definitely not “indie” enough to feature on Jukebox. Yet their first album is a record that demands being written about, not because it’s particularly good, but because it is prime evidence of something so utterly ridiculous it defies any sort of conventional criticism.
Mai tries to throw a big performance with all the Beat Riding teams, but none of them are willing to take part as long as Team Baron are. Meanwhile, the aforementioned Team Baron goes through some big changes and Pierre and Jonouchi hatch a plan to take out the Beat Riders for good… Sort of.
Takatora asks Mitchy to prove his loyalty by stealing Kouta’ Wärring Driver. Torn between the love for his friends and the dedication to his brother’s cause, Mitchy hires Pierre to be his go-between while Professor Ryouma sends in Youko to assist him.
While Yggdrasil assesses the consequences of the Beat Riders’ visit, Team Gaim deals with Team Red Hot, who have been summoning Invess to rob banks for them. Meanwhile, Takatora confronts Mitchy and reveals the secret of Helheim to him.
Inari Fushimi is a shy, sweet girl with an unrequited crush on Kouji Tanbanbashi, one of the coolest guys in her middle school. When she saves a fox familiar from drowning, the goddess of the local shrine takes pity on Inari’s incessant bad luck, and decides to grant her wishes.
Hozuki is the personal secretary to King Enma, the lord sovereign of the Seven Hells, in charge of hiring new employees, assigning new arrivals to their respective subdivision and taking care of troublemakers — when he’s not too busy tending to his garden, that is.
We take a look at Tonari no Seki-kun, Robot Girls Z, My Big Sister Came, Strange+ and The Best Anime To Have Ever Graced Mankind, and see if any of them are worth your ti– Okay, yeah, sorry, I can’t finish that sentence. Hold me.
One adorable magician, three epic battles, two daemon hunters, six teenage crime fighters, dozens of cups of noodles and countless panty shots later, we bid goodbye to Sakura Newtown and its quirky inhabitants, as Aqua, Zigg and Gee give their final thoughts on Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~.
Zangetsu kicks everyone’s ass.
You are now entering the Nine Days of GLORIO, our non-stop year in review. Each day for the rest of 2013, a member of the Glorio crew will share some of their highlights from the past 12 months, all culminating in our Top 10 Anime of the Year. For Day 3, take a break from…
Recap: Kouta and Mitchy try to learn more about Yggdrasil’s involvement in the forest. They challenge the other Riders to a Lock Seed gathering competition in the hope of diverting Takatora, so Kouta can interrogate his henchmen.
Recap: Hime has a cold and some of her friends from school come to visit, much to Ao’s frustration. In a completely unrelated segment, we also learn a bit more about Juli and her reasons for being in Sakura Newtown.
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