The GLORIO Chat Episode 218: Cat Girl Oppression

Summer 2026 continues to indulge our vices with lots of smoking propaganda and lesbian robots.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 217: Summer 2026 Anime First Impressions

We kick of Year 15 of the GLORIO era with a record length episode, featuring a record amount of nudity and drug use.

First Look: Chainsmoker Cat

Yani Neko is struggling to get through everyday life. To cope, she spends most of her days laying around her grimy apartment, chain smoking as many packs of cigarettes as she can afford.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 216: Spring 2026 Anime Wrap-Up

We try to hide our disappointment as we give our final thoughts on the Spring 2026 season.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 215: Summer 2026 Anime Preview

We’re back with some previews for the Summer 2026 season and final thoughts on season 2 of Dorohedoro.

No Podcast This Week

No, I didn’t cancel the podcast because Dorohedoro ended, we’re just taking a break this week. We’ll be back with more GLORIO Chat and Blue Mondays soon.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 214: Sweet Child O’ Mine

We catch up on Tokusatsu, talk about the Gundam Hathaway movie, and Jel gets cut due to technical difficulties (and not because of the Go For It, Nakamura-kun! episode 8 discourse).

The GLORIO Chat Episode 213: Graphic Design Is My Passion

We’re now deep into the Spring 2026 season. Some shows are hanging in there, some are getting dropped, but one thing we know for sure: Smoking is cool.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 212: Anime for Old People

We talk about the rest of the new Spring 2026 shows, Jel attempts to get cancelled multiple times, and we sound REALLY old.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 211: Winter 2026 Final Thoughts (and some Spring First Looks)

A split episode this time as we wrap up the Winter 2026 anime season and start talking about the Spring season. DOROHEDORO IS BACK!!!

The GLORIO Chat Episode 210: Spring 2026 Anime Preview

We preview the Spring 2026 anime season which most importantly means DORORHEDORO IS BACK.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 209: Shout Out to Women

We celebrate International Women’s Day by talking about anime.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 208: The End of Super Sentai

We talk about the end of Number One Sentai Gozyuger and Super Sentai in general, along with our regular slate of Winter 2026 anime.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 207: Pokemon Could Never

We add You and I are Polar Opposites, Oshi no Ko, and Isekai Office Worker into the mix, also Digimon War Crimes.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 206: Cyborg Priest Versus Vampire

We add Frieren season 2 to the watch list and nerd out over Fate/Strange Fake for forty minutes.

First Look: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife

In a modern fantasy world, Yakou is a blind woman who works for a detective agency run by an invisible man named Tounome. There is a mutual attraction between the two, and they find time in their busy schedule to go on a date.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 205: Winter 2026 Anime First Impressions

New year, new season, new anime. Some of them are actually good!

First Look: Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers

35 years after the events of the original series (known as Ronin Warriors here in the US), a new group of Samurai Troopers is assembled to battle invading demons.

First Look: Wash It All Away

Kinme is a young woman who runs a laundry service. She really loves laundry.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 204: The Top 10

It’s the podcast version of our top 10 list