First Look: Engaged to the Unidentified

On her sixteenth birthday, Kobeni (not to be confused with konbini) discovers her grandfather arranged for her to be married to a boy she met as a child. Things get awkward quickly when her new fiancé and his precocious little sister move in with Kobeni, her mother, and her obsessive older sister.

The 9th Day of GLORIO: Top 10 Anime of 2013

If you’re a regular reader or you’ve been following our 9 Days of Glorio coverage, it’s pretty clear our writers have a wide range of opinions and perspectives – so wide, in fact, that despite using a mathematically sound voting system for our top 10 anime we somehow ended up with 11 entries! Nevertheless, our…

GLORIO Winter 2014 Anime Guide Part 2

Rounding out our GLORIO Winter Anime Guide is the return of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, as well as a mixed bag of manga adaptations and anime original series that we’ll be checking out. Take a look at our second helping of previews and let us know what you think looks good. Also, don’t forget to…

GLORIO Winter 2014 Anime Guide Part 1

With another season and a new year of Glorio Blogging ahead of us, it’s time for a fresh batch of anime to help us through the cold Winter months. What’s looking good to you folks out there? Let us know after you after grab a round of trailers on us, and stay tuned for part 2 later this week!

Golden Time Episode 11

Despite having a rich girlfriend, Tada Banri decides he doesn’t want to be dead weight and starts looking for a job. After turning down some slightly less suspicious prospects, he accepts an offer from Nana.

Good Luck Girl! (Binbogami Ga!) Review

Mixing comedy and drama is a risky proposition. Lean too far into comedy and it’s impossible to take a story seriously, lean too far into drama and the funny bits just become a distraction. This is particularly tough with anime comedies, which are better known for colorful visuals and outlandish premises than for nuanced storytelling.…