First Look: The Rising of the Shield Hero
The isekai trash you’re familiar with, but with false rape accusations as the primary character motivation.
The isekai trash you’re familiar with, but with false rape accusations as the primary character motivation.
Two years ago, our heroine accidentally stumbled into the sport of “Circlet Bout”, where nubile young women put on skintight clothes and fight each other in virtual space. In the present, she transfers into the academy where the sport is said to have originated, only to find that there’s no Circlet Bout club.
An adult woman falls in love with a 5th-grader and lures her to her home by promising her sweets.
Various pieces of samurai Hyakkimaru’s body were sacrificed to demons when he was a newborn. He hunts them down to regain himself alongside the eponymous kid thief.
Akihabara has historically been a hub for otaku culture, but the people’s love of anime and manga has been mysteriously fading away. It’s not totally gone yet though, as a group of girls running an anime and manga cafe are fighting (literally) to keep the culture alive.
After defeating the members of Claw, Mob goes back to his normal high school life. When the newspaper girl Mezato eggs him into running for student council president, Mob finds his own way to realize growth in his life.
On a distant planet, Princes Yuki Soleil ascends to the throne of Hariant. By her side is her faithful bodyguard and confidante Joshua. Like most 12 year old monarchs, Yuki struggles with the responsibilities of leadership, even in a kingdom as saccharine as hers. However, rumblings on the border they share with the Empire of Grandiga may bring their idyllic peace crashing down. Also there are mechs.
Girls are disappearing, Kirima Nagi got suspended for bringing cigarettes to school, there might be a man-eating serial killer on the loose, and the mysterious figure known as “Boogiepop” seems to be related to it all.
Part 2 of our guide features the much anticipated anime adaptation of The Promised Neverland and… not much else.
Jel, Gee, and Marlin take a look at the upcoming shows for the winter season, including a new show that may be a successor to the classic space opera series we can’t shut up about, Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
Part 1 of our guide features the latest version of Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo, a return of sorts for Boogiepop Phantom, and the latest isekai trash called Rising of the Shield Hero. There is also a show with a talking cat so it can’t be all that bad.
We cap off a Very GLORIO 2018 by discussing our top 10 anime of the year, as well as a few honorable mentions that just missed the cut.
Another GLORIO year comes to a close and we recommend ringing in 2019 in the best way possible – no, not by partying with friends and family, I mean talking about anime!
We continue across the sea of stars, where Gee and Iro watch the seminal 1988-1997 Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA a few episodes at a time. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat as we work our way through the history books. This time: Episodes 33-35.
colons makes some recommendations about films you may or may not want to watch
It’s not easy to forget all the crap we here at Glorio subject ourselves to every year. From the merely unoriginal and incompetent shows to come out in 2018 like Dances with the Dragons and Bakumatsu, to the outright painfully bad like Devils Line and Magical Girl Site, we undeniably watched a lot of shit.…
Gee you can’t just make up awards as an excuse to praise whatever you feel like.
It’s certainly been a long year everyone, but thankfully the top-notch anime we’ve gotten to see this year has made the tumultuous time a bit more tolerable.
Iro returns once again with a bag full of arbitrary and somewhat questionable awards.
Our Very GLORIO 2018 year in review begins as always with Jel’s best anime moments.