First Look: Bermuda Triangle ~ Colorful Pastrale
A group of small town girls make a new friend and make a discovery that may put them on the path to idol stardom. Also, they are all mermaids.
A group of small town girls make a new friend and make a discovery that may put them on the path to idol stardom. Also, they are all mermaids.
Abducted by an unknown kidnapper when he was young and rescued by a mysterious woman named Milo, Daisuke Dojima is now a high-school student in Shibuya, waiting eagerly to protect his friends against unspecified adversaries as Milo once prophesized. When that day finally comes, huge mecha-like creatures called Revisions suddenly attack and Milo reappears, providing Daisuke with a mobile suit to help save Shibuya.
When you’re born, you are given a Book of Fate which states everything that’ll happen until you die. But the Chaos Tellers are out there, turning people into monsters and messing with people’s books, so it’s up to Ex and his band of friends to stop them. Also everyone can transform into fairy tale characters because it’s a gacha game adaptation.
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 36-38.
Uesugi Fuutarou is your usual misanthropic nobody, incredibly smart but caring for nothing but the cost/benefit analysis of his day to day existence. In order to help his struggling family out of debt, he agrees to be a tutor to the wealthy Nakano family. In what clearly seems like the set up to a visual novel considering this is based off of a manga, to his chagrin, he finds out he actually has to tutor five (identical?) sisters at the same time, and none of them are particularly interested in his services.
A burnt-out writer learns about the healing power of the love of cats.
Jabami Yumeko and the rest of our lovable scamps are back. By day, Hyakkaou Academy for the Obscenely Rich (or otherwise just plain Obscene) is just your average prestigious private high school for the exceedingly privileged. By night, it turns into a gambling den, with apparently any game and any stakes allowed, and where cheating is a-okay so long as it’s spelled out for the audience.
Together with her fellow orphans, Emma lives a life free of worry at the Grace Field House. Despite the daily intelligence tests, the serial number tattooed on her neck and the imposing wall separating her from the outside world, she has no reason to suspect anything fishy — yet everything changes when one of her siblings is sent off to go live with her new foster parents, and Emma’s beloved home reveals its wicked true nature.
A mysterious, invincible air force called the Xi are terrorizing the skies of China. A boy and his friend escape to Japan and discovers a secret: the JSDF has developed sentient jet fighters capable of defeating the Xi. Oh and by the way, they have piloting devices that look like cute girls.
To all appearances, Mei Ayazuki is a completely ordinary high school girl. However, when she became aware of her ability to see ghosts at a young age, she isolated herself from her peers and now wears headphones to block out the voices of her ‘friends’ who she can still hear to this day. One night, a self-proclaimed magician transports her back in time to an alternative Meiji Period Tokyo, where she meets a number of real-life historical figures in bishounen form.
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.