First Look: Mr. Villain’s Day Off
At work, he’s a general in the evil army which aims to conquer Earth and battles the ranger team that protects it. But when he’s off the clock he just likes to go to the zoo and look at the pandas.
At work, he’s a general in the evil army which aims to conquer Earth and battles the ranger team that protects it. But when he’s off the clock he just likes to go to the zoo and look at the pandas.
The princess and her sentient sword are captured. Traditional torture is prohibited by treaties and conventions, so unconventional torture methods are required, such as tempting the princess with delicious Japanese food.
Tying a bow on 2023 with our favorite anime of the year.
The blandest teenager in Japan chases his crush to another world and somehow becomes king. They have a monster problem or something, but it’s just an excuse for the bland protagonist to meet the harem of girls who spend the entire ending sequence in their lingerie.
Sasaki is a middle aged office worker, tired and underpaid and just barely scraping by. He decides to get a pet bird, but his life is forever changed when the bird starts talking and claims to be a powerful sage from another world.
After the death of her parents, Himari Momochi has inherited a supposedly abandoned and haunted mansion called Momochi House. However, upon arriving at her new property, she finds what she assumes to be three male squatters – Aoi Nanamori, Ise, and Yukari. Soon discovering that these are in fact yokai, Himari refuses to leave despite their warnings, choosing to remain despite the dangerous other supernatural forces residing nearby.
After a party member is devoured by a red dragon, Laios and his adventurer crew must delve the dungeon once more and rescue her before it’s too late. Running low on time, supplies, and manpower, the party resorts to hunting and eating the various creatures that inhabit the dungeon. What the rest of the party doesn’t know is that Laios is an absolute monster freak and relishes the chance to dine on the fantasy bestiary. Accompanied by beleaguered mage Marcille, professional rogue Chilchuck, and experienced monster chef Senshi, they embark on a daring culinary tour.
Nashiko is kicked out of her family home for constantly disturbing her mother. Fortunately, her dad owns a closed-down mahjong parlor, which he allows her to turn into a new hangout. While tidying up the place, she encounters a mahjong spirit.
In a fantasy world at the nexus of dimensions, the Demon King has finally been defeated. Without a common enemy, the “Shura” – beings from other worlds powerful enough to face the Demon King in open combat – now war with each other to determine who is the strongest, with no regard for collateral damage.
Monsters from a parallel dimension are a thing, women (and only women) have superpowers and some of them are part of a force to try and stop them. Some guy needs to become a slave to one of these women to become a powerful weapon against them. His payment? Sexy times.
The best anime according to the GLORIO crew, 2023 edition
In his traditional end-of-year roundup, Zigg (who has never once wet his bed) talks about why so many shows this year ended up being disappointments, and highlights a few which bucked the trend to produce memorable moments.
I know it seems like people probably say this every year, but 2023 has not been a stellar year for anime. I had one or two favorites, but even the majority of anime I liked overall had some pretty serious caveats attached, particularly when it came to later or finale episodes (see: Heavenly Delusion, Oshi…
A benefit of reading manga on your phone is that you don’t need to leave your bed ever. So that’s what Euri did.
Dramatic title aside, I’ve come to appreciate these posts as a way of leaving behind a definitive footprint. My feelings for these may change as time passes but here and now in 2023, this is what I had to say about anime.
Iro looks back on the media of 2023 and considers what he expected to get and what he wanted to get.
It is time once again for our annual look back at the past year, and my favorite anime moments from 2023.
It’s our last episode of 2023 and we give our final thoughts on the Fall season.
Is Scott Pilgrim anime? Is Jem and the Holograms anime? You can just give this podcast to men and they will be thrilled.
We get into a spirited discussion about the Gridman Universe movie and talk about the latest news of bad working conditions at MAPPA, this time direct from the CEO’s mouth.