First Look: Sengoku Youko
In the tumultuous Eiroku Period, the fox spirit Tama and the sage Jinka travel the land righting wrongs and stopping evil-doers, joined by the hapless samurai Shinsuke.
In the tumultuous Eiroku Period, the fox spirit Tama and the sage Jinka travel the land righting wrongs and stopping evil-doers, joined by the hapless samurai Shinsuke.
In this life, Aoi Takamoto is a world-class surgeon with near-supernatural abilities to save lives, selflessly transforming the world of those around her in need of medical care. In a past life, she was an eeevil woman named Elise who caused only suffering, leading to her eventual execution by the very man she loved. After a fatal plane crash, Aoi/Elise once again finds herself in that world and in her former body but with all her memories intact, making her determined to make up for past mistakes and avoid catastrophe.
Tsubasa has moved from the big city to Hokkaido. Lost and out of his element, he’s helped out by a local Gal and the two immediately become friends.
Akutsu is a teenager from Hell. No, literally. He’s traveled to Earth to recruit humans to join the fight against the angels from Heaven, a fight which they are currently losing. Akutsu asks a fellow transfer student for help, but there’s something not quite right about her.
Banished from her noble family, Rishe makes the best of her life until her untimely death in The War. She does not actually die though, and finds herself back at the moment she is banished. This happens six times, and by her seventh loop, she’s ready to settle down and take it easy for a change.
A deaf college student meets a nice guy on the train. She recognizes him from school, and the two instantly fall for each other.
Ten years ago, dimensional vortexes began opening all across Earth, releasing all manner of fantasy monsters immune to conventional weaponry. Only magically empowered humans called “Hunters” can fight them, but protagonist Sung Jinwoo is “the Weakest Hunter”. Perhaps by leveling up he can one day become…. the strongest Hunter?
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…