It’s that time of year again, and Iro’s resurrecting his motley collection of arbitrary-awards-that-really-just-started-as-jokes-but-I-guess-it’s-tradition-now. Who wins the year’s Yamato 2199 award, Zeppeli award, or Love Lab award? Read ahead to find out!
Behold, the field in which we grow our blogs! Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it is barren! In the chaotic race towards the final days of this godforsaken year and the 12 Days of Glorio we’ll celebrate to see it off, we’d almost forgotten all about our seasonal look back…
As GLORIO’s official Type-Moon fan as well as a SoCal local, I was legally obligated to attend the USA premiere of the newest UFOtable Fate project, a film adaptation of Heaven’s Feel, the original visual novel’s third and final route. Or, to be more accurate, the first of three film adaptations of Heaven’s Feel. So, naturally, I bound and gagged fellow crewmember Gee-Man in my passenger’s seat and braved the infinite perils of downtown Los Angeles to discover if it was all worth the wait.
Ichiro Inuyashiki is a 58-year-old man down on his luck, which only gets worse when he’s diagnosed with stomach cancer and crushed by an alien UFO.
Chakuro is the writer and archivist of the Mud Whale, a tiny island that floats across a sea of sand. 9 out of 10 of the inhabitants are blessed with magical powers, but these powers also doom them to a short lifespan. While exploring another island one day, Chakuro and his friends discover a mysterious girl who may come from a world beyond their knowing.
It’s a by-the-numbers high-school romance story, with a bunch of typical anime garbage in it. They will try to pretend it’s something different, but they’re lying to you.
Orphaned and plagued by visions of otherworldly creatures, Chise Hatori has sold herself into slavery, looking for a place to call home. Luckily, the mysterious man who ends up buying her has something else for her in mind. Welcoming her into his household, he announces himself as the titular magus, Elias Ainsworth, and claims he’ll make Chise his apprentice… and his bride.
Sakuranomiya Maika is desperate for a part-time job, as she’s hoping to save up money to travel abroad. Unfortunately she has naturally scary eyes, so potential employers end up too frightened to hire her. She’s eventually hired at a themed cafe, and told to be sadistic to the customers.
Enter the exciting world of competitive high school sidecar motorcycle racing with two girls that kind of hate each other, but are good on the track.
After The Wrap-Up and The Roundup, it’s time for The Catch-Up! Because it’s a bit silly to write a ‘first look’ post on shows that aren’t technically new, The Catch-Up gathers our brief impressions on new seasons of returning shows and reminds readers what we thought about their earlier installments. Join us as we answer such important questions as “Will Blood Blockade Battlefront still be good without Rie Matsumoto?”, “Will ClassicaLoid still be good without the great Bach-sama?” and most importantly, “Will the Glorio Blog still be good without Aqua’s weekly struggle with Love Live Sunshine!!?” We reserve the right to change our answer to any of these at any time.
In the distant future, the world is occupied by gemstone-based girls, who must battle evil invaders from the moon who wish to use them as jewelry. Phosphophyllite, the youngest of the gems, desperately wants to be a warrior but instead is assigned the task of compiling an encyclopedia.
A young woman named Cardia has a deadly poison running through her body, making her literally untouchable by others. She is rescued from capture by the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin and taken with him to London, where she attempts to unlock the mysteries behind her being and her missing memories.
It’s Garo! Again! This time we’re in a present day metropolis where distant teenager Sophie runs afoul of Horrors. Fortunately, she’s rescued by Sword, the latest wielder of the golden armour.
Chito and Yuuri appear to be the last people alive in an apocalyptic wasteland, roaming from one place to the next in search of food and supplies.
Moriko quits her exhausting office job so she can stay home and play MMOs all day. After finding a new game to play, she befriends a character named Lily and a group of other nice people who play to blow off steam.
Kino travels throughout the land with her sentient motorcycle, Hermes. Adhering to a hard rule of only staying at one location for three days, Kino finds herself in a variety of interesting locales, many of which have their own strange customs and beliefs.
A group of classmates receive a text message with orders from the “King”. These orders much be carried out within 24 hours and anyone that disobeys, dies. Nobuaki Kanazawa survived this King’s Game at his last school and now he must try and fight it again.
At the start of the final semester of his second year, Eita returns to his hometown after a four year absence and reunites with his childhood friend Haruto. Meanwhile, their classmates have concerns of their own — ranging from clubs risking disbanding to unrequited loves.
Three girls run a fashion clothing-slash-patisserie shop in the trendy neighborhood of Harajuku in Tokyo. Everything in their world is impossibly pastel and chic, but one day aliens descend to earth in order to steal its culture, and only they can fight it! For some reason!
Yuzu, a fox girl, has been employed at a hot spring inn run by other fox girls. It’s a popular place for the visiting yokai to stay, so the girls are always meeting interesting people, and hearing curious stories.
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