A Very GLORIO 2022: Zigg’s State of the Union
In his annual musing on the year past, Zigg talks about 2022 being dominated by high-profile sequels and adaptations, and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
In his annual musing on the year past, Zigg talks about 2022 being dominated by high-profile sequels and adaptations, and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
2022 is an interesting year for anime. What it lacks in an obvious high profile mega-hit, it makes up for with a lot of surprise hits. I laughed a lot with anime this year, and that’s worth something. Join me as I reminisce about the anime I watched this year, both the good and the bad. I’m not going to lie people, I threw this together at the last minute. I hope it’s coherent?
When I whittled down this year’s list of watched shows down to smaller and smaller numbers, it turned out that almost everything on there was some kind of adaptation or reboot. What’s up with that? Were they any good?
In our final episode of 2022, we make our final predictions for currently airing shows and even fit in a few previews for next season.
First, you save money by growing your own tomatoes at home. Then, you get a loan from your corporate space czar dad. And just like that, you are now a teenage CEO!… In addition to our usual seasonal anime, Peter joins the chat to share their experience at Scotland Loves Animation 2022 and some thoughts on I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss.
We chat about hot “new” video game releases Tactics Ogre Reborn and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, and share our thoughts about the excellent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Chainsaw Man (the anime) is bad! Bocchi the Rock is good! Gundam Aerial is actually…. These shocking revelations and more in this episode of The GLORIO Chat.
Jel and Iro return to talk about more new Fall 2022 shows, including the mega hit Chainsaw Man.
Devils, the physical embodiments of mankind’s fears, terrorize humanity. Devil Hunters are tasked with combatting them. Denji, a young man who’s known nothing but the rock bottom of society, becomes Chainsaw Man, a human with a devil’s heart and the unwitting protector of the human race.
It’s season preview time again, and we check out the onslaught of high profile sequels that make up the Fall 2022 season.