It’s season preview time again, and we check out the onslaught of high profile sequels that make up the Fall 2022 season. (more…)

Premise So, a hundred Kamen Riders drop onto an island… Zigg’s verdict: Uber Geats Look, as always we have to open any tokusatsu preview with the standard acknowledgement that these are long, highly formulaic shows, driven almost solely by merchandising concerns, and as a result a first episode impression is going to be even less meaningful than it would be on a ‘normal’ show. Now, with that out…

Premise So, a hundred Kamen Riders drop onto an island… Zigg’s verdict: Uber Geats Look, as always we have to open any tokusatsu preview with the standard acknowledgement that these are long, highly formulaic shows, driven almost solely by merchandising concerns, and as a result a first episode impression is going to be even less meaningful than it would be on a ‘normal’ show. Now, with that out…

No children were harmed during the recording of this super-size episode of The GLORIO Chat, which is more than we can see for some of the shows we watched. (more…)

Deep in the heart of the Summer 2022 season, we add Kakegurui Twin and, surprisingly, Uncle from Another World to our usual watch list. (more…)

Alternative title(s): Fuuto Tantei, Fuuto Pie Tokusatsu/Manga adaptation by Studio KAI Streaming on Crunchyroll Premise In the sequel to the 2009 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider W, the Narumi Detective Agency protects the windy city, Fuuto, from attack by hideous monsters known as Dopants. The agency is headed by wannabe hard-boiled detective Shotaro Hidari, and his mysterious partner Philip.…

Alternative title(s): Fuuto Tantei, Fuuto Pie Tokusatsu/Manga adaptation by Studio KAI Streaming on Crunchyroll Premise In the sequel to the 2009 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider W, the Narumi Detective Agency protects the windy city, Fuuto, from attack by hideous monsters known as Dopants. The agency is headed by wannabe hard-boiled detective Shotaro Hidari, and his mysterious partner Philip.…

We talk about both anime endorsed by Hideo Kojima this season, then hit the backlog because there’s not much else to watch. (more…)

Hey! If you’re reading this blog, that probably means you’ve at least got a tangential interest in cartoon teenage girls saying things written by grown men who have never talked to a teenage girl before in their entire lives! Do you? Well, then I have got news for you. Motivated by boredom and an unused Steam code for TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio I had lying around, I have created a teensy…

Hey! If you’re reading this blog, that probably means you’ve at least got a tangential interest in cartoon teenage girls saying things written by grown men who have never talked to a teenage girl before in their entire lives! Do you? Well, then I have got news for you. Motivated by boredom and an unused Steam code for TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio I had lying around, I have created a teensy…

Somehow, we are still here after 10 years! After a look back at how things looked in our first season (all the way back to Summer 2012), we begrudgingly give our first impressions of the Summer 2022 season. (more…)

Mixed media thingamajig by Studio KaiStreaming on HIDIVE Premise Haru, Rio and Kyouka are working hard to take their idol unit TiNgS all the way to the top, but their efforts aren’t translating into audience turnouts in the slightest. When their disbandment seems imminent, the president of their talent agency decides to give them one last chance… but in order to make anything of it, the girls…

Mixed media thingamajig by Studio KaiStreaming on HIDIVE Premise Haru, Rio and Kyouka are working hard to take their idol unit TiNgS all the way to the top, but their efforts aren’t translating into audience turnouts in the slightest. When their disbandment seems imminent, the president of their talent agency decides to give them one last chance… but in order to make anything of it, the girls…

Alternative title(s): Isekai Yakkyoku Light Novel Adaptation by Diomedéa Streaming on Crunchyroll Premise Guy dies from overwork at a pharmaceutical company, wakes up in fantasy world with medieval level medicine. Also he has magical powers, a maid, and no shadow. Peter’s verdict: So I finally got assigned one of these, huh? Alright, so we’ve got an isekai. Protag is an overworked dude at a…

Alternative title(s): Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosete Kuru, SoreayuManga Adaptation by Silver LinkStreaming on HIDIVE Premise Urushi knows that her underclassman in the shogi club, Ayumu, is smitten with her. Much to her frustration, however, he refuses to ask her out until he’s managed to beat her in fair game. As his shogi skills leave a lot to be desired, Urushi tries to get him to confess in…

Alternative title(s): Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosete Kuru, SoreayuManga Adaptation by Silver LinkStreaming on HIDIVE Premise Urushi knows that her underclassman in the shogi club, Ayumu, is smitten with her. Much to her frustration, however, he refuses to ask her out until he’s managed to beat her in fair game. As his shogi skills leave a lot to be desired, Urushi tries to get him to confess in…

Alternative title(s): Made in Abyss – Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou Manga adaptation by Kinema Citrus Streaming on HIDIVE, YouTube, and Crunchyroll Premise Directly following on from the events of Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, Riko, Reg, and Nanachi have overcome the monstrous Bondrewd and look to continue their journey deeper into The Abyss. Ahead of them lies the Sixth Layer, from which no…

Alternative title(s): Made in Abyss – Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou Manga adaptation by Kinema Citrus Streaming on HIDIVE, YouTube, and Crunchyroll Premise Directly following on from the events of Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, Riko, Reg, and Nanachi have overcome the monstrous Bondrewd and look to continue their journey deeper into The Abyss. Ahead of them lies the Sixth Layer, from which no…

Alternative title(s): Yofukashi no Uta Manga Adaptation by Liden Films Streaming on HIDIVE (more…)

Alternative title(s): Isekai Ojisan Manga Adaptation by AtelierPontdarc Streaming on Netflix Premise Seventeen years ago, some uncle got isekai’d. However, he was just in a coma and woke up back in the real world with an obsession with SEGA and wanting to know how they did in the console war. Oh, he can still do all his magic powers and stuff, and there’s regular shared flashbacks to mid-isekai…