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YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog Come Home Young Man, the War is Over | Blue Mondays Episode 26

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Blue Mondays Episode 26: Come Home Young Man, the War is Over We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show. This installment it's the first of our post-show bonus episodes as we discuss the show's manga adaptation 'Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven' by Jinsei Kataoka & Kazuma Kondou

Blue Mondays Episode 26: Come Home Young Man, the War is Over

We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast…

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog The End of Super Sentai | The GLORIO Chat Anime Podcast Episode 208

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The GLORIO Chat Episode 208: The End of Super Sentai We talk about the end of Number One Sentai Gozyuger and Super Sentai in general, along with our regular slate of Winter 2026 anime.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 208: The End of Super Sentai

We talk about the end of Number One Sentai Gozyuger and Super Sentai in general, along with our regular slate of Winter 2026 anime.

Is the board game about running an anime studio worth playing? "Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon", is a board game about running your oxn anime studio, but does it actually deliver on this promise, or is this yet another abstract efficiency puzzle with a fancy coat of paint? And, perhaps most importantly, is it any fun to play? Let’s find out.

Is the board game about running an anime studio worth playing?

"Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon", is a board game about running your oxn anime studio, but does it actually deliver on this promise, or is this yet another abstract efficiency puzzle with a fancy coat of paint? And, perhaps most…

Blue Mondays is delayed…again Technology is a fickle mistress sometimes

Blue Mondays is delayed…again

Technology is a fickle mistress sometimes

Final Thoughts: Number One Sentai Gozyuger (& Super Sentai) This is the first time that I've been to a birthday party that turned into a funeral halfway through.

Final Thoughts: Number One Sentai Gozyuger (& Super Sentai)

This is the first time that I've been to a birthday party that turned into a funeral halfway through.

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog Pokemon Could Never | The GLORIO Chat Episode 207

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The GLORIO Chat Episode 207: Pokemon Could Never We add You and I are Polar Opposites, Oshi no Ko, and Isekai Office Worker into the mix, also Digimon War Crimes.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 207: Pokemon Could Never

We add You and I are Polar Opposites, Oshi no Ko, and Isekai Office Worker into the mix, also Digimon War Crimes.

Blue Mondays will return on February 16th Blue Mondays is taking a week off due to that ever present nemesis, 'unforseen issues'

Blue Mondays will return on February 16th

Blue Mondays is taking a week off due to that ever present nemesis, 'unforseen issues'

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog Cyborg Priest Versus Vampire | The GLORIO Chat Anime Podcast Episode 206

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The GLORIO Chat Episode 206: Cyborg Priest Versus Vampire We add Frieren season 2 to the watch list and nerd out over Fate/Strange Fake for forty minutes.

The GLORIO Chat Episode 206: Cyborg Priest Versus Vampire

We add Frieren season 2 to the watch list and nerd out over Fate/Strange Fake for forty minutes.

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog Over the Hills & Far Away | Blue Mondays Episode 25

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Blue Mondays Episode 25: Over the Hills & Far Away We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show. This installment, it's the grand finale as we cover Episode 49 "Shout to the Top!" and Episode 50 "Wish Upon a Star"

Blue Mondays Episode 25: Over the Hills & Far Away

We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main…

First Look: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Dubbed the school's "prince" for her stunning appearance and perfect poise, Yoi Takiguchi is secretly tired of the constant admiration and attention of her peers. However, when the school's other "prince," Kohaku Ichimura, calls her beautiful and acknowledges her as a young woman with the same kinds of desires as any other high school girl, Yoi finds herself unaccountably flustered and, against all odds, perhaps even falling for him.

First Look: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

Dubbed the school's "prince" for her stunning appearance and perfect poise, Yoi Takiguchi is secretly tired of the constant admiration and attention of her peers. However, when the school's other "prince," Kohaku Ichimura, calls her beautiful and acknowledges…

First Look: You and I are Polar Opposites Outgoing, fashionable Suzuki and bookish, taciturn Tani are nothing alike. Nevertheless, mutual admiration for how they lead their lives without care for what others might think about them bring them closer together, starting a romance that proves opposites attract.

First Look: You and I are Polar Opposites

Outgoing, fashionable Suzuki and bookish, taciturn Tani are nothing alike. Nevertheless, mutual admiration for how they lead their lives without care for what others might think about them bring them closer together, starting a romance that proves…

First Look: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife In a modern fantasy world, Yakou is a blind woman who works for a detective agency run by an invisible man named Tounome. There is a mutual attraction between the two, and they find time in their busy schedule to go on a date.

First Look: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife

In a modern fantasy world, Yakou is a blind woman who works for a detective agency run by an invisible man named Tounome. There is a mutual attraction between the two, and they find time in their busy schedule to go on a date.

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog Winter 2026 Anime First Impressions | The GLORIO Chat Anime Podcast Episode 205

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The GLORIO Chat Episode 205: Winter 2026 Anime First Impressions New year, new season, new anime. Some of them are actually good!

The GLORIO Chat Episode 205: Winter 2026 Anime First Impressions

New year, new season, new anime. Some of them are actually good!

First Look: Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers 35 years after the events of the original series (known as Ronin Warriors here in the US), a new group of Samurai Troopers is assembled to battle invading demons.

First Look: Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers

35 years after the events of the original series (known as Ronin Warriors here in the US), a new group of Samurai Troopers is assembled to battle invading demons.

First Look: Hana-Kimi Mizuki Ashiya is your seemingly cheerful, scrappy young girl living in the United States. However, after becoming enamored with a boy named Izumi Sano who she sees on TV – an up-and-coming pro high-jump athlete – she decides to move to Japan and attend the same all-boys high school, disguising herself as a boy too in order to enroll. Shockingly, however, Sano tells her he has quit the sport and never intends to compete again.

First Look: Hana-Kimi

Mizuki Ashiya is your seemingly cheerful, scrappy young girl living in the United States. However, after becoming enamored with a boy named Izumi Sano who she sees on TV – an up-and-coming pro high-jump athlete – she decides to move to Japan and attend the same all-boys high…

First Look: Wash It All Away Kinme is a young woman who runs a laundry service. She really loves laundry.

First Look: Wash It All Away

Kinme is a young woman who runs a laundry service. She really loves laundry.

First Look: The Darwin Incident Charlie is a normal 15 year old starting high school except for one detail - he's the world's first Human-Chimpanzee hybrid, a 'Humanzee'. As he forges a friendship with loner girl Lucy, the eco-terrorists who attempted to free his mother are re-emerging with a new agenda.

First Look: The Darwin Incident

Charlie is a normal 15 year old starting high school except for one detail - he's the world's first Human-Chimpanzee hybrid, a 'Humanzee'. As he forges a friendship with loner girl Lucy, the eco-terrorists who attempted to free his mother are re-emerging with a new…

First Look: Journal with Witch

When her parents die in a car accident, fifteen-year old Asa Takumi has nowhere to go — that is, until her estranged aunt Makio shows up. Despite a strained relationship with her family, in particular with Asa's mother, Makio is determined to give Asa a new home and…

First Look: Fate/Strange Fake As ever, multiple factions of wizards and mages vie for supremacy in the Holy Grail War, summoning figures from myth and legend as Servants to battle it out until only one remains. But this time it's happening in Snowfield, Nevada, United States of America; and all kinds of unexpected events are occurring in this strange, fake imitation of the original Grail War.

First Look: Fate/Strange Fake

As ever, multiple factions of wizards and mages vie for supremacy in the Holy Grail War, summoning figures from myth and legend as Servants to battle it out until only one remains. But this time it's happening in Snowfield, Nevada, United States of America; and all…

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog Gulliver the Hero | Blue Mondays Episode 24

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Blue Mondays Episode 24: Gulliver the Hero We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show. This installment we cover Episode 47 "Acperience 4" and Episode 48 "Ballet Mechanique"

Blue Mondays Episode 24: Gulliver the Hero

We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main…

This is the shirt I was wearing while recording the top 10 anime podcast for @glorioblog.bsky.social. Apocalypse Hotel is really good!

YouTube video by The GLORIO Blog The Top 10 Best Anime of 2025 | The GLORIO Chat Anime Podcast Episode 204

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The GLORIO Chat Episode 204: The Top 10 It's the podcast version of our top 10 list

The GLORIO Chat Episode 204: The Top 10

It's the podcast version of our top 10 list