Glasslip

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Japanese: グラスリップ

More titles

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 3, 2014 to Sep 25, 2014

Premiered: Summer 2014

Broadcast: Thursdays at 22:30 (JST)

Producers: Sotsu, Lantis, Pony Canyon, Showgate, Infinite

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: P.A. Works

Source: Original

Genres: Romance, Supernatural

Themes: Love Polygon, Visual Arts

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 5.42¹ (scored by 81,481 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #11896²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1416

Members: 165,925

Favorites: 224

Available At

Official Site

Resources

AniDB

ANN

Synopsis

What if you hold the power to hear the voices or see fragments of images from the future? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Glasslip follows the life of Touko Fukami, an aspiring glass artist born from a glass artisan family. She enjoys her worry-free life in Fukui, save for the fragments of images that she sees on occasion.

On her 18th summer, she meets the transfer student Kakeru Okikura at her school, and then again at her favorite café called Kazemichi together with all four of her friends. The voices from the future lead Kakeru to Touko, and his arrival disrupts her mediocre existence. All six of the friends must face their most unforgettable summer full of hope, affection, and heartache.

Edit

Background

No background information has been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding background information here.

Edit

Related Anime

Adaptation:

Glasslip, Hina's Lip

More characters

Characters & Voice Actors

Okikura, Kakeru

Main

Oosaka, Ryouta
Japanese

Fukami, Touko

Main

Fukagawa, Seria
Japanese

Takayama, Yanagi

Main

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Nagamiya, Sachi

Main

Taneda, Risa
Japanese

Imi, Yukinari

Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Japanese

Shirosaki, Hiro

Main

Yamashita, Daiki
Japanese

Okikura, Miwako

Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Fukami, Hina

Supporting

Touyama, Nao
Japanese

Nagamiya, Suzune

Supporting

Itou, Miki
Japanese

Shirosaki, Momo

Supporting

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Horikawa, Kenji

Producer

Nagatani, Takayuki

Producer

Tsuji, Mitsuhito

Producer

Yoshie, Terushige

Producer

Edit

Opening Theme

"Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe (夏の日と君の声)" by ChouCho (eps 1-12)

Edit

Ending Theme

	1: "Toumei na Sekai (透明な世界)" by nano.RIPE (eps 1-12)
	2: "Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe (夏の日と君の声)" by ChouCho (eps 13)

Reviews

Mar 23, 2024

5Cats

Recommended

An absolute juggernaut!
Do you like anime with simple plots and predictable events? Standard characters? Move along, this one's not for you.
It should have a "mystery" tag too. It's a complex story with many twists and turns, yet it flows so naturally with amazing music, visuals and characters. The slow pace and easygoing style works perfectly. The "quiet moments" are riveting.
Don't let the low score fool you, this is a terrific show. Well worth the investment, you DO have to pay attention!

Not really spoilers: When 5 friends in a small town/city have their summer break before their senior ...

Open

Gift

Dec 3, 2020

Bakajanai69

Mixed Feelings

This anime is very frustrating, i'm ending this thinking that there might have been some room here to make maybe something nice... PA Works, the art is nice and... that's it...

Despite the art there for some points, there is absolutely nothing in this anime, no story, no head no tail, no real drama, nothing to surprise you, nothing to give you some emotions, you just get absolutely bored, i just wanted it to end and it was difficult for me to watch more than 3 eps in a row per day,

The characters personality is incredibly plain and boring as well, especially the guy ...

Open

Gift

Aug 8, 2021

Dionkeykong

Not Recommended

Welcome everyone to this week's episode of National Animegraphic in which we bear witness to the discovery of a new species of anime. Living deep in the jungles of Otakuzil, this anime is one of the deadliest, thanks to its' poison that can kill a normal sized human in mere seconds. It's so deadly it can kill itself if it bites its' tail.

Glasslip, which was named after the man who discovered it, John McAsshole Glasslip, found its' way to the west and into my fucking room and as i'm writing these words i'm already dead so don't bother calling the paramedics..If you want to chat ... just buy a ouija board!

Let's find out more about this being that killed me dead within 13 eps then..It's the story of 5 kids and from what i gathered each one of them wants to bang the other or another or the same another.. All you need to know is that one of them wears glasses and is bisexual, one wants to bang the bisexual but the bisexual wants to play scissors with a gal who is the holy grail and everyone wants to bang her and one of them who wants to bang her has a step sister who wants to bang him but a 6th person joins the gangbang and the holy grail wants to bang him.....I think there are chickens involved somehow which is sick and inhumane.

If you're sitting there scratching your heads it's not my fault, this anime is just that stupid in how it unfolds its' "story"...And story this anime it has not grasshopper. What it has is multiple personalities and none of them is interesting. I think i have seen more interesting land mine injuries in my lifetime...But if i had to take a stab at it i would say that it wanted to be a unique take on how people go through adulthood?! which to me is buffling cause if that's what they wanted to do then...They really fucked it up in ways more interesting than the anime itself.

So let's see properly everything. The story is about the lives of 5 kids like i said: Touko, Yukinari, Hiro, Sachi, and Yanagi. They all are childhood friends and they all live in a port town. One day there was a fireworks festival and a somewhat enigmatic fella by the name of Kakeru makes his appearance and shit hits the fan for everyone. From this point on and for the reasons i stated in the beginning the 6 characters split off into 3 separate groups of two because reasons..... So basically you're thrown in a pool of shit and you're trying to learn to swim right from the get go..And i can't understand the reasoning behind this way of storytelling cause all it seems to do is go from group to group faster than a bullet train and by the end of ride you're nowhere near where you needed to be and since this is more or less a character driven story...It has no character development.

How is this for an introduction to the characters? We learn their names as they're being flashed on the screen.. The transfer student, Kakeru,doesn't even join the group he is there ONLY for Tokou and that's because........Oh my dog, how do i say this?....They have the same supernatural power...To be able to see "shards" of the future reflected in anything shiny or bright....So that's what we're going with in the Slice of Life anime then huh? Superpowers and girls falling for psychpaths who seeeeeeee things.... But worry not cause problems this anime has in spades cause this supposed group of friends feels like a group of total strangers being paid by someone to play friends for an hour or 2. The dialogue between them is stiff, their chemistry is off and the romance feels forced.

Speaking of forced...You guessed it baby! It's the damn melodrama burger here to poison the bodies and minds of the unsuspected. We as viewers are expected to somehow connect to this rather large and unlikable cast and not only that but care about the plights they face..And how in the hell am i supposed to do that when the writers themselves didn't care enough to even give them a proper characterization in the first fucking place? Hell they even threw under the bus most of the cast to focs on just the Kakeru and Tokou..Why should i care if you don't?

One second you are here for the melodrama ride next you're on the train to future shards land with no explanation whatsoever as to what these shards even are or how the hell they're triggered and even if they wanted to incorporate them into the story somehow to lead the story in a big event...They failed in that too. The only thing they didn't fail was doing a lot of stuff at once, yet somehow did a whole lot of nothing and as the cast is split so is the focus of each event in each episode and it all fails to have some impact.

At least the visuals were exceptional as far as the town is concerned. It really is a thing of marvel to watch this little town come to life and the characters can be distinquished from one another. The designs of the character themselves could be way better cause their bodies looked like they had sticks for feet.

Apart from the visuals then and maybe some songs here and there this anime has nothing to offer. 13 eps run and all it manages to do is treat the viewer as a total idiot for watching cause there is no story and all this fuckery going on with the shards goes nowhere too as it's all in their heads so the whole premise of the anime was thrown outta the window in the end making it all meaningless. Couple that with botched cliches and conflicts that fall apart on their own and you have the recipe for total nothingness. Visuals shouldn't be the A and the Ω.

It all comes back to the melodrama aspect and how it's woven in the story and how in turn the story itself drives the characters from point A to point B not the characters themselves..Let me give you some examples of what i mean.

Touka's and David as he goes by(Kakeru) have the power to see the future. Why do they have these powers in the first place? Because we're told so. Why are the decisions of the characters so stupid? You're told so..Or how does this group dynamic works and how come they have feelings for one another when the on screen result says otherwise? You guessed it, because you're told so.
In the end Glasslip failed to make the characters what they should be..CHARACTERS..How am i supposed to see them as nothing more than puppets whose only purpose in life is seek out drama at all costs? Hell i wouldn't care if they all dropped dead in a school shooting or whatever. In fact it would be a better and fitting ending to this bunch.Honestly i spent more time than this anime deserves and if you're not a masochist then steer clear from this abomination.

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Finished Anime (Original) V3 F-H

by Wusel-chan

28 Entries · 8 Restacks

Seaside Romance

by 3miL

16 Entries · 39 Restacks

Anime series that are simply not worth it

by Kabochan

13 Entries · 17 Restacks

More recommendations

Recommendations

View All

More news

Recent News

Q3 2014 Anime Licenses [Update 9/28]

Sentai Filmworks (North America): Hitsugi no Chaika (Chaika the Coffin Princess) Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen (Argevollen) Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) Akame ga ...read more

Jul 4, 2014 1:51 PM by Dunois | Discuss (50 comments)

Summer 2014 Simulcast List [Update 7/26]

Crunchyroll (All times are Pacific for premium users):Himegoto Streaming Dates: Mondays at 9 AM starting July 28 (Available one week later for free members) Territor...read more

Jun 30, 2014 8:08 PM by Dunois | Discuss (75 comments)

More discussions

Recent Forum Discussion

Can someone explain the end ? Shomix - Dec 5, 2014	22 replies	by oooo3333 »» Apr 3, 12:09 AM
Poll: Glasslip Episode 13 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page ) Stark700 - Sep 25, 2014	441 replies	by oooo3333 »» Feb 7, 4:25 PM
Poll: Glasslip Episode 3 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) Stark700 - Jul 17, 2014	179 replies	by oooo3333 »» May 18, 2023 2:25 PM
Poll: Glasslip Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) Stark700 - Aug 28, 2014	211 replies	by oooo3333 »» May 16, 2023 2:52 PM
Poll: Glasslip Episode 5 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) Stark700 - Jul 31, 2014	153 replies	by oooo3333 »» May 16, 2023 1:12 PM

Recent Featured Articles

Top 15 Perfect Anime Houses: Home Sweet Homes

Home is where the heart is, but sometimes, people need more than just love. Ever fantasized about living in your anime dream house? Come check out this collection of 15 magnificent anime houses, each unique in their own way. Some are beautiful and cozy, while others have more extravagant forms!

by FreeNightFalls

174,644 views

Collection Location

Glasslip

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Synopsis

Background

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Okikura, Kakeru

Fukami, Touko

Takayama, Yanagi

Nagamiya, Sachi

Imi, Yukinari

Shirosaki, Hiro

Okikura, Miwako

Fukami, Hina

Nagamiya, Suzune

Shirosaki, Momo

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

Recent Featured Articles

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Glasslip

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Synopsis

Background

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

Recent Featured Articles

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-