Toonami Faithful Podcast

Sketch, Kuro and Steven are joined by returning guest LumRanmaYasha from Manga Mavericks to recap Rooster Fighter, Blue Lock and two episodes of Dan Da Dan but before that they discuss the return of My Adventures with Superman! 0:00:00 - Intro and Toonami Schedule News (Superman returns... again) 0:06:00 - Rooster Fighter ep 8 Recap 0:44:48 - Blue Lock ep 13 Recap 1:14:00 - Dan Da Dan eps 17 and 18 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by returning guest R Dragon to recap Rooster Fighter, Blue Lock and Tokyo Revengers. 00:00 - Rooster Fighter ep 7 Recap 31:56 - Blue Lock ep 12 Recap 58:35 - Tokyo Revengers eps 11 and 12 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by returning guest Cletus T. to recap Rooster Fighter, Blue Lock and two episodes of Dan Da Dan. 0:00:00 - Rooster Fighter ep 6 Recap 0:36:29 - Blue Lock ep 11 Recap 1:11:10 - Dan Da Dan eps 15 and 16 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Steven, Laser and returning guest Archangel from Simudub Saints discuss Tokyo Revengers, Blue Lock and Rooster Fighter 0:00:00 - Tokyo Revengers ep 9 and 10 Recap 0:49:43 - Blue Lock ep 10 Recap 1:19:50 - Rooster Fighter ep 5 Recap

Sketch, Steven and Colt recap Rooster Fighter, Dan Da Dan and Blue Lock. 00:00 - Rooster Fighter ep 4 Recap 25:30 - Dan Da Dan ep 14 Recap 49:15 - Blue Lock ep 9 Recap Extra Audio Credits: Clips taken from Mike Tyson Mysteries

Sketch, Kuro and Steven recap Rooster Fighter, Blue Lock and two episodes of Tokyo Revengers while injecting several Pokémon name based puns due to the conversation they had before the podcast proper. Stick around for that conversation about Pokémon as well as a post-show where we talk about Project Hail Mary and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (spoiler warning). 0:00:00 - Intro and Quick Schedule Update 0:03:49 - Rooster Figther ep 3 Recap 0:29:48 - Blue Lock ep 8 Recap 0:53:53 - Tokyo Revengers ep 7 and 8 Recap 1:37:50 - Pre-Show Post-Show (Pokémon talk) 1:45:26 - Post-Show Post-Show (Movie talk - spoiler warning)

Sketch, Kuro, Laser, Steven and Paul discuss the final two episodes of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal season 3 and what they thought of the season as a whole but before that they recap this week's episodes of Rooster Fighter and Blue Lock. 00:00 - Rooster Fighter ep 2 Recap 28:11 - Blue Lock ep 7 Recap 57:49 - Primal season 3 Finale Recap and season discussion

Kuro, is joined by Steven, Fabian and Paul to discuss the latest episodes of Tokyo Revengers, Blue Lock and the first episode of Rooster Fighter.

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by Head Samurai Darrell Maddox to discuss Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.

Kuro hosts, along with Laser, Steven, Paul, and Archangel from the Simuldub Saints and we're discussing Blue Lock, Tokyo Revengers, and Primal!.

Kuro hosts along with Sketch, Laser and Steven and they're joined by returning guest Jefferies Herrera. On the docket for discussion we have Genndy Tartakovsky's recent AMA, Blue Lock, Primal and two episodes of Tokyo Revengers. 00:00 - Intro and Discussing Genndy Tartakovsky's AMA 12:47 - Blue Lock ep 4 Recap 40:52 - Primal Season 3 ep 7 Recap 59:40 - Tokyo Revengers eps 3 and 4 Recap

Sketch, Paul, Laser and Steven are joined by Colt to recap Primal, Blue Lock and two episodes of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War but before that, there's a bit of Toonami related news to discuss. 0:00:00 - Intro and Toonami related news 0:16:44 - Primal Season 3 ep 6 Recap 0:36:40 - Blue Lock ep 3 Recap 1:02:50 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 37 and 38 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Steven and Laser are joined by special guests Archangel and R Dragon to recap Primal, Blue Lock and the first two episodes of Tokyo Revengers.

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven recap episodes of Primal, Blue Lock and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War but before that there's a rooster to talk about. 00:00 - Intro and Rooster Fighter News 07:07 - Primal Season 3 ep 4 Recap 24:26 - Blue Lock ep 1 Recap 55:12 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 35 and 36 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by returning guests Fabian and Cletus T. to recap Primal season 3 episode 3 and send off Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga as well as Mashle: Magic and Muscles season 2. Witness Yukio's descent and Spear's literal descent and Mash is well... Mash.

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss a big schedule update for Toonami, the latest episodes of Primal and Mashle and two more episodes of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. 0:00:00 - Intro / Big Schedule Update Discussion 0:28:24 - Primal Season 3 Ep 2 Recap 0:58:16 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 33 and 34 Recap 1:46:47 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 23 Recap

Kuro, Steven, and Fabian discuss Blue Exorcist, Primal Season 3 and Mashel. Paul hops in late for Primal and Mashel. Please note: During our discussion of Blue Exorcist, we touch on suicide. Listen discretion is advised. If you or someone is struggling, help is available and you are not alone. Call or text 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or chat online at 988lifeline.org.

Sketch, Kuro, Steven, Laser and his co-host Arcangel of Simuldub Saints discuss Mashle, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Primal returning to Toonami and the game Date Everything which somehow comes up during the podcast intro when we talk about unreliable appliances. Paul hops in late for Mashle and Bleach. 0:00:00 - Intro / Off-Topic 0:06:51 - Toonami had a little schedule update to add Primal season 3 0:12:55 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 21 Recap 0:43:13 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 31 and 32 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Laser, Steven and Fabian recap Blue Exorcist. Then Paul joins in to talk about Mashle and a little message from TOM and Sara that aired during Toonami this week. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:00 - Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga eps 7 and 8 Recap 1:07:28 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 20 Recap 1:31:32 - State of Toonami Discussion

Sketch, Paul, Kuro and Steven kick-off the new year by discussing Mashle, the first episode of Dan Da Dan season 2 and two more episodes Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.

Kuro has returned and joins Sketch, Laser and Steven to discuss Blue Exorcist. Then Paul joins them to talk about this week's episode of Mashle, a new music video that aired on the block and some intriguing schedule updates. Audio quality gets better around 1:09:37 because Sketch was a doofus and forgot to use the recording bot for the first half of the podcast. So yeah... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We won't be recording next week. 0:00:00 - Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga eps 5 and 6 Recap 0:43:39 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 18 Recap 1:25:02 - Music Video and Toonami Schedule Discussion

Sketch, Steven, Laser and later Paul are joined once again by Archangel of Simuldub Saints to discuss this week's episode of Mashle and the start of the 3rd part of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War... The Conflict. Then they talk more the pending sale of Warner Bros. 00:00:00 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 17 Recap 00:44:06 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Eps 27 and 28 01:36:06 - More thoughts on the pending Warner Bros. sale

Sketch, Steven and returning guest Sam 1 from Toonami Squad discuss Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga. Then Paul joins them to recap Mashle before the conversation shifts to current events in the industry including the push toward using generative AI and Warner Bros. switching owners once again. 0:00:00 - Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga eps 3 and 4 Recap 0:28:13 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 16 Recap 0:45:55 - Thoughts on Generative AI 1:03:30 - Warner Bros. is up for sale again... so we're talking about it again

Sketch, Laser, Steven and later Paul are joined once again by Archangel of Simuldub Saints to discuss this week's episode of Mashle and the final two episode of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War: The Separation 00:00 - Intro 08:44 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles ep 15 Recap 40:44 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Eps 25 and 26 (The Finale of Part 2) Recap

Kuro, LaserKid, Steven and special guest Samster299 from Toonami Squad discuss the first two episodes Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga. Later they are joined by Paul to talk about this week’s ep of Mashle.

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by our returning guest Archangel from Simuldub Saints to discuss the return of Mashle: Magic and Muscles kicking off The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc. Later on Paul joins when we talk about Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 23 and 24. 00:00 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles Ep 13 Recap 35:46 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 23 and 24 Recap

Sketch, Laser and Steven discuss the final episodes of Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga with Kuro then they send-off Dragon Ball Daima with Paul. 00:00 - Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga eps 11 and 12 Recap / Season Talkback 56:11 - Dragon Ball Daima eps 19 and 20 Recap / Series Talkback

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss the latest Toonami schedule update, Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga eps 9 and 10 and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 21 and 22. 00:00 - Intro and Toonami Schedule Update 12:47 - Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga eps 9 and 10 Recap 55:47 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 21 and 22 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Laser, Steven and returning guest Fabian talk about the DST November 1st schedule for Toonami and the final season 1 episode of Dan Da Dan. Then Kuro peaces out and we summon Paul to the demon realm for Dragon Ball Daima eps 17 and 18.

Episode 529 - To Hell With Fear by Toonami Faithful

Sketch, Paul, Laser and Steven discuss Toonami's upcoming schedule. Then they talk about more paranormal, adolescent, and alien absurdity in Dan Da Dan and rant about how stupid the villains are in Dragon Ball Daima. Expect several tangents as usual. 0:00:00 - Intro and Schedule News/Speculation 0:28:10 - Dan Da Dan Eps 10 and 11 1:10:35 - Dragon Ball Daima Eps 15 and 16

Kuro, Paul, Sketch and Steven are joined by our old pal Darrell Maddox to discuss Captain Komamura going full wolf on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Later on, LaserKid drops in when we discuss Izumo's unfortunate upbringing on Blue Exorcist. 0:00:00 - Intro and Misc. 0:09:54 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Eps 17 and 18 1:08:31 - Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Ep 5 and 6

Sketch, Paul, Laser and Steven discuss more teenage drama and ABBA and Ultraman references in Dan Da Dan as well as Hamtaro's revenge and the TEMU Ginyu Squad on Dragon Ball Daima 00:00 - Dan Da Dan eps 8 and 9 54:14 - Dragon Ball Daima eps 13 and 14

Sketch, Paul, Kuro and Steven discuss episodes 15 and 16 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and episodes 3 and 4 of Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga 00:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Wars eps 15 and 16 42:45 - Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga eps 3 and 4

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss eps 6 and 7 of Dan Da Dan and Dragon Ball Daima eps 11 and 12. Some tangents occur as per usual. 00:00 - Dan Da Dan eps 6 and 7 Recap 34:57 - Dragon Ball Daima eps 11 and 12 Recap

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser, Steven and our returning guest Sam from Toonami Squad discuss Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and the start of the Shimane Illuminati saga of Blue Exorcist 0:00:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Eps 13 and 14 Recap 1:02:40 - Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Eps 1 and 2

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by our returning guest Jefferies Herrera to discuss Dragon Ball Daima ep 10, Dan Da Dan eps 4 and 5 and the final episode of the Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Arc.

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss some Toonami related news, Goku defeating a Tamagami in Dragon Ball Daima and how basically everyone is bloodline related in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

Sketch, Kuro, Laser, and Steven are joined by one of our long-time listeners: Cletus T to discuss some exciting schedule updates, other Toonami related news, two episodes of Dan Da Dan and two episodes of Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga. 0:00:00 - Intro and Toonami Related News 0:08:50 - Dan Da Dan Eps 2 and 3 1:12:17 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Eps 10 and 11

Sketch, Paul, Laser, Steven and Colt (who pops in late) talk even more about the Warner Bros. Discovery split but before that it's time to recap a couple of episodes of Dragon Ball Daima and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War! 00:00 - Intro 04:23 - Dragon Ball Daima eps 6 and 7 Recap 25:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War eps 9 and 10 Recap 50:30 - More Discussion of the Warner Bros. Discovery Split

Kuro, Paul, Sketch, Laser and returning guest LumRanmaYasha talk Toonami's new look, San Diego Comic Con and Dan Da Dan Ep 1. Then Paul drops out as the rest of the gang recap episodes 8 and 9 of Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga! 0:00:00 - Intro + Toonami's New Look! 0:07:16 - Sketch and Lum's Excellent Adventure at San Diego Comic Con! 0:51:54 - Dan Da Dan Ep 1 Recap! 1:46:33 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Eps 8 and 9 2:35:51 - One More Thing About SDCC Music credits for this episode: "Otonoke" as performed by Creepy Nuts

Sketch, Paul, Laser, Steven and Colt discuss episodes 4 and 5 of Dragon Ball Daima and episode 8 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 00:00 - Dragon Ball Daima Eps 4 and 5 Recap 44:46 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 8 Recap

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by prodigal son: CJ Maffris to discuss the final episode of Lazarus and how divisive the show has been among anime fandom.

Sketch, Kuro and Steven are joined by returning guest LumRanmaYasha who just happened go to Anime Expo. After Lum tells the other's about their experience at Anime Expo including some thoughts on Rooster Fighter it's onto a recap of Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga episode 7. 0:00:00 - Schedule Update and Lum's experience at Anime Expo 1:00:23 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 7 Recap

Sketch, Paul, Laser and Steven are joined by returning guest JP Reckless to recap Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and the first three episodes of Dragon Ball Daima. Then Paul and JP share their thoughts on Lazarus before the conversation turns to HBO Max, Adult Swim and the impending division between the cable networks and studios of Warner Bros. Discovery. 0:00:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Wars Ep 7 Recap 0:30:17 - Dragon Ball Daima Eps 1-3 Recap 1:05:00 - Some thoughts on Lazarus 1:19:33 - Some thoughts on HBO Max, Adult Swim and WB/Ds plans

Kuro, Paul, Laser and Steven discuss the penultimate episode of Lazarus and things are really heating up on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga! And with Lazurus nearly over they take a moment to speculate what Toonami might add in July. 0:00:00 - Lazarus Ep 12 0:37:31 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 6 1:04:21 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 6 1:27:42 - Speculating Toonami's Next Acquisition

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss this week's episodes of Lazarus, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga and give their first impressions of Dragon Ball Daima!

Sketch and Kuro sit down with Jason DeMarco to discuss producing anime for Warner Bros. Discovery: namely Lazarus with the legendary Shinichiro Watanabe, Sunghoo Park sneaking Jason into Ninja Kamui and notably bringing an animated Lord of the Rings film to theaters alongside Kenji Kamiyama and Peter Jackson.

Kuro, Sketch and Steven are joined by LumRanmaYasha and (eventually) JP Reckless to discuss this week's Toonami block and a whole bunch of Toonami related news! 00:00:00 - It was a very busy news day... 00:26:57 - Lazarus Ep 10 00:52:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 4 01:17:30 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 4 01:49:00 - A Lil More of Dragon Ball Daima Discussion 01:59:25 - Special Podcast Announcement!!!

Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss Lazarus, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga and then just when you think the podcast is over... Kuro swaps out for Paul because Dragon Ball Daima just got announced for Toonami!