#Toonami Weekly Recap

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 11/16/2024

Mashle: Magic and Muscles EP#02 - Mash Burnedead and the Mysterious Maze: Brad provides Mash a fake Mark so he can attend Easton Academy's entrance exam. Examiner Claude dislikes Mash, mistaking his airheadedness for laziness. Mash passes the magical demonstrations, confusing Claude that Mash can somehow lift boulders and run on water without using spells. For the last test the applicants must escape a trap filled maze. Mash encounters Lemon, a shy girl who sabotages Mash on purpose. Lemon is confronted by a monster but Mash saves her, reassures her, then escapes the maze by simply smashing through the walls. Lemon, having mistaken Mash's reassurance and kindness as a marriage proposal, reveals Claude took advantage of her poverty to force her to sabotage Mash. Claude is disciplined by Headmaster Wahlberg who gives Mash a test of resolve; falsely suggesting Regro would die if he failed. Mash allows himself to be injured to save Regro, passing the exam. Mash meets his roommate Finn, who is wary of someone as odd as Mash, but does helpfully explain that to become a Divine Visionary Mash must collect the most reward coins among their year group by consistently scoring the highest on exams, research projects, club activities and even popularity with classmates.

Invincible Fight Girl EP#04 - The Way of the World: Andy battles with Mbrandon and with Mikey's help, she almost wins, but he draws her into a trap. While Mikey's dad is overjoyed, Andy, who is helped by Craig, tells Mikey to not give up on his dream, making him think back to what his mother once said to him. However, it appears that Mikey doesn't leave and decides to stay with his family. Later, Andy tells Craig she needs to find a teacher, but Craig says he was inspired by her, and offers to be her manager, but she walks away. She comes back when he claims he will get Poblana to train him. Following this, Mikey appears to the surprise of Craig and Andy, and he suggests coming with her, which she accepts.

Blue Exorcist EP#03 - Brothers: Rin is enrolled at True Cross Academy's exorcist cram school by Mephisto, the academy's chairman. He is shocked to learn that Yukio is one of his teachers, having already been a prodigiously graduated Exorcist. Yukio had always been aware that Rin was a demon. Rin demands to know why Yukio kept this a secret, and Yukio says he blames Rin for Shiro's death. After Rin protects Yukio from a hobgoblin, Yukio recalls Shiro telling him to protect his brother, which motivated him to become an Exorcist.

-Toonami Rewind Shows-

Sailor Moon EP#42 - Sailor Venus' Past: Minako's Tragic Love: The Guardians look for an entrance to the Dark Kingdom, where Metalia will soon be awakened. Kunzite decides to try to get at Sailor V and attacks a woman Minako had been good friends with in England.

Sailor Moon EP#43 - Usagi Abandoned: The Falling-Out of the Sailor Guardians: The Sailor Guardians stage a breakup, trying to make it look as though Sailor Moon has defected so that she can infiltrate the Dark Kingdom and save Endymion. She and Sailor Mars find it a little too easy to fight.

[animesavior]

“There's nothing guaranteeing tomorrow. We could die today or we could die 60 years from now. Either way there's never enough time to do everything we want. With that in mind...I'm gonna...” -          Akira Tendou, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Ep. 01)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for March 30-31, 2024.

With a zombie apocalypse striking Tokyo, Akira is freed from the toxic environment of his former job to complete his bucket list of things he wants to do, as Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead makes its premiere on Toonami.

On Twitter, #Toonami trended in the United States alongside Ninja Kamui, Zom 100, and Lycoris Recoil. #Toonami also trended on Tumblr.

This past Monday marked the 12th anniversary of “The Night no 90’s Kid Slept.” When on April Fools Day 2012, what was originally thought was another rerun of The Room turned out to be a sudden revival of Toonami after being cancelled for over four years. Thanks to incredible fan support, the block would be resurrected for real nearly two months later, which has now surpassed the lifespan of its original 1997-2008 run. Here’s to many more years of Toonami to come.

Last week, Toho Animation released a new trailer for the upcoming 7th season of My Hero Academia, which will begin airing on May 4th. You can see an English translated version of the trailer below. In addition, four special recap episodes titled My Hero Academia: Memories, will be airing weekly beginning on April 6 and through the weeks up to the season premiere. As with previous seasons, Crunchyroll will simulcast the new season and will be producing dubs for season 7.

Toho has also announced this morning that a new My Hero Academia film is also in the works. Titled “You’re Next”, the film will be premiering in Japanese theaters on August 2, 2024. Plans for a release stateside have yet to be revealed as of this writing.

On Tuesday, the anime world bid adieu to Funimation, as Sony has shut down the FunimationNow service (with funimation.com now redirecting to crunchyroll.com), completing its merger with Crunchyroll. Funimation is one of Toonami's long time media partners, going back as far as when DBZ first aired on the block in 1999.

And on that note, if you missed it, I posted an Op-Ed this week titled "The 2020’s Anime and Streaming Service Bubble Burst," as I look into the controversies regarding the Warner Bros Discovery merger, the Funimation-Crunchyroll merger, their respective effects on Toonami, and how what's going on with both could lead to another anime bubble burst, and one for streaming services overall.

Legend: The shows listed are ordered based on their appearance on the schedule. Show trends are listed in bold. The number next to the listed trend represents the highest it trended on the list (not counting the promoted trend), judging only by the images placed in the rundown. For the Twitter tweet counts, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.

United States Trends:

#Toonami [#Zom100]

#NinjaKamui [Trended with #Toonami and #Zom100]

#Zom100 [#6]

#LycorisRecoil [Trended with #Toonami and #Zom100]

Tweet Counts:

#Zom100 [2,927 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#Toonami [#2]

If you wish to send me a tip for the work on the trending rundown, donations can be sent to PayPal.Me/DanielLimjoco.

Get Ready to Run for Your Life. Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.

[arcaneranger]

First Impressions - Summer 2018

We’ve got another busy season here, so let’s get right into it.

I won’t be covering Attack on Titan Season 3 or Overlord Season 3, because I haven’t seen either of those shows’ previous seasons, and I also won’t be covering Free! Dive to the Future even though I want to, because Funimation still has yet to release the prequel movie that sets up this third season and I want to go in with full context to something as surprisingly intelligent as this franchise is.

I also won’t cover Sirius the Jaeger, High Score Girl or Back Street Girls because they’ve been doomed by Netflix to not be cared about by people who watch seasonal shows. (This hurts, I was really excited for Sirius.) Zoids Wild went completely unlicensed, but considering the previous show aired on Toonami a thousand years ago, I’ll be keeping an eye on it.

My favorite premiere of the season was Planet With, because pretty much anything that reminds me of Punch Line is probably gonna get a pass in my book, and this brand of weirdness that just keeps me guessing right from moment one is right up my alley.

To recap, I also made it past the first episodes of: * Angels of Death * Cells at Work! * Grand Blue Dreaming * Hanebado! * Banana Fish * Seven Senses of the Re’Union (!) * Happy Sugar Life * Chio’s School Road (!) * Harukana Receive * Holmes of Kyoto (!) * Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion * Phantom in the Twilight (!) * Revue Starlight

Anything with an (!) next to it is more or less on probation. If it hasn’t either maintained its quality or hooked me completely in 3 episodes (as is tradition), I’ll be dropping them. I’m also watching Master of Ragnarok and the Blesser of Einherjar, but explicitly not recommending it. We’ll see if I can make it through the whole thing.

We also have several holdovers from last season that are finishing up: * Major 2nd * Lupin III Part 5 * Steins;Gate 0 * My Hero Academia Season 3

The last show was Persona 5 the Animation but I’m now officially dropping that one because I don’t really see a need to go back to it, the conversation around it pretty much stuck with “you don’t need to watch it if you’ve played the game” and that’s exactly the impression I got.

Speaking of dropping, I put down Asobi Asobase and Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs for simply not being my thing, but the shows that I truly didn’t consider to be worth my or anyone else’s time were: * Island * Dropkick on My Devil! * Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King * Music Girls * The Thousand Noble Musketeers

The worst premiere I saw this season was far and away How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord!, where I didn’t even last five minutes because the show jumped directly off a cliff into the bounds of tasteless, shameless, and really specific pandering. Why it’s the fourth most popular show of the season (above every single show I kept aside from Angels of Death) I do not understand.

Overall, this is looking like another promising season. To those wondering, I haven’t totally finished spring shows yet, so those reviews should be coming soon. Keep an eye out. I’m also going to make another attempt at weekly coverage for Revue Starlight and Angels of Death (the least and most popular shows in my list), so the next thing you see should be my review of episode 2 of Angels. See you soon!

[remotecontrolchuck]

Toonami Night Review: A Night of Fun, Feels, and a Little Bit of Lewdness.

Last week was another enjoyable run on the block. We started off with some on Dragon Ball and Black Clover, followed by our favorite characters in Stardust Crusaders and Gundam IBO kicking ass! Then came of course Hunter x Hunter, providing once again the feels for the night, which has become weekly since we began getting further down the Chimera Ant arc. After the buzzkill that was Hunter x Hunter, Naruto Shippuden brought the fun back to the party with a nice filler episode to cheer us up.

Once that was over, things got really steamy on Outlaw Star, giving us a lewd, but really funny episode for the night. Everyone watching was looking forward to this one, considering the reasons why it never aired on Toonami before, and they weren’t disappointed one bit. If there was ever a reason for Toonami to be on Adult Swim, this was one of those reasons.

Moving on, Space Dandy brought on the feels once again on the block. But unlike the feels we got from Hunter x Hunter, it was the good, heartfelt kind. We continued getting more of that in Cowboy Bebop, before we got the sad kind of feels one last time on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG. Geez, way to end the run with another buzzkill. Hopefully Ghost in the Shell with end the run tonight on a good note this time around.

Now that the general summary for last week’s run is over, it’s time to get down on the recap of last week’s shows, in twenty words or less!

Dragon Ball Super: While Bulma fixes the time machine, Future Trunks meets with Gohan, and has a wonderful evening meeting the latter’s family.

DBZ Kai: With Gohan losing to a more powerful Evil Buu, Old Kai helps Goku return to the world of the living.

Black Clover: Getting rewarded for a job well done, Asta and the rest of the Black Bulls go on a shopping trip.

Stardust Crusaders: With some reluctant help from the new canine Stand User, Iggy, Jotaro defeats the blind enemy Stand User N’Doul.

Gundam IBO: As Orga and Tekkadan get their revenge on Jasley for killing Lafter, McGillis begins his revolution within Gjallarhorn on Earth.

Hunter x Hunter: Encountering Neferpitou, Kite holds off the deadly Chimera Ant for Gon and Killua to escape. He then dies soon after.

Naruto Shippuden: The Filler Arc continues as Neji tells a story about himself and his team saving Hinata from enemy ninjas.

Outlaw Star: While hunting for more Caster shells, Gene encounters pervy sages, steamy hot springs, beautiful nude women, and a clumsy assassin.

Space Dandy: Dandy helps a young Gentooan girl, Adélie, find her grandpa, showing that he has a heart of gold after all.

Cowboy Bebop: Jet helps Mei-Fa, a feng shui expert, find a sun stone that will lead them to the latter’s missing father.

GitS: SAC 2nd GIG: While the Tachikomas have a philosophical debate about themselves, Section 9 stops the Tachikoma A.I. inventor from leaving the country.

And that’s a wrap for the recap! Before ending this review, there’s some things I would like to talk about, and one of them is about Outlaw Star. After checking how many episodes are left, I’ve just discovered that after tonight’s episode, there will only be two more episodes left. In other words, before the end of March, this show will have finished its run on the block. Can’t believe we’re near the end already, feels like it only a couple of months instead of seven when we started this intergalactic journey.

But of course that’s how it always is with a show on the block, time flies by so fast that you don’t realize how long it’s really been. What’s feels like a couple of weeks is actually a few months, what feels like a few months is actually almost a year, etc. etc. But I digress. Despite nearing the end of its run, I have had a blast watching Outlaw Star on Toonami, especially since this is my first time watching it. And like the recently gone Lupin the Third, I will also miss this show when it’s gone. But until then, I’m looking forward to seeing how this amazing show ends, hopefully on a great note.

Now for the other thing I would like to point out. Naturally with Outlaw Star soon to leave the block, that means there will be a change to the Toonami schedule. I have no idea what will be added to the block to replace it, or if the block will get shorter if there isn’t. But what concerns me more is that shortly after that schedule change, there will be another one soon after in a couple weeks!

Yeah, after Outlaw Star ends its run on the block, Cowboy Bebop will too two weeks after. And even more, three weeks after that, both Gundam IBO and the rerun of the first season of Space Dandy will be ending their run as well! And it doesn’t stop there! 3 weeks after that, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex will be ending its run as well, followed by DBZ Kai a month later. To sum it all up, we’re talking constant changes to the Toonami schedule soon, and depending how it plays out, it could be good or it could be bad. Good being either more new shows and reruns to come, or bad being that the run might get quite shorter soon. Fortunately, I think it will be the former, and here’s why.

Now most of the shows ending their run on the block are in the later half of the run, and some of them are reruns. So my best bet is that they might get replaced by other old shows Toonami still has the rights too, and those old shows might go on another run on the block. There’s also a good chance some of those shows will just go on another rerun. I also have a feeling that Space Dandy might continue running on the block, since only its first season is ending two months from now, and they just might show the second one anyway to fill in the soon empty slots.

Now the only question that remains is the shows that are in the first half of the run and are not reruns. Those being DBZ Kai and Gundam IBO The first of the two to end their run will be Gundam IBO, and that will be a month or so after Outlaw Star finishes its run two weeks from now. By then there’s good chance Toonami might get a new show to replace Gundam IBO, which is most likely since we know that the second season of FLCL is supposed to come later this year. There’s also that other show that was suppose to come, but was delayed, hence how Space Dandy came back to the block.

Next will be DBZ Kai, but fortunately it will end three months after Outlaw Star’s run is over, so plenty of time to find a new show to replace it, maybe with one of the two I mentioned earlier. That, or maybe air Dragon Ball GT, though I heard that series has mixed reviews. I haven’t seen GT before, so seeing it on Toonami would be nice, but I wouldn’t mind knowing what the other watchers/live bloggers in the Toonami tumblr community would think about it.

And that’s my prediction for what’s going to happen in the coming weeks and months in term of schedule changes to the block. So far this should be accurate based on what’s already known in regards of new shows coming to the block, and how Toonami usually deals with reruns. I don’t exactly know what shows they still have the rights to, but hoping enough to keep things fresh on Toonami, and hopefully they’re old favorites we wouldn’t mind seeing again after a long time.

Well that concludes the Toonami Night Review for last week, hope this was an interesting read for you guys. Tonight’s run of Toonami will be starting soon, so don’t miss out on the fun and awesome moments that are sure to come tonight. Well maybe not when Hunter x Hunter is on, considering how bleak the current arc is at the moment, but everything else should be exciting to watch.

Until tonight’s run of Toonami, Stay Gold and see you guys later!

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2020.09.19

Saturday, September 19th:

(original made-for-TV movies): "Secret Life of a Celebrity Surrogate" (Lifetime, 2hrs+), "Follow Me to Daisy Hills" (Hallmark, 2hrs)

(highlights): The 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards (FXX, 2hrs), Animal Babies (BBCAm, 70mins), Young Dylan (NICK) /   / Unfiltered (NICK) /   / Group Chat (NICK), Love Island (CBS, weekly recap "More to Love"), Dallas & Robo (SyFy, 2eps/70mins, latenight "TZGZ")

(latenight "Toonami" [adultswim]): Dragon Ball Super, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Assassination Classroom, Black Clover, Fire Force

[recentanimenews]

Anime Recap: New Code Geass Movie Trailer, Laid-Back Camp Season 2 & MORE!

Anime Recap is a weekly news show that brings you the latest anime news in bite-sized segments so you can stay up to speed on all the happenings in the world of anime! Here's our favorite highlights along with some helpful links so you can check out the stories yourself!

Here are the full stories from today’s episode!

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection 1st trailer

DanMachi: Arrow of the Orion release date

Laid-Back Camp season 2, movie, and short anime series announced

A Certain Scientific Railgun season 3 & A Certain Scientific Accelerator anime announced

Boogiepop Doesn’t Laugh new PV and key visual

Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 2nd trailer

Cromartie High School: Staff Room manga

MEGALOBOX coming to Toonami

Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far compilation game

Are you hyped about any of these new announcements? Let us know in the comments below!

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[theultimatefan]

Beckinsale, Rooker, Firefly Q&As Head Programming At Wizard World Comic Con Austin, Nov. 17-19

Q&A sessions with standout celebrities Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, Van Helsing), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), the “Firefly” team of Jewel Staite, Sean Maher and Summer Glau, the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” duo of Charisma Carpenter and Emma Caulfield, anime, video games, cosplayer and comics creator sessions, adult and kids costume contests and more highlight the programming offerings at Wizard World Comic Con Austin, Friday through Sunday, November 17-19, at the Austin Convention Center. Most programming is included as part of the standard event admission and is in addition to the live entertainment options (dancing, music, etc.) all weekend.

Some highlights of the more than 50 hours of panels scheduled include:

Interactive Q&As with Beckinsale (Saturday, 3 p.m.), Rooker (Saturday, 1 p.m.), Holly Marie Combs (“Charmed,” Saturday, 1:30 p.m.), Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead,” Saturday, noon), Steve Blum (“Toonami,” Saturday, 12:30 p.m.), Joe Flanigan (“Stargate: Atlantis,” Sunday, 12:30 p.m.), Jason David Frank (“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” Saturday, 2:30 p.m.), Felicia Day (“Supernatural,” Saturday, 4 p.m.)

Group sessions with the casts of “Firefly” (Saturday, 5 p.m.), “Buffy” (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.), Clerks/Mallrats (Jason Mewes and Brian O’Halloran, Saturday, 2 p.m.), “Batman: The Animated Series” (Kevin Conroy and Loren Lester, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.) and “WKRP in Cincinnati” (Loni Anderson and Howard Hesseman, Sunday, 11:30 p.m.)

Disney Trivia panel with Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory) and Thomas Ian Nicholas (Rookie of the Year, Saturday, 2:30 p.m.)

WWE® Superstar sessions featuring Hardy Boyz™ (Saturday, 5:30 p.m.) and Bayley™ (Saturday, 1:30 p.m.)

Creator-themed hours featuring industry superstars Genese Davis (The Holder’s Dominion), Stina Leicht (“Blackthorne”), Clinton Hobart (licensed Disney fine artist), James Morris (“Catch Fire”), Shawn Coss (“Cyanide & Happiness”), Mostafa Moussa (“Superman”), Victor Dandridge (“The Samaritan”) and more

Fan-based panels on subjects ranging from podcasting, indie comics, “The Walking Dead,” “Harry Potter,” LGBT superheroes, “Doctor Who” and more

Kids programming all three days, including story time, face painting, puppet shows, dance parties, magic, learn to draw, (and Kids 10 and under are free every day with paid adult)

World-famous Wizard World Comic Con Adult Costume Contest, Saturday at 7 p.m. and Kids Costume Contests on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cosplay with special guests Mogchelle, Nicole Marie Jean, Carl Martin, Robin Johnson Jr., Knightmage and more, throughout the weekend

Cosplay Workshops (Working with Worbla, Mold Making and Resin Casting) with Mogchelle, require additional ticket

Unless noted, programming events take place in the designated General Programming Rooms or show floor stages at the convention center. VIP tickets or additional costs may apply to ensure access to select activities, as noted.

A full list of Wizard World Comic Con Austin programming is available at http://wizardworld.com/programming-entertainment/austin (subjects, guests, times and rooms subject to change).

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, television, gaming, live entertainment, comics, sci-fi, graphic novels, toys, original art, collectibles, contests and more. The 14th and final event scheduled on the 2017 Wizard World calendar, Austin show hours are Friday, November 17, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, November 18, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, November 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Kids 10 and under are admitted free with paid adult.

Wizard World Comic Con Austin is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor and participate in the famed Wizard World Costume Contest on Saturday evening.

For more on the 2017 Wizard World Austin, visit http://wizd.me/AustinPR.

About Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD)

Wizard World, Inc. (www.wizardworld.com) produces comic, gaming and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, television, gaming, live entertainment, tech, comics, sci-fi, graphic novels, toys, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming and entertainment takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World has also launched the digital Wizard magazine and introduced WizPop, a daily news service reporting on the biggest pop culture  stories of the day, and featuring a weekly recap covering the news of the week. Fans can interact with Wizard World at www.wizardworld.com and on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services. Additional initiatives may include an augmented touring schedule of Wizard World shows, fixed-site installations, curated e-commerce, and the production and distribution of content both in the U.S. and internationally.

The 2017-18 Wizard World convention schedule is available at: http://www.wizardworld.com/comiccon.

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 10/26/2024

Uzumaki EP#01: Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend Shuichi Saito live in the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho, which is enveloped by supernatural events involving spirals. Shuichi tells Kirie that he is concerned about the recent increase of spirals and that it is beginning to affect his father, Toshio, who has abandoned his job to obsess over them. When Kirie arrives home, she finds Toshio talking to her father about commissioning spiral pattern pottery. Later at school, Kirie and fellow classmate Azami Kurotani discuss the latter's crescent-shaped forehead scar which seems to have the ability to attract boys with whom she has crushes for. After class, Kirie introduces Azami to Shuichi at the local railway station. Shuichi becomes startled and takes Kirie away, telling her that he senses the spiral curse on the girl. Later, Kirie delivers her father's finished pottery to Toshio, who declines it as he is now interested in becoming a spiral himself. Toshio scares Kirie off by forming a spiral with his own tongue. Meanwhile, Shuichi runs into Azami who attempts to confess her feelings towards him and shows him her scar, which has now turned into a spiral. Shuichi warns Azami to leave town before she is infected by the curse. Some time later, Toshio dies and is cremated, with the cover story being that he fell down a flight of stairs. Shuichi reveals to Kirie that in actuality him and his mother discovered his body contorted into a spiral inside a drum container back at home, which crushed his bones and killed him. The crowd in attendance for the cremation become startled as Toshio's ashes rise up into the air and form a spiral and his own face. Shuichi's mother Yukie goes insane upon witnessing this and is admitted to the hospital. Back at school, another one of Kirie's classmates, a slow-moving boy named Tokuo Katayama, arrives late during a rainy day. He is bullied after gym glass by Kazuki Tsumura, who strips him naked and pulls him out into a hallway where Kirie happens to be passing by. It is revealed that there's a spiral on the boy's back. At the hospital, Yukie's mental health continues to deteriorate as she begins to fear spirals to the point where she shaved her hair and cut off her own finger and toe prints in order to avoid seeing them. Later that night, Azami tricks a classmate boy who has a crush on her named Okada into bringing Shuichi to the park so she could meet with him. Okada, feeling betrayed by Azami's promise go out on a date with him for doing this favor, rips off her hat and it is revealed that her spiral scar has now completely enveloped her head as a vortex. Okada becomes shocked upon seeing this and gets closer to her before being sucked into it. Kirie arrives as Shuichi warns her that Azami's body is starting to be consumed by her scar, which immediately proceeds to completely devour her.

Uzumaki EP#02: Katayama arrives to school late again and is noticed to have swelling from where the spiral is on his back. Elsewhere, teenage lovers Kazunori Nishiki and Yoriko Endo are hiding from their parents in an abandoned rowhouse. Following the incident at Toshio's funeral and others, Kurouzu-cho has outlawed cremation and restarted whole-body inhumations. After school in the town cemetery, Kirie and her friend Shiho Ishikawa are ambush pranked by Mitsuru Yamaguchi, nicknamed 'Jack-In-The-Box' for his trademark pop-up surprises on everyone. Yamaguchi confesses his feelings for Kirie, to which she rejects and the girls walk away. After departing from her friend, Kirie witnesses Yoriko's family assaulting Kazunori for spending time with her. Kazunori tells Kirie that their families hate each other, and as a result won't let the two come into contact. He also tells Kirie that the two are planning to run away from town soon. Later, Kirie discovers that her hair is becoming long and distorted into curls. After the class witnesses Katayama on the school's windows crawling around as a snail person, Kirie runs away during the chaos to a barber where she requests to get her hair cut. Before the barber can cut it, the hair reacts in a hostile manner in order to stop them. Kirie's hair becomes even more distorted and soon becomes the center of attention with people, which makes her friend Kyoko Sekino become jealous. Later, Yamaguchi presents Kirie with a present, to which she rejects. In an attempt to impress her, Yamaguchi runs onto the street to try and make a car stop but it instead runs over and kills him. The next day at school, everyone discovers that Tsumura has also become a snail person and they place him in the school's chicken coup with Katayama. Kyoko arrives to confront Kirie, now also with the same curled hair, in an attempt to win over classmates' attention. Shuichi arrives and stops both hairs from attacking each other, proceeding to cut all of Kirie's off. Kyoko declares herself the winner and walks off into town where her hair consumes all her energy. Tsumura and Katayama escape the coup and the two lay eggs on a local pathway. Kirie and Shuichi discover school teacher Mr. Yokota destroying the eggs before running off to see that Kazunori and Yoriko leave town safely. They meet up with the couple at the train station, but they tell them that their parents spotted them and are actively chasing them. Shuichi suggest they cut through to the beach and all four run off. Both Nishiki and Yoriko's families spot them and catch up on the beach. Refusing to be separated once again, the couple twist their bodies to intertwin with each other and crawl off into the ocean. Some time later, Kirie encounters townspeople walking in endless circles. Rumors catch on about the town lighthouse's recent reactivation at school where everyone discovers that Mr. Yokota has also turned into a snail person. Traveling home after school, Kirie's brother Mitsuo convinces her to go to the lighthouse with him as a boat had crashed into nearby rocks, with the crew having walked in circles. Mitsuo and his friends travel up into the lighthouse and Kirie follows him in. Walking up the lighthouse's stairs, Kirie discovers the corpses of men who were assigned with investigating the lighthouse's reactivation and encounter two of Mitsuo's friends who didn't go up any further upon seeing them. Kirie reaches the top where her brother and his friend are and discovers the tower's light is severely melted, realizing it becomes extremely hot when it turns on. She warns them to run back down and as they do the light goes on at sundown, burning Mitsuo's friend who failed to escape in time and injuring Kirie.

Uzumaki EP#03: Kirie is admitted to the town's hospital for her burns. Multiple pregnant women are also admitted after complaining of being sick from mosquito bites. Kirie's pregnant cousin, Keiko Nakayama, arrives and shares the same room as her due to overcrowding in the maternity ward. The next day, three patients are found dead in the hospital and appear to be completely drained of their blood. The following night, Kirie wakes up and discovers that the pregnant women are roaming the hospital and using manual hand drills to drain and suck the blood of patients. The women spot Kirie and attempt to kill her but she uses Shuichi's mosquito repellant to disperse them. Meanwhile, Yukie continues to mentally deteriorate, with her husband telling her there's a spiral in her ear during hallucinations. Fearing them, she uses a scissors to stab herself in the ear and ultimately succumbs to the injury. Some time later, Kirie and Shuichi walk the hospital hallways, seeing the newly born babies growing spiral-patterned placentas and then discovering in the doctor's surgical room that Keiko's baby has been put back into her womb. Keiko demands blood and the doctor attempts to use Kirie as a sacrifice but she dodges, killing the doctor instead. The two immediately leave the room. Kirie's family welcomes her back home from the hospital with a celebratory dinner along with Shuichi, who becomes startled after discovering her father, Yasuo Goshima, has been making spiral-patterned pottery. Shuichi breaks Yasuo's kiln, as he hears his deceased parents from within. The pottery inside disperses and the shed it's located in catches fire. Later, a typhoon descends upon the town and the eye rests over Dragonfly Pond, calling out to Kirie. She and Shuichi attempt to escape the eye but it sucks them up and drags them near the pond before dispersing. Due to damage the Goshima's household took from the storm, they move into one of the town's rowhouse. One of the neighboring tenants dies from an unknown disease. Another tenant, Mr. Wakabayashi, catches the same disease and attempts to attack Kirie outside but is hit by a tree log from another storm. Yamaguchi's corpse randomly appears, jumping thanks to the car suspension spring inside his torso.

Uzumaki EP#04 Finale

-Toonami Rewind Shows-

Sailor Moon EP#36 - The Usagi's Confusion: Is Tuxedo Mask Evil?: Minako takes a depressed Usagi to the hairdresser to cheer her up. There they are attacked by a monster who is convinced that Minako is Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Mask appears, alive and whole, but addresses himself as Endymion and appeared to be fighting for the Dark Kingdom.

Sailor Moon EP#37 - Let's Become a Princess: Usagi's Bizarre Training: Usagi daydreams of her past and enrolls in a special seminar to become more like a princess. Kunzite and the evil Endymion argue about which is more important: obtaining the Silver Crystal or killing Sailor Moon.

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 10/14/2023

FLCL Shoegaze EP#03 Finale - Gene-Bato (Generational Battle): Kana tries desperately to stop Harumi from bleeding out on top of the tower as the various ghosts become visible across town. Meanwhile, Harumi becomes a purple ghost, and is absorbed by the giant purple bird ghost atop the tower, seeing visions of herself buying candy with a long-lost friend and riding on a space shuttle to a colony on Mars. Masaki loses control of his N.O. Channel as the world begins to merge with an alternate universe, but the power of the channel threatens to explode out of control. Suddenly, a giant, flying. snake-like creature bursts out of Masaki's forehead and swallows the power source, forcing a shutdown and splitting both universes apart. Masaki looks around for Harumi, only to discover that everyone on this world but him has forgotten her existence. Some time later, Masaki can still see the ghosts everywhere, as they have become invisible to everyone but him again, and despises this world. But at the end, Masaki finds himself able to cross over into the world where Harumi exists and shows them his sketchbook, thanks to a mini version of the snake from before, named Atomsk.

Slightly Damned Page 1106: https://www.sdamned.com/comic/1106

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 02/10/2024

Ninja Kamui EP#01 - After being ambushed and attacked by a group of masked assailants, Joe Higan is questioned by FBI agents Mike and Emma for an investigation into the murder of his family.

Lycoris Recoil EP#04 - Nothing seek, nothing find: After unsuccessfully trying out Chisato's rubber bullets, Takina decides to aim at non-vital organs with regular bullets at Chisato's suggestion. Chisato decides to take her shopping for clothes, and visit a restaurant and aquarium, as she wishes for Takina to get used to her life outside work. When asked by Takina, Chisato explains she voluntarily refrains from killing, and left the DA in order to search for somebody who helped her ten years prior. After enjoying her time with Chisato, Takina begins embracing her life outside the DA. Meanwhile, Mika and Yoshimatsu meet again, and Mika wonders why Yoshimatsu has never admitted he is the one who inducted Chisato into the Alan Institute, but Yoshimatsu says it is against their policy. As Takina and Chisato return to LycoReco, a terrorist named Majima opens fire on a subway train, only to be ambushed by a Lycoris team inside, who guns his men down. Cornered, Majima detonates explosives to cover his escape. Robota contacts him, offering his help in combating the Lycoris, but Majima refuses. After the government covers up his attack as a train derailment, a frustrated Majima resolves to hit an even bigger target which will be impossible for the government to cover up.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc EP#12 (38) - Things Are Gonna Get Real Flashy!!: Tengen finds Hinatsuru on the outskirts of the district, having poisoned herself to escape but remaining unable to contact him. Battling Daki by himself, Tanjiro tries to use his Hinokami Kagura but realizes the fatigue on his body is preventing him from fighting effectively. Elsewhere, Inosuke discovers an incredibly narrow passageway under his House, leading to a cavern that appears to serve as a holding cell, full of obi that Daki has used to absorb her victims. This obi turns out to be an entity that can function independently from Daki's body; Inosuke first attempts to slay it but decides to prioritize freeing the people trapped inside. Overwhelmed, he nevertheless manages to free Suma and Makio two of Tengen's wives as well as Zenitsu, all of whom assist him in his fight, before being joined by Tengen himself.

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix EP#12 - The Final Battle: Team Velshtein uses a technique called Indraga Mano. "There is a precursor to any movement. If you sharpen your mind, you will know it before your opponent makes a move," explains Andrei. Can Team Satomi evade Team Velshtein's Indraga Mano?

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 08/19/2023

Dr. Stone: New World (Treasure Island Arc) EP#45 (10) - Science Wars: Senku is revealed to have disguised a Rochelle salt sound transmitting crystal and a copper wire antenna as an earring, allowing him to send instructions from his wireless telephone into Kohaku’s ear, though she can’t send replies. As only Kirisame has been seen using the weapon Senku plans to steal it when Kirisame throws it into the air to activate it. For that, he intends to recreate the radio controlled drone by combining a bamboo frame with four plastic propellers and electromagnetically powered motors controlled by radio signals. Inside the citadel of interconnected tree houses Kohaku sneaks around and finds something important. They are informed by an elder wife they must train for a week before meeting the Master. Senku manages to send a basic radio controlled car to Kohaku so she can send back a written message. As none of them have learned to write yet Kohaku sends Senku a confusing drawing. Using all his mentalist tricks Gen puts himself in Kohaku’s mind; illiterate but smart with basic science knowledge and limited time to actually make the drawing. Eventually Senku deduces a sentence; “We found platinum”, confirming the Soyuz capsule is inside the citadel.

Slightly Damned Page 1101: https://www.sdamned.com/comic/1101

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 10/08/2023

FLCL Shoegaze EP#02 - Gene-Bato (Generational Battle)

Slightly Damned Page 1105: https://www.sdamned.com/comic/1105

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 09/09/2023

Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 3 (The Rumbling Arc) EP#29 - The Final Chapters (Part 1): Chapter 1 - The Rumbling: The Rumbling continues, with the Colossal Titans killing countless people, including Ramzi and his brother and Grisha's parents, and destroying civilizations all over the world. Meanwhile, the ship carrying the scouts and warriors arrive at Odiha. Thinking her father is already dead, Annie decides to stay behind on the ship with Gabi, Falco, Yelena, and the Azumabito, while the remaining warriors, scouts, and Onyankopon take the flying boat to stop Eren. The next day, just as the group are about to take off, Floch, having survived the battle at the port, damages the hull of the flying boat before being killed by Mikasa. However, before the flying boat can be properly repaired, the Rumbling arrives. Hange appoints Armin as the next commander of the Survey Corps before going up against the Colossal Titans alone, buying the others just enough time to get the aircraft off the ground. Hange is welcomed to the afterlife by Erwin, Moblit, and the other deceased scouts. They assure Hange that the duty as commander has been fulfilled.

Chapter 2 - Sinners: En route to Eren, the scouts and warriors discuss plans to confront him, with Armin still believing in a peaceful resolution. During their conversation, Eren suddenly brings them into the paths dimension, explaining that in order to stop the Rumbling, they must kill him. He further elaborates that he will not take away their freedom to do so, just as he has the freedom to keep moving forward with it. Back on the ship, Falco reveals to Annie that his Titan might have the ability to fly. Many refugees from Liberio, including the Warriors' families, escape to Fort Salta, a Marleyan base. As they arrive, they see a number of airships launching an assault on Eren and his Titans. However, the airships are quickly destroyed by the Beast Titan, which materialized on Eren's skeletal form, leaving everyone utterly hopeless. Just then, the flying boat arrives and the scouts and warriors jump from the aircraft. Pieck and Reiner transform, with the latter managing to pin the Beast Titan down. Armin calls out to Eren, asking what about him is free.

FLCL Grunge EP#01 - Shinpachi

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 09/30/2023

FLCL Shoegaze EP#01 - Furu-Bari (Full Barricade): A boy named Masaki has felt like a loner throughout his childhood. Ever since smoke rose from a giant clothes-iron shaped building on the outskirts of town, Masaki started to see glowing, green ghosts everywhere he went, in addition to a strange purple bird-like ghost on top of Tsuganei Tower. However, no one else saw them and treated him as a weirdo, causing him to be estranged from his peers. After transferring to his high school, he met an eccentric girl named Harumi who entertained his sketches of ghost sightings. One day, Masaki got sick of his situation and decided to make a bomb with supplies from the school chemistry lab. Though Harumi caught him before he could get started, she decided to help him and went to a local hardware store to continue gathering supplies. Some time later, the two of them decided to detonate their bomb inside the tower, with Masaki hoping to find the truth behind the giant bird only he can see. The Tower got the attention of not just the police, but also Bureau of Interstellar Immigration Chief Kanda and Kana Koumoto. When Masaki and Harumi reach the top of the tower, they find a completely empty room, making their effort seem pointless. Harumi decides to go ahead and light the fuse for the bomb, but Masaki gets angry at her, setting off an NO Channel reaction that lights the fuse itself. Masaki tries to throw the bomb away, and ends up blowing up a part of the roof, revealing a portal into Imaginary Space.

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 09/23/2023

FLCL Grunge EP#03 Finale - Orinoko

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 09/16/2023

FLCL Grunge EP#02 - Shonari