#dr stone season 3 episode 23

[mitsundere]

a compilation of ryukasa / tsukasui moments in this latest episode because what the fuck

[krziepeach]

I may be 2 days late to celebrate the big news but MYGAHD 3 PARTS?!?!?!?! 🥹🥹😩😩 We won!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I really thought that we will be getting one season that may have 12-24 episodes.. but with that announcement, there is hope!!

However, there’s still this scare like what if it only has 24 episodes and they just decided to part them into 3? Just like season 3, 23 episodes and they just divided them. Still, I’m not sure since according the translation— it said 3 seasons? Is that possible that in one season it has 3 seasons? Or we will get more than just 24 episodes?

But what I’m truly hoping, if it is possible, they will add more Xeno and Stanley scenes from their childhood like how they met, did Xeno know and sought him out? Or did he coincidentally see a shooting competition and was amazed at Stan’s marksmanship that he asks his aid at that time?

I am so excited!!! Like I can’t wait for further announcements, the trailers, visual arts, and opening and ending songs…😩😩😩 speaking of arts… Are you all excited to know their hair colors soon?���😏 Is it going to be gray? Or another blond? Hahahhha

I want to go on more but my mind is fully overload with information about Dr stone and… college 🥹🥹

Let us just hope for more good news everyone!! 😍😍😌😌🫶🏻🫶🏻

[amandacastroworld]

Adult

Teen

Child (After)

Child (Before)

Monica Adult/Woman Godmother/Jorel's Sister

Feature films

Monica Adult x Miraculous (Episode 1)

Monica Adult 2: Monica's Gang x My Little Pony (Episode 2)

Monica Adult 3: meets Special Agent Oso (Episode 3)

Monica Adult 4: Special Friend Pen Pal (Episode 4)

Monica Adult 5: meets Pokémon (Episode 5)

Monica Adult 6: Big Nate meet Pixie Girl (Episode 6)

Monica Adult 7: Monica Adult x WALL-E (Episode 7)

Monica Adult 8: Little Flower Save the Day (Episode 8)

Monica Adult 9: meets Ant Man (Episode 9)

Monica Adult x Jorel's Brother (Episode 10)

Monica Adult: Jorel's Brother and Big Nate stay the House at Party (Episode 11)

Monica Adult: Miraculous Heroes vs Queen Bully (Episode 12)

Monica Adult 10: meet Papa Louie and Friends (Episode 13)

Monica Adult vs Evil Jorel's Brother (Episode 14)

Monica Adult: meets Sonic and his Friends (Episode 15)

Monica Adult: The Sonic and Amy Games (Episode 16)

Monica Adult: meets Totally Spies (Episode 17)

Monica Adult: Disneyland Paris (Episode 18)

Monica Adult: Miraculous Heroes saves Mothers and Fathers (Episode 19)

Monica Adult: Spies meets Pinocchio (Episode 20)

Monica Adult: Tales of Yuki and Ame (Episode 21)

Monica Adult: Holiday of Cruise Ship (Episode 22)

Jorel's Brother the Movie

Nina and Pikachu the Movie

Little Flower and Friends as Fairy

Lucky and the Mother

Nina and Carlos Movie

Monica Adult: Meet God Eater and Shingo (Episode 23)

Monica Adult: Jorel's Brother Forever (Episode 24/Final)

Short films:

Monica Adult: Jorel's Brother saves the day

Monica Adult: Little Flower and the Best Friends

Monica Adult: Wedding of Nina and Carlos

Jorel's Brother and Bruna Dottie

Bruna Dottie the Series

Queen Monique the Series

Nina and Pikachu Little Flower and your Friends Vivica, Lucky the Cat and Jorel's Brother at a Disneyland The Damian Desmond Show Nina and Carlos the Series Jorel's Brother and Little Flower

Shows:

Monica Adult the Series (Seasons 1, 2 and 3)

Monica Adult and Jorel's Brother (1, and 2)

Monica Adult: Team Godmother and Godfather

Voice

Emma Stone (Adult/speaking)

Jill Scott (singing)

America Young (Teen)

Cassidy Naber (Child)

Inspiration

Monica's Gang

Manolo Sánchez

Marc Anciel

María Posada

Pixie Girl

Elsa

Fairy Godmother

Character information

Full Name

Mônica de Sousa

Other names

Chubby

Bucktoothed Shorty (all insults by the bad boys)

Goat (by Nathaniel)

Aunt (by Toodler Marc)

Mommy (by Monique, Walter and Jimmy Six)

Miss Sousa (by Mailman)

Queen Monica (by Sabrine Chang)

Woman Godmother (by Jorel's Brother, Jorel, Lara and Nico)

Woman Rich (by Raindow Dash)

Jorel's Sister (by Betterfly)

Miss Monica (by Jorel's Brother, Lara, Betterfly and Pinocchio)

Age:

9 Years 13 Years 19 Years 24 Years 25 Years Years 26

Occupation

Student

Superhero

Babysitter

Actor

Model

Doctor

Nurse

Gamer

Godmother

Godmother Work

Worker of Cafeland

Fashion designer

Maggy/Captian Godmother's boss

Owner of Jimmy Five

Spy

Singer

Cocoplay School Adult and Teens

Home

Monica's Giga Mansion

Likes

Fighting crime, red dresses, Maggy, Jimmy Five the hero, Smudge, her friends, her powers, Nina, Marc Anciel, Miraculous Heroes, Nathaniel, Raindow Dash, Dotty, Pikachu, Pokemon, help friends healing Nina, Good Gabriel, Marinette and Adrien (Cat Noir and Ladybug), her kids, Magic Rings, Video Games, her pupil Jorel's Brother, Cafeland, Playing a Little Flower, Her Adoptive Sister, Jorel's Brother, Dreams, going to balls, dancing, singing, animals, romance, flowers, money, youtubers, games, French Miraculous superhero team, Flower Miraculous, Dance, Singing, Totally Spies, Pinocchio, Kelly, Cerise Bianca and CB

Dislikes

Jimmy Five the villain, being teased, Jimmy Five stealing Samson from her Nina is died, Snakes, Monicuda, Lila Rossi, Jorel's Brother a trouble, Bullying, Wall-Monicuda, Mother and Father's Death, Haters, Her hater, Bullies, Dr. Eggman, Tails' Bullies, Jorel's Brother gets Hurt

Powers and abilities

Super-human strength

Speed

Durability

Agility

Aging

Healing

Regeneration

Senses

Invincibility

Invulnerability

Endurance

Longevity

Intelligence

Flight

Immense strength

Immense surability Leaping Craftiness Agility

Drawing

Magic

Glow-Up

Size Manipulation

Control Size Addition Superhuman Strength Superhuman Durability

Cryokinesis Life creation Extract water memories

Communication with animals

Communication with Jorel's Brother

Superhuman Strength

Invulnerability

Elasticity Shape-shifting Metamorphosis Hand-to hand combat Density alteration

Invisibility Force field generation

See below

Cryokinesis

Depending on the character she interprets it has various powers

Superpowers

Paraphernalia

Samson (Bunny)

Magic Wand

Magic Pen

Potions

First Aid

Sword

Shield

Magic Rings

Gold Boots

Flower Miraculous

Tiara 

Gold

Money

Diamond

Crystal

Gold, Money, Diamond and Crystal Headband

Glow-Up Tiara

Magic Headband

Dress

Gifts

Card Gifts

Nina's Music Box

Status

Active

Family information

Parents

Mr. Sousa †  (father)

Luísa Sousa † (mother)

Partner(s)

Jimmy Five (husband)

Nina (Crush/girlfriend)

Other relatives:

Mary Angela (Sister-in-law)

Mr. Five (father-in-law)

Ms. Five (mother-in-law)

Eve-Maggy (Sister-in-law)

Alan (Co Brother-in-law)

Alice and Elena (Nieces)

Alan Jr. (Nephew)

Angel Boy (Adoptive Brother-in-law)

Emma (Niece)

Siblings

Wall-Monica (Twin Sister)

Bibi (Adoptive Sister)

Children

Monique (daughter)

Walter (adoptive son)

Jimmy Six (son)

Jimmy Five Jr. (son)

Jônica and Cenourinha (twins son and daughter)

Guardians

Jorel's Brother and Lara (Guardians)

Pets

Ditto (pet dog)

Sky (Pegasus)

Friends / Allies

Cebolinha/Godfather Man (rival and love interest; later husband)

Cascão/Mister Godfather Magali/Captian Godmother (best friend)

Dustine/Woman Sister

Toddy/Brother Bold Doreen Jeremiah Franklin Sunny Denise Marina Milena Angel/Angelo The River Mermaid

Mrs. Johnson's Adoptive Sister

Hazel

Matt

Mrs. Johnson

Vivo

Gabi

Vivica

Sophie

Amai

Lila

Doctor Isabel

Her Teacher

Miraculous:

Mrs. Anciel

Mr. Anciel

Nathaniel's Mother

Nathaniel's Father

Lily Anciel

Sophie Kurtzberg

Evil Monicuda

Evil Magaluda

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug

Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir

Ivan Bruel/Minotaurox

Nino Lahiffe/Carapace

Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey

Max Kanté/Pegasus

Zoé Lee/Vesperia

Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge

Rose Lavillant/Pigella

Mylène Haprèle/Polymouse

Juleka Couffaine/Purple Tigress

Marc Anciel/Rooster Bold

Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid

Luka Couffaine/Viperion Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx

Sabrina Raincomprix/Miss Hound

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko

Félix Fathom/Argos

Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Re Verse)/Ladybug

Adrien Agreste/Paw Noir

Socqueline Wang/Caterpillar

Gabriel Agreste/Re-Verse

Aurore Beauréal

Mireille Caquet

The Forgotten

Sabine Cheng

Cerise Bianca

Little Flower (Fan)

My Little Pony

Rainbow Dash

Pinkie Pie

Rarity

Sunset Shimmer

Applejack

Fluttershy

Twilight Sparkle

Starlight Glimmer

Trixie Lulamoon

Fuchsia Blush

Lavender Lace

Spike the Dragon

Special Agent Oso

Dotty

Wolfie

Marie Mouse

Nicole Sims

Nina Castro (Fan/Best Friend/Girlfriend)

Carlos de Castro Oliveira

Pikachu

Ash Ketchum

Isabelle Stone

Pixie Girl

Fuleco

Teacher Games

Suzy Willows

Nate Wright

Ellen Wright 

Francis Pope

Teddy Ortiz Jenny Jenkins Mr. Rosa Artur Pashkov (sometimes) Dee Dee Holloway Chad Applewhite Daphne Ruby Dinsmore

WALL-E

EVE M-O Captain B. McCrea Hal VN-GO VAQ-M PR-T L-T BR-LA D-FIB HAN-S WALL-A John Mary

Bibble (Helper/Maid)

Ant-Man (Scott Lang)

Jorel's Brother

Lara

Kelly

Jorel

Nico

Ana Catarina

Tosh

Rovena Fabinho Marcelinho

Dona Danuza

Seu Edson

Vovó Juju

Vovó Gigi

Tia Ivone

Valtinho

Ludmila

Marc Anciel's Aunt

Marc Anciel's Uncle

Marc Anciel's Cousins

Doctor Isadora

Sofia (Girlfriend)

Shadow the Hedgehog

Rouge the Bat

Sonic the Hedgehog

Miles "Tails" Prower

Knuckles the Echidna

Amy Rose

Cream the Rabbit

Cheese

Big the Cat

Dogday

Totally Spies

Alexandra Huang

Sam Sullivan

Clover Andersson Jerry Lewis Britney Tang

Mickey Mouse

Minnie Mouse

Donald Duck

Daisy Duck

Goofy

Pluto

Chip and Dale

Disney Heroes and Princesses

Scooter

Kenton

Mesa

Rollie

Nye

Steven

Amanda de Brown

Forgotten de Brown

Roy

Timm

Sofi/Guardian the Robot (Timm's Girlfriend/Fan/Best Friend)

Rosie's Mother (Angel)

Rosie Flower

Pinocchio 

Blue Fairy

Geppetto

Figaro

Cleo

Jiminy Cricket

Honest John (formerly)

Gideon (formerly)

Lampwick

Sabina

Sofia

Lucky the Cat

Momo the Cat

Kenny the Cat

Angela

Tom

Angelo and Julia

Vivica's Twin Sons

Queen Monique

Sophia (Nathaniel's Sister)

Barbie

Ken

Hazel's Teacher

Zizito

Shingo Yabuki

Ame

Yuki

Hana

Lenka Utsugi (Fan)

Alisa Ilinichina Amiella (Fan)

Jorel's Sister (Fan)

Bruna Dottie and Adoptive Sisters and Brothers (Jorel's Brother's Children)

Damian Desmond

Anya Forger

Becky Blackbell

Ewen Egeburg

Emile Elman

Donovan Desmond Melinda Desmond Demetrius Desmond

Loid Forger Yor Forger Yuri Briar

The King of Fighters Friends

CB (Casas Bahia's Mascot)

Enemies

Penha (archenemy)

Captain Fray Agnes Agnes's Parents Sofia Viviane, the Witch Dr. Spam Yuka Cebolinha (everytime he tries to steal her bunny) Cascão (everytime he helps Jimmy' plans)

Monicuda† 

Lila Rossi

Lila's Clones

Evil Monica† 

Angel (Tekken)

Bibble (formerly)

Evil Fuleco

Lucky the Cat (formerly)

Momo the Cat (formerly)

Kenny the Cat (formerly)

The three Rich Angel Girls

Angel's Three Sisters

Team Rocket (sometimes)

Jessie (archenemy)

James (second archenemy)

Meowth (third archenemy)

Gina Hemphill-Toms

Mrs. Godfrey (adult archenemy)

AUTO†

GO-4 † SECUR-T units

WALL-E's Rival

Queen Lady †

Monicuda's Mother†

The Witch†

Wall-Monicuda†

Evil Jorel's Brother/Pombo Boy (formerly)

Scooter's Bullies

Evil Hair Salon†

Queen Bully†

Dr. Eggman

Shelly (Shadow's Rival)

Mandy Dominique Caitlin Mindy

3 Pinocchio's Rivals

Honest John Gideon Stromboli Coachman Coachman's Minions

John Man†

Queen Storm†

Jorel's Sister/Robux (formerly)

Piot

Monica is a genius, billionaire, rich, playboy, and philanthropist.

Jimmy Five then decides to send her away to study with the all boys in Paris (Miraculous) in order to curb her rebellious New Face and become a proper adult. When she is sent off, Jimmy Five cries and excuses himself.

Monica, and Maggy returns to Lemon Tree Street 15 years later having grown into two beautiful young womans adults (24 years), Marc Anciel, Nathaniel, Mylene and Marinette's Friends becomes Teenages and Lily Anciel (Marc Anciel's Sister) and Sophie (Nathaniel's Sister) becomes Hair adult

[conflagrate]

Autumn 2023 Anime + TV Season

I can’t believe it’s another season!

Anime

Despite a strike-filled quarter in the Western world, I still found very little anime suitable to my tastes. I must accept that, like how Vtubees and Holothingies dominate the conversations these days, that the industry has moved on without me! (not that I really care…). But boy, is it hard to write a season preview when it’s the norm for shows to have a screwed-up production schedule to the point where they spillover into the following cour (here’s looking at you, Zombie show…)

Rankings 1. Horimiya -piece- 2. Jujutsu Kaisen 3. Bungou Stray Dogs S5 4. Zom 100

Shows (to be) completed: 6 Continuing: 1

Well that’s an awful number...but expected!

Moving on to autumn….

Must Watch: Seijo no Maryoku S2 (YES YES YES), MahoYome S2 pt 2, Goblin Slayer S2 (might as well….), Arknights S2 (sigh), SPY x FAMILY S2, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto, Sousou no Frieren [off to a great start already!]

Sounds Interesting! Hope It Doesn’t Suck!: Overtake!, Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri, 16bit Sensation, Pluto, Under Ninja, Hoshikuzu Telepath, Kawagoe Boys Sing

Not My Thing but Who Knows!: Megumi no Daigo, Ragna Crimson, Yuzuki-san’chi no Yonkyodai, Kamierabi, Onmyoji, Migi to Dali (the manga is so-so but I might watch cos RIP Sano Nami), Good Night World, Undead Unluck, Hametsu no Okoku, Akuma-kun, Atarashii Joushi wa Dotennen, Dog Signal

Do I Have To…? (No I Don’t): Ojo to Banken-kun, Shangri-La Frontier, Dekoboko Majo, SHY, Bullbuster, Kikansha no Mahou, Bokura no Ameiro Protocol, 100Kano, Hanako-kun, Matsuinu

Sequel/Spinoff Hell: Captain Tsubasa S2, FLCL (just why??), MF Ghost (it’s an Initial D thing so I may just give it a go??), Tokyo Revengers, Kage no Jitsuryokusha S2, Kizuna no Allele S2, Uma Musume S3, Beyblade X, Tate no Yusha S3, Kanojo mo Kanojo S2, Otona Precure, Saihate no Paladin S2, Nanatsu no Taizai, Dead Mount Death Play Pt 2, Dr Stone New World Pt2, Rail Romanesque S2 (WHYYYY)

Light Novel/Isekai/Villainess Hell: S Rank Musume, Boshoku no Berserk, Wataoshi, Toaru Ossan, Ikenai Koto, Kimizero, Hikikomari Kyuketsuki, Buta no Liver, Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari, Potion-danomi,

Idol/Vtuber/AI/Musical Hell: B Project, Paradox Live, HypMic S2 (do I really want to torture myself again?), Imas Million Live

Continuing: Jujutsu Kaisen S2

Expected Load: 10

Oh shit I’m scared I may pick up too many shows for autumn!

TV & Streaming

What I’ve been watching in 3Q23…

Disney+/Hulu: Only Murders in the Building S3, Ahsoka, Kisetsu no nai Machi Netflix: The Lincoln Lawyer S2, Heartstopper S2 HBO: Full Circle, Mare of Easttown+ Apple TV: Hijack Amazon Prime: Wilderness, Deadloch Peacock: Twisted Metal, The Continental* BBC: Wolf, The Woman in the Wall,Colin From Accounts S1 [Binge Aus], Sherwood S1+, The Thick Of It+ S1-4, Funland+ Others: Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+), The Newsreader S1+2 (ABC Australia), The Ipcress File+ (ITV), The Prisoner+ (ATV), Tsukutabe (NHK+), The Booth at the End (City)

+=older show, *=continuing

Total series completed: 23 Full-length films watched: 45

Holy moley guacamole I watched way too many films…

Writers’ strike just ended (pending ratification) and actors are still picketing so who knows when we’ll get new episodes of any network telly worth watching? Meanwhile, the ROTW & streaming keeps truckin’ on…

CBS: NCIS: Sydney(?) NBC: Irrational(?) Disney+/Hulu: Loki S2, A Murder at the End of the World, Culprits Netflix: Bodies, The Fall of the House of Usher(?), All The Light We Cannot See(?) HBO/Max: Julia S2 Apple TV: Slow Horses S3, Lessons In Chemistry BBC: Boiling Point, Time series 2, Vigil S2, The Way(?) ITV: The Long Shadow, Payback, Breathtaking(?), Orphan Black: Echoes(?) Showtime: Fellow Travelers(?), The Curse Gameshows: Only Connect, Richard Osman’s House of Games Reality: Produce 101 Japan S3 + older shows whenever I feel like it...

Why am I watching so much stuff instead of doing something productive with my time?

[animechick2015]

Anime I Watched in 2021 Part 3:

21. Tokyo Revengers 4/5

Sighhhhh this one. This one. THIS ONE!! The frustration that this one caused me! I know that all MC’s don’t need to be physically strong to be interesting but jeeze Louise this MC needed some serious physical development. I really wanted to enjoy it like everyone else but my stress levels were way too high 🤦🏽‍♀️

22. Violet Evergarden 5/5

Another anime that made me consider therapy. Thankfully the visuals were so beautiful that I didn’t need to go so far. I started to watch this last year but decided to drop because it wasn’t interesting to me at the time but jokes on me because now I can’t get it out of my mind.

23. Akudama Drive 5/5

This is seriously an underrated gem of an anime. If you’re looking for character development this is the one. If you want an interestingly unique story with a new world setting, this is it. If you want to simp over morally gray characters then look no further. If you hadn’t watched this one please give it a try.

24. Yasuke 2/5

I had such high hopes for this one. I actually saved the date and everything for this one only for it to be a huge letdown ☹️. They could’ve gone so many ways with this story but they went soooo far from the original story that everything felt like one big mess.

25. Komi Can’t Communicate 5/5

Ahhhhh the cuteness of this anime was too dang much. I seriously loved this one. I think I may actually rewatch because it was just so damn cute. There isn’t a character that I didn’t like from this anime. I’m counting down the days for season 2.

26. Jujutsu Kaisen 5/5

Yooooo this one took me by surprise. I went into this one completely blind and boy am I glad that I did. That first episode had me hooked. The action, the comedy, the characters were all amazing. And I really appreciate that there are age appropriate characters for me to simp for 🥲. Also the day Toji gets animated I might seriously combust!

27. Dr. Stone Season 2 5/5

This season was shorter than expected but it was still very much enjoyable. I literally learn so much from this anime than I ever did and in school. Really can’t wait for the next season that I’m considering reading the manga.

28. Horimiya 5/5

I’m kinda torn with this one tbh. It was a wonderful anime. The animation, the scores, the character designs, the voice acting were all spot on, but as a manga reader I was severely disappointed. There was sooooo much content that was left out to fit everything into one season. I’m really glad that we have an anime but I was really looking forward to seeing its entirety animated.

29. SK8 Infinity 5/5

Tik Tok led me to this one. Not a day went by that a video would pop up on my FYP about this anime. It was like the universe was telling me: this one, this one, look at this one and I did. I didn’t have any expectations but I was blown away. Thank you Tik Tok for recommending this gem to me.

30. World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated 4/5

I almost dropped this one midway ngl. The first episode drew me in, the second piqued my interest but by the 6th episode it started to get repetitive that I got bored. Thankfully I managed to continue and I’m glad the last few episodes were a bit better. At least the opening was a banger.

Part 2 link https://animechick2015.tumblr.com/post/672116251359920129/anime-i-watched-in-2021-part-2-11-the-saints

Part 1 link: https://animechick2015.tumblr.com/post/672116150901047296/anime-i-watched-in-2021-1-dororo-55-severely

[malibu-barb]

Trixie and Katya Live starts 15 March to 16 April (2 more shows of leg 1 left. (23 shows))

Trixie Mattel releases C'mon Loretta

Trixie Cosmetics - Heartbreak Collection dropping 22 April at 10 am (yes the hotline is a real number to leave your ex woes)

Trixie will finish her Grown Up tour in Europe 24 April to 24 May (21 shows)

UNHhhh starts up again 20 April - wowpresents+ (30 episodes - month hiatus every 10 episodes). Youtube most likely will air the episodes a month later.

Katya Zamolodchikova's birthday - 1 May 1982

Trixie will be performing at Stand Out - an LGBT+ celebration at the Greek Theatre on May 7. (She will then be flying back to finish her Grown Up tour).

Trixie Cosmetics - Roadtripper Collection dropping 31 May at 10 am PT

Trixie will be performing with Shakey Graves on Jimmy Kimmel Live - 31 May.

Trixie Motel airs on Discovery+/ HGTV - 3 June

Trixie will be performing at AP Pride Party - Stone Pony Stage - 4 June in Asbury Park, NJ

Trixie will be at Premier Borgata - 4 June. Buy tickets

Katya Zamolodchikova will be a guest on Season 2 of Ziwe 5 June

Trixie at Tribeca Festival, New York promoting Trixie Motel 9 June

Trixie will be at LA Pink Pride Party DJ set and Drag on 12 June 10pm onwards.

Katya rumored to be on Celebrity DR, trailer dropping 17 June. TBC.

Trixie and Katya Live Leg 2 starts 19 June to 18 July - (20 shows) - Australia & NZ

Trixie Mattel - The Blonde and Pink Albums release date 24 June

Trixie is DJ'Ing on 9 July - Solid Pink Disco in Brisbane

Trixie Mattel x Juno Birch makeup collection. On Sale Friday 15 July at 10am PST.

Trixie is DJ'ing on 23 July - Evita Pool Party, Weho

Trixie will be at Amoeba Hollywood on 25 July signing her The Blonde and Pink album at 5pm

Kim Chi x Trixie Mattel BFF4EVR Collection will be on sale, Thursday 28 July at 9 am PST

Trixie will be performing a Free Show at Just 4or Laughs in Montreal on 29 July - 9.15 pm onwards.

Trixie is dj'ing at SERV Vodka on 12 August at HEART in Weho

Trixie Mattel - White Rabbit video release and After-party live on YouTube Premium August 17 at 5 pm PST

Trixie Cosmetics - Trixie Tools Collection will be on sale on Friday 19 August at 10 am PST

Trixie Mattel's birthday - 23 August 1989

Trixie Motel opens Labour Day

Queens of the Universe 2 filming - mid August - early September

Trixie and Katya USA second leg starts 12 September - 12 October (18 shows)

Trixie Cosmetics - Girl Talk released Friday 16 September

Trixie and Katya will be featured in JACKIEBEATS new series Dr JACKIE: UNLICENSED PYSCHOTHERAPIST on outta from September 19

Trixie and Katya will be at JFL in Toronto on September 23

Trixie and Katya's Working Girls out October 25

TK Working Girls - virtual book launch Oct 27 at 7pm CT

TK Working Girls - book signing at Book Soup Oct 29 at 6pm

Integrity Toys - Trixie Doll now shipping out.

Trixie will be hosting and performing at TITS on Halloween.

Trixie and Katya Europe leg starts 5 November - 11 December (22 shows)

Trixie and Katya live taping in London for Bald and the Beautiful. More info

Trixie will dj'ing at DILF UK, Glasgow 25 November 10.30pm onwards, tickets here

Trixie Cosmetics Sweet Treats now available at Trixie Cosmetics.

Trixie x Sugarpill OH Honey Part 2 drops exclusively at sugarpill.com 6 Dec at 3pm PT - Limited collection.

[miniaturestitches]

30-day seiyuu challenge/appreciation week 4 + 2 days

Finally got the time to post this!  Got really delayed because so many things got in the way...my computer decided to stop cooperating...tumblr also decided to whisk part of my draft away...

Anyway! here’s the last week for the challenge~ I don’t even know if what I typed makes sense.

Hey, if you guys want to do the 30-day seiyuu challenge (whether mine or someone else’s), can you please let me know? I want to read more appreciation posts for seiyuus~

If you want to see more posts filled with fangirling and my opinions, here is the link to week 3.

22. Seiyuu with fastest voice change

Shimazaki  Nobunaga

Just listen to his character Kaido Shun…

And this guy… 

You'll know what I mean.  The way he shifts in pitch is near instant.  

23. Seiyuu with best main character roles

Nakamura Yuuichi

He doesn’t get casted as those typical loud, heroic, shounen main characters, but you'll want to root for his characters.  (hmm, actually you'll like his characters even though they're support characters.)

He just… "owns" the character he voices.  Once I hear him voice a character, I can't really imagine that character being voiced by anyone else. 

 I feel that his voice really improves the character too; adding depth to the character.  

Special Mention: Hanae Natsuki I'm personally not a fan, but I have to admit that he is talented.  

He is given a lot of main character roles and he excels at it. He is given a lot of main character roles and he excels at it.

24. Seiyuu with best support roles

Kimura Ryohei

I don't know why, but I tend to like his characters more when they're not the main lead.  

His characters tend to make others shine and become more memorable.

25. Favorite seiyuu duo/ combination

Kimura Ryohei + Nobunaga Shimazaki

I'll go ahead and say it, I was very biased for this item.  They don't really get much projects together unlike other seiyuu duos (Kamiya Hiroshi + Ono Daisuke, Fukuyama Jun + Sakurai Takahiro)  but they're dynamics as theGreed pair just worked so well for me.

I just really, really love their tandem as Licht and Lawless!  

I loved it even more when I saw clips of the live Servamp event.

I hope to see more combinations like this in the future.  

Another duo I like is Nakamura Yuuchi + Fukuyama Jun.  Ratio and Birthday was a great tandem.

26. Seiyuus you always mistake for the other

Hatano Wataru and Konishi Katsuyuki 

The sound so similar to me.   

I actually thought these guys were voiced by Hatano Wataru until I checked the credits.

 Well, they were actually casted as son and father once (the Yaotomes in Idolish7)

I guess I'm not alone in thinking that they do have some similarities?

27. Underrated seiyuu

Kimura Subaru I don't think he gets much main voice acting roles.  (Well at least Hypmic got an anime now.)  He has this unique voice which sounds refreshing.    

I myself didn't really notice him before until someone pointed out to me how great he was in voicing Terasaka and Kanba.

Furukawa Makoto

Aside from Saitama (One-Punch Man) people rarely talk about his roles.

I think he deserves more recognition for his voice work. 

I was a bit disappointed when Taiju only got appearances in the earlier episodes of Dr. Stone.  I hope he gets a bigger role in the next season!

Did you know he did the narration in the Saiki Kusuo Psi-nan anime?  

I like his voice as Hatsuharu too.

28. Seiyuu who deserves better roles

Ono Yuki

His voice range is so flexible! 

I always get pleasantly surprised when I find out that he was the voice behind a character. He's one of those seiyuus who make you remember the character, not the voice actor.   

Sadly, I feel like everytime he is one of the main characters, he ends up getting outshined or forgotten...because other seiyuus are more popular.

Kawanishi Kengo

Really impressive work in 3an-gatsu no lion!

I think he deserves more leading roles!  He did get the lead role in Junjo no Magmell.  The anime had so much potential, but I felt that it could have ended better.

He was also perfect as Asagiri Gen in Dr. Stone!

29. Seiyuu who works well with other seiyuus

Miyu Irino

I can't really describe it well.  But Miyu Irino (both character and voice) just blends into whatever role is given to him.  

Classic example is Tachibana Chizuru from Kimi to Boku…like...he just established himself in their circle.

I guess he does get a lot of “outsider” characters who find their way in becoming a core part of a group.

One minute it’s “look at this wild card” and the next minute it’s “since when did you guys get all so chummy?!”

As expected of an experienced voice actor!  He can make his voice work in any genre, any character, with any cast.  

Hosoya Yoshimasa

He works so well with various tandems.

I have a friend who likes the Shimazaki Nobunaga + Hosoya Yoshimasa combi.

While I prefer the Miyano Mamoru + Hosoya Yoshimasa combi~

Whichever combi you like, there’s no denying his talent.  He has a good range of character types!

30. Seiyuus who gives characters life

Suzumura Kenichi

I'm not just talking about making the character lively. (like this adorable furball)

Whether the character is energetic or not, young or not, Suzumura Kenichi makes the character so believable and real.  

It seems to me that, no matter how minor, he makes each character memorable.

and that’s a wrap for the seiyuu challenge~ (for now ^ ^ ) I did have fun doing this and now have even better appreciation for the work they do.  I hope I can repeat this challenge in the future~ there are still so many impressive seiyuus out there!   

[woodchoc-magnum]

Lone Star 2x11 Hate Watch

I nearly forgot about it this week, whoops

Disclaimer: Don’t read this if you like the show, simply go about your business and have a great day

oh no owen is being arrested oh nooo

is it for being a crime to this show

is he going to hit on Dr Jacobs now?

"is there a complication?" tk asks in a monotone

Oh no he's off work for a month? What will the other firefighters do at an emergency if rob lowe is not there to do it all for them?

"it's like two fortnights?" yeah… that's exactly what it is dude

A fortnight is two weeks

So two of them is… a month.

Captain Judd!

Yessss captain judd

No masks

Not a single mask on anyone

"the Serena Williams of firefighters?" fucking seriously

What if she was on camera like that and then they lose this car? She's gonna look like an asshole

Yo 100% the husband dies I'm calling it now

He's definitely dying

I FUCKING CALLED IT

Yo that's HUBRIS

That's why you don't brag to the cameras y'all

Damn that poor bastard what a way to go

This reminds me of when Bobby was under investigation in season 2 of the OG and they all kept coming around to his house and annoying the shit out of him while he was trying to plan his wedding

BILLY? BILLY BURKE?

BILLY BURKE!!!!!!!!

Yo he was in this show called Revolution that I watched because a) Billy Burke and b) Elizabeth Mitchell and I fuck I shipped him with Liz Mitch SO HARD

It's weird to me that everyone thinks of him as the dad from Twilight because I have legit seen him in everything but that

What happened to his lightning strike scars? That was my favourite part of Season 1

So I'm calling it early and saying that Billy Burke is the arsonist because why else would they bring him back, and he doesn't like Rob Lowe

Oh the gays are hosting a dinner party

You know what shits me? Lone Star has these scenes of the team playing board games and in the OG we waste a whole episode about Josh and Sue – yes I'm still dirty but they can make it up to me with this week’s episode

I suppose in Lone Star they're all single? And young? I really shouldn't complain, I don't want the OG to be more like Lone Star let's face it

Yeah she's going viral for acting like a moron in front of the cameras at the scene, that's why you don't do that fucking shit

Look I like Marjan but come on

Interesting choice of Rolling Stones song

Wow this Rob Lowe montage is so great

Am I the only one who thinks Airpods look dumb

God this Rob Lowe montage has been going for hours

Wow he's potting a plant, and painting, and putting a puzzle together, this is so fucking interesting, thank god they've dedicated this portion of the episode to it. How else would I know what Rob Lowe was doing while he was stuck at home by himself?

The chick who works at the juice bar is a better actor than Ronen

Oh no this looks like the work of the arsonist (Billy Burke)

Thank god Rob Lowe was there right

YOU'RE NOT THE CAPTAIN RIGHT NOW

God what a fuckhead

"126! Give 'em hell!" ugh what a douchebag

How am I only 23 minutes in

I feel like I've been watching for ten hours

Yeah how did you arrive five minutes before everyone huh? I feel like that app he's been listening to is probably illegal

Owen is doing nothing to help his case here

This guy 100% thinks Owen did it and you know what I think he's onto something and I think they should arrest Owen and put him in jail

Also I'm going to say that rob lowe dyes his hair and has had some cosmetic surgery just saying

Honestly I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for Marjan here

It’s just kind of in bad taste for a firefighter to be bragging about how awesome they are. I know social media is her whole deal but… it's pretty uncool

Is it just me or is Judd looking extra handsome in this episode?

Oh great and now we're at a nice dinner and they're talking about Rob fucking Lowe again? WHO CARES

THE ROB LOWE PLOTLIONES ARE ALWAYS THE WORST FUCKING PLOTLINES

He even looks like a creep in that grey hoodie

Oh my god he's been off work for a fucking week? Like I don't get this?

I would love to have a week off work to just stay in my house and be chill

He's talking to Billy Burke about the arson and Billy Burke is in fact the arsonist

Yo doesn't Carlos' house burn down at some point? DOES BILLY BURKE BURN DOWN CARLOS' HOUSE?

I really love Billy Burke and I'm glad they brought him back to play the bad guy; he was the bad guy in The Closer and it was great

He's explaining all this to Billy Burke, who in fact already knows this, because in fact he is IN FACT the arsonist

Also the fact that Rob Lowe has gone out and bought all this stuff just makes him look guiltier

I ship it though, Billy & Owen? Ship name Billwen or Owlly – no we're definitely going with Owlly

Stage 3 cancer, lost his job, got struck by lightning, didn't get the captaincy at the 126 – the man has nothing left to lose. He's the arsonist

Marjan IS a showboat and most of the time it's fine but before a rescue it does exhibit a lot of hubris and that's not a good thing

And that video didn't make her look great

And she needs to go to McKenna and apologise for being a dick

GO AND APOLOGISE

Fucking APOLOGISE

YES YOU SHOULD

Oh good she listened to me

Paul's a babe just saying

She posted a suicide note and no friends or family went to help her? That's pretty fucking depressing

Jesus this is a bit graphic

Wow this is very graphic

"This was clutch" COME ON FUCKING REALLY?

Oh yeah it's so fucking cool being a badass

Ugh this show is so stupid

How does this still have three minutes to go?

"Oh my god I FORGOT THE LIMES" it is the END OF THE WORLD

Why is he in his goddamn fucking arson hoodie again?

He is without a doubt the dumbest mother fucker who has ever dumbed in the history of BEING DUMB

I mean say what you want about Bobby jumping into a dumpster but I have to think that Bobby Nash would know better than to act like a suspicious fucking SUSPECT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ARSON INVESTIGATION WHEN THEY ALREADY SUSPECT YOU OF BEING THE ARSONIST, OWEN!

You dumbfuck

0/10 shittiest episode ever, everyone except Judd, Grace and Tommy are stupid

AND OH MY GOD TK WE FORGOT THE LIMESSSSS OH MY GOD END OF THE WORLLLLDDDD

three miserable fucking episodes to go

Diaz to cleanse:

[pair-annoyed]

Anime I Watched in Quarantine

With some of the restrictions being lifted, I wanted to make a sort of master post to see just how much I’ve watched in my time off. Plus, I wanted to share something more lighthearted with everyone.

All of these anime will be rated on a 1-10 scale, 10 meaning masterpiece, 1 meaning complete garbage. I’ll also share what I liked/didn’t like about each show. This list will go in chronological order, and will encompass all anime from 3/13 - 6/13. Multiple Seasons will be grouped together. 

1. Beastars - 8/10 

I dig how human and down-to-earth Beastars is. The pacing was a nice and the animation was unexpectedly great! It’s driving force is its characters and their interactions. Felt a little slow at times, and Juno annoys me, but that’s okay. I’ll be watching season 2.

2. Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun - 8/10 

Oh my god! This visuals for this were absolutely wonderful! It did feel a little cliche at times, I won’t lie. But, I still loved all of these characters and the nice balance between creepy and comedy. 

3. Ao No Exorcist - 6/10 

I posted about this one after I finished it. The ending really pissed me off. I feel like if I had watched this when I was 13, I would’ve given it a higher score. Compared to some of the other shounen I’ve watched, this felt a bit basic. That doesn’t mean I still didn’t like it. Still have to get around to watching season 2...

4.  Kaichou wa Maid-sama! 6.5/10

Shoujo usually isn’t my cup of tea. Maid-sama was a nice way to ease into the cliches of shoujo. Misaki is a great protagonist and the ending Maid-sama was so satisfying. I’m only giving it a low score because of its slow pacing and lack of certain character development. 

5.  Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou  - 7/10

I’m a big Violet Evergarden fan to begin with, so of course I liked this movie. It did not resonate with me as much as the series itself, but I still enjoyed it. Kyoto animation is never disappointing in their visuals and sound design 

6.  Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! - 8/10 

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - 6.5/10 

Chuunibyou was a breath of fresh air for me. It was so different from all other romance anime I had seen at the time. It for sure has a slice of life vibe to it, but it was still so good! It reminded me of being in middle school and my “chuunibyou” phase. The second season was not as enjoyable as the first. I guess I just had higher expectations for Rikka and Yuuta. 

7. Dr. Stone - 7/10

Dr. Stone is honestly such a perfect shounen for me. I’m a science nerd, and with taking AP Chem this year it was kind of nice to sorta apply my knowledge. This show also has some of the best reaction images ever. The tone, however, is a little inconsistent which made it hard to keep watching. I do love the relationship between Senku and his Dad, that whole sub-plot was so endearing.

8. Oshiete! Galko-chan - 6/10

This one only gets a low score because its so short and the op takes up like half an episode. This show had been in the back of my mind for a while. I decided to watch it after seeing a video essay discussing it. Its masterful subversion of tropes and stereotypes was refreshing. The message of this show is so positive, and everyone can benefit from watching something like this.  

9. Mairimashita Iruma-kun  - 5/10 

The second half of Mairimashita Iruma-kun was so much better. I’m not completely sure why I didn’t like this as much as I should have. Overall, its a really average show. The comedy (and musical numbers???) give this show and charismatic and chaotic vibe. I’m someone who focuses primarily on character-character interactions, and this show definitely had it. It isn’t monogatari levels of dialogue but it’s still nice. For the studio’s low budget, they were able to make a really bright and colorful show. I’ll be watching season 2.  

10. Byousoku 5 Centimeter - 8/10

Very. VERY. Pretty!! This one was another one that didn’t completely resonate with me emotionally. I still loved the story and the way it was told. Its not like Your Name or Tenki no Ko, it’s realistic and grounded.

11. Mob Psycho 100 - 8/10

Mob Psycho 100 II - 9/10 

Style alone made Mob Psycho 100 so impressive. By the second half of each season I was emotional invested in Mob and his whole journey. Season 2 is receiving a higher score because it was able to make me cry. That’s something I NEVER expected. I’m mad I didn’t watch this sooner. It is a great balance of action, comedy, and heart. 

12. Noragami Aragoto - 8/10 

Not sure why I put off Norogami’s second season for so long. I absolutely loved it. The focus on Bishimon was a nice change of pace and it was great to see Yukine develop more as a character and begin to loose his arrogance. Kazuma was my favorite character in all of this. His ability to affect the people around him was presented nicely. I was emotionally invested the whole way through, and I’ll probably pick up the manga. 

13. Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji - 3/10

Ah yes. My least favorite thing on planet earth. This is a wonderful example of Shoujo at its worst. Their relationship was incredibly toxic, and the characters themselves were poorly developed and generic. The whole time all I could think was that I was watching normalized Stockholm Syndrome. Our MC deserves so much better. 

14. Youjo Senki - 6/10

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting to like Youjo Senki as much as I did. I’m not usually one for iesekai. The action was great, but the use of CGI bogged down scenes. I do NOT really like the protagonist that much because she came across as apathetic. Towards the end, I started to like her more. This was also my first military/warfare-focused anime. If either a movie or second season is made, I will probably not watch it. 

15. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - 6.5/10

I wanted to like Madoka Magica more than I did. I really did. The style was compelling and the story was interesting. Especially in the beginning, a lot of the death and sad stuff didn’t feel all that sad. The last 4 episodes are a solid 8/10, I love time shenanigans. The emotions and character development really shined through in the end. Madoka is such an inherently kind-hearted person, I love her so much! 

16. Yakusoku no Neverland - 8.5/10 

I was expecting Yakusoku no Neverland to be more graphic, but I’m kind of glad it didn’t go that route. Like Madoka, the last four episodes had me really invested. However, the character development was not as rushed. It’s a smart show and welcomed change of pace. Emma is my favorite character and you bet I’ll be watching season 2. The more I think about this show, the more I appreciate it. 

17. Mo Dao Zu Shi - 9/10

Mo Dao Zu Shi 2nd Season - 8/10 

I know that is is technically a donghua, but I’m counting it as an anime because its on MAL. Amazing visuals and an incredibly layered story.  Censorship makes it difficult to fully appreciate this work and its original novel. Even though I was confused for the first 2 episodes, Mo Dao Zu Shi did a great job of developing the time period and character relationships. The second season wasn’t as satisfying as the first but still great! I don’t think I’ll be watching the live action anytime soon, but I believe that a 3rd season is confirmed for 2020.

18. Banana Fish - 8.5/10

I knew nothing about Banana Fish going into it. Although I didn’t cry at the ending, it definitely made me feel some type of way. Kind of... numb. Banana Fish is painfully realistic. So much so that I had to take a break after episode 15 because I felt sick to my stomach. I also praise Banana Fish for it’s healthy, non-fetishized relationship representation. Eiji and Ash have such a complex but healthy relationship. I hope Banana Fish is able to pave the way for better representation in media. 

19. Promare - 5/10 

Why do people praise Promare so much? I hated how predictable it was. The whole movie felt like a 2 hour animation flex for Trigger. The only character in this movie that didn’t manage to piss me off it some way was Lio. The only other thing I’ve seen by studio Trigger is Kill la Kill, so compared to that, this felt like such a step down. :( I was disappointed. 

20. Given - 6/10

Given made me both sad and made me want to start a band. Overall the animation is nothing special, I do like the reactions that some of the characters had. Especially that “It’s Mutual” gif set. I couldn’t get over how much Ritsuka looks like Kageyama. My only complaint was how rushed Mafuyu and Ritsuka’s relationship felt. More time should have been dedicated to Mafuyu dealing with and moving past the loss in his life. All that said, I’m still watching the movie.

21. Enen no Shouboutai - 5/10 

Generic Shounen, bad ending, great animation. Need I say more? I did not watch Soul Eater (made by same creator), but this was enjoyable. Really cool fights, not so cool character development. A lot of the explanations towards the end felt like complete bull shit. Same energy as using fancy sounding science words to explain things. 

22. Hataraku Maou-Sama - 5.5/10

This is another show I felt I would’ve liked more if I watched it when I was younger. The iesekai trope is so beaten down that classics like this don’t really carry as much weight as they originally did. A 24 episode season with more Slice of Life episodes would’ve benefited this series greatly.

23. BNA - 7/10

BNA, in my opinion, was so much better than Promare. Like Hataraku Maou-sama, BNA would’ve benefited from a longer season with more Slice of Life Episodes. Trigger’s newer animation is beautiful and I really hope BNA gets renewed for a second season. The ending was cliche as hell, but still really enjoyed this show!

24. Devilman: Crybaby - 7/10 

A.K.A. The one show I’ve got to watch when I know I’m alone. The use of multiple languages besides Japanese in the sub was a unique take. The animation was also a little jarring at first, but I came to love it. The themes in this are not the most positive. The end left me feeling numb, but also appreciative. Ryo pissed me off as soon as he tried to kill that cat, so it was hard to sympathize with him in the very end. It is a really good show, but also sickening, Watch at your own discretion.  

[theorajones]

OR IS HE?

I present to you, the Michael Knight Manwhore Index! 

This was shamelessly ripped off from inspired by Sara_merry’s Michael Knight Sex Project on LJ, which tragically appears to have been abandoned after the first 14 episodes. But having a) a ton of spare time on my hands due to the ongoing Coronapocalypse, b) a steadfast dedication to sitting around in my pajamas watching Knight Rider instead of cleaning the gutters or replacing my car’s valve cover gaskets and c) a burning need to know how accurate my estimate of Michael’s conquests was in my last trashy fanfic, I persevered.

Methodology: I assigned each prominent female guest character (and the occasional male and/or regular character) a probability of having gotten it on with Michael, based on my subjective interpretation of how much they flirted/made out/made plans for a romantic getaway/actually went on a romantic getaway. Episodes in which at least one character had a 50% or greater probability (including with characters who were talked about but not seen onscreen) were assigned a value of 1. Episodes with a 49% or lower probability were assigned a value of 0. Values were totaled to calculate each season’s MKMI number.

TL;DR results:

 (# denotes probable sexytimes with someone who wasn’t seen onscreen, * denotes Michael’s participation was most likely non-consensual)

Season 1 MKMI number: 13

04 - Good Day at White Rock 05 - Slammin’ Sammy’s Stunt Show  Spectacular 06 - Just My Bill # 07 - Not a Drop to Drink 08 - No Big Thing # 09 - Trust Doesn’t Rust # 10 - Inside Out 11 - The Final Verdict 13 - Forget Me Not 15 - Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death 16 - The Topaz Connection 17 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town 20 - Knight Moves

Season 2 MKMI number: 6

06 - Return to Cadiz 07 - KITT the Cat 08 - Custom KITT 14 - Diamonds Aren’t a Girl’s Best Friend 18/19 - Goliath Returns * 23 - Let It Be Me

Season 3 MKMI number: 7

09 - Dead of Knight 12 - Custom Made Killer # 13 - Knight by A Nose 14 - Junk Yard Dog 15 - Buy Out 17 - The Nineteenth Hole 22 - Circus Knights

Season 4 MKMI number: 5

03 - KITTnap 08 - Many Happy Returns 12 - The Scent of Roses 16 - Redemption of a Champion 22 - Voo Doo Knight

Conclusion: Michael is not nearly as much of a manwhore as people think, at least based on what we see onscreen. Although he clearly does have a social life outside of what we’re shown in every episode, so there’s still a world of possibilities...

Detailed episode analysis below the cut:

s1e01/02 - Knight of the Phoenix

Lonnie - Don't seem to know each other very well, no signs of other than professional interest. Probability: 0%

Tanya - Some kind of working relationship as Michael Long, but she doesn't seem to recognize his voice as MK. Plus he was possibly still engaged to Stevie as ML.

T: "I can promise you a very rewarding... *partnership*." M: "Not this time."

Probability: 5% (as ML)     0% (as MK)

Maggie - She expresses regret at not going for him at the end, but also seems more interested in finding a father figure for her son. It's implied that Michael left town before anything could happen. He did say he'd come back and visit. Did he ever? Would Maggie be up for a fling even though she knows he can't settle down? Potentially but not necessarily.

Probability - 30%

s1e03 - Deadly Maneuvers

Robin - They keep things mostly professional during the investigation. Michael goes to his own hotel room. At the end, it looks like he and Devon are leaving together. Michael is wearing a different shirt in the last scene than in the one where he rescues Robin from the munitions range so it's unclear how much time has passed. Theoretically sexytimes could have transpired but there aren't really any strong suggestions that they have.

Probability: 10%

s1e04 - Good Day at White Rock

Sherry - "Keep driving." "For how long?" "Until one of us runs out of gas."

Probability: 95%

s1e05 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

Lisa - She's definitely interested. And he's sticking around for another 3 weeks, so definitely some opportunity. He doesn't seem as flirtatious with her as he was with Sherry but it's definitely a possibility.

Probability: 70%

s1e06 - Just My Bill

Sabrina (offscreen) - Devon breaks Michael's date with her. Not enough info to draw any conclusions about whether it's a first and/or last date. A definite possibility.

Probability: 50%

Senator Maggie - That would have been subversive af, but alas, no.

Probability: 0%

Jane - Doesn't seem that into him at their first meeting. At their breakfast date he asks her how she slept, which presumably he'd know if he'd been there. She does go out to lunch with him and Devon at the end. Possible but not conclusive.

Probability: 25%

s1e07 - Not A Drop to Drink

Francesca - They have kind of a "channel the sexual tension into arguments" thing, but like Maggie in the pilot, she's probably looking more for somebody who can settle down. Another one where he talks at the end about coming back to visit but we don't know if he ever does. Maybe?

Probability: 50%

S1e08 - No Big Thing

The Unnamed 200-Mile Diversion Girl (offscreen) - I doubt he drove 200 miles out of his way just for coffee and friendly conversation.

Probability: 90%

Carol Reston - They have dinner together but seem to be keeping things strictly business. No apparent indication that they're romantically interested, no "Come back and visit sometime."

Probability: 0%

s1e09 - Trust Doesn't Rust

Rosalyn and/or Rosalie (offscreen) - "What's wrong with a little 'companionship'?"

Probability: 90%

Bonnie - They almost kiss after defeating KARR, but mutually think better of it. Presumably the moment passes and stays passed for another few seasons of UST.

Probability: 0%

s1e10 - Inside Out

(This ep has a higher than average amount of sexual innuendo, including KITT's breathless response to Bonnie adjusting his components, Michael commenting that Bonnie knows how to turn KITT on, KITT straight-facedly giving Michael an accounting of Bonnie's measurements after Michael wonders whether there's a real woman under her jumpsuit, and Michael & KITT's "Maybe I can get something from the girl"/ "I wouldn't touch that line with a 10 foot driveshaft" conversation. "Don't worry, I'll distract her."/"I'll bet." "What was that all about?"/"Biology.")

Linda - WTF was up with him grabbing her in the woods like a skeezoid rapist when he just wanted to give her dinner? She doesn't kick him in the balls so I guess that counts for something. They hug after a conversation in her room later, hold hands and smooch before she goes off to do... something mission related. She saves his ass and helps him drop off the bad guys at the prison. Do they celebrate later? Maybe.

Probability: 70%

s1e11 - The Final Verdict

Cheryl - They're pretty touchy-feely when he visits her in jail, and she gives him a pretty good kiss at the end. Odds are good that they had/will have a romantic relationship at some point.

Probability: 90%

s1e12- A Plush Ride

M: I wanna search Margo's room. K: I've heard that one before. M: It'll give you something to brood about during the night.

Margo - (spoiler alert) She's a terrorist. They get physical when she catches him searching her room but it doesn't turn into anything more than fighting. He kisses her (in front of everybody, wtf) after she (supposedly) saves him from being murdered by Jacobs. But the next time we see the two of them together, she's taking him prisoner. She's pretty touchy-feely with him while he's tied up but there's no time for her to do anything (and presumably he wouldn't be into it if she did, what with her being a terrorist and all).

Probability: 0%

Bonnie - Uncharacteristically flirtatious, appears to be a bit tipsy. No real implication that anything happened, though.

Probability: 0%

s1e13 - Forget Me Not

Maria Elena - They're flirting up a storm in their first scene. And their third one. And fourth one. Also she's frequently scantily clad around him. Michael to KITT in the last scene: "See you in two days, buddy." Oh yeah, he was planning something.

Probability: 95%

Micki - She's a little flirtatious too before she loses her memory (although he starts it by fake-flirting with her). And also feels comfortable enough to just run around in Michael's shirt and little else after she loses her memory, although she says she doesn't just meet guys at parties and go home with them (she thinks). He tells her she's a nice lady but doesn't seem that romantically interested in her.

Probability: 10% Until...

Maria Elena & Micki - They've become fast friends by the last scene and both kiss him on the cheek at the same time after he brings them both flowers (at KITT's instigation). Why do I get the feeling "Anybody wanna cruise a hamburger joint?" was as close as they could get to implying a threesome on 80s family hour tv?

Probability: 60%

s1e14 - Hearts of Stone

M: KITT, don't fall in love with one of these beautiful cars and run off on me, huh?

K: I wouldn't dream of it.

Angie - She's with Roberto. Also (spoiler alert) a scam artist criminal.

Probability - 0%

The blonde lady at the bar - They flirt and she tells him she hopes to see him later, but no indication that she ever does.

Probability: 5%

Devon - Oh man, the way he's eyeing Michael up in his hotel room. And if we're still in the pilot universe, Michael is a dead ringer for a young Wilton, whom I will never be unconvinced Devon wasn't either secretly in love with or a relationship with, s2 Devon Miles Heterosexuality Minutes be damned. We never really get any indication that Michael swings that way, though (at least with non-automotive males, *wink*).

Probability: 0%

The nurse - In the novelization she flirts with him and kisses him, but no indication of romantic interest in the actual episode.

Probability: 0%

s1e15 - Give Me Liberty... Or Give Me Death

Bonnie - He tries to ask her out, but she's busy spending the night with KITT. :D She also doesn't seem very impressed with his Liberty drama.

Probability: 0%

Liberty Cox - When she shows up in his room, he seems a lot less interested in her than she is in him, but he doesn't exactly fight her off when she starts kissing him. He tells KITT he went to bed and she went back to her room, but she's sure more pissed about not getting to ride along with him the next day than you'd think she'd be if all they'd done was smooch. Also she's back at FLAG HQ at the end so maybe she's spending some time in town.

Probability: 90%

Dorothy Ackridge - He tries to be flirtatious but she has no time for his shenanigans. she's grateful when he saves her life but doesn't express any romantic interest in him.

Probability: 0%

s1e16 - The Topaz Connection

Lauren Royce - She takes half the episode to warm up to him but they have fun in Vegas. "You do the cake, I'll do the champagne, and we'll see what else comes to mind." "Deal." Things look like they might be headed in a steamy direction as evidenced by the romantic music playing but they get cockblocked by Bob. They smooch before she gets on the bogus plane. In the last scene they kiss some more and she tells him they have some unfinished business.

Probability: 95%

s1e17 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town

KITT: Michael is... indisposed. Devon: Oh. That means he's either with a young lady or in jail.

Jobina - He's definitely turning on the charm. She helps Michael escape from jail (with KITT's assistance). "Is there anything this car can't do?" "I think a woman would be a better judge of that." "I beg your pardon?" I don't even know what that's supposed to mean but I want to believe it's something saucy. Not actually much indication onscreen that anything happened but in the last scene Michael says he hopes Jobina will stay in town and Bonnie asks if that's so he'll know where to find her. Michael responds, "Yeah, that's a thought." Possibilities here.

Probability: 50%

s1e18 - Chariot of Gold

Dr. Charlene Litton - He chats her up at the party, but it's in the line of duty. She's kind of condescending to him. She does break away from the creepy IQ cult and help Michael foil their plans, but isn't seen again.

Probability: 0%

Bonnie - They do their usual UST thing, and dance at the party until Devon cuts in. He's extremely protective of her. He talks her out of her brainwashing by telling her "We're a team, we love each other." He makes her breakfast and brings her a rose at the end. Still, no overt indication that anything beyond camaraderie happens.

Probability: 0%

s1e19 - White Bird

Stevie - Presumably they've gotten it on in the past but there was too much going on in this episode for anything to happen. Also presumably Wilton didn't do any renovations below Michael's neck so if they'd gotten it on she would have known with 100% certainty who he was.

Probability: 95% (as ML)     5% (as MK)

s1e20 - Knight Moves

Terri - He asks her to go dancing. She turns him down but finds him likable/trustworthy enough to let him give her a lift home. They seem to be bonding but when he goes in for a kiss she says goodnight and goes in the house (alone). His little smile afterwards suggests he's up for the challenge. After he saves her life and her other driver threatens to quit she tells him she really likes him and hugs her but doesn't push it further than that. She tells him the next day that it was the first time she ever wanted to kiss a man (but that she had before anyway D: ). At the end they do go dancing (and she puts on a dress because heaven forbid a tough woman should ever fail to embrace conventional femininity immediately upon being found attractive by any halfway decent dude) and it's a reasonable assumption that they did more than just *dance* until dawn. I kind of want to roast Michael a little for not being more aghast about the fact that she's kissed dudes she didn't really want to and for encouraging her to give up her Tomboy Terri persona but it was a less enlightened era and at least he didn't hit on her when she was vulnerable which is more than a lot of dudes of his time (or this one, for that matter)  would have done so I'll cut him some slack.

Probability: 90%

s1e21 - Nobody Does It Better

Connie - He's checking her out on the tennis court but (spoiler alert) she gets murdered.

Probability: 0%

Flannery Roe - Things are off to a rocky start. She seems to take his "do you like to play?" at the club as a come on, pulls a gun on him (not entirely unjustifiably) when he corners her in the cul-de-sac and has him arrested on suspicion of being a stalker and/or rapist. She warms up to him a bit after he provides a comforting hug when she finds Connie's body but still gets a little shirty with him at the restaurant and turns down his offer of a ride home. She's antagonistic toward him when they meet again at the club. He saves her from the bad guys and for some reason she's back at the Foundation HQ at the end but they don't do any huggy-kissy stuff so odds are minimal.

Probability: 1%

s1e22 - Short Notice

K: Since you haven't asked, I'll tell you. It was demoralizing, demeaning. M: What? K: Police impound. M: Oh. You had me worried there for a minute.

Nicole - She keeps him at arm's length initially (understandably since she's hitching). Turns out she's another single mom, so her main preoccupation is getting her kid back, and she doesn't really care if she dicks Michael over in the process. He does get along well with her kid when they find her so that probably gets him a few points in her eyes. They hold hands after he beats all the bad guys in the western town and hug at the end but don't kiss. She's probably looking for a new dad for Natalie. He tells Natalie he hopes they'll see him again but nothing conclusive.

Probability: 10%

s2e01/02 - Goliath

Rita Wilcox - Another one where there was possible interest but probably wasn't time for anything to happen. She spends half the episode either pissed off at him or faking a relationship with Garthe, and then they're busy trying to take out Goliath. They hug after Garthe and Goliath are out of commission but don't kiss. At the end she's on her way out of town. It's unclear how much time has passed between that and the last scene but when she implies he should look her up if he's in LA, he doesn't mention that the Foundation's home base is in SoCal (or so it appears)? I don't think he's the type who wouldn't go for a woman he was interested in just because she'd hooked up with his evil twin (even if he was a little judgy when he found out she was shacking up with Garthe again), so maybe he's just not that into her.

Probability: 25%

s2e03 - Brother's Keeper

Lisa - Things aren't exactly off to a great start when he kidnaps her. She warms up to him a little by the end and they give each other a fairly chaste goodbye smooch. He says they'll see each other again and she says she hopes so. Maybe?

Probability: 30%

April: He's on a kidnapping spree and drags her to the beach at the end. Still, no real indicator that anything romantic is going to ensue.

Probability: 5%

s2e04 - Merchants of Death

Camela - They seem to keep it professional except for a goodbye kiss. Not even a "We'll see each other again." Odds are minimal.

Probability: 5%

s2e05 - Blind Spot

Julie - She's in some kind of platonic lifemate relationship with John, which may end up being more than platonic thanks to Michael's yenta-ing.

Probability: 0%

s2e06 - Return to Cadiz

Jennifer Shell - They have dinner together and she seems to open up to him but it isn't overtly romantic. They have a spat but hug and make up when he finds the secret treasure cave. She kisses him after he rescues her from the bad guys. An undisclosed amount of time has passed before they have dinner and he heads out but they do the "Will I see you again?/count on it" thing before she kisses him goodbye. It's possible, maybe even likely.

Probability: 50%

s2e07 - KITT the Cat

Grace - She's definitely flirting with him when she invites him to the party. And then tries to convince him she's not the burglar by making out with him. At the end he kisses her goodbye pretty interestedly while promising to keep a closer eye on her. Odds are good.

Probability: 85%

s2e08 - Custom KITT

Suzanne Weston - She's pretty overt about her interest in him, but when she shows up in his room he seems relieved when KITT beeps him on the comlink. She tells him he knows where to find her if he's ever in the mood for something other than "good, clean" fun, so by implication he hasn't been.

Probability: 0%

Carrie - She's into him enough to get jealous when she thinks he hooked up with Suzanne. "If our plan works and the thief tries to steal KITT tonight, you can thank me." She kisses him first, but then he kisses her and tells her that's "very close" to his way of wanting to be thanked. The implications aren't particularly subtle. They enthusiastically hug after catching the bad guys. When she wins the car show, they smooch with more "I don't know how to thank you... but I'm sure I'll think of a way" innuendo. He tells her he'll see her later, and I think it's a strong possibility that he will.

Probability: 90%

s2e09 - Soul Survivor

M: Devon, I felt something in here... I don't know, a presence... KITT's presence.

K: Oh Michael, do I look just dreadful? Be honest. M: KITT, what matters to me is who you are, not what you look like. Sure we don't have the car. So we can't turbo boost. So we can't go over 200 miles an hour. It was all icing on the cake anyway. It wasn't you. K: It wasn't? M: No, the car was fantastic but if you break it down it was steel, rubber and glass. We can always make another one. But you, you are a lot more than silicon chips and fancy circuitry, You're my buddy. You're my partner. KITT, you're one of a kind. K: Thank you, Michael. The feeling's mutual.

K: What was it like, Michael? M: What, KITT? K: Seeing my body functioning without me? Or you? M: A little spooky, let me tell ya. K: Did it seem like me? M: Yeah, it did and it didn't. It looked like you, but somehow it just wasn't the same. K: I don't understand. M: It didn't have your soul, KITT. Without that, it could never be the same. K: Thank you, Michael.

Adrianne - She techno-roofies him and the way Randy sticks his head in the door and then guiltily ducks back out as she's leaning over him on the couch kind of suggests he's walking in on something he knows he shouldn't see. Still, Michael appears to be fully clothed when he wakes up in a ditch. Adrianne is totally a creepy douchebag and/or rapist (as we will see more of in Goliath Returns) but she was probably too preoccupied with stealing KITT to do anything in this ep.

Probability: 20%

s2e10 - Ring of Fire

(This is one of two eps where Michael utters the phrase "come on, baby" to KITT while trying to get out of a jam. Obviously NBC's censors had to ruin our fun because it never happens again after this season.)

Layla - She's still married. Doesn't really express romantic interest in Michael and the hero of an 80s family hour tv series probably wouldn't have gotten it on with a married woman no matter how much of an abusive dick her husband was. They do kiss goodbye at the end and he tells her if she ever decides to leave the bayou, she knows where he'll be. If anything ever happens, it's probably in the distant future.

Probability: 5%

s2e11 - Knightmares

M: Whoa, you are hot! K: Quite true, Michael.

Cara - She tries to look out for him after he gets amnesia, but not a lot of indication that she's romantically interested in him, and he's too busy trying to figure out wtf is going on to hit on her. They hug after he rescues her from drowning but we don't see any more of them together.

Probability: 5%

s2e12 - Silent Knight

Marta - No real indication of romantic interest on either side. We  don't see what they're doing as Tino is saying goodbye to KITT but considering he offered her a handshake and not a kiss or even a hug, it's probably safe to say nothing happened.

Probability: 0%

s2e13 - A Knight in Shining Armor

Katherine - She's a little young for him (Michael tells her the treasure was supposed to be her 21st birthday present so presumably she's legal but the fact that she's still in prep school makes her seem younger). Also this is another episode where he begins their acquaintance by first rescuing, then kidnapping the female lead. They don't particularly like each other at first, but hug after his "if nobody can hurt you, then nobody can love you" chat with her, again after he rescues her from the bad guy (again) and after escaping the cave collapse. It seems more friendly than romantic, though.He takes her hand in the cave but it comes off more as sharing a moment than a romantic overture. They kiss at the end but he tells her goodbye and leaves. No indication that they're going to see each other again.

Probability: 5%

s2e14 - Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend

Lauren - She makes out with him when he first shows up as part of her cover story and he clearly doesn't mind. He's pretty committed to maintaining their cover in subsequent scenes. In the last scene she tells him she'd like "to do it for real" but she's pretty clearly referring to kissing, not *it*. By implication they haven't done more than kiss at this point but when she asks if she'll see him again, he tells her "unless you change her name and move to Okinawa." Future potential.

Probability: 50%

Lauren's boss - She's kind of flirtatious with him when they first meet but no indicator that anything happens.

Probability: 0%

s2e15 - White Line Warriors

Cindy - She's with Ron, who is apparently pretty understanding since he doesn't seem to object to her giving Michael a thank-you kiss at the end.

Probability: 0%

s2e16 - Race For Life

April - He's emotionally supportive and her niece has been introduced to Michael and KITT but no significant indications of anything romantic.

Probability: 0%

s2e17 - Speed Demons

Sabrina - He comes to her rescue when Wade is harassing her at the party, They hug after she talks to him about Kelly. They give each other a chaste goodbye kiss but no real indication of romantic interest.

Probability: 0%

s2318/19 - Goliath Returns

Adrianne - This one gets an asterisk, because whatever happened in Garthe's creepy dungeon after the cutaway to a scandalized KITT didn't look consensual on Michael's side. She pretty obviously went down to there to sleep with him, and the way she staggers out in her bathrobe the next morning while Garthe bitches about how she slept in pretty strongly implies that she actually did, but Michael really seems the opposite of into her and her basically telling him "please me [in bed] and maybe I'll make sure my psycho boyfriend doesn't murder you" is rape by coercion if not by force. Did he grit his teeth and do it just to hedge his bets? Maybe.

Probability: 80%*

s20 - A Good Knight's Work

Gina - He's obviously interested and kisses her before he goes to MMM, but (spoiler alert) she's playing him. Except maybe she's not so bad because she lets him talk her out of shooting him and then they hug. They kiss goodbye at the end but she's going into witness protection and there isn't really any indication that they'll see each other again or that anything romantic transpired.

Probability: 10%

s2e21/22 - Mouth of the Snake

Joanna - She was more interested in Dalton. I deeply want to believe Dalton's invitation to Michael to hang out with them at the end was really an invitation to join them for a threesome because it's the only thing that would make this episode interesting, but Michael takes a rain check and heads out of town.

Probability: 0%

s2e23 - Let It Be Me

Stevie - She's still pretty broken up about her boyfriend's death. He kisses her when they go back to her apartment and she tells him she still dreams about him. The next scene they're wearing different clothes and seemingly some time has passed so maybe something happened after the cutaway?

Probability: 50%

s2e24 - Big Iron

Lucy - She was the woman who was coming out of the hotel room at the beginning. He seemed to be checking her out in that scene but obviously he's not going for a married woman even if she didn't have some other drama going on.

Probability: 0%

s3e01/02 - Knight of the Drones

Bonnie - They hug when he shows up at the university and he makes the "You can sail with me anytime" comment to her at the marina at the end and they link arms to walk to the boat, but not really anything more romantic than that.

Probability: 0%

Margo - She fakes romantic interest in him and he plays along, but (spoiler alert) she's setting him up to be murdered.

Probability: 0%

s3e03 - The Ice Bandits

Bonnie - They walk arm-in-arm into the diamond place, but Michael was making innuendoes about other women when she was sitting right next to him in the car 30 seconds previously so probably nothing really going on.

Probability: 5%

Jody - She's engaged to Charlie. Michael tells Charlie "She's not the one I'm interested in, it's *you*," with his standard flirtatious grin and god, that's hot. Spoiler alert: Charlie is a crook. Even after she finds out the truth she doesn't really express romantic interest in Michael although she does paint his portrait.

Probability: 5%

s3e04 - Knights of the Fast Lane

Diane - He's too preoccupied with Stacy's case to flirt. She hugs him after he rescues her but we don't see them together again.

Probability: 5%

The random cheerleader - She seems interested, but we don't see them together again either.

Probability: 5%

s3e05 - Halloween Knight

Bonnie - He's very protective. Tinhats would probably make something of the fact that her costume is Scarlett O'Hara and his is Rhett Butler. Still, nothing too overtly romantic.

Probability: 5%

Esmerelda - She'd probably put a love spell on him in a hot minute but I think he finds her a little terrifying.

Probability: 5%

Denise - She's friendly but not overly flirtatious. Also she gets murdered before anything can happen.

Probability: 0%

s3e06 - KITT vs. KARR

Mandy - She's with John. No indicators that they're interested in a threesome.

Probability: 0%

s3e07 - The Rotten Apples

Marilyn - They're hardcore flirting and she says she hopes to see him again. They kiss after he wins the mechanical bull contest, but then she catches a bus out of town. She kisses him goodbye and he does this "oh yeah, I still got it" move but we don't get any strong evidence that anything else happened.

Probability: 10%

Rebecca - Not a lot of flirtation, and the kids are always around cockblocking.

Probability: 10%

s3e08 - Knight in Disgrace

(I was almost too distracted by KITT and Michael in this ep to pay attention to the GOTW, lol. KITT's hurt confusion when Michael leaves and him being a total bitch to Michael's would-be replacement and the way he goes with Michael even when he thinks he's on the wrong side of the law, I'm *dying* here...)

Linda - She comes onto him and roofies him at the bar and he wakes up with his shirt undone, but she's Boyd's girlfriend and (spoiler alert) another hapless single mom so she probably didn't do anything untoward, assuming he was even conscious enough by the time she got him home. After she gets to know and trust him she doesn't make any moves on him and they don't smooch or anything at the end.  

Probability: 5%

s3e09 - Dead of Knight

Cindy - It's not entirely clear what their relationship is. At the beginning it looks more like he's trying to pick up on her than they're actually dating. He's obviously really invested in helping her but he'd undoubtedly do the same for anybody who was in mortal peril because of him. At the end in the ambulance he calls her "baby" and says they have a date. In the last scene Cindy is leaving for Broadway soon but they're all together at the Foundation and it's unclear how much time has elapsed. Not conclusive but suggestive.

Probability: 50%

Renard's girlfriend -  She's putting the moves on him while he's feverish and loopy and somehow his shirt has gotten unbuttoned but there's a guard in the room so probably nothing happened.

Probability: 10%

s3e10 - Lost Knight

"If I may be so bold, what on earth were you *doing* down there?"

(LBR, Michael is too busy angsting about KITT to try and get laid in this ep.)

Doug's mom  - In a relationship, although at the end she decides to break things off with her boyfriend so she can focus more on her son. She and Michael kiss goodbye but it's improbable that there's anything more than that since she just said she doesn't need another man around right now.

Probability: 0%

s3e11 - Knight of the Chameleon

Tonie Baxter - They seem to know each other from a previous case. He kisses her on the forehead at the end of their first scene. They don't really seem to interact romantically during this episode. Michael gets distracted by KITT's contest winnings before they have a chance for a goodbye kiss.

Probability: 10%

s3e12 - Custom Made Killer

Unnamed Dancer (offscreen) - Devon: "You've been rather difficult to reach lately. Particularly last night." Michael: "I got a weakness for dancers." HIs protest that they're "innocent girls working their way through college" leaves little doubt about what kind of dancer this was.

Probability: 95%

Joan - No evidence of romantic interest. Also (spoiler alert) she's collaborating with the bad guys.

Probability: 0%

Debra - He flirts at the end and she kisses him goodbye. Lewis says "He'll be back" and she gives a suggestive eyebrow raise. Possible but not conclusive.

Probability: 25%

s3e13 - Knight By A Nose

M: KITT, how close are you? It's getting stuffy in here. K: Any closer and I'll have to marry this limo.

Maxine - They hug and he calls her "sweetheart" when he shows up. Devon accuses Michael of being biased because Max is attractive but he describes her as "a very, very close friend." Yet we never actually see them kiss. Maybe they really are just friends?

Probability: 25%

s3e14 - Junkyard Dog

Fran - He's too preoccupied with KITT to do much flirting for most of the episode, but they're having a picnic/makeout session together in the semi, seemingly alone, at the end. It's a reasonable assumption that things escalated at some point, even if they didn't want a scandalized KITT watching and commenting at that particular moment.

Probability: 80%

s3e15 - Buy Out

Mel - They keep it professional for most of the ep but after he catches the bad guy he tells her she's attractive without her welding mask and they kiss. We don't see them together again but it's possible that more happened.

Probability: 50%

s3e16 - Knightlines

Janet Morgan - She's recently widowed and not in the market yet. No romantic interaction.

Probability: 0%

s3e17 - The Nineteenth Hole

Daisy: Is that thing blown? KITT: I beg your pardon?

Jamie - After they fake being married at the hotel she kisses him before the race. Not a lot of other romantic interaction but he and Bonnie and Devon do seem to be sticking around to watch the race so something could happen.

Probability: 50%

Daisy - He flirts with her a little at the meetup but no indication that it goes beyond that.

Probability: 0%

s3e18 - Knight and Knerd

Allie - She rides off into the sunset with Elliot.

Probability: 0%

Receptionist at Gifford's - He flirts but no indication that it goes anywhere.

Probability: 0%

Vanessa Sutton - Apparently he gives a really good massage but she's (understandably) pissed off that he wasn't who she was expecting the massage from. Also she's a villain and is too busy setting him up to get murdered for anything to happen.

Probability: 0%

s3e19 - Ten Wheel Trouble

M: Hey, are you hungry back there, partner? K: Perhaps a little lonely, Michael. But rather enjoying my independence.

Sally - He turns on the charm when they first meet but things go south rapidly when he talks her brother into going to jail. By the end he's back in her good graces and she likes him enough to steal a kiss from him before he says goodbye. You know her hormonal teenage brain is thinking about it but for reasons that should be obvious, he isn't going there.

Probability: 0%

s3e20 - Knight In Retreat

KITT: Of course, there is one other possibility. Devon: What is that? KITT: The lady of the retreat. She's quite attractive. Of course, knowing Michael the way I do, it would strictly be in the line of duty.

Bianca - She seems to find him physically attractive, and maybe if she hadn't been so busy torturing him she would have tried to have a little fun with him. But considering what he suspects her of, he probably wouldn't have gone too far unless he absolutely had to.

Probability: 0%

Monica - She flirts with him at the bar and comments on what a waste it is to kill him, but nothing is likely to have happened due to both time constraints and her being Bianca's henchwoman.

Probability: 0%

s3e21 - Knight Strike

Sheila - She acts jealous when he makes the date with Tyler but he seems more exasperated than romantically interested in her. They kiss before he goes into the warehouse but it's fairly short and chaste. At the end, she goes off with O'Malley.

Probability: 0%

Tyler - She makes a date with him at the gun range but it's just a distraction. He flirts with her but it's all in the line of duty.

Probability: 0%

s3e22 - Circus Knights

Bonnie: I have to admit, Devon, he looks fantastic. Devon: Yes, in spite of that ridiculous costume he's wearing. Bonnie: No, I'm talking about KITT!

Terri - They keep things professional at first, although when they're in the car together she asks if circus-folk camaraderie is the only reason he's interested in helping her. He says he's be lying if he said yes and presumably she reads it as him being interested romantically. After his near-murder in the ring they have a heart-to-heart talk and kiss. At the end he tells her to call him if she needs anything. *Anything?* Hmmm...

Probability: 50%

Tiger - She hits on him but he's not into it.

Probability: 0%

s4e01/02 - Knight of the Juggernaut

K: I'm asking you how I look. M: You look great, same as always!

Marta - They have some chemistry in their first meeting. He asks her out when they get back to her apartment. But (spoiler alert) she's part of the conspiracy to steal the cernium and sets him up to get murdered (twice). He cools it on the flirting after the first incident (understandably, since if he takes her story at face value she was assaulted and possibly worse) although he still acts protective of her. After she helps them get the bad guys she's hanging out with the Foundation crew at the end but we don't see any more romantic interaction.

Probability: 25%

Jennifer - No overtly romantic interaction. They're antagonistic for most of the episode although they make up at the end.

Probability: 0%

s4e03 - KITTnap

Karen - She's doing her doctoral thesis on KITT and spending a lot of time with Michael in the progress. Judging by the way they're holding hands in their first scene and then making out at her apartment, there's obvious romantic interest. And she clearly has more than academic interest even after (spoiler alert) she gets held hostage by the bad guys so it's a reasonable assumption that if they weren't already banging they're going to at some point.

Probability: 95%

s4e04 - Sky Knight

Bonnie - He's pretty touchy-feely at the airport and they hug after saving the day but no overt romance.

Probability: 5%

s4e05 - Burial Ground

Susan - They keep it professional for most of the episode. He tries to hit on her at the end but she's in a relationship with Eagle. That doesn't stop her from giving him a goodbye kiss but no indicator that it goes any further than that.

Probability: 0%

s4e06 - The Wrong Crowd

Ann - She spends most of the episode being menaced and/or held hostage by the bikers and we don't really see them interact with each other in a non-case-related way.

Probability: 0%

RC - Michael is very tenderly concerned when he finds him knocked out by the side of the road. But probably neither of them swing that way.

Probability: 0%

s4e07 - Knight Sting

Gaye - She seems young. And also kind of annoying. He hugs her in the hospital but it doesn't look particularly romantic. No evidence of interest on either side.

Probability: 0%

Bonnie - He flirts with her when they're planning the operation and she shows him her dress. The rest of the episode they're too busy with the mission for any shenanigans.

Probability: 0%

RC - He's clearly been raiding Michael's closet for that sweater. But Michael is cool with it. No overt indication that they're more than bros, though.

Probability: 0%

s4e08 - Many Happy Returns

Amy - He's flirting up a storm but whoops, Devon is cockblocking and she's actually there with a mission for him. However, it's not all business and she surprises him with a birthday cupcake and some birthday smoochin', until duty calls again. She makes some innuendo about "getting to adolescence and maturity later" as he's leaving so she's obviously willing to take a rain check. She's back in the semi with them at the end and Michael invites her on vacation with him. We don't see her answer but it's a safe bet it's a yes.

Probability: 95%

s4e09 - Knight Racer

Elena - At first it's all business but they seem to be having fun dancing at the reception. They have a heart-to-heart talk in the parking lot until the hit man shows up. They hug after the big reveal about Elena's dad and the fight with Wayne's partner but don't kiss. Maybe Michael would think twice about getting involved with a friend of Bonnie's.

Probability: 10%

Unnamed track bunnies - Michael says it wasn't easy ignoring all those trophy queens and their phone numbers, implying that he did indeed ignore them (maybe more because he had to get back to the office than out of disinterest).

Probability: 0%

s4e10 - Knight Behind Bars

Julie - He agrees with KITT that she's cute, but they don't really express romantic interest to each other beyond a hug after he tosses Nelson into the ocean. Also at 20 she's a little young for him.

Probability: 0%

Gymnastics instructor - She flirtatiously tells him she's free the rest of the day, but he isn't. No indication that they see each other again.

Probability: 0%

s4e11 - Knight Song

Bonnie and/or RC - They're all playing hookie together and conspiring to keep it from Devon. Shenanigans?

Probability: 5%

Sanford - No indication of romantic interest, also she's a villain.

Probability: 0%

s4e12 - The Scent of Roses

K: I'm sorry, they don't allow cars in hospitals. I would have been closer. M: I know you would.

Stevie - They appear to have been staying at the beach house together so it's a safe bet, even if (spoiler alert) they never got to consummate their marriage.

Probability: 95%

s4e13 - Killer KITT

"Not now, Michael. I have a headache."

Bronwen - She and Michael barely interact, plus she's probably Berio's girlfriend.

Probability: 0%

s4e14 - Out of the Woods

Sam - He's flirtatious when they first get reacquainted but too busy working on the case for anything to happen before it's revealed that (spoiler alert) she's a villain. He does hug her when she surrenders at the end but I assume that trying to murder him is a dealbreaker.

Probability: 0%

Ellen - No real evidence of romantic interest and she says goodbye with a handshake rather than a kiss.

Probability: 0%

s4e15 - Deadly Knightshade

Bonnie - She's more preoccupied with Templeton. He does give her a swan in his magic act at the end.

Probability: 0%

Nancy - He's too busy with the investigation to even do much flirting.

Probability: 0%

s4e16 - Redemption of a Champion

Miss Cooper - Michael obviously has a hot date that most likely would have ended with some lovin' if he hadn't once again been cockblocked by KITT and Devon. At the end, Michael is dressed up for Date Night, Take 2, but gets called back to the semi again. Does she give him a third chance? I mean, *I* would...

Probability: 50%

Nurse Tremount - He flirts with her to get info and comforts her after she breaks down and confesses to the scam but no indication that it goes further than that. Plus she’s in an adulterous relationship with the villainous doctor.

Probability: 0%

s4e17 - Knight of A Thousand Devils

Claudia Terrell - She's a villain. When she makes a pseudo-date with him it's just to set him up.

Probability: 0%

Agent Jonas - They bet dinner on the arrest and Michael seems to be taking his death extremely personally. Juggernaut slash ships have been built on less. If he were a chick I'd say "extremely probable" except for the fact that Jonas was married with kids. Not that it stops some people, but it would most likely stop Michael.

Probability: 0%

"Ana-Lucia" - She keeps him up all night working on her car and he says he's going to come back after the race is over and demand equal time. Her response: "You won't have to demand." Plot twist: She's actually a Federale. We don't see her again after they apprehend the bad guy so it's questionable whether their flirtation was still valid for her real identity.

Probability: 10%

s4e18 - Hills of Fire

Sandra Rusk - Barely any interaction and also she's a villain.

Probability: 0%

Tess Hubbard: No significant romantic interaction. Probably too busy with her charitable work to go chasing after pretty-boys.

Probability: 0%

s4e19 - Knight Flight to Freedom

Lisa - Too busy dealing with a revolution for any shenanigans.

Probability: 0%

s4e20 - Fright Night

Karen - They keep things mostly professional but she buys him lunch at the end. No real indicator that it ends in anything romantic, though.

Probability: 5%

Liz - They flirt a little when he interviews her ("I appreciate your interest." "I'm interested!") but it doesn't really go anywhere.

Probability: 5%

s4e21 - Knight of the Rising Sun

N/A - No female guest characters and nothing particularly shippy with Bonnie.

Probability: 0%

s4e22 - Voo Doo Knight

Harana - She's a little flirtatious at the party. When she puts one of her zombifying earrings on him, she gets a little touchy-feely and tells him they could have had a future together but there are two of her goons in the room and she's sending him to the soon-to-be-demolished building so she probably doesn't have time to take advantage of him even if she wanted to do it with an audience.

Probability: 0%

Elizabeth - Michael nudges Devon into letting her stay an extra few days, and she seems pretty good with that. We don't see them kiss but they're engaged in a pretty intense hug at the end.

Probability: 90%

...at least he got to go out with a bang?

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86 EIGHTY-SIX - Crunchyroll Spring 2021 Spotlight

  Based on the sci-fi light novel series written by Asato Asato and illustrated by Shirabi, 86 EIGHTY-SIX is one of the most exciting additions to the Crunchyroll Spring 2021 Lineup. For those just now jumping into the dramatic mech-piloting action, you can learn more about the series in our full spotlight below. 

  Official Website

      Navigation

Launch Info

Official Trailers

Synopsis

Characters and Cast

Staff

Additional Info

    Launch Info

Launch Time: April 10, new episodes every Saturday at 9:30am PT

Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS

Show Page

  Official Trailers 

    Synopsis

  Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.

  Characters and Cast

  Vladilena Mirizé

VA: Ikumi Hasegawa (Minami Nanami in Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ヴラディレーナ・ミリーゼ（CV.長谷川育美）を紹介！ ▼キャラクターページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/HtTh5s415k

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 11, 2021

    Shinei Nozen

VA: Shōya Chiba (Kotaro Azumi in Tsukigakirei)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ シンエイ・ノウゼン（CV.千葉翔也）を紹介！ スピアヘッドの隊長。パーソナルネームは"葬儀屋"を意味する「アンダーテイカー」。 ▼キャラクターページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/1v2Wx6cTeZ

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 8, 2021

    Raiden Shuga

VA: Seiichirō Yamashita (Kakeru Naruse in Orange)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ライデン・シュガ（CV.山下誠一郎）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ヴェアヴォルフ＞。 ▼キャラクターページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/HERATPmgo8

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 11, 2021

    Theoto Rikka

VA: Natsumi Fujiwara (Kabane Kusaka in Kemono Jihen)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ セオト・リッカ（CV.藤原夏海）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ラフィングフォックス＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/ypXKS2umDq

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 12, 2021

    Anju Emma

VA: Saori Hayami (Shirayuki in Snow White with the Red Hair)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ アンジュ・エマ（CV.早見沙織）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜スノウウィッチ＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/a9UwTV35d5

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 13, 2021

    Kurena Kukumila

VA: Sayumi Suzushiro (Uruka Takemoto in We Never Learn)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ クレナ・ククミラ（CV.鈴代紗弓）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ガンスリンガー＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/Jbd4pWMTAk

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 13, 2021

    Kaie Tanya

VA: Haruka Shiraishi (Asirpa in Golden Kamuy)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ カイエ・タニヤ（CV. 白石晴香）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜キルシュ���リューテ＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/QsCCWyMs3m

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 17, 2021

    Daiya Irma

VA: Haruki Ishiya (Saneyasu Adachi in Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ダイヤ・イルマ（CV.石谷春貴）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ブラックドッグ＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/CM4X1O5eA9

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 17, 2021

    Hart Keets

VA: Daiki Yamashita (Izuku Midoriya in My Hero Academia)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ハルト・キーツ（CV. 山下大輝）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ファルケ＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/bc9yvtZyPf

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 18, 2021

    Niko Kujō

VA: Taishi Murata (Eiichirō Maruo in Baby Steps)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ クジョー・ニコ（CV. 村田太志）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜シリウス＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/XnC8qzFZRI

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 18, 2021

    Louis Kino

VA: Shinei Ueki (Don in The Promised Neverland)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ルイ・キノ（CV.植木慎英）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ファーヴニル＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/WnzeIsBu8C

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 19, 2021

    Thoma Sauvy

VA: Katsumi Fukuhara (Shark in Noblesse)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ トーマ・ソービ（CV. 福原かつみ）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ヘリアントゥス＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10lLV4K ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC7j3BA#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/HfUW8KlRTA

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 19, 2021

    Chise Authen

VA: Masamu Ono (Koji Oki in World Trigger Season 2)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ チセ・オーセン（CV. 小野将夢）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜グリフィン＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/Z23DgJv8cS

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 20, 2021

    Maina Yatomika

VA: Mayuko Kazama

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ マイナ・ヤトミカ（CV. 風間万裕子）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜マーチヘア＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/lqZpwM3bUK

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 20, 2021

    Mikuri Kairō

VA: Yuka Nukui

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ミクリ・カイロゥ（CV. 貫井柚佳）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜レウコシア＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/lQK6ywUbl8

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 21, 2021

    Tōzan Sasha

VA: Taito Ban (Nagahiro Sakiguchi in Pretty Boy Detective Club)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ トウザン・サシャ（CV. 坂 泰斗）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜ガンメタルスコーム＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/XV3vqzRyPl

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 21, 2021

    Rekka Rin

VA: Shizuka Ishigami (Ikumi Mito in Food Wars!)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ レッカ・リン（CV. 石上静香）を紹介！ パーソナルネームは＜バーントテイル＞。 ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/MgNPrIpYir

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 22, 2021

      Lev Aldrecht

VA: Taiten Kusunoki (Genichiro Sanada in Prince of Tennis)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ レフ・アルドレヒト（CV. 楠 大典）を紹介！ ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/TYfeybyb8Y

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 22, 2021

    Henrietta Penrose

VA: Riho Sugiyama (Rosalie in I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ アンリエッタ・ペンローズ（CV. 杉山里穂）を紹介！ ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/kQ52Hs6Mmg

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 23, 2021

    Jerome Karlstahl

VA: Satoshi Mikami (Testa Lagusa in 91 Days)

【キャラクター紹介】 4月10日（土）24時より、TVアニメ「８６―エイティシックス―」放送開始！ ジェローム・カールシュタール（CV. 三上 哲）を紹介！ ▼キャラクター紹介ページhttps://t.co/KDU10m3vWi ▼第2弾PVhttps://t.co/ybkUC71sd0#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/5IKOyXxiPd

— TVアニメ『86―エイティシックス―』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) March 23, 2021

    Staff

  Original Creator

Asato Asato (Story)

Shirabi (Art)

  Director

Toshimasa Ishii (Assistant Director for ERASED)

  Series Composition

Toshiya Oono (THE PROMISED NEVERLAND, Shadows House)

  Art director

Yumi Horikoshi

Masanobu Nomura (K, Kakegurui)

  Mechanical design

I-IV (ALDNOAH.ZERO)

  Character design

Tetsuya Kawakami (Sub-Character Design for Sword Art Online)

  Color design

Nagisa Abe (Blue Exorcist - The Movie)

  Music

Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan)

Kohta Yamamoto (Attack on Titan Final Season)

  Sound director

Jin Aketagawa (Dr. STONE, JUJUTSU KAISEN)

  Director of Photography

Masaharu Okazaki (Blue Exorcist)

  Opening theme

"3-pun 29-byou" by hitorie

  Ending theme

“Avid” by Hiroyuki Sawano

  Animation production

A-1 Pictures

    Additional Info

  The TV anime 86 EIGHTY-SIX is based on the light novel series of the same name by author Asato Asato and illustrator Shirabi. In Japan, the Dengeki Bunko imprint from ASCII Media Works has already published nine volumes since 2017. Yen Press publishes the original light novels in North America.

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

[animesavior]

“We'll go to hell together, the three of us. But in exchange, we'll save seven billion people.

- Chrome, Dr. Stone: Stone Wars (Ep. 01)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for May 15-16, 2021. Dr. Stone would make its return to the better cartoon show for it’s long awaited second season, as Senku and the Kingdom of Science prepares for war Tsukasa and the Empire of Might.

On Twitter, #Toonami would trend in the United States alongside My Hero Academia, Food Wars, The Promised Neverland, and Black Clover. My Hero Academia also saw a character trend with Endeavor, as he admits that he has to atone for his sins of neglecting his wife and family. On Tumblr, #Toonami would also make the trending list.

The full list, including statistics and tweet counts from the Twitter app, can be seen below.

This week’s feature was a new music video for "Jumping Coffins" by Aesop Rock. You can check it out below.

Fena: Pirate Princess, one of Toonami and Crunchyroll’s upcoming originals by Production IG, will be showcased at the Annecy Festival in France next month. Occurring during the week of June 14-19, Fena will be apart of the festival’s “Work in Progress program”, which gives an in-depth look into the creative stages of several future animated productions. According to the Annecy Festival website, the panel for the show is scheduled for June 16 at 5.30pm - 6.45pm CET.

Aniplex is working on releasing a limited-edition boxset for Sword Art Online: Alicization: War of Underworld this time next month. This Blu-ray boxset will contain all 23 episodes of the second half of Alicization, plus two recap episodes, a Special Booklet plus and Original Soundtrack CD by composer Yuki Kajiura. For those interested, it’s available for pre-order on Rightstuf for $229.98.

Finally, Toonami will be making a schedule change come May 29. Current reruns of Dragon Ball Super will be moving down the lineup from midnight to end the block at 3:30 a.m. Eastern. The rest of the lineup will move up the schedule by 30 minutes, meaning that My Hero Academia will once again become the lead-in for the first time since Season 4 aired. The full schedule is as follows:

12:00 A.M. – My Hero Academia

12:30 A.M. – Dr. Stone

01:00 A.M. – Food Wars

01:30 A.M. – The Promised Neverland

02:00 A.M. – Black Clover

02:30 A.M. – Naruto: Shippuden

03:00 A.M. – Attack on Titan

03:30 A.M. – Dragon Ball Super

Until next week, stay safe, be sure to visitblacklivesmatters.carrd.coand anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co to see what you can do to help the fight against racial inequality, and continue to do your part to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect others by following your local health advisories. Stay at home unless essential purposes require you to go out, practice social distancing by staying six feet/two meters away from one another if possible, get your vaccine shots when you get the opportunity, and wash your hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds.

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 [#3]

#MyHeroAcademia [Trended with #Toonami]

#FoodWars [Trended with #Toonami]

#ThePromisedNeverland [Trended with #Toonami]

#BlackClover [Trended with #Toonami]

Tweet Counts:

#Toonami [7,202 tweets]

#MyHeroAcademia [9,668 tweets]

Endeavor (From My Hero Academia) [4,699 tweets]

#DrStone [4,251 tweets]

#FoodWars [2,550 tweets]

#ThePromisedNeverland [1,836 tweets]

#BlackClover [3,479 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#Toonami

Special thanks to @MisterADRaveN and others I forgot to mention for spotting some of the trends on this list.

Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.

[turtlycute]

2020 Anime Watch Master List: Part 2

This is the second part of my master list for the new (to me) anime I watched in 2020. It was so fun to watch this list grow as the year went on.

July- December:

Midnight Occult Civil Servants (2019) episodes: 12 plus 3 ova started: 7-1-20 finished 7-2-20 rating: 7/10

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (2018) episodes: 11 + ova started: 7-3-20 finished: 7-8-20 rating: 9/10

Restaurant to Another World (2017) episodes: 12 started 7-9-20 finished: 7-14-20 rating: 7/10

Kids On The Slope (2012) episodes: 12 started: 7-15-20 finished: 7-16-20 rating: 9/10

Toilet Bound Hanako Kun (2020) episodes: 12 started: 2-17-20 finished: 7-30-20 rating: 9/10

Castle Town Dandelion (2015) episodes: 12 started: 7-27-20 finished: 7-31-20 rating: 7/10

Dr. Stone (2019) episodes: 24 started: 8-3-20 finished: 8-6-20 rating: 7/10

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (2018) episodes: 12 started: 8-7-20 finished: 8-8-20 rating: 9.5/10

Dagashi Kashi (S1, 2016) episodes: 12 started: 8-18-20 finished: 8-19-20 rating: 6/10

Smile Down the Runway (2020) episodes: 12 started: 8-19-20 finished: 8-20-20 rating: 8.5/10

After the Rain (2018) episodes: 12 started: 8-20-20 finished: 8-21-20 rating: 8/10

Great Pretender (2020) episodes: 14 started: 8-24-20 finished: 8-25-20 rating: 9.5/10

Bungo Stray Dogs (S1, 2016) episodes: 12 started: 8-26-20 finished: 8-27-20 rating: 7.5/10

Promare (2019) movie watched: 9-3-20 rating: 7/10

Charlotte (2015) episodes: 13 started: 9-15-20 finished: 9-17-20 rating: 8.5/10

Erased (2016) episodes: 12 started: 9-18-20 finished: 9-19-20 rating: 9.5/10

WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Unpopular! (2013) episodes: 12 started: 9-22-20 finished: 9-23-20 rating: 7/10

Hinamatsuri (2018) episodes: 12 started: 9-24-20 finished: 9-26-20 rating: 8/10

Great Pretender: Case 4 (2020) episodes: 15-24 started: 9-29-20 finished: 9-30-20 rating: 9/10

Angels of Death (2018) episodes: 16 started: 10-1-20 finished 10-4-20 rating: 7/10

High School of the Dead (2010) episodes: 12 started: 10-5-20 finished: 10-6-20 rating: 4/10

Death Note Re-Light (2007-2008) episodes: 2 movies started: 10-7-20 finished: 10-7-20 rating: 7/10

Witch Craft Works (2014) episodes: 12 started: 10-12-20 finished: 10-13-20 rating: 7.5/10

Flying Witch (2016) episodes: 12 started: 10-15-20 finished: 10-16-20 rating: 8.5/10

Blood Lad (2013) episodes: 10 started: 10-17-20 finished 10-18-20 rating: 7/10

Diabolik Lovers II: More, Blood (2015) episodes: 12 started: 10-18-20 finished: 10-18-20 rating: 3.5/10

Black Blood Brothers (2006) episodes: 12 started: 10-19-20 finished:10-20-20 rating: 7.5/10

Servamp (2016) episodes: 12 started: 10-20-20 finished: 10-21-20 rating: 7/10

Devils Line (2018) episodes: 12 started: 10-22-20 finished: 10-23-20 rating: 7.5/10

Zombie Land Saga (2018) episodes: 12 started: 10-25-20 finished: 10-26-20 rating: 7/10

Tokyo Ghoul (2014) episodes: 12 started: 10-28-20 finished: 10-29-20 rating: 8/10

Interviews With Monster Girls (2017) episodes: 12 started: 10-30-20 finished: 10-31-20 rating: 7/10

Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017) episodes: 12 plus ova started: 11-2-20 finished: 11-4-20 rating: 7.5/10

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (2004-2005) episodes: 26 started: 11-16-20 finished: 11-19-20 rating: 9.5/10 *I really enjoyed the soundtrack for this show 10/10

Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East) (2009) episodes: 11 started: 11-23-20 finished: 11-25-20 rating: 7/10

Hamatora (2014) episodes: 12 started: 12-4-20 finished: 12-6-20 rating: 7/10

Angel Beats! (2010) episodes: 13 + OVA started: 12-7-20 finished: 12-9-20 rating: 8/10

Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace (2015) episodes: 11 started: 12-10-20 finished:12-11-20 rating: 7/10

In/Spectre (2020) episodes: 12 started: 12-14-20 finished: 12-15-20 rating: 7/10

Fruits Basket (2020) season 2 episodes: 25 started: 4-6-2020 finished: 12-23-20 rating: 9/10

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba(2019) episodes: 26 started: 12-21-20 finished: 12-29-20 rating: 8 /10

Click here to see Part 1

[drunkenraccoons]

Top 248 Songs

1. Mary Jane’s Last Dance - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

2. Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3. Caught in the Hustle - Immortal Technique

4. Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morissette

5. Pulse - Ani DiFranco

6. Dogs - Pink Floyd

7. When the Music’s Over - The Doors

8. Eet - Regina Spektor

9. Providence - Ani DiFranco

10. Change Your Mind - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

11. It’s Good to Be King [Live Anthology] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

12. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan

13. Pigs - Pink Floyd

14. We R Who We R - Kesha

15. No Title - Ten Years After

16. Ribs - Lorde

17. Guns, Bitches, Brawls & Bottles - GG Allin

18. 2 On - Tinashe

19. The She - The Breeders

20. Raining Blood - Slayer

21. Cortez the Killer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

22. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin

23. Like a Hurricane [Weld] - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

24. Angie - The Rolling Stones

25. Darkness Darkness - Robert Plant

26. Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang - Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg

27. Wake Up Time - Tom Petty

28. Complicated - Avril Lavigne

29. Det som Engang Var - Burzum

30. Ride the Lightning - Metallica

31. Cloud Blood - Ani DiFranco

32. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright - Bob Dylan

33. The Next Episode - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg

34. Ghost of the Gang - Indigo Girls

35. New Ways to Fly - Garth Brooks

36. Bleed the Freak - Alice In Chains

37. Walls (No. 3) - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

38. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors

39. Sister Morphine - Rolling Stones

40. Serpentine - Ani DiFranco

41. Oedipus - Regina Spektor

42. LA Woman - The Doors

43. My Journey to the Stars - Burzum

44. Addicted - DJ Clay

45. The Final Cut - Pink Floyd

46. The Wrong Thing to Do - Mudcrutch

47. Soft Shoulder - Ani DiFranco

48. Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan

49. Like an Inca - Neil Young

50. Jesus’ Todd - Burzum

51. Limehouse - The Breeders

52. Untouchable - Taylor Swift

53. Turn it Off - Paramore

54. The Last Supper - Jesus Christ Superstar

55. None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock

56. November Hotel (Live) - Mad Season

57. Signs of Age - Jake Holmes

58. Will to Love - Neil Young

59. Seek & Destroy - Metallica

60. I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes [Recorded Live] - Ten Years After

61. Tik Tok (Untold Remix) - Kesha

62. Forever & Always (Piano Version) - Taylor Swift

63. You Don’t Know How it Feels [Mojo 2010] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

64. Dilate - Ani DiFranco

65. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young

66. Breakdown [Live Anthology] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

67. Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd

68. What’s Been Going On? - Amos Lee

69. There is a Light that Never Goes Out - Becca Stevens Band

70. Almost Cut my Hair - CSNY

71. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes

72. There Was Never a Moment When Evil Was Real - Non

73. Only God Can Judge Me - Tupac

74. Benighted - Opeth

75. Cliff - Lapsley

76. Tired Eyes - Neil Young

77. Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre & Eminem

78. Time - Pink Floyd

79. Lost on You - LP

80. If it Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow

81. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

82. Cause of Death - Immortal Technique

83. Two-Headed Boy pt 2 - Neutral Milk Hotel

84. No Quarter [Song Remains the Same] - Led Zeppelin

85. Rockets - Cat Power

86. Out of Range- Ani DiFranco

87. Dumb - Nirvana

88. Sins of My Youth - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

89. All Weekend Long - Jack & Jack

90. Break My Body - Pixies

91. Thrasher - Neil Young

92. Closer (R3hab Remix) - The Chainsmokers

93. In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, The Sky is Mort - Cryptopsy

94. Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones

95. Pavlov’s Daughter - Regina Spektor

96. Morgen Roede - Burzum

97. Suicide Note part 2 - Pantera

98. God Am - Alice In Chains

99. Five to One - The Doors

100. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

101. Careful - Paramore

102. Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer

103. Fearless - Hypocrisy

104. Through My Sails - Neil Young

105. Long Gone Day - Mad Season

106. Dance With the Devil - Immortal Technique

107. The Outside - Taylor Swift

108. Crazy Kids - Kesha

109. Opened - The Breeders

110. We Die Young - Alice In Chains

111. Somedays - Regina Spektor

112. Masters of War - Bob Dylan

113. War - Burzum

114. The Nile Song - Pink Floyd

115. A Woman in Love [Live Anthology] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

116. Misfits - Neil Young

117. Down By the River - Low & Dirty Three

118. High Hopes - Pink Floyd

119. Paper Planes - MIA

120. Night Moves - Bob Seger

121. I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix) - Mike Posner

122. No Sleep - Wiz Khalifa

123. Still Don’t Give a Fuck - Eminem

124. Long, Long Time Ago - Javier Navarrete

125. You are Not Bliss, You Are Not Free - Nekrasov

126. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - Nirvana

127. I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here - David Crosby

128. Party and Bullshit - Notorious B.I.G.

129. Bandit - Neil Young

130. Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones

131. Painter - Lapsley

132. Redemption Song - Bob Marley

133. Shine On You Crazy Diamond part one - Pink Floyd

134. Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan

135. In the Light [Demo version] - Led Zeppelin

136. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience

137. When I Die - GG Allin

138. Pints of Guinness Make You Strong - Against Me!

139. Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd

140. The Old Laughing Lady [Canterburry House] - Neil Young

141. Strength Beyond Strength - Pantera

142. You Know You’re Right - Nirvana

143. Five Years - David Bowie

144. Because the Night - Patti Smith Group

145. Crawling Back to You - Tom Petty

146. Northern Star - Hole

147. Long Live - Taylor Swift

148. Trying to find a Balance - Atmosphere

149. Southern Man - Neil Young

150. Party By Myself - Cooper Phillip

151. Christmas in the Sand - Colbie Callait

152. Cool for the Summer - Demi Lovato

153. Sentimental Tune - Tegan & Sara

154. Jump in the Fire - Metallica

155. Chains - Torres

156. Willing to Fight [Living in Clip] - Ani DiFranco

157. Tuff Ghost - The Unicorns

158. Of a Lifetime - Journey

159. Heaven on Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar

160. Obnoxious - Immortal Technique

161. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

162. Witching Hour - xxyyxx

163. Wolves - Garth Brooks

164. Carry On/Questions - CSNY

165. Levitate Me - Pixies

166. Rotten Apple - Alice In Chains

167. Summer in the City - Regina Spektor

168. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleedin’) - Bob Dylan

169. King’s Highway [Mojo 2010] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

170. Heartbreaker [How the West Was Won] - Led Zeppelin

171. Meet Rhonda - Douglas Pipes

172. Out on the Weekend - Neil Young

173. Near Dark - Burial

174. Aud Layne Sayne - Jimi Hendrix

175. Back of My Hand - Rolling Stones

176. Blank Space - Taylor Swift

177. Cymbaline - Pink Floyd

178. Animal (Billboard Remix) - Kesha

179. 4:41 AM (Sexual Revolution) - Roger Waters

180. Wild Horses [Stripped] - Rolling Stones

181. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

182. Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd

183. Cradle and All - Ani DiFranco

184. I Should Have Known It - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

185. King of Carrot Flowers pt 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel

186. Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder

187. Fuckin’ Up [Weld] - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

188. The River - Bruce Springsteen

189. Maria Maria - Santana

190. Wake Up - Wiz Khalifa

191. Meander - Pedestrian Deposit

192. 4+20 - Stephen Stills

193. Buzzcut Season - Lorde

194. Going to California - Led Zeppelin

195. Rock Music - Pixies

196. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

197. Legalize It - MaZe

198. Warrior - Kesha

199. Never Been - Logic

200. Weakness - Opeth

201. Glass House (Turkey Tamale Remix) - Ani DiFranco

202. Joining You - Alanis Morissette

203. Black Queen [CSNY 1974] - CSNY

204. Falling Short - Lapsley

205. A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley

206. Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi

207. Drive By - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

208. Holla at Me - Tupac

209. Fossil Record - White Suns

210. Overlap - Ani DiFranco

211. We Multiply - AIDS Wolf

212. Soak up the Sun - Sheryl Crow

213. Heart of the Sunrise - Yes

214. Cowgirl in the Sand [Massey Hall] - Neil Young

215. Wake Up - Mad Season

216. Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan

217. The Con - Tegan & Sara

218. Teardrops on My Guitar (Pop Mix) - Taylor Swift

219. On the Radio - Regina Spektor

220. Nude as the News - Cat Power

221. The Gunner’s Dream - Pink Floyd

222. Fate to Fatal - Breeders

223. Red Strokes - Garth Brooks

224. Point of no Return - Immortal Technique

225. Break on Through - The Doors

226. I’m Alive - Helloween

227. Blackened - Metallica

228. Immigrant Song [How the West Was Won] - Led Zeppelin

229. Luna - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

230. Anyday - Ani DiFranco

231. Sweet Virginia - Rolling Stones

232. I Know Places - Ryan Adams

233. Carrionshine - Cryptopsy

234. Money Becomes King - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

235. Laugh, I Nearly Died - Rolling Stones

236. Keilohesten - Burzum

237. Down by the River - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

238. Revolution is My Name - Pantera

239. D-7 - Nirvana

240. Dead - Pixies

241. Misery Business - Paramore

242. Burden - Opeth

243. Enter Sandman - Metallica

244. Clash With Reality - Pantera

245. Die Young - Kesha

246. Frogs - Alice In Chains

247. The Ghost Song - The Doors

248. Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan

[metalandmagi]

Fall 2019 Anime Worth Watching

Wondering what anime to watch now that the jam packed summer season is over? Never fear, we’re into the fall, and there’s even more great shows this season! It’s my last rec list of the year so we’re in the home stretch now!

Full disclaimer, this season is packed with great shows, but a lot of these are not available on Crunchyroll...so here’s a link to a list of where you can watch everything legally on streaming! And I’ll but an (*) by everything that IS on Crunchyroll.

And here’s my recs for every season this year:

Summer 2019

Spring 2019

Winter 2019

And here’s my master list for 2020

New shows!

Chuubyou Gekihatsu-Boy (Outburst Dreamer Boy): A comedy in which a normal girl just wants a peaceful high school life, but finds herself surrounded by a group of ridiculous, overly dramatic boys who are all part of the “hero club” who try to make her school life better by helping her make friends. This is all well and good, but all the boys are delusional in one way or another. For example, one thinks he and his friends are basically Power Rangers, and another is obsessed with fabricating dramatic fake anime backstories for himself. It’s Ouran High School Host Club without the hosting. It’s absolutely hilarious, but it’s really flying under the radar because it’s not on Crunchyroll.

Kabukichou Sherlock: A surprisingly comedic modern version of Sherlock Holmes that takes place in the seedier portions of Japan in which a bunch of the city’s quirky detectives try and hunt down Jack the Ripper. I was not expecting this to be nearly as good as it was. The characters are great, Mrs. Hudson is a transvestite cabaret singer, the soundtrack is bomb, it’s an original anime by Production I.G. AND SHERLOCK EXPLAINS HIS DETECTIVE PROCESS THROUGH MYSTERY SOLVING RAKUGO!!!! 

Babylon: NO, NOT FATE BABYLONIA! This is a mystery/thriller involving a case of illegal clinical research for a pharmaceutical company that leads down a rabbit hole full of murder, suicide, and political intrigue. IT’S LIKE DEATH NOTE AND MONSTER HAD A BABY AND IT’S FREAKING AMAZING! I haven’t been this interested in a mystery/crime anime since Erased. The first episode will definitely leave you...hanging…. The only problem is it’s not on Crunchyroll, so I have a feeling most people won’t know about it because it’s on freaking Amazon Prime!

Hoshiai no Sora (Stars Align): A coming of age sports anime in which a boys soft tennis team sucks so bad that the school will disband them if they don’t win a tournament. And the team captain is so desperate for serious members, he literally pays his childhood friend who recently moved back into town to play on the team. And said childhood friend has an incredibly interesting backstory and struggling family life that ropes you in right away. How is soft tennis different from regular tennis? No clue, but this show is awesome! You can tell by the first episode it is going to be a great coming of age story, with more mature themes of abuse and class difference.

And it’s not the only sports anime with Sora in the title...

*Ahiru no Sora (Sora the Duck): Another sports anime, in which a short, spikey haired boy wants to play basketball (yeah yeah very original) but discovers that his high school basketball team is full of punks! It’s basically what would happen if Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a basketball player. The first few minutes are basically every sports anime you’ve ever seen, BUT it really lives up to its potential by the end of the first episode. It has a likable protagonist, good animation, and the female characters all wear realistic clothes to play basketball in! If you’re a piece of sports anime trash like me, this is definitely the show for you!

No Gun Life: In a detective noir world where everyone has basically become a cyborg, a guy with a gun for a head works to uncover the plans of an evil organization.  That’s it, that’s the whole thing. It’s made by Madhouse AND IT’S A CYBORG WITH A GUN FOR A HEAD! What else do you need?!

Beastars: IT’S JUST ANIME ZOOTOPIA! I’m not even kidding. It’s a school based mystery involving anthropomorphic animals who are faced with the murder of one of their classmates and the disruption of the peaceful coexistence of all types of animals in the school. It involves the whole predator vs prey dynamic and how appearances are deceiving, all with a jarringly serious tone considering everyone’s an animal. The only thing that doesn’t sit right with me is the use of 3D animation...which I notoriously despise no matter how great the show is. But even I am willing to put aside my hatred to keep watching this anime. The characters are interesting, it’s shot really creatively, and I love how ridiculously seriously it takes itself. Apparently it’s going to be on Netflix at some point.

*Shin Chuuka Ichiban (True Cooking Master Boy): It’s Food Wars’ less porny sibling that takes place in 19th century China, where a young boy named Mao is a master chef who travels around spreading his love for cooking! This is a reboot/continuation of an anime based on a manga from the 90s so there’s a really fun retro art style that’s nice to see updated. Apparently it picks up in the middle of the original story, but I haven’t felt like it’s necessary to see the source material to enjoy it or understand it. Also the soundtrack is bomb! It’s a great shounen to watch if you want more cross-cultural cooking anime that’s not straight up porn in your life, and it will definitely make you hungry!

Next seasons and Continuations!

 And don’t forget the summer leftovers, and some shows are getting continuations!

*Chihayafuru season 3: This is an incredibly fantastic underrated sports/club anime about a girl named Chihaya who struggles to find members for her karuta club after her best friend who made her fall in love with the game moves away. Never heard of “karuta”? It’s a physically and mentally challenging traditional Japanese game involving 100 poems written on cards that the players must memorize and locate before their opponent….it makes more sense when you see it I promise. This show is goddamn amazing, with incredibly realistic characters, an amazing game that most people don’t know about, gorgeous animation. It’s hilarious, it’s dramatic, it’s sad, and it’s uplifting all at once. 

This doesn’t premier until October 23, (so you’ve got time to binge the first 2 seasons!) but this is by far my most anticipated show of the season and quite possibly the entire year! I’VE BEEN WAITING SO MANY YEARS FOR ANOTHER SEASON, AND I’M SO PSYCHED!

Kono Oto Tomare (Stop this Sound) season 2: Speaking of club related anime, in case you missed the first season earlier this year, this is an anime about a boy who tries to recruit members for his high school koto club after all his senpais graduate. What’s a koto club you ask? It’s a large Japanese string instrument that no one cares about or plays anymore of course! Their club is endearingly terrible, with literally only one competent person on the team, but they’re aiming for nationals anyway, because...of course they are. This show seems pretty textbook at first, but it really grows on you the further you get. There are great character dynamics, it’s fun, it’s sweet, and there’s cool music that people don’t hear a lot of! If you like sports or club focused anime, give this one a chance!

*Dr. Stone: An action adventure in which all of humanity is mysteriously turned to stone one day. When a genius high school boy named Senku and his….not so genius friend Taiju awaken 3,700 years in the future, the two must rebuild civilization and turn the world back to normal with the power of science! I know pretty much everyone is watching this already, but I just want to reiterate how amazing it is. It is mysterious, educational, hilarious, and it really makes you think about civilization as we know it today. It was one of the best (if not the best) new show of the summer, and I’m so glad it’s getting a full run!

Vinland Saga: THE VIKING ANIME IS GETTING A FULL RUN!!!!!!!! In case you missed this gem in the summer, it’s a historical drama about a young boy named Thorfinn and his journey to avenge his father’s death and become a great warrior. And it’s all while traveling with his enemies through Northern Europe. It’s a fantastic dark, realistic story in a historical setting that filled the void left by Dororo. Plus it’s animated by Wit, so it looks beautiful. The music is great, the characters are intriguing, the story is interesting, AND IT HAS AN AMAZING ANTAGONIST! It has hype written all over it, so I’m pumped for the rest of the season! Unfortunately, you can only find it legally on Amazon Prime, so that’s why no one’s watching it.

*Fire Force: The (unfortunately timed) action/drama where fire fighters with super powers must protect Tokyo from people who are spontaneously combusting and uncover the evil rooted within their own organization. It’s made by the same person who created Soul Eater, and it definitely shows. The animation is high flying and out of this world. It’s worth watching for the action alone. But be warned, the plot and characters are it’s biggest weakness. It will jump between gratuitous fanservice and hijinks and then rocket into moral dilemmas and disturbing situations with no warning. BUT I still like watching it for the action, and in these later episodes the plot has steered itself back on track a lot more, and I’m way more interested in where the story is going now. I’m hoping that means the second half will give us a better sense of the characters. It also has a top tier muscular waifu! 

*My Hero Academia season 4: I’m sure everyone’s already going to be watching MHA, but I guess I’d have my anime fan badge revoked if I didn’t at least mention this one. I may not read the manga, but I know this arc is going to be a good one! I firmly believe this will be a modern classic, so if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s really worth watching.

And that’s it for this season. I’ll probably do a list at the end of the year of my top shows of 2019, but otherwise, see you in the winter of 2020!

[doomedandstoned]

THE DOOMED & STONED SHOW

~Season 5, Episode 33~

This week, another in our 'Doomed Cinema' series as Doomed & Stoned takes on 'Shriek of the Mutilated' (1974), the disjointed disasterpiece with a shock ending by director Michael Findlay, a grindhouse director responsible for dozens of low budget sleaze flicks in the '60s and '70s. Join Dr. Prell, his prize students Keith, Karen, Lynn, and Tom as they go into the wilderness searching for the fabled Yeti! Featuring songs by Black Sabbath, High on Fire, Big Business, and much more!

PLAYLIST:

TO CATCH A YETI (00:00) 1. High on Fire - "The Yeti" (01:46)

GIN-SUNG (08:54) 2. Telekinetic Yeti - "Abominable" (10:25)

SPENCER'S CAUTION (14:17) 3. Iron Reagan - "Warning" (15:59)

THE DOOMED EXPEDITION (18:12) 4. HeavyDeath - "As We Foretold" (21:51)

CARAVAN OF FOOLS (29:42) 5. Forming The Void - "Arrival" (30:16)

DOUBTS ARISE (35:53) 6. Big Business - "Abdominal Snowman" (36:38)

CLOSE ENCOUNTER (40:27) 7. King Bison - "March of the Sasquatch" (43:21)

A PLOT IS HATCHED (47:43) 8. Ape Vermin - "Abominable Hashmen" (49:07)

LAUGHING CROW'S ILL-FATED TONGUE (55:15) 9. Eerie - "Yeti" (57:02)

DEATH OF TOM (1:06:52) 10. Ruff Majik - "Tar Black Blood" (1:08:24)

DEATH OF LYNN (1:11:23) 11. Pressor - "Geeked Up Cookie Monster" (1:12:25)

IT'S A TRAP (1:19:22) 12. Mountains of Madness - "Unleash The Beast" (1:20:40)

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE (1:24:16) 13. Ape Cave - "Ape Cave" (1:25:08)

PLAN B (1:32:12) 14. Connoisseur - "Stoned Yeti" (1:35:40)

D-DAY FOR THE YETI HUNTERS (1:42:44) 15. Green Yeti - "The Yeti Has Landed" (1:43:43)

PLOT TWIST! (2:00:11) 16. Yeti On Horseback - "Dragged Down To Hell" (2:01:11)

DR. PRELL EXPOSED! (2:14:04) 17. Ruff Majik - "Come All Ye Druids" (2:16:08)

MEET THE CULT (2:21:13) 18. Green Lung - "Let The Devil In" (2:24:30)

WHITE MEAT OR DARK? (2:29:32) 19. Black Sabbath - "The Warning" (2:30:50)

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