Toonami Therapy

We'll be back to Toonami next week. In the meantime, it's another week off of those, which gives us more time to discuss the non-Toonami series we're watching (well, at least more time to get off on tangents). COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Yu Yu Hakusho 63, To Be Hero X 7, Anne Shirley 7, Kowloon Generic Romance 7, and Witch Watch 7.

Thanks to marathons meaning there's no new series on Toonami, the number of series discussed is a whole lot shorter, but we still get slightly more than half an hour out of it! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Yu Yu Hakusho 62, To Be Hero X 6, Anne Shirley 6, Kowloon Generic Romance 6, and Witch Watch 6.

Is this better or worse than the explanation that the villain of the first Sword Art Online arc gave? COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 13 (end), Dragon Ball Daima 3, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 7, Blue Exorcist 32, One Piece 735, Yu Yu Hakusho 61, To Be Hero X 5, Anne Shirley 5, Kowloon Generic Romance 5, and Witch Watch 5.

The winner is... COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 12, Dragon Ball Daima 2, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 6, Blue Exorcist 31, One Piece 734, Yu Yu Hakusho 60, To Be Hero X 4, Anne Shirley 4, Kowloon Generic Romance 4, and Witch Watch 4.

In which Luffy defeats Doflamingo... probably? COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 11, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 5, Blue Exorcist 30, One Piece 733, Dragon Ball Daima 1, Yu Yu Hakusho 59, To Be Hero X 3, Anne Shirley 3, Kowloon Generic Romance 3, and Witch Watch 3.

Even with the world about to effectively end, there's always time for family squabbles that only just got introduced to the viewer! Plus: Two series effectively have three separate plots in their episodes. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 10, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 4, Blue Exorcist 29, One Piece 731-732, Yu Yu Hakusho 58, Anne Shirley 2, Witch Watch 2, Kowloon Generic Romance 2, and My Hero Academia: Vigilantes 2.

The winner loses in one series, and apparent temporal shenanigans happen in One Piece! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 9, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 3, Blue Exorcist 28, One Piece 729-730, Yu Yu Hakusho 57, To Be Hero X 2, Once Upon a Witch's Death 2, Mono 2, and The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl 2

Due to our lack of using any "404" jokes in the episode itself, it's in the title instead. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 8, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 2, Blue Exorcist 27, One Piece 727-728, Yu Yu Hakusho 56, Kowloon Generic Romance 1, The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows 1, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes 1, and The Unaware Atelier Meister 1.

Not one, but two long-awaited continuations of series previously broadcast on Toonami are now on Toonami. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 7, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 1, Blue Exorcist 26, One Piece 725-726, Yu Yu Hakusho 55, Anne Shirley 1, The Dinner Table Detective 1, Witch Watch 1, The Shiunji Family Children 1.

Somehow, despite a considerable reduction in the number of Toonami series to talk about this week due to a marathon, our hosts end up going over an hour in the episode. How? Tangents, my boy, tangents. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 6, Yu Yu Hakusho 54, Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX 1, The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl 1, Mono 1, and Teogonia 1.

Blue Exorcist ends its first season with events that will be completely ignored in the next, and we start up a plan of checking out new spring anime series and narrowing them down: May Madness! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 5, Blue Exorcist 25, One Piece 723-724, Yu Yu Hakusho 53, To Be Hero X 1, The Beginning After the End 1, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman 1, and Once Upon a Witch's Death 1.

Three of the non-Toonami series we follow leave the podcast, at least for now, after this episode! Our hosts also discuss the big news about the series that are coming to Toonami soon, that by the time this podcast was recorded and uploaded, is actually old news. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 4, Blue Exorcist 24, One Piece 721-722, Yu Yu Hakusho 52, Shangri-La Frontier 50 (end for now), Hyouka 9 (dropped), Re:Zero 66 (end for now), and Look Back.

Luffy is (hopefully?) going to finally fight Doflamingo for real, and Yu Yu Hakusho spoils with the next episode's title! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 3, Blue Exorcist 23, One Piece 719-720, Yu Yu Hakusho 51, Shangri-La Frontier 48-49, Hyouka 8, and Re:Zero 65.

One series has questionable math and in another a clown gets beaten up. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 2, Blue Exorcist 22, One Piece 717-718, Yu Yu Hakusho 50, Shangri-La Frontier 47, Hyouka 7, and Re:Zero 63-64.

The (long-awaited?) premiere of Lazarus happens. Plus: In not just one but two series this week, rapid-fire punching actually works! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Lazarus 1, Blue Exorcist 21, One Piece 715-716, Yu Yu Hakusho 49, Shangri-La Frontier 45-46, Hyouka 6, and Re:Zero 62.

Maybe "ask the audience" wasn't the best option. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Blue Exorcist 20, One Piece 713-714, Yu Yu Hakusho 48, Shangri-La Frontier 43-44, Hyouka 5, and Re:Zero 61.

Or maybe it's more like a wedding cake. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Blue Exorcist 19, One Piece 711-712, Yu Yu Hakusho 47, Shangri-La Frontier 41-42, Hyouka 4, and Re:Zero 60.

Things actually happened in One Piece, I guess? COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Blue Exorcist 18, One Piece 709-710, Yu Yu Hakusho 46, Shangri-La Frontier 40, Hyouka 3, and Re:Zero 59.

Blue Exorcist starts to cut ties with the manga canon, and our other series with "Blue" in its title concludes for now! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Blue Exorcist 17, One Piece 707-708, Yu Yu Hakusho 45, Shangri-La Frontier 39, Blue Lock 37-38 (end for now), and Hyouka 2.

A new series we check out gets mistaken for an older series we watched. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Blue Exorcist 16, One Piece 706, Yu Yu Hakusho 44, Shangri-La Frontier 38, Blue Lock 35-36, and Hyouka 1.

Another year, another four cours. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Blue Exorcist 14-15, One Piece 705, Yu Yu Hakusho 43, Shangri-La Frontier 37, Blue Lock 34, and TNG 18 (dropped for now).

Not a big flashback guy. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 12 (end for now), Blue Exorcist 13, One Piece 704, Yu Yu Hakusho 42, Shangri-La Frontier 36, Blue Lock 32-33, and TNG 17.

What are the odds of two series both having simultaneous episodes involving an enemy who can control people with string? COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 11, Blue Exorcist 12, One Piece 703, Yu Yu Hakusho 41, Shangri-La Frontier 35, Blue Lock 31, and TNG 16.

It might've actually been a kraken, but... this makes for a better title. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 10, Blue Exorcist 11, One Piece 702, Yu Yu Hakusho 40, Shangri-La Frontier 34, Blue Lock 30, and TNG 15.

Better or worse than dream within a dream? COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 9, Blue Exorcist 10, One Piece 701, Yu Yu Hakusho 39, Shangri-La Frontier 33, Blue Lock 29, and TNG 14.

One Piece celebrates its 700th episode by... doing absolutely nothing in particular. (hopefully our episode 700, if we ever get there, will be more interesting) Meanwhile, Mashle sets up (mostly) one-on-one fights, and Shangri-La Frontier... doesn't really involve Shangri-La Frontier this episode. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 8, Blue Exorcist 9, One Piece 700, Yu Yu Hakusho 37-38, Shangri-La Frontier 32, Blue Lock 28, and TNG 13.

And now we can resume our usual coverage of the series that air on Toonami thanks to them, well, actually being aired again. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 7, Blue Exorcist 8, One Piece 699, Yu Yu Hakusho 36, Shangri-La Frontier 30-31, Blue Lock 27, and TNG 12.

We continue our Toonami-less Toonami Therapy for one more week (we'll be covering Toonami stuff again next week). Plus: Meetings! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Yu Yu Hakusho 35, Shangri-La Frontier 28-29, Blue Lock 26, and TNG 11.

Still no Toonami to discuss this week! But it's time to return to several series we previously watched, including an attempt to get through season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (all Star Trek discussion will be relegated to the end of the episode, for those who only are interested in anime discussion) COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Yu Yu Hakusho 34, Shangri-La Frontier 26-27, Blue Lock 25, and TNG 10.

In what is certainly one of our longest episodes ever, our hosts are counting down the series they watched this year from least favorite to favorite. Warning: Hot takes may occur. What came out on top? The answer may surprise you! (or, alternatively, it might not surprise you at all)

As usual, what we lack in number of series to discuss, we make up for with lengthy tangents. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 9-10 (end for now) and Yu Yu Hakusho 30-33.

Well, okay, it technically is. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 8, Mashle 6, One Piece 698, Yu Yu Hakusho 28-29, Re:Zero 58 (end for now), Blue Exorcist 7, and Burn the Witch 2.

Two series of ours end their seasons and we check out a much shorter series. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 7, Mashle 5, Blue Exorcist 6, One Piece 697, Yu Yu Hakusho 26-27, Oshi no Ko 24 (end for now), Re:Zero 57, Kaguya-Sama 41 (end for now), and Burn the Witch 1.

Sailor Moon ends its first season and Yu Yu Hakusho ends an arc. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 6, Mashle 4, Blue Exorcist 5, One Piece 696, Sailor Moon 46 (end of season 1), Naruto 30, Dragon Ball Z Kai 34, Yu Yu Hakusho 24-25, Oshi no Ko 23, Re:Zero 56, and Kaguya-Sama 40.

Sailor Moon approaches the end of its first season, and Mash can't fly. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 5, Mashle 3, Blue Exorcist 4, One Piece 695, Sailor Moon 44-45, Naruto 38, Dragon Ball Z Kai 33, Yu Yu Hakusho 22-23, Oshi no Ko 22, Re:Zero 55, and Kaguya-Sama 39.

People did things that happened. (this is not one of our better podcast descriptions) COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 4, Mashle 2, Blue Exorcist 3, One Piece 694, Sailor Moon 42-43, Naruto 37, Dragon Ball Z Kai 32, Yu Yu Hakusho 20-21, Oshi no Ko 21, Re:Zero 54, and Kaguya-Sama 38.

One series ends and another begins. When that happens, it sure makes writing podcast synopses easier! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 3, Mashle 1, Blue Exoricst 2, One Piece 693, Sailor Moon 40-41, Naruto 36, Dragon Ball Z Kai 31, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 25 (end), Yu Yu Hakusho 18-19, Oshi no Ko 20, and Re:Zero 53.

A new series premieres (albeit not an anime), an old show re-premieres, and Subaru dies a bunch. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 1-2, Blue Exoricst 1, One Piece 692, Sailor Moon 38-39, Naruto 35, Dragon Ball Z Kai 30, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 24, Yu Yu Hakusho 16-17, Oshi no Ko 19, and Re:Zero 52.

Thanks to Halloween reruns, there's no new regular Toonami series, so we talk about all of the rest of the shows we watch, including one that is returning! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Sailor Moon 36-37, Naruto 34, Dragon Ball Z Kai 29, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 23, Yu Yu Hakusho 14-15, Oshi no Ko 18, and Re:Zero 51.

Thanks to some odd scheduling on our part, we end up with one of our shortest podcasts in quite some time. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Uzumaki 4 (end), Demon Slayer 55 (end for now), Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 21-22, and Yu Yu Hakusho 12-13.

Due to weird scheduling our hosts really have only one off-Toonami series to discuss, but they make up for it by... well, they don't really make up for it, but maybe you'll enjoy regardless! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 10 (end), Uzumaki 3, Demon Slayer 54, One Piece 691, Oshi no Ko 17, Sailor Moon 34-35, Dragon Ball Z Kai 28, and Naruto 33.

Demon Slayer has still more fighting (again), Rick and Morty: The Anime nears its conclusion, and there's still more weird spiral stuff in Uzumaki. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 8-9, Uzumaki 2, Demon Slayer 53, One Piece 690, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 20, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 11-12 (end), Yu Yu Hakusho 11, Oshi no Ko 16, Sailor Moon 30-33, Dragon Ball Z Kai 26-27, and Naruto 31-32.

Thanks to recording later than usual, we end up watching a bit more than usual. Also, there's a lot of weird stuff with spirals. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 7, Uzumaki 1, Demon Slayer 52, One Piece 689, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 19, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 8-10, Yu Yu Hakusho 10, Oshi no Ko 14-15, Sailor Moon 28-29, Dragon Ball Z Kai 25, and Naruto 30.

Equals weak episodes. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 6, Demon Slayer 51, One Piece 687-688, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 17-18, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 7, Yu Yu Hakusho 9, Oshi no Ko 13, Sailor Moon 26-27, Dragon Ball Z Kai 24, and Naruto 29.

We hope you enjoy our episode in which we go on a completely unneeded lengthy tangent about shipping. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 5, Demon Slayer 50, One Piece 685-686, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 15-16, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 6, Yu Yu Hakusho 8, Oshi no Ko 12, Sailor Moon 24-25, Dragon Ball Z Kai 23, and Naruto 28.

We have fewer episodes than Bleach, but more than Fairy Tail! COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 4, Demon Slayer 49, One Piece 683-684, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 13-14, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 5, Yu Yu Hakusho 6-7, Sailor Moon 22-23, Dragon Ball Z Kai 22, and Naruto 27.

Let them speak now, or forever hold their peace. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 3, Demon Slayer 48, One Piece 682, Naruto Shippuden 500 (end), Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 11-12, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 4, Yu Yu Hakusho 4-5, Sailor Moon 20-21, Dragon Ball Z Kai 21, and Naruto 26.

Technically 100 floors rather than 99 levels, but who's counting? COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 2, Demon Slayer 47, One Piece 681, Naruto Shippuden 499, Dark Gathering 25 (end), Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 9-10, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 3, Yu Yu Hakusho 3, Sailor Moon 18-19, Dragon Ball Z Kai 20, and Naruto 25.

In which confusion occurs. COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Rick and Morty: The Anime 1, Demon Slayer 46, One Piece 680, Naruto Shippuden 498, Dark Gathering 24, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 7-8, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 2, Yu Yu Hakusho 2, Sailor Moon 16-17, Dragon Ball Z Kai 19, and Naruto 24.

After a hiatus, we're back. Lots to catch up on Toonami Rewind, but thanks to reruns not so much on regular Toonami. And we start up several new series (one on Toonami, several not). COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Demon Slayer 45, One Piece 679, Naruto Shippuden 497, Dark Gathering 23, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf 6, Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory 1, Yu Yu Hakusho 1, Sailor Moon 10-15, Dragon Ball Z Kai 16-18, and Naruto 21-23.