Toonami Therapy

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 Witc...

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...

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 Fr...

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 TN...

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.