Toonami Therapy

It's double Daima... which isn't necessarily that bad, because the first episode was pretty dull. Meanwhile, the hosts can't remember the names of a whole lot of characters (maybe even more so than usual!) COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Dragon Ball Daima 4-5, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 8, Blue Exorcist 33, One Piece 736, Yu Yu Hakusho 64, To Be Hero X 8, Anne Shirley 8, Kowloon Generic Romance 8, W...

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 He...

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 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.